Remarks by John Roberts
19 remarks on the record, newest first · Page 1 of 1
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“I pledge allegiance to the flag of the United States of America and to the republic for which it stands, one nation, under God, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all.”
City Council · Sep 14, 2026
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City Council · Sep 14, 2026
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“You know, contractors come in all different flavors, and you wouldn't want me doing your concrete work.”
City Council · Sep 14, 2026
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City Council · Sep 14, 2026
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“So just as a blanket overlay anything in the historic overlay district qualifies? Yes. Maybe let's say, and I'm kind of poking a little bit, poking holes in it. Let's say there's a recent build in a historic district, and it's not technically historic. Does that come back to us?”
City Council · Sep 14, 2026
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“And this also extends to owner-occupied residences. Correct.”
City Council · Sep 14, 2026
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“Mayor, I'll move we approve this consideration in the special property tax assessment.”
City Council · Sep 14, 2026
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City Council · Sep 14, 2026
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“And we're not here to sit in judgment of these numbers, fair market value, or are we? I don't know many city lots alone that costs much less than that, much less a structural lot. I'm questioning, who set the fair market value?”
City Council · Sep 14, 2026
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“But it would meet one of those three requirements.”
City Council · Sep 14, 2026
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“I pledge allegiance to the flag of the United States of America and to the republic for which it stands, one nation under God, indivisible,”
City Council · Aug 10, 2026
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“I asked the question last time, what does this closely mimic in our new UDO going forward? I know it doesn't come under the UDO, and it was said it came under the SR, the Suburban Residential. And when I did a comparison, I think the biggest thing that I see are the setbacks. The setbacks under SR are considerably more, and I know it doesn't have to, we're not making it fit into the SR, For example, front yard under SR is 40 feet, whereas this one is 15. Under SR, going forward, it's 10 feet on the side yard, and it's 7 and 1 half feet in the document. Although the plat is in conflict with…”
City Council · Aug 10, 2026
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City Council · Aug 10, 2026
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“Well, you know, we all realize that Cox's Creek has an issue already. We don't want to make it any worse. And I feel like you've got adequate area to retain water.”
City Council · Aug 10, 2026
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“One more question. It didn't say, or at least I couldn't find it. What is the approximate open area left on the site? I'm not sure. I couldn't find it. I might have missed it, but I couldn't find it.”
City Council · Aug 10, 2026
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“I noticed the document did say, and this is the guiding document, a 10%, somewhere it says 10% open area.”
City Council · Aug 10, 2026
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“The intention is to follow the preliminary plan? Yes, sir. Not to... if it's let's just say the open area is over 10 and it does look like it is maybe it's 20 right yeah the intent is not to change it to reduce that open debt yes sir mr stewart”
City Council · Aug 10, 2026
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“John, early in this process, you said something that stuck with me, but as a council body, we have to have a vision of where do we want to be, what do we want to look like. So you almost have to step back from that and analyze where are you right now, and then secondly, put into place the procedure to get to where you want to be. So this has been a journey. And I could think of a couple of adjectives that describe this. And it's going to be generational. This is a generational change and historic. This will change the look of Anderson. I think for the better. I do have one, it sort of falls…”
City Council · Aug 10, 2026
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“Related, not the same issue, but in terms of building and codes inspections, let's just say residentially, for example, commercial's a little more intense, but you have three inspections. You have a footing inspection, you have a framing and rough-in inspection, and then you have a finals inspection. And that gap between rough-in and final, there are a lot of things that can happen. they could put vinyl siding on the house unless there's not a checkbox somewhere in an application that that's not allowed. I'd hate to see a builder get to the end, he's got vinyl siding on the house, and uh-oh,…”
City Council · Aug 10, 2026