Remarks by Vincent Niemiec
153 remarks on the record, newest first · Page 1 of 7
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“Commissioner Nemec? Yes, I'd like to say congratulations to Councilwoman Chandra Myers for once again representing the city by doing the first Breast Cancer Awareness function last week it was a very very successful it was it was amazing I actually had the honor and privilege to emcee the entire affair we had a lot of fun we had a A lot of knowledgeable. The admin help was there answering all questions. We're planning to do it again next year. It was a moment where we were having awards for the best hat. And that was a little comical, but I really wanted to have the best dress, the person…”
Planning and Zoning Commission · Oct 6, 2026
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“I would like to make a disclosure. I met with the Planning and Zoning Department yesterday for a gender review. That's basically it.”
Planning and Zoning Commission · Oct 6, 2026
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“I met with you. I received this yesterday.”
Planning and Zoning Commission · Oct 6, 2026
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“Okay. I can explain it. So I guess everything in here is outdated and this is... All right, go ahead.”
Planning and Zoning Commission · Oct 6, 2026
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“If we're going to table it, why are we wasting her time?”
Planning and Zoning Commission · Oct 6, 2026
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“Excuse me. That picture you just showed, that's low-density?”
Planning and Zoning Commission · Oct 6, 2026
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“I'm impressed with building them, but see the low density that Claremont has, we have a lot more room between the homes.”
Planning and Zoning Commission · Oct 6, 2026
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“This looks like medium high density to me, but I'll wait for my questions.”
Planning and Zoning Commission · Oct 6, 2026
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“Ma'am, may I stop you? What page is that on? Oh, okay. Yeah, thank you. Okay, thank you, ma'am.”
Planning and Zoning Commission · Oct 6, 2026
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“May I ask that, since you brought that up, could you tell me where that study, what state that study was done in?”
Planning and Zoning Commission · Oct 6, 2026
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“Washington. Washington. Yes, sir. And we're in Florida.”
Planning and Zoning Commission · Oct 6, 2026
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“I'll be served to go right right because I don't want to tie them up okay questions that we will go to commissioner may.”
Planning and Zoning Commission · Oct 6, 2026
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“Thank you. While I have to ask you a question, could you put that picture back up of 50 with the low density or medium density of... Keep going. Keep going. Keep going. Keep going. It was right in the beginning. I wanted to stop you, but that would have been rude of me.”
Planning and Zoning Commission · Oct 6, 2026
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“Nope. Nope. Far from it. Keep going. Keep going. It's before this, but that was interesting too. Waterbrook. Keep going. I'm sorry to keep doing this to you. I apologize. Keep going. We're coming right up to it.”
Planning and Zoning Commission · Oct 6, 2026
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“yeah it was route 50 it was waterbrook and it was a bunch of cottages as you called cottages this one nope they had a lot a lot you know which one i'm talking about right keep going please okay i'm gonna go slowly and then you stop me waterbrook is that 50 could you go back to that i think yeah that that was you had it the one between the two pictures of the park It's not in my pamphlet. I would have gave you the page number. Keep going.”
Planning and Zoning Commission · Oct 6, 2026
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“I don't want to waste time. I want to use that for an example. Right there. Stop. I didn't mean to yell. I just don't want to keep going back and forth. Now, could you show me in this conceptual drawing of a wish list where 50 is?”
Planning and Zoning Commission · Oct 6, 2026
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“Yeah, exactly. Exactly. Okay. I'm sorry. I have to apologize. I'm trying to be as polite as possible. Okay? I'm not from Disney or Fantasyland. I'm from Claremont. I came from New York. I spent every penny I had for my dream house here. If I saw that in Claremont, I would not live here. Okay? That is horrendous. Horrendous because that's 50. I'm not here to beat you up. I think you're doing a very good job on presenting But I have to disagree with it a lot, especially when it comes to traffic. Anybody in Claremont will tell you right now the number one problem we have is traffic. When I first…”
Planning and Zoning Commission · Oct 6, 2026
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“But the state was not, right, because I'm on the MPO committee, and I brought up that question after I met with you, and they are not happy with roundabouts. Yes. Do you know that 50 and 27, we do not control that? You know that. I kept telling that over and over.”
Planning and Zoning Commission · Oct 6, 2026
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“Okay. I can't even get Hartwood Marsh expanded since 2007. And if you think they're going to come up with money for a roundabout, that's a pipe dream. But that's just traffic. Okay. I really hate doing this. Could I ask my staff a question on density? Because I'm really confused now. What is the capacity of low density? Can somebody answer me that? The capacity of how many single family homes we could have? I'm sorry to bother you, Kurt. I mean, I didn't know this question was gonna come up. Like I didn't know I was getting a new packet.”
Planning and Zoning Commission · Oct 6, 2026
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“So this new table wants to do 9 to 18 units per acre. So how could you stay there and tell me you're not changing our density?”
Planning and Zoning Commission · Oct 6, 2026
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“Okay, now listen, we'll talk about this. I don't want to take any more of the time because I have four more projects to come up. All right, look, I'm going to be honest. It's way too much density. That's my concern. Way too much traffic. It doesn't fit the surrounding neighborhoods of what I'm looking at right here at this picture. All right? The main concern a lot of people are forgetting about in their fantasy land, all right, is flooding. Flooding. Flooding. Okay, we didn't think about that now, did we? With all these homes and all this asphalt here. I'm not here to beat up your project.…”
Planning and Zoning Commission · Oct 6, 2026
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“Okay, I understand that because I'm going to be, before they leave, I'm going to ask them to tomorrow, I'll come pick it up. I want something I can read because I am not ready to vote on this. I know he'll do that.”
Planning and Zoning Commission · Oct 6, 2026
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“Do you know where Waterbrook Park is? That's this site you're showing this picture. Do you know that at a certain time... It's standstill traffic. See, the problem is not the people living in Claremont. It's the people living in Groveland, Mineola, Lakeland, all right? And the problem is we don't control the roads. So if, I'm sorry. I like to set a motion so I can look over this.”
Planning and Zoning Commission · Oct 6, 2026
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“Mr. Chairman, may I ask a question? When was this handed to my PNC department?”
Planning and Zoning Commission · Oct 6, 2026
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“Unfortunately, we're spending a lot of money on this project. And mistakes cannot be made.”
Planning and Zoning Commission · Oct 6, 2026