Remarks by Lauren Wise
30 remarks on the record, newest first · Page 1 of 2
- Play at 1:00:07
“Thank you so much for that comprehensive presentation. On a kind of macro global scale, I think this, at least for me, kind of confirms what I sort of had a feeling about is we obviously hear from a lot of people that we have a parking problem, and I think now we can articulate how to express that issue, which is really helpful. The thing, this is kind of a rhetorical question really for me, but I'm now more curious about what problem we are actually trying to solve. Is that to try to create more turnover in our downtown spaces so more people can get in and out? Is it more distribution of…”
City Council · Sep 21, 2026
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“And I think the other piece of this, and it's really just something to consider, is how do we communicate to the people of Brevard this kind of message and the things we're trying to look to solve it. Because, I mean, it's been the number one thing we hear about is that there is no parking. I mean, that's the message, there's no parking. So I want to try to think of a strategy to help with that messaging too and create a system that's like, well, there is, but you need to spread out a little bit.”
City Council · Sep 21, 2026
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“Well, it's a precious commodity for sure. That's all I have. Thank you.”
City Council · Sep 21, 2026
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“I don't really have a question. Just appreciate trying to clean this up because I know this is something we run into a lot. And I really also appreciate kind of looking at the steep slope part of this, too, to kind of make all this a little more easier to apply uniformly. That's it.”
City Council · Sep 21, 2026
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“Yeah, I kind of do wonder what provoked the state to do this, because I don't think it's for those reasons, Aaron, necessarily. I do think we want to be careful with this, not on our behalf, because while I agree with everything Aaron said, I think it could also act as a double-edged sword. We could see developments that do require use of city, and that kind of goes into city parking and... As you mentioned, we implemented a tier system a couple of years ago, and I know you guys did a lot of work because of the perceived need for that tier system. I want to just be aware as we're moving…”
City Council · Sep 21, 2026
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City Council · Sep 21, 2026
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“Yeah, I mean, I've actually talked to people who get the Estetot and Acusa Trail confused a lot. And I think this is such a major, the Acusa Trail is such a major piece of infrastructure coming in. We want to make sure people know where they're going and what they're riding on. And then we did do a little bit of looking into what the Essato Trail really was and how it was really kind of historically more aligned with the forest. So I think clarification here as these trail systems emerge is gonna be really important as we get thousands of people coming into our community. I would also say…”
City Council · Sep 21, 2026
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“Write us and tell us you want BATS. That's all I have, thank you.”
City Council · Sep 21, 2026
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“uh... i don't really have questions i just want to point out that uh... the kind of relative costs were talking about uh... for these kind of projects is in my opinion staggering uh... and and why it's so important that we maintain these systems because they will impact almost everything else in the city we're looking at a new wastewater treatment plant and if we can control the sort of eye and eye that happens here we could actually possibly reduce the cost of that plant so These kind of repairs and maintenance do telescope over the scope of the city. Even though on paper it looks like an…”
City Council · Sep 21, 2026
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“Yeah, I just want to thank everyone for spending the evening with us. I am sure you, I'm not sure of this, but I hope you realize how important you are and how important it is that you're here. We talked a lot tonight about communication in different ways, communication about parking, about the trail, and I see a lot of miscommunication happening out in our community, and so when people are engaged and they talk to us and actually spend time with us, we can try to help them understand where we're coming from, the decisions we make, and I think people are more likely to understand decisions if…”
City Council · Sep 21, 2026
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City Council · Sep 8, 2026
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“I feel like I'm pretty familiar with this one because we've looked at it in committee and we've talked about it a number of times. I think this could be a great program for Brevard and I really don't have any additional comments about what we've talked about before.”
City Council · Sep 8, 2026
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“Yeah, one question first about the... HAC Housing, we were talking about time-sensitive projects. Is that not a little time-sensitive to get that funded, whatever way we choose to do it? I mean, there's gotta be a finite timeline on this.”
City Council · Sep 8, 2026
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“Yeah. Well, that's what I'm worried about.”
City Council · Sep 8, 2026
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“Okay, thank you. So we made a very clear promise, I feel like, during our budget negotiations about what this, you know, remember this money was moved into Fund 82 from our general fund and we made a promise to keep it there for infrastructure dedicated to Rosenwald. as a commitment to that community and to the needs of infrastructure, which may or may not have been neglected over time, and so we're trying do what we can to improve that infrastructure improvement. I will also say the number, top two things that I hear about and I think most of city council hears about is affordable housing…”
City Council · Sep 8, 2026
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“Madam Mayor, may I make, sorry, I know this is around Robin.”
City Council · Sep 8, 2026
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“I just, I do want to say that in terms of this 2.5 million water sewer, I want to remind people that we are on the cusp of a $80 million wastewater treatment plant. So I don't know what the percentage of 80 million and 2.5 million is, but not to mention that we also would love to, we're looking at a new water intake because we only have one water intake plant. So not to mention the, David, I don't know how many miles of underground infrastructure we have to maintain in terms of sewer and water right now that we just finished mapping. and have found multiple issues with. So I think it's a bit…”
City Council · Sep 8, 2026
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“You know, the name is strangely familiar, so I feel confident in this.”
City Council · Sep 8, 2026
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City Council · Sep 8, 2026
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“Um, to clarify on Aaron's question, if we need to kind of look at where these funding sources are coming from, we're not making that specific decision tonight. We're more proving that we need the 88”
City Council · Aug 3, 2026
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“Yes, sir. That's correct. So I will say that the maintenance budget line, I think that is a large number. I am confident that money is allocated.”
City Council · Aug 3, 2026
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“Outside of that, I think this is a fantastic opportunity for our community. I mean, this is huge for home ownership for people who would never have a chance to even, especially now, consider home ownership. So it's an exciting project. That's all I have.”
City Council · Aug 3, 2026
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“I'll just say that one thing that's really nice about this is it's pretty proactive, and it kind of rethinks about strategies moving forward that, you know, in the past we've historically kind of used an outdated way of dealing with stormwater, so this is actually a nice ordinance to grow into in the future.”
City Council · Aug 3, 2026
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“I'm going to start with my dumbest question first. Can you just tell me what CAD stands for?”
City Council · Aug 3, 2026
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“So thank you for the presentation. I talked to you earlier today because this can get confusing. I'm still very confused about the state and how they view law enforcement, but that's not our problem here, or we're trying to solve that problem. A couple things. One, for intoxication, I've heard a lot about the social district and why people are allowed to drink in the social district. That's a straw man argument. There are really strict rules around the social district and how you're allowed to consume alcohol, what you have to do, and so I think that is a, it's really a straw man. These are…”
City Council · Aug 3, 2026