Remarks by Davison Heriot
79 remarks on the record, newest first · Page 2 of 4
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“Well, but you told them six stories max, so they're not going to go and look at additional ideas when you have told them that their goal is to max it all out.”
City Commission · Sep 28, 2026
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“I was just thinking about Halifax as a reference for what height looks like within our community.”
City Commission · Sep 28, 2026
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“But that's not what was articulated. What was articulated was a six-story max across the entire city, period. If we want to limit it to the activity center and the uptown, I got no problems with that. I can agree with that 100%. I don't think that we necessarily need to go any higher than six stories. And I think, quite frankly, six stories is pretty damn tall if you're talking about, you know, El Cam and Howland or Fort Smith and Cortland. I agree with that. But to say that we're going to just take our bargaining chip away within the activity center and the uptown, I think we're shooting…”
City Commission · Sep 28, 2026
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“Yeah, you're not on the winning side. Oh, that's true.”
City Commission · Sep 28, 2026
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“Yeah, I think that by handcuffing us to the current, the current plan or the current allowment of allowable heights were completely taking off the table the ability for us to negotiate. with density bonuses or height bonuses. And again, it's not actually achieving the goal for these two very specific areas. I would really like to see us continue and see what they can do in terms of the language for conservation and provide a plan to allow for bonuses within these two very specific areas with conservation Other parts of the city.”
City Commission · Sep 28, 2026
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“Okay, let's also not forget we could dial it back later before this is formally adopted and we could let them continue with what they're researching and proposing and looking into. No, they're not going to go for that. It's too late for them to go back and develop language at that point.”
City Commission · Sep 28, 2026
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“For planning purposes, I think that that's acceptable for discussion and consideration of what the possibilities may be in terms of bonuses and whatnot.”
City Commission · Sep 28, 2026
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“I'm looking at the map. I think it's a good distance away.”
City Commission · Sep 28, 2026
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“Apple Maps doesn't have a scale on it. Hold on.”
City Commission · Sep 28, 2026
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“Thank you, Mayor. I'd like to make a motion to approve ordinance number 19-2026, the temporary moratorium for data centers at first reading.”
City Commission · Sep 21, 2026
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“My preference would be a year, but I would default to staff to find out what reasonable amount of time they would need in order to put the safeguards in place for our community.”
City Commission · Sep 21, 2026
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“24 but yeah there you go we are still okay with that with the zoning portion thank you all right Commissioner Harry unless we're gonna add something different to the support we're gonna go ahead and go with the vote I just like to ask legal since that is data centers are not all currently unallowable use for any of our zoning classifications then that would make Amazon ineligible to be converted to or be used as a data center?”
City Commission · Sep 21, 2026
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“So they cannot just, you know, laterally on their own decide that they want to be a data center and do it on their own?”
City Commission · Sep 21, 2026
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“Thank you, Mayor. So after hearing all the political pandering that's gone on tonight, I'm looking at this list of community events and I'm kind of wondering where we'd like to draw the line. There's definitely a list of, you know, definitely some events on this list that I haven't taken any part of. I know that there's some of these that my neighbors haven't taken part of, but I know that a lot of these, if not all of these, with the exception of the new ones, have had neighbors at them. So, there are a couple other things that I would like to point out. The notion that the city hasn't…”
City Commission · Sep 21, 2026
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“So that's an incorrect representation, because we could allocate that money towards stormwater, towards capital projects, or even towards reserves. But I don't think that anybody actually wants to make that cut. You have the opportunity, Commissioner, make the motion.”
City Commission · Sep 21, 2026
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“Are you done? I didn't say that you said anything about deleting parks and rec. I said, where do we draw the line? I said, I have neighbors that use the events that participate in the events that use the parks. I said, if you're asking me to alienate only my residents that use, that go to the events without making adjustments and reductions towards the parks, then again, where do we draw the line?”
City Commission · Sep 21, 2026
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“Thank you, Mayor. So I want to clarify my comment. My comment wasn't, actually, more specifically, it was I'm not going down a list of events and picking and choosing because that alienates some of my neighbor's and not others. That proves my point. Some people don't go to the events. Others go to the events. Some people that don't go to the events use the parks. And Vice Mayor, I am absolutely not advocating for taking away from Parks and Rec's budget or anything for our youth. That is the opposite of everything that I have done for the last two years and change. I was trying to make a point…”
City Commission · Sep 21, 2026
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“I don't have any comments. I was to second it. Thank you, Mayor.”
City Commission · Sep 21, 2026
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“Thank you, mayor. The only commission request commissioner requests that I have today is for a consensus for staff to update the letter of support for D ranch to their current, um, echo grant for the property.”
City Commission · Sep 21, 2026
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“I'll make a motion to approve the agenda or the consent agenda as presented.”
City Commission · Sep 9, 2026
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“Thank you, Mayor. I would like to make a motion to approve Resolution 2026-80, adopting the tentative budget for FY26-27 as presented.”
City Commission · Sep 9, 2026
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“Commissioner Harriot. Thank you, Mayor. I'd like to get consensus from the dais to ask D Ranch and Conservation Florida to come and do a presentation on what they have planned and have asked for an echo grant for at the next commission meeting, if we could.”
City Commission · Sep 9, 2026
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“Thank you, Mayor. I've got a couple additions and deletions. The first one, I'd like to add an item for discussion in reference to data centers. This was the item that I had requested at the last meeting for the attorneys and staff to bring back some information on, and we have since received that report, and so I'd like to have the discussion on that tonight and move forward. The second item is pertaining to what our two neighbors, Joe and Patty brought forth today. And I'd like to add this item for discussion as well for growing food in the right of way. And then the third one is a district…”
City Commission · Aug 24, 2026
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“Thank you, Mayor. I wanted to thank the YMCA and Sophia for coming tonight and sharing all the great things that they have throughout our community. Even as lastly as last night, we heard that from residents that there's a need in this community for swimming pools and activities for the seniors. And I'm so excited that you guys can share that you guys provide those, but not just for the seniors, but for everybody in our community. So thank you guys for coming.”
City Commission · Aug 24, 2026
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“Thank you, Mayor. I just wanted to thank Dana and the whole team that put that event together. That was bringing a lot of members of the community together from Volusia Flagler TPO to Bike Walk Central Florida, everybody that was listed. And it's great to see all those partnerships at work for our youth.”
City Commission · Aug 24, 2026