Remarks by J. Blake Capps
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“Blake Capps, Martin County Commission, District 3.”
Board of County Commissioners · Oct 6, 2026
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“Yes, the light at Cross Rip Street, Hobesown, we're at 90% design. Can you give me an idea on when we might actually have the light? I've heard that once everything is in place, there's like a nine-month wait on the mast arms that go over the road. that those are on backlog. And so that's a very significant delay right there. But can you give a little more detail on when we might expect to actually have that light? Because there are a lot of accidents at that intersection, as you know.”
Board of County Commissioners · Oct 6, 2026
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“And then one other thing, I don't know if everyone knows, but we had a collision of a car and a train there about a month ago.”
Board of County Commissioners · Oct 6, 2026
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“Commissioner Capps. So can anyone tell us a little bit about the timetable for resolving the water capacity issues, and then also how much development is in the pipeline that's actually being held up because of water capacity problems?”
Board of County Commissioners · Oct 6, 2026
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“Has our county engineer come to the school board to make the same presentation yet? No. That might be a good starting point. You know, we could get that on your agenda.”
Board of County Commissioners · Oct 6, 2026
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“I went to the groundbreaking for the new Martin County Fairgrounds, which will be right next door to Indian High School on Citrus Boulevard. It was a great event, very exciting. Commissioner Vargas was also there. And we want to applaud the efforts of the board. It looks like they're rocking and rolling and things are moving. We want to be all the encouragement we can for them. It was an exciting evening and a lot of money was pledged, over $50,000. So we're excited about February of 2028 when we'll have a new fairgrounds in Martin County.”
Board of County Commissioners · Sep 29, 2026
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Board of County Commissioners · Sep 29, 2026
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Board of County Commissioners · Sep 29, 2026
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“What would be the consequences to delaying number six?”
Board of County Commissioners · Sep 29, 2026
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“YEAH, I'LL SECOND COMMISSIONER CAMPBELL'S MOTION. OKAY.”
Board of County Commissioners · Sep 29, 2026
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Board of County Commissioners · Sep 29, 2026
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“So good for you. I have one other thought. Back to page 528, where it says Martin County's budget has been awarded the Distinguished Budget Presentation Award for the 28th year and has received special recognition for our financial policies from the Government Finance Officers Association for the third consecutive year. Perhaps you could just give us a few of the highlights of our financial policy.”
Board of County Commissioners · Sep 29, 2026
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Board of County Commissioners · Sep 29, 2026
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“It's hard not to mention something about the 9-11 bridge walk that we had. It was such a memorable occasion. I've done that a few times now, and I would like to encourage our residents to come out and be a part of that event each year. Even if you're not able to do the bridge walk, the ceremony itself on the field there at Jock Layton Park is very moving. When I thought about all the thunder that's already been taken by the other commissioners and what I could say about the event in addition to what they have said, I would just say that we heard some really moving speeches. by our sheriff and…”
Board of County Commissioners · Sep 15, 2026
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“So this parcel of land has two portions on it that have been talked about. One is the 3.7 acre piece that borders Powerline Road. And that one is a mandatory rezoning. And I wonder if our county attorney could just refresh our memories about what mandatory means and why that term is used.”
Board of County Commissioners · Sep 15, 2026
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“So our options for the mandatory rezoning are limited industrial district, general industrial district, or heavy industrial district. And the one that is the most limited would be limited industrial district. And I think the applicant has already said that they're willing to go with limited industrial district on all of this land, so I would think that would be the most appropriate thing for the 3.7 acres. With regard to the larger piece, that's 104 acres. And when comparing M1 zoning with general industrial, GI, we see that the two are similar but not the same. The General Industrial…”
Board of County Commissioners · Sep 15, 2026
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“I'd like to turn our attention to page 283. It has another designation called page 6 of 22. And I wonder if we could get that on the screen.”
Board of County Commissioners · Sep 15, 2026
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“Yes, page 283, or you could say page 6. Of the agenda item, I believe. The staff report.”
Board of County Commissioners · Sep 15, 2026
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“Yes. Thank you. Let's look at the heading. It says targeted industry industry's business uses, and if we look down, about ten down, one of the targeted industry businesses says data processing services. Could that mean a data center?”
Board of County Commissioners · Sep 15, 2026
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“So if we run with LI, we could have a data center, potentially. Not likely, but potentially.”
Board of County Commissioners · Sep 15, 2026
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“And if we stuck with M1, we wouldn't have a data center, right?”
Board of County Commissioners · Sep 15, 2026
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“So I would ask Commissioner Vargas, in light of what you've just heard, do you want to stick with the LI?”
Board of County Commissioners · Sep 15, 2026
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“But if we had a moratorium that was passed after we award this zoning, it wouldn't apply. This would be grandfathered in.”
Board of County Commissioners · Sep 15, 2026
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“But why award the zoning that would allow it to happen?”
Board of County Commissioners · Sep 15, 2026
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“So one thought that was advanced by Attorney Raines. is one that we hear quite often. It's like, go ahead and give us our zoning and you'll get another shot at this later at a thing called the final site plan approval. But what we've learned about final site plan approvals is that they're judicial decisions and I call it putting the cherry on the cake. The cake is already baked, the icing's already on it, and final site plan approvals are kind of about chewing around the edges on smaller issues usually, like, oh, let's have some more shrubbery around the edges of the property. Let's put in a…”
Board of County Commissioners · Sep 15, 2026