Remarks by Jeanette Wylie
47 remarks on the record, newest first · Page 2 of 2
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“Just a couple of quick things. Several other council members were also there. The Junior Giants had their closing last week and everyone can kind of make a comment on it. But it was a wonderful program that the BACA PAL and the Junior Giants and the police force do for our people across So that's wonderful. And then also another thing that many people attended was the creative arts and many other vendors and groups providing backpacks and special things for the youth on last Saturday. And it was really great because there were like theater groups and music groups and sports groups and a lot…”
City Council · Aug 11, 2026
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“So on this program, it's a CFD to help pay the infrastructure. And then that's separate from the CFD that we may or may not impose for public safety or something else as well.”
City Council · Aug 11, 2026
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“Okay, so that was my other question from that slide. So 1.8% is the total for everything, they can't go above. So if the skip program says, well, we're gonna do like 1.5, then that would limit the city, then we would not be able to have but 0.3. So who gets to determine how that is 1.8 is gonna be?”
City Council · Aug 11, 2026
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“So if you said the total is going to be 1.8, and then if the city wants to have a high one for public safety, and then they might say, well, that's not enough for us. So how is that negotiated? That's why I wanted to see if it was the total, or they would have 1.8, and we could have whatever, whatever.”
City Council · Aug 11, 2026
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“Yes, yes. And I guess the one good thing about the 1.8% is then the smaller home can pay a lesser amount than the bigger home and that was the advantage of this as well, correct?”
City Council · Aug 11, 2026
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“So it is kind of interesting though, if it's an infrastructure, isn't the infrastructure about the same per unit, regardless of the size of the house? If you're putting in water and you're putting in all the pipes and all the infrastructure, isn't that about the same? That's not really a lot less for a small house versus a big house, is it? The infrastructure part.”
City Council · Aug 11, 2026
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“And the ones listed happen to be mostly in District 6, the Abandoned Gate and Foxboro Knolls and the Abandoned Villages. Is that just because there's more building going on there versus elsewhere? Or why is it more in the south part of town?”
City Council · Aug 11, 2026
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“And if we do approve this tonight, would they be able to have the assessment district and the CFD, they'll have both options available to them, or?”
City Council · Aug 11, 2026
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“All right, so those are a few of my questions.”
City Council · Aug 11, 2026
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“So I just wanted to ask again about the impact of the city because you said they're taking care of most of it so our city staff doesn't have to look at all of that. So when I was looking at the at the information, there's really a pretty lengthy contract that has a lot of different sections. And so one of them said if the city couldn't finish one certain part of the project, then developer or the private entity would take over, but then they would have to pay the prevailing wage because the city would have had to pay that. This was in section 16. So I just wondered who would be checking all…”
City Council · Aug 11, 2026
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“And so there was another section that said, you know, the city will be directed to, you know, inform all the developers that they have this option. So it sounded to me kind of like we would be pushing it and I don't really think that that would be something that we would need to push. You said the park asked for it and they're doing it because of that, but I didn't want to feel that we would be compelled to, but it says the city shall be directed to, you know, make this available to the developers.”
City Council · Aug 11, 2026
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“I'll just mention this since you said South Town. I have heard from some of the people in Foxborough Knowles, which is a relatively new subdivision, is like, oh my gosh, you wouldn't believe our property taxes. So when you are buying a house and they say, well, this is this and this is this, you don't always see exactly what the impact is until you see it all listed together. And so it is a major impact on things. So I, too, don't want to really place a burden on the people who are trying to buy a house. The other thing is, just clarify this. This is a public hearing, but does this not take a…”
City Council · Aug 11, 2026
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“It didn't mention that, so I wondered about that.”
City Council · Aug 11, 2026
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“Okay. And so if it's approved, It will be an option for developers, but before any development agreement would be approved, the council would come back to making a decision on the project, correct?”
City Council · Aug 11, 2026
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“I didn't vote because I wanted to add a call for a friendly amendment to say could we amend that to include that the council would be able to look at the project just as a pilot project like we did with the other.”
City Council · Aug 11, 2026
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“So, I mean, the motion put forth was just to pass it. But then as, you know, a finance director said, if the city council so desired, we could do like we did before to make sort of a pilot program and see the first few to see how they're going.”
City Council · Aug 11, 2026
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“Yes. Yes. Just so, you know, maybe the first couple and see how it goes. So that was what I wanted to be included. But then we jumped into that. So. But I would need a second for that amendment, so I don't know.”
City Council · Aug 11, 2026
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“My intention was just for the CFD program because we've had the other one already going since 2018. So I just wanted, since we're adding this, and there are some questions about it, just to add that.”
City Council · Aug 11, 2026
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“And so 36, I mean, three years was fine with me too. And I didn't vote on the last one either. So I don't know if it did pass or didn't pass since we only have six people here.”
City Council · Aug 11, 2026
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“And we can discuss the amendment further after we pass this vote to discuss it, right? So this is not saying that three years is in for sure. Well, no.”
City Council · Aug 11, 2026
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“Right. Right, and so then if we wanted to adjust the three-year, we could adjust it then, because we're just now talking, I mean, based on Fremau's- So what's on the table right now is- Is just to reconsider.”
City Council · Aug 11, 2026
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“Well, if we approve this, then we can discuss that and then that question will come up. But we might not even discuss it if we don't get four votes because we need to have four votes to pass it.”
City Council · Aug 11, 2026