Remarks by Eileen Vargas
128 remarks on the record, newest first · Page 3 of 6
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“No, no, I'm not talking about a mega. I'm talking about a smaller one.”
Board of County Commissioners · Sep 15, 2026
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“Well, it could be. I mean, we have, with Martin County, we have a small data center also.”
Board of County Commissioners · Sep 15, 2026
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“Yeah, which is not large enough for that.”
Board of County Commissioners · Sep 15, 2026
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“Okay. So that we still have the exposure to what you're here.”
Board of County Commissioners · Sep 15, 2026
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“We have a small data center there on the small parcel. Colleagues, colleagues, I appreciate it. And then the other thing is we could keep the M1 zoning, and that is a heavy industrial.”
Board of County Commissioners · Sep 15, 2026
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“Okay. So I'm looking at the 22-page staff report here, and I was just filing through it very quickly. The permitted uses, I see the limited industrial, I see the general industrial, and then I see heavy industrial district. Which one is the M1?”
Board of County Commissioners · Sep 15, 2026
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“You see, I couldn't find it here, and I thought I'd ask the experts, so I did look.”
Board of County Commissioners · Sep 15, 2026
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“In my 10 seconds that I have to do that, I speed read here.”
Board of County Commissioners · Sep 15, 2026
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“Okay. So I couldn't refer back and forth to LI to GI on this 22-page staff report and say, well, is more robust, the general industrial and, of course, the heavy industrial. Am I correct?”
Board of County Commissioners · Sep 15, 2026
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“Right. Okay. So GI cannot be transposed to the M1 zoning right now.”
Board of County Commissioners · Sep 15, 2026
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“Okay. Well, the limited industrial, as I can read this here, is restrictive. Correctional facilities not allowed, not permitted. Airports, general aviation not permitted. Biofuel facility not permitted. Research and development laboratories and facilities, including alternative energy, is permitted. Then I see technology centers permitted. Aviation and aerospace manufacturing permitted. This is under LI. Chemical manufacturing permitted. Data processing. centers services are permitted also. Information services and data processing permitted. Transportation, air permitted. Railroad…”
Board of County Commissioners · Sep 15, 2026
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“Excuse me. Opposed. Did you hear me? Yes. Okay.”
Board of County Commissioners · Sep 15, 2026
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“That's what happens when you pass the gavel.”
Board of County Commissioners · Sep 15, 2026
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“Okay. The damages he's seeking are quantity?”
Board of County Commissioners · Sep 15, 2026
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“$50,000. And this was investigated and we've been found culpable? Commissioner Campy.”
Board of County Commissioners · Sep 15, 2026
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“If I have any, that report has been filed.”
Board of County Commissioners · Sep 15, 2026
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“Commissioner Vargas. Okay, so this is similar to the previous conversation we had a moment ago about this being brought up to date because this is the old zoning district. And this, I think, is one of the few parcels, if not the last parcel. Is that correct, to be modified?”
Board of County Commissioners · Sep 15, 2026
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“And those are the same permitted uses that we spoke about 15 minutes ago, correct? I'm looking at the list.”
Board of County Commissioners · Sep 15, 2026
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“That is an alternative, a viable alternative. It's in the FDOT right-of-way.”
Board of County Commissioners · Sep 15, 2026
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Not quoted here: it may name a member of the public. Hear it at the meeting.
Board of County Commissioners · Sep 15, 2026
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Not quoted here: it may name a member of the public. Hear it at the meeting.
Board of County Commissioners · Sep 15, 2026
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“Can you help me out here as to how much we're paying them?”
Board of County Commissioners · Sep 15, 2026
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“Right. So if they have fewer tonnage or less amount of tonnage, shall I say, in a given year and then a little more in the next year, who's regulating that?”
Board of County Commissioners · Sep 15, 2026
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“MS. Okay. But in the normal course of business, what would that be in a given year? No hurricane, no tornado, nothing like that? What, in your experience, both of you? MR.”
Board of County Commissioners · Sep 15, 2026
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“That's what I was calculating in my mind, but I just wanted to be sure I was correct.”
Board of County Commissioners · Sep 15, 2026