Remarks by René Flowers
91 remarks on the record, newest first · Page 4 of 4
- Play at 31:40
“Okay, that's okay. So I just would want the glass to be that non reflective where you can't see inside, but you could see outside only for safety reasons because then you could really see the movement of people throughout the facility. But I like the slant of that roof. I don't like the way you have that metal ribbon going across kind of looked like something just was plopped there. So I don't like that. Um, can you go to the one after this? Now I like that roof, but again, that's just additional glass, a lot of glass, which increases the cost of the project. I think I love the landscaping…”
Board of County Commissioners · Aug 20, 2026
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“So I prefer the square. versus the round for all the way around because if it were only the judicial building then yeah i would go with the round um but i like the design and again thank you so much for listening to our comments and concerns and reflecting those here so um Did you like option one or two on the outside? I like option two. Okay, in the corner. Yeah, I like option two. I really like the glass. I like the building slope here because it's four floors. But just worried about the increased cost when you have another level of glass. So I would go with the slanted roof.”
Board of County Commissioners · Aug 20, 2026
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“So I'm not a contractor person. So forgive me if this is not a good question. Is there any reason why there could not be a enclosed mechanical room that is off to the side or behind rather than on top of the building? Because once you start construction, you can underground cables and, and you know, your have back system inflows and things like that.”
Board of County Commissioners · Aug 20, 2026
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“The only reason I ask too is because sometimes when handbag systems start leaking, and you may not catch the leak, and then they kind of trundle down, and you look up, and your ceiling is popcorning. So anyway, but you guys, you know.”
Board of County Commissioners · Aug 20, 2026
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“Cost-wise, I'll go with C. I really like... You said C? Yes, sir. Okay. Yes, sir. All right. I really like the halo, but I'm just concerned about the cost. Yeah.”
Board of County Commissioners · Aug 20, 2026
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“When they did share that the cost was more, C is $4 million more, but I like C better than, I don't like the thing that they have going across it. It looks kind of ugly.”
Board of County Commissioners · Aug 20, 2026
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“Since my C has defected, I'll move over to 1A. All right.”
Board of County Commissioners · Aug 20, 2026
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“I'm not sure if you guys recall, I brought and distributed little pamphlets that we received from the school safety transportation committee that I serve on where the sheriff's office provided us with a presentation because a lot of parents were buying their children the e-bikes to get to school if they didn't have a driver's license yet or whatever. And the concern and issue was some of the bikes were moving faster than what the law allows that they could ride and whatnot so the sheriff did say that what they're doing is basically stopping the person and having them reach out to the parent…”
Board of County Commissioners · Aug 20, 2026
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“Thank you, Mr. Chair. Um, so there are a number of families that go out and visit the park because it's a form of entertainment where they can take, you know, their kids, they could spend the day, they can have a little picnic, not just for holidays, but you know, in general, it's, um, a form of, um, recreation for people who may not be able to afford some of the other more luxurious, uh, types of entertainment like a Disney or Busch Gardens or whatever. So I am very apprehensive about increasing the rate to an hourly rate. I do recognize and thank you all for pointing out that we haven't…”
Board of County Commissioners · Aug 20, 2026
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“Okay. Those are, those are just, you know, again, I think we do a wonderful job at our parks. I'm really appreciative of the work that you do as well as our Rangers and whatnot that are out there. And, um, some of the classes teachers take their scholars out there, you know, for learning opportunities, um, So I really like what we're doing. But, um, again, that's, this is just one of those things where our residents for a little bit of money can go out and enjoy the day with their family and have a really good time. And so to make it now be a potential for them not to be able to go cause they…”
Board of County Commissioners · Aug 20, 2026
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“So that daily vehicle parking from $6 to $12 is, for the day for your boat ramp.”
Board of County Commissioners · Aug 20, 2026
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“So if we could do that for the boat ramp that we could not do the three 50 an hour for the car.”
Board of County Commissioners · Aug 20, 2026
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“No, I did have my pay up. So I was saying, Commissioner Sher, I certainly agree. I shared with Barry when he brought up the subject, my two selections was either from the general fund for the nine months until we had an opportunity to go into the next legislative session, which is in January, and for us to make the request to the state legislature as a part of our priority list, asking that they fund us Commissioner Eggers, that they fund us in order to operate, and they make that a part of their ongoing budget, not just a one-time occurrence. So I agree with you. It would be better to take…”
Board of County Commissioners · Aug 20, 2026
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“simply going to say for those who have ideas or suggestions about where you think we would be able to pull some revenue from that you share that with the other commissioners as well as with staff and then maybe allow staff to come back when we're having the additional discussion to say if you do this this is how it would look and that way we could have I think a more robust informed conversation versus we could do this, this, this, this, and this. And then I have not had a chance or others to look at, okay, so what does this mean? So I know we've done that in the past, excuse me, where, you…”
Board of County Commissioners · Aug 20, 2026
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“Mr. Chair, if you don't mind, I agree. I wasn't saying to stop the conversation here. I was just saying, I think I know for me, I don't mind communicating, but sometimes when I also have it, you know, in my hand where I can look at it and kind of massage it a little bit better. So I wasn't saying to discontinue, you know, that the conversation here wasn't a good lively one. That's number one. Number two, there are a couple of other counties and I'm happy to email it to you guys that have gone through the exercise that are creating a budget with Amendment 3 and a budget without Amendment 3,…”
Board of County Commissioners · Aug 20, 2026
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“Yeah, so I'll share that with you as well because those individuals are reporting it back to FAC so that we could try to compile the data when we're sending out our spreadsheet of the 67 counties. You know, this is what others are doing and this is how it looks. So I'm happy to share that with you guys as well. Thank you, Mr. Chair.”
Board of County Commissioners · Aug 20, 2026