Remarks by Deb Henry
67 remarks on the record, newest first · Page 2 of 3
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“I was just going to say I move to approve.”
City Council · Sep 10, 2026
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“I reviewed the drawings, I attended the NIM meeting, the planning board meeting, I spoke to the owner, the general manager, their attorney, and that was it on that one.”
City Council · Sep 10, 2026
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“just had one question it was something that it came up at the planning board but i'm trying to think of storm safety the palm trees are you going to put them on like little wheelie things because they're they're going to have to be mobile because there's no dirt there well that was a rendering of i came up with because the applicant didn't come up with anything this was because when at the planning board people you're because you're renting very good But you can't, that would be really hard to do. Well, I think the applicant would probably like to address this because they do have some...…”
City Council · Sep 10, 2026
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“And my biggest concern with storms, because the fact that it specifically says end every 30 feet a palm tree, I WOULD LOVE TO SEE THAT RENDERING BECAUSE I DON'T RECALL SEEING THAT OF WHAT THE INTENTION IS THERE BECAUSE THAT KIND OF MAKES ME A LITTLE NERVOUS.”
City Council · Sep 10, 2026
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“I know everybody's saying, oh, it's been 20 years and then all of a sudden a cruise ship showed up. The Key West Express holds 400 people. The... The average rider is 180, but it holds 400 people. The Marco Princess holds, I think, 100 people. And the ACL ship holds 130. So you could take all those people and put them on the Key West Express. So it's not that, oh, just 20 years went by and a cruise ship just showed up. I want to come to Mary's defense and the fact of part of her job is it's the parking alignment. People on the cruise ship don't have cars. We're going to work on the people…”
City Council · Sep 10, 2026
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“That's not going to stop the cruise ships.”
City Council · Sep 10, 2026
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“So are we going to have a really long discussion about this when I think most people want to talk about that? That's what I got.”
City Council · Sep 10, 2026
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“Thank you. Can you hear me okay? One of the things, and it kind of goes into the big picture with the 1% tax that's going on the ballot this November, and the fact that that is spearheaded completely for the sports complex. It's not? No. This is why we have conversations. Please.”
City Council · Aug 27, 2026
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“Well, I think I would love to have more of that conversation to understand that because that's for the reason if we're going to put that 1% tax on now, knowing how the plan of distribution, but there are decisions you guys make. Our citizens pay a whole lot of taxes to Collier County. The 1% tax will be paid by our citizens as well as tourists, but we need to know what's coming to us in order to know to support it.”
City Council · Aug 27, 2026
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“It's not a 1% sales tax. It's purely on the head tax for hotels and such.”
City Council · Aug 27, 2026
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“And I think that needs to be clarified because I think most people are thinking this is a 1% sales tax. Well, let's clarify it if my microphone's working.”
City Council · Aug 27, 2026
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“And I think that's something that needs to be projected to the public.”
City Council · Aug 27, 2026
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“Actually, thank you very much for all that, but it's actually more of a statement going back to the sports complex and such. We have our nice little bubble here on Marco. I've been to, I think now, five different athletic events with people coming from out of town. FC Naples? We're going, what, in two weeks. But even just with all the kids coming from all around the country playing lacrosse or soccer, I've been to numerous things there. And I think on the Marco bubble, we don't realize the intensity of tourism outside our island. You could have 4,000 families there playing lacrosse from all…”
City Council · Aug 27, 2026
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“One quick question, and I started to look into it and I failed to have the answer by today. How much does the Coast Guard auxiliary pay in rent?”
City Council · Aug 27, 2026
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“and one other question because actually dr lucius and i have been working on this for a couple of years trying to determine the parking numbers which you provided here which is wonderful we've been asking for them for quite a while and actually i spent a lot of time this past weekend reading collier county budgets great job everybody um but going through the line items and it's never broken down on any of the collier county parking lots what the revenue is um how were these numbers determined suddenly when we've been trying to get these break down for years”
City Council · Aug 27, 2026
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“Okay so prior to the QR codes that's where there was a lack of information.”
City Council · Aug 27, 2026
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“Okay. So there's excellent data from 25 on.”
City Council · Aug 27, 2026
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“I did, actually. I just, for the legality question, in 1997, Mackle Park, and I'm going to use these phrases, It was an intergovernmental asset transfer resolution negotiated incrementally between county staff and city administration. That was in 1997. And the same thing happened in 1998 between the county and the city for our racket center. So they were two situations where things that were managed by the county were in turn given to us. So I just want to make a point. We're not recreating the wheel. This has been done before.”
City Council · Aug 27, 2026
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Not quoted here: it may name a member of the public. Hear it at the meeting.
City Council · Aug 27, 2026
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“On item 15B, and I actually already had given this to Joan, the vote is incorrect. I voted no, and the minutes state that I voted yes. It was resolution 2639. Very good.”
City Council · Aug 17, 2026
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“Actually, I agree with everyone. And if to stimulate the conversation or to put it on our list of things, I do think especially with depending on how the vote goes in November, the money to be had will be from the federal level, not from the state level.”
City Council · Aug 17, 2026
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“Interesting, Councillor Gray, that you said that. And I agree with you. But it's gambling, right? If your table's winning, you're afraid to walk away. but we haven't been winning, but maybe this one last toss of the dice could get us something. So I completely get what you're saying, because it is, there is a chance. But then also, and I thank you for your words, and I agree, but then we just had State Representative Benaroche complete her first term, and she basically said, we are the rich community and our tax dollars and everything is distributed through the state to other counties that…”
City Council · Aug 17, 2026
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“I agree with Chair Palumbo in the fact of First step, I would like to see the renegotiation. I want to see it before you. And then talk about it next week or next meeting if we can. And I agree. Also, why don't we extend, say, the contract? Again, you can do it in seven days or as part of the negotiation. have the contract go, I believe, November 16th is a Monday. It would be right after the election that we could have it on the agenda. So I guess my question is, if we want to have a vote on what has already been brought forward, or if you guys would want to change your mind and we could…”
City Council · Aug 17, 2026
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“That's your choice. I just wanted to ask if not, we can vote and we can see where it goes.”
City Council · Aug 17, 2026
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“I also support option one without number two because we can't predict how markets are going to go and why would we agree to a price increase before we know prices have to increase.”
City Council · Aug 17, 2026