Remarks by Shawn Fletcher
68 remarks on the record, newest first · Page 1 of 3
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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 17, 2026
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“John? You know, thank you so much for all the hard work that you have done put into our community. I think the work that you've put into our community will last for a generation. You really have put the chamber on the map and set the chamber up for success for the future. So thank you, sir.”
City Council · Sep 17, 2026
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“Council Member Fletcher. I would absolutely support y'all's request. I believe we've, through some of the businesses that I have, have supported or sponsored teams in the past. One of my fondest memories at the lakefront is fishing with my mother down there when I was growing up. So I heavily support what you guys do, and your presentation was awesome. So you guys did a great job. Deputy Mayor Gilbert.”
City Council · Sep 17, 2026
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“If I could just give my two cents on this. A couple hundred people. I would, if we could direct staff to, for them to basically hold a small DRC meeting on a Zoom call with staff or a team's meeting to go over the details real quick. And then if we can, you know, improve up to a certain amount, then they can go. Because I believe the ordinance doesn't allow advertising until they have a Permanent, right? So that's the reason why we're wanting to We can say up to this amount you're good to go and then they have to come back so we could control To a degree how many tickets are sold?”
City Council · Sep 17, 2026
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“For me, it was all about the timing to get it going. I don't know what that dollar amount would be. I'm going to say the same thing that Council Member Gilbert says all the time. I don't have all the answers. But, I mean, that would be the fastest way to get them rolling. All right.”
City Council · Sep 17, 2026
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“I just wanted to respond to the citizen's comment. So I did see, I identified an issue. I believe you sent an email. Did you send an email or a letter in at one point, or was that another resident?”
City Council · Sep 17, 2026
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“Okay. So once that came through, I took that information and tracked it down with our city manager and looked at it. you know it's tough right so because you have your neighborhood and you want it to kind of be like locked in a box um we just don't want to be punished”
City Council · Sep 17, 2026
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“One of the things that we have to look at is the totality of that whole area. So if it was, when I was looking at it, if you were to shut it off, then you would be going out, say you wanted to go to the commercial or somebody wanted to go to the commercial spot, they'd have to come out to the light, come all the way back around or then come back all the way around again, whereas this provides Ease of connectivity.”
City Council · Sep 17, 2026
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“That's the challenge. But I just wanted to let you know I did look into the concerns that you guys raised.”
City Council · Sep 17, 2026
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“Second. Sorry, go ahead. I was going to make a second. Was that a second over there?”
City Council · Sep 17, 2026
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“um but you wanted to make a comment yes um so i just want to say thank you actually to um the folks who put this together i did um meet with them on several um occasions trying to solve residents concerns um one of the things that i did like about this was the branding and the place making package that you guys have had i would hope that staff could work to add that to all of the all of the the larger developments especially if they do have a commercial aspect to it um so that was a big”
City Council · Sep 17, 2026
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“We all know the history with it. We just got another rundown. Like you said, this is the first of two public hearings. I don't want to affect the commercial development community. This is the problem with this, the way that we've had to go back and look at it. Is there a way that we can... Say we raised it all back up to the 100%, including commercial. Is there a way to put a mechanism in there where they pay the mobility fee, and then we give a refund as an economic development incentive?”
City Council · Sep 17, 2026
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“And if we could definitely look at the – sorry. If we could definitely look at that as a mechanism with COOP, with – I mean, look at other cities to see if we can actually – because that's almost an – immediate right um thing they'll be able to look at that and say hey if we're going to get financing for this this is the estimated cost of mobility fees but i know i'm guaranteed if i'm like if i pay it i'm going to get this back so it's going to it's a just a different animal we're going to we'll look at that option but what i was going to point out is that what mrs miller just told you…”
City Council · Sep 17, 2026
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“Paula, thank you for everything that you do in the community. You know I fully support Main Street and their mission and service to the city of St. Cloud. I know you've put your blood, sweat, and tears into Main Street, founded, what, 1999, right? It's been since 1999. I fully believe that any issues will be addressed at the next board meeting that you have, and I make a motion for approval.”
City Council · Sep 17, 2026
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“Council Member Fletcher. I did not play out there, but I can make noise with the saxophone. There you go. Come on out. We have a home game. We'll take it. Council Member Paul asked my question, so thank you.”
City Council · Sep 10, 2026
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“Thank you for your speech and thank you, Mayor. Partially what had happened was I had a conversation with the organization regarding the number of wreaths after attending the event last year. And I think some of us were actually out there. At the end of the event, you notice that there wasn't enough wreaths. So my thought was, let's let me allocate some funds to be able to make up that difference. Well, what had happened was, is that has to go off to purchase the wreaths, and then the wreaths then come down, and then they're placed by volunteers at this event. Right after that, there…”
City Council · Sep 10, 2026
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“One of the things I did speak to Chaski about and the organization is obviously we've been going through these different fees. And that's really going to change here, you know, with next year's budget. So, you know, I don't want to get in the situation where we're like keep waiving fees, waiving fees, right? So they're going to make adjustments to their stuff so that they have the fundraising efforts. And then I also mentioned to her to work with the St. Cloud Veterans Council to push, you know, the event for next year. And then they'll have the resources of everybody coming together so that…”
City Council · Sep 10, 2026
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“I just wanted to say, Coop, thank you, and thank you to every department director, the leadership of the city manager, and the the council's direction to basically put forward um the leanest budget i think that the at least since my time on council forward possible you know not using the prior year fund balance is an extreme effort i think it will affect every single employee in the organization every single department will be doing their part to save the taxpayers' and citizens' money. And I think everybody in the community, in the city, this council, directors, staff, should be proud of the…”
City Council · Sep 10, 2026
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“The only thing that I wanted to say is, well, one, I appreciate staff working with the business owners. I know that we've spent a lot of time talking about this. I see folks here in the audience, well, at least one of them from our downtown establishments. At the last meeting, I was like, oh, man, we're continuing this again. I'm like, oh, my gosh, can we just, you know, get this across the finish line? But obviously the extension one more time did generate a bunch of discussion that I think has, we finally got it. I think we finally got it there. Unless anybody in the audience or council…”
City Council · Sep 10, 2026
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“Thank you, Mayor. I think we actually might be headed in a good direction with this based on the conversations that you guys had. I wasn't there. You know, I've heard some things and whatnot. So the CRA, I mean, this is obviously we can't talk about, I mean, the purview. This isn't under the purview of the CRA, but the alleyway improvement project that we put on hold through the CRA program because we basically funded the parking garage and whatnot. I would recommend that we would let staff go and create something, like give us a basis. And then how we normally do, we just rip it apart as…”
City Council · Sep 10, 2026
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“CHRIS RODGERS. GO AHEAD. COUNCILMEMBER FLEISCHER. YOU NEVER KNOW WHAT WE'RE VOTING ON, RIGHT? SO THE SIGN REGULATIONS, AND OBVIOUSLY I LOVE WORKING WITH EVERYBODY UP HERE, WHAT MAKES IT A DIFFERENT BUSINESS THAN ANOTHER BUSINESS, RIGHT?”
City Council · Sep 10, 2026
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“WELL, IT'S A CONDITION. WE HAVE THE RIGHT TO DO IT. WE DO, RIGHT. SO MY THING IS, IT'S AN OFFICE THAT SOMEBODY GOES AND MEETS WITH SOMEBODY what makes it, like, I mean, we already have sign regulations in our code. I don't think, because I believe our sign regulations in our code are actually pretty strict for what we have. Years ago, the council really put some heavy restrictions on signage. I don't think what we have in the code would be necessarily, you know, devastating to that particular area with what we have, but those are my comments.”
City Council · Sep 10, 2026
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“Because it's just going to be right next to another sign. It's just going to blend in.”
City Council · Sep 10, 2026
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“Motion to approve with the conditions set forth by staff and the sign that was showed on the overhead projector as part of the record.”
City Council · Sep 10, 2026
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“What is the process if they don't come to a security?”
City Council · Sep 10, 2026