Remarks by Shawn Fletcher
68 remarks on the record, newest first · Page 2 of 3
- Play at 4:17:02
“Um, I just want to reiterate, um, thank you to staff again for all the budget work. Um, and then also to the council for the wreaths across America. That was a big help. Um, I did want to bring up, um, I believe that I had asked for a resolution to be brought back for the mobility fees and I'm wondering why it's not here again.”
City Council · Sep 10, 2026
- Play at 4:20:39
“Sorry, Sean, I was just commenting. So my thing is, so we had a discussion several meetings ago, and we added the, we were talking about commercial, and then I asked for the residential portion. Then at another meeting, I asked, let's bring back the residential portion only. I don't care right now about the commercial. I want the residential brought back to raise it back to the 100%. When we're looking at the budget with the mobility fees and we're trying to generate revenue, going back to the 100% makes sense. When we had our joint meeting with Osceola County, the first thing they said was,…”
City Council · Sep 10, 2026
- Play at 4:22:25
“Because I think with the You know, it was advertised. It was advertised, it was approved at a discount. The development community, all of the associations, they were all aware that this was a temporary discount and it could come back at any other time. And I don't think it's more restrictive. They all are aware.”
City Council · Sep 10, 2026
- Play at 4:23:07
“So what happens if we move forward anyways? Because we don't necessarily have to follow every county, every city, every jurisdiction.”
City Council · Sep 10, 2026
- Play at 4:24:56
“So the 15% applied to both commercial and residential, not just commercial?”
City Council · Sep 10, 2026
- Play at 4:26:16
“So the way that the discount came about back when we were going through the seed study and all that stuff is they were threatening lawsuits because of what they considered too much of a price.”
City Council · Sep 10, 2026
- Play at 4:26:31
“All of them. All of them. They were fighting it. So working with the Homeowners Association and all the other entities, the thought was like, all right, let's discount 15%. Let it all work in. Let it all get under play, you know, so that there wasn't such a big hit. And then come back at a later date, and raise it. So now that we've adopted, at a 15 percent discount, everything is in play, now we can't raise it back up, is what we're being told.”
City Council · Sep 10, 2026
- Play at 4:27:07
“As easy as was initially... We can't simply, yes.”
City Council · Sep 10, 2026
- Play at 4:28:45
“Is that on my desk maybe? I've never seen a draft.”
City Council · Sep 10, 2026
- Play at 4:33:38
“You have, um, that's all I have. Thank you, man. All right.”
City Council · Sep 10, 2026
- Play at 1:46:49
“Thank you, Mayor. I just want to say that this project has been in the works for a very long time, and it's obviously something that I'm very passionate about. I know everybody up here on the council is, and previous councils and staff has put a lot of work into this. I had the opportunity to meet with the finance director and the folks at the deputy mayor's request. I know that there is a lot of concerns about the budget, about operational expenses, especially with the property tax reform. With that, in our park impact fees, we have about $10 million in park impact fees. Speaking with the…”
City Council · Aug 20, 2026
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“I just wanted to say thank you for being a community partner. You have been here a long time. You've served a lot of residents and visitors throughout your time here. here in our city. That is a wonderful building and a wonderful space. I know that you guys work very hard. Unfortunately, I am in agreement with EDAC that I believe we should put it out to bid so that other businesses, local businesses, have the opportunity to possibly have that space and keep up with their design. Perhaps you would come out on top, kind of what Council Member Urban had said. I had said that from the beginning…”
City Council · Aug 20, 2026
- Play at 2:12:32
“Thank you, and I appreciate the relationship that you have with the city. I have two questions. One, unless, I mean, I don't remember if it was provided. I don't have it in front of me right now. So how did we come up with the 10,000 plus the 5%? Were we looking at comparable properties in the area?”
City Council · Aug 20, 2026
- Play at 2:13:24
“So what would be the comparable properties that we looked at to come up with the 10,000 plus for the base? So for the base, so what were they and where?”
City Council · Aug 20, 2026
- Play at 2:13:52
“Absolutely. Cause I mean, if, if I was to rent a property, like say, okay, so we need to find a property that, you know, as this square feet has this kitchen and his waterfront. in a downtown, close to a downtown. I would compare other areas and property to this and then come up with the base and then, like you said, align the interest with the 5%. Now, the 5% is attached to gross sales. If it's 10,000 plus 5%, what are we looking at?”
City Council · Aug 20, 2026
- Play at 2:14:25
“Because I don't know what the gross sales are that they're doing. I don't have their financials in front of me to make that decision.”
City Council · Aug 20, 2026
- Play at 2:14:39
“Okay. And I just don't have that to be able to make the decision. Then my second question is... Obviously, they've been a good partner, but if we did put it out for a request for bid, with it being such a wonderful property down there and beautiful, it would be true that we could potentially have somebody submit a proposal and do substantial improvements at their cost to operate there. That would be a correct statement?”
City Council · Aug 20, 2026
- Play at 2:15:35
“But that's not it. We don't even want a credit. We want that. But we wouldn't know that unless we actually put it out there, right?”
City Council · Aug 20, 2026
- Play at 2:16:57
“I'm just asking the questions. So if there was an expansion of that, Would park impact fees cover that building? No, because it would be a replacement of items. It would be a replacement. I appreciate the partnership. Thank you.”
City Council · Aug 20, 2026
- Play at 2:28:40
“Um, I was just prepared to make a motion to continue it to the September meeting.”
City Council · Aug 20, 2026
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“Motion to continue to the September meeting and allowing a six month lease extension as currently written second.”
City Council · Aug 20, 2026
- Play at 2:51:55
“Motion to approve. Second. You get a car.”
City Council · Aug 20, 2026
- Play at 3:21:03
“You can tell that everybody did their homework here with all these red nominations, and then mine's left out. I don't know. Ken didn't have one. So for seat number nine, I'm going to appoint William de Jesus, no relation to Rafael, and then I'm going to reappoint Ed Mateo.”
City Council · Aug 20, 2026
- Play at 3:21:37
“Well, just before he retired, yeah. And Bill is a 20-year veteran, et cetera. Okay. I think he'll do well. We're so blessed to have such a good veteran.”
City Council · Aug 20, 2026
- Play at 3:21:47
“Yes, he is. He's, I believe, the quartermaster of the VFW. He participates a lot, and I think he'll do well with you guys.”
City Council · Aug 20, 2026