Remarks by Van R. Johnson, II
238 remarks on the record, newest first · Page 4 of 10
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“Is there a reason why Thomas E. Denard III and Savannah Bee Company should not have?”
City Council · Jul 9, 2026
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“Fair enough. Okay, thank you very much. There is a substitute motion. Alderman Wilder-Brien.”
City Council · Jul 9, 2026
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“What is your motion? What is your motion?”
City Council · Jul 9, 2026
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“Is there a second? All right, you said you were finishing a comment?”
City Council · Jul 9, 2026
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City Council · Jul 9, 2026
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“check it by the records and i'll go to court i'll go to court and i'll swear on the body all right thank you very much thank you so much all right y'all go forth and be great all right thank you thank you all right uh item number 13 is a public hearing for the downtown savannah authority bond application but 31 million dollars in bond funding to construct a parking garage at eastern wharf IF YOU REMEMBER, THIS IS A PART OF THE DEVELOPMENT PLAN, AND WE WILL DECLARE A PUBLIC HEARING. DOES ANYONE HAVE ANYTHING AGAINST THIS PUBLIC HEARING? THIS IS MONEY THAT IS FROM THE PARKING FUND THAT WILL BE…”
City Council · Jul 9, 2026
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“GOING ONCE, GOING TWICE, SPEAK NOW IF I EVER HOLD YOUR PEACE. MOTION TO CLOSE. SECOND. PROPERTY MOVED AND SECONDED. ALL IN FAVOR INDICATE BY SAYING AYE.”
City Council · Jul 9, 2026
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City Council · Jul 9, 2026
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“All right. What is your motion? their second second property moved in second all in favor indicate by saying aye aye opposed all right motion passes that would be wait one two three three four five six one six one six one thank you uh please record alderman palumbo and alderman oh seven one alderman miller blakey's out the room mr um loving i believe the downtown savannah authority has to meet ALL RIGHT THANK YOU VERY MUCH WE'RE GOING BACK NOW UH TO ITEM NUMBER 14 WHICH IS APPROVAL TO AMEND THE 2026 REVENUE ORDINANCE TO ADOPT A MILITARY OF 11.749 MILLS AT THE FINAL MILITARY THIS IS UNDER…”
City Council · Jul 9, 2026
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“LET'S MOVE ON TO ORDINANCES. THIS IS AN AMENDMENT TO SUNDAY ALCOHOL SALES REQUIREMENT FOR MUSEUMS. THIS IS ON SECOND READING. I ASK THIS TO BE PUSHED BACK A WEEK TO TWO WEEKS TO MAKE SURE THAT EVERYONE WAS CLEAR. MR. MAYOR. YES.”
City Council · Jul 9, 2026
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“PROBABLY MOVE TO SECOND. ALL IN FAVOR INDICATE BY SAYING AYE. AYE. OPPOSED. OPPOSED. MOTION PASSES 6-1.”
City Council · Jul 9, 2026
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“7-1, thank you. Item number 16, petition of Coleman Company on behalf of Brookhaven Development for Fort Argyle developers to annex 123.159 acres at 0 Fort Argyle Road from Chatham County to the city of Savannah. Mr. Mayor? And there's item number 17 as well. Yes, sir. We'll take them individually. I guess my concern on second reading is there was a request for a 100-foot buffer. This was the one, correct? And I think, I don't know where that issue was, but there was some concern. You have some residents, this is what, this is not, we already had the public hearing, correct?”
City Council · Jul 9, 2026
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“So we already closed the hearing, so what is your, we just opened the hearing? OK. We'll go ahead and open up the public hearing on this item since folks are here. I guess, well, I'll just get to my concerns afterwards. So Connie Shreve, Annette Hicks, Norman Burnside, and Michael Washington.”
City Council · Jul 9, 2026
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“OK, let the clerk know. Thank you very much.”
City Council · Jul 9, 2026
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City Council · Jul 9, 2026
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“We were just taking your comment. Thank you very much.”
City Council · Jul 9, 2026
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“We need to work that out with you, right?”
City Council · Jul 9, 2026
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City Council · Jul 9, 2026
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City Council · Jul 9, 2026
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“Thank you very much. Rachel Carter. All right.”
City Council · Jul 9, 2026
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“But this is not, the land you're talking about protecting, they're resorting to land they own. They don't own your land.”
City Council · Jul 9, 2026
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“All right, I need you to finish your thought.”
City Council · Jul 9, 2026
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“Thank you. Is there a motion to close the hearing?”
City Council · Jul 9, 2026
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“There's a problem with the second all of them keep by saying aye. Yes, Sir. Oh yeah, you didn't mean that one woman man was like a second. You didn't fill out a card. I didn't know you wanted to say something. All right, you come on. We'll we'll we'll we'll draw that motion in a second. Go ahead.”
City Council · Jul 9, 2026
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“buffering requirements would be between the adjoining property in this new development there would be setbacks certainly i'm sure um and i can get that information all right uh mr mayor i would like to make the motion no ma'am item number six no ma'am no ma'am no ma'am not right now no ma'am no ma'am no ma'am no no not this time um what ma'am please ma'am please what's the position what the hearing is still open”
City Council · Jul 9, 2026