Remarks by Victoria De La Torre Gans
17 remarks on the record, newest first · Page 1 of 1
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“I also want to amend, Mr. Chair, 10A. That was a conditional deferral, and I don't see the condition listed there. So we had deferred that item with a condition of allowance of inspection. I just want it to be public record and known.”
City Commission · Sep 8, 2026
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“I was going to say I'll play devil's advocate the other way. So firefighters and police officers might not be sizing up our property, but as a mom of two young girls, peepers and predators are, and honestly, that's why I had asked for a variance. I'm one of the ones that has a very elevated property. And the fence really didn't keep me and my backyard where the girls play private. So we have hedges now. I think I wanted to propose, I know we have eight foot hedges now, but I did want to kind of, and I made this proposal and the planning and zoning board, if we could, separate the hedge…”
City Commission · Sep 8, 2026
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“Yes, with staff's comments. I'll second.”
City Commission · Sep 8, 2026
- Play at 11:06
“From the time that you contacted the tow truck company and the time that they gave you the notice, how long was it in between?”
City Commission · Aug 12, 2026
- Play at 26:44
“My concern is this is a surgery clinic. Yes, ma'am. Yes.”
City Commission · Aug 12, 2026
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“I just wanted to commend you. I did a little homework on your company, and I know that you build these homes to make home ownership affordable for those that can't, so thank you. Thank you so much. And thank you for picking our beautiful city.”
City Commission · Aug 12, 2026
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“So it's a little hard to read so maybe could you grab some of the highlights for sure.”
City Commission · Aug 12, 2026
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“And you guys reviewed the fees and made sure that we were competitive, that we were actually increasing.”
City Commission · Aug 12, 2026
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“So the fees also include if somebody's having a food truck at their property for an event, this is included in the fee schedule?”
City Commission · Aug 12, 2026
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“Um, I think I recommended last meeting that we do just because think about when we're hauling the dumpsters for any type of, uh, work construction work that we also put a deposit in case I walks are broken or things like that. I think it would behoove us to kind of make sure that there's no destruction of the property while, while the food trucks are present.”
City Commission · Aug 12, 2026
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“yeah for private parties or parties at people's homes yeah because they're more likely than not going to be parked on the swale or they're going to be parked on they have to be parked within their property on their driveway within their property and if it's not then how would you yeah they it requires them to prop completely park on the property so they have to fit in the driveway they cannot be on the soil they cannot be on the sidewalk they cannot be on the street”
City Commission · Aug 12, 2026
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“It's that it's just being forward thinking that now we're opening up a use that wasn't allowed before, and that we're not getting taken advantage of if somebody has multiple and it's not on their property, how do we enforce it? If it's not part of the ordinance. So I just wanted to make sure that we have some language in there to protect us later on. If it does happen.”
City Commission · Aug 12, 2026
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“to have a deposit we would have to have something like that and I think it was a matter of balancing it I mean in my opinion we should be a little proactive with that just because someone could park it in front of someone's house and say oh we're here for a party and then they do that the next month and then they're getting their fees waived and we just want to make sure that if somebody is utilizing our space that they're”
City Commission · Aug 12, 2026
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“I thought it was going to be a public discussion amongst us.”
City Commission · Aug 12, 2026
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“Sorry, I just wanted to make a comment. Going back to that lien mitigation, honestly, to echo what you said, that was egregious. I think it was a little bit concerning that our code enforcement team wasn't allowed on the premises, it being a surgical center and the fact that the fire.”
City Commission · Aug 12, 2026
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“So I, I will stop you, but my concern is more on how it went. So more on our team, our administration, how it was the fire department that flagged it. Um, and I just more concerns on the housekeeping portion of it.”
City Commission · Aug 12, 2026
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“A general question on liens like that or just general mitigations to that amount and to the fact that there has been pushback. Is there a way that it could come before us before mitigations are made so that it could be reviewed? Is there something that we could do with just generally asking? Cause it was something I was asking our city attorney before the meeting about proper process procedures.”
City Commission · Aug 12, 2026