City Council - Regular Meeting

Wednesday, May 20, 2026

The Virginia Gardens Village Council recognized the U12 boys soccer team as state champions, approved the appointment of Enrique Leon to the Beautification Board, and received updates on local drainage and FPL undergrounding projects.

About this meeting

Government Body
City Council
Meeting Type
City Council
Location
Virginia Gardens, FL
Meeting Date
May 20, 2026

Transcript

259 sections

0:00 – 0:29GABRIEL FERNANDEZ

good evening ladies and gentlemen welcome to the regular council meeting today is may 20th 2026 we can call to order at 6 32 and we please rise for the invocation led by councilwoman cedar martinez and the pledge of allegiance heavenly father we ask for your guidance this evening as we set about to do village business keeping in mind those that we serve here in the village we ask also

0:30 – 0:54ELIZABETH TAYLOR-MARTINEZ

that you keep people watch over our residents, that they are safe, and if they need help, let us know. And keep our service members, our first responders, and our police personnel safe. School will be ending soon, so when that comes, help keep our kids safe. We ask for this and more in the name of your son, our Savior, Jesus Christ. Amen.

0:55 – 1:07Speaker 10

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.

1:12GABRIEL FERNANDEZ

Amen. All right. Meeting. Roll call, Madam Clerk. Here.

1:31GABRIEL FERNANDEZ

Present. All right. Meeting notice is nothing to report.

1:38Speaker 6

On to presentation.

1:39GABRIEL FERNANDEZ

Presentation of award recognizing the U-12 boys team as the 2026 Commissioners Cup Florida State Champion.

1:47Speaker 10

Bring them in. Woo-hoo! Yay!

1:50GABRIEL FERNANDEZ

Big Beth. Big Beth.

2:04FRED SPENCER DENO IV

Hello. Hello. No, you should leave it off for a little bit.

2:09GABRIEL FERNANDEZ

Sir, please state your name and address, please. George Washington.

2:12JORGE ARCE

Thank you. Address? Washington, D.C., 169-6969. Well, we're very fortunate.

2:23 – 2:51Speaker 10

There they are. First time in many, many years.

2:52 – 3:05GABRIEL FERNANDEZ

Introduce you to coach Andres Rodriguez. You take it over. All yours. You got a speech ready? Okay. It won't be long, I promise.

3:07Speaker 10

That's the man right there. That's the man right there.

3:14 – 3:26Speaker 10

Before we begin, we'd like to congratulate our U12 boys team for

3:31 – 3:53FRED SPENCER DENO IV

the state champ, Commissioner of Cup champions for the state of Florida for U-12. So congratulations. And to the coaches as well. So great job, coaches. Okay. Don't be shy. Come on up.

3:53GABRIEL FERNANDEZ

We were told there was about a 10-minute speech, so we're ready.

3:56 – 4:24Speaker 6

No, no, no, no, no. I won't do that. I wrote it because I'm a better writer than a speaker. Well, thanks everyone. Thanks Virginia Gardens Major, Council, and MSBG Soccer Club board members for the support and the recognition for these boys' hard work. Without your support, it wouldn't be possible. You definitely make our coaching journey easier. I will always be grateful to this club and community for bringing me in and treating me like one of your own.

4:25Speaker 4

I come all the way from Kendall.

4:26 – 6:12Speaker 6

That's why I say that. And you really took me as one of your own, so I'm grateful. I also want to thank the boys. We do this for them, and we're here to celebrate because of their commitment and hard work. Thanks for showing up to every practice and every game ready to compete, for trusting my guidance and always being coachable. Parents, thank you for your support to the kids. They're learning life lessons that will be forever valuable. Thank you for putting up with the early wake-up call. on a weekend, breakfast, snacks, among many other things. Thank you for your trust in me and my work. Thanks to my coaching staff for all the help, Mr. Carlos Vega and Mr. Carlos Carrillo. I must thank Mr. Carrillo for his role as a team manager as well, or as he said when I met him, and I'm not joking, the team mom. Everything he does, not only for these, I got to thank him for everything he does, not only for these teams, but for the club. We truly owe you, man. Lastly, I want to thank the real head coach, my wife, Natalia, who should be somewhere back there. I couldn't do this without you. And also my three kids, Sebastian, who's not here today because he has a basketball game. My daughter, Miranda, and the younger one, Esteban. Thank you for putting up with me. not being around as much as you wish me to. I love you guys. And last but not least, and this is out of order, but I have to do it. Today's my daughter's birthday, Miranda. So, Mimi, happy birthday. God bless you, princess. I love you. Thank you so much, and go Springs.

6:22Speaker 10

We have a little something for the players.

6:32 – 7:24Speaker 6

All right. So, I just start, yeah, just start calling them one by one, I guess. All right. So, here's for the MSBE U12 Boys 2026 Commissioners Cup Florida State Champions, Mr. Francis Carrillo. Francis is easily the best teammate. He's the one kid you want to have on every single team. It doesn't matter how much minutes he's playing, how much minutes he's not playing, he's always ready there to support. Let's go with someone that I can relate to a lot because it reminds me of me as a child. By me saying this, I hope he knows who I'm talking about. Carlitos Vega.

7:31 – 7:56FRED SPENCER DENO IV

Hey, Carlitos, tell them where you went two weeks ago. Or three weeks ago, yeah? He was chosen. We had our event out here, our PP event, and the organizers chose one random selection, and they chose him. Unfortunately, you can only invite one person to sit with him. So sorry to other Carlos. It's his mom. It's his mom's birthday. All right.

7:56Speaker 10

Yay for mom.

7:58 – 8:15Speaker 6

Yes, sir. A very important part of our attack and also our defense because he's relentless and he runs up and down no matter what. Thanks for all the goals you've scored, and I hope to keep coaching you for many years. Saul Gonzalez.

8:23FRED SPENCER DENO IV

Whatever your mommy's feeding you, keep eating, boy. I wasn't that tall until I got to high school.

8:28Speaker 6

You got to see him on the field.

8:33 – 10:23Speaker 6

Don't let his size fool you. He's a truly beast. Best throw-in taker of the team, Alan Barron. All right. The PK star saved, I think, seven PKs on our Commissioner's Cup journey, James Fernandez. That's right. That's right. My center back star, the leader of the backside line, Brandon Corti. My extension on the field, he understands the game better than anybody, sometimes better than me, Noah Gaeta. The other responsible for keeping our goal in zero. Great, great, great improvement for the last few months. Javier Guillamon. This guy, and I'm not going to say these because there's family members around here and sitting over there, but he runs... The whole entire game. It doesn't matter how big the guy right next to him is, you'll beat him.

10:23Speaker 3

With speed, bodying it, don't matter.

10:26Speaker 6

Distribute the balls like a beast. Shane Dano.

10:48 – 11:53Speaker 6

Next guy. Goal scorer by nature. He knows where to be and knows how to finish. Don't matter how uncomfortable the position is. Christian Hill. Another one that don't let his size fool you. Extremely talented. Very tacky. Marcus Garofalo. All right. This guy, he doesn't score ugly goals. Everything he does is classy and with a lot of style. David Aquino. He has improved so much, and he still has a lot, a lot to improve. I said this before, and I'm going to say it again. When he figures out how good he is, he's going to be unbeatable. Ezequiel De La Hoz.

11:54Speaker 10

All right. All right.

12:07 – 13:34Speaker 6

This guy, he's like a chameleon. You put him as a striker, he scores. You put him as a defender, he corrects every mistake we make. Alberto Castro. Non-stop runner, up and down the line. John Almonte. Another small size, but a true, true beast, a true warrior, Daniel Herrero. And last but not least, a center mid by excellence, always winning 1v1s, Andrew Hernandez. So, like I said, we have an assistant coach who has really been a great help since day one, Carlos Vega.

13:44 – 14:04Speaker 6

And the team mom, team manager, assistant coach. We owe him a lot. He does a lot for us, so we're truly thankful. Carlos Carrillo. And this one's for me. Thank you so much. Thank you.

14:11Speaker 10

If you want to come over here and take a picture of this guy.

14:40Speaker 10

You take a picture.

14:40JORGE ARCE

Come over here. Hey, hold on a second.

14:46Speaker 10

Hey, hold on. Hold on. Make that. Make that chair right there. Help her, man. Help her. Help her.

15:09 – 15:55Speaker 10

And we got two more titles to win. Hey, guys. Hey, one thing, I'm sorry, but I'm going to interrupt. One person that hasn't been properly recognized that is vital to the success of our team is Coach Andres Rodriguez.

16:05Speaker 3

We're very grateful.

16:06Speaker 10

Spencer found him out here and had the knife recounted and brought him in to coach us.

16:11 – 16:38Speaker 3

Thanks to Suli as well for bringing him in. He took this team from a Bronx team two and a half years ago, getting their butts kicked, to now winning the state title. So thank you, Coach Andres. And this team is going to continue making Virginia Gardens proud because there's two more championships on the line. for EDP and for South Florida Premier League. So congratulations. Thank you.

16:42 – 17:32FRED SPENCER DENO IV

And last but not least, last but not least, thank you to the parents out there. That's a lot of work goes on day in, day out. I live on the field. I see you guys out here and support your children. Some of these kids are like young adults over here. They already got beards, man. They're already shaving. But on a serious note, A lot goes in. My kids grew up playing soccer. I know the commitment is and having to wake up early on your weekends, going to those tournaments, having 8 a.m. games, having to beat the park at 7, and then getting home late Sunday night, getting ready for work. So, you know, parents, they deserve a round of applause. Grandparents, parents, whoever's out there. Okay, guys, good luck next weekend in Orlando. Good luck.

17:56JORGE ARCE

Thank you. Wow. Thank you. Thank you.

18:24 – 18:37Speaker 10

Come on. You know. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you. Good seeing you, buddy. I'm going to wait another minute or two. Is everyone clear out?

18:57Speaker 10

Comments, nothing to report. Announcements, nothing to report.

19:25GABRIEL FERNANDEZ

Approval of the minutes for the regular council meeting that was held April 16th, 2026. Do we have a motion on the floor?

19:33 – 19:48GABRIEL FERNANDEZ

We have a motion by Councilwoman Tira Martinez to approve the regular council meeting and a second by Councilwoman Conover. Any other discussion? All those in favor say aye. Aye. All those opposed? Motion passes. Mr. Mayor, on to the Mayor's report.

19:48 – 20:07FRED SPENCER DENO IV

Thank you, Council President. The one item I do have is an update on the central... training improvement project phase two. So the bid opening was this past Friday. Let me see if I can move this damn thing. Okay, what do you guys do over here?

20:07Speaker 10

So here are the bids, no?

20:23FRED SPENCER DENO IV

Do you have the totals?

20:32 – 21:02FRED SPENCER DENO IV

Okay. So we had five, one, two, three, four, five bidders that bid on the project this time. One of the ones that bid last time did not bid this time. They got our, I guess apparently have a job they're going to be tied up on the next six months. So it's a good thing they didn't receive our last go around. So these are the contractors, Pabon, their total pay was $749,500. Who's that second one? JVA. JVA.

21:02GABRIEL FERNANDEZ

No, that's not JVA. No, JVA is the third.

21:06Speaker 10

The first one is 70.

21:07FRED SPENCER DENO IV

No, it's all the way to your left. We're going from left to right. H&R Paving was $916,050.

21:15Speaker 10

Yeah, but no. Well, what are you doing? From the bids, they're circled right there, 1, 2, 3. No, but he's talking about the company. He's reading from the top.

21:24FRED SPENCER DENO IV

I'm going through each bid here from left to right.

21:28 – 22:10FRED SPENCER DENO IV

H&R is 916, 055. JVA was 786, 165. Metro was 824, 913. And Headley, Headley Construction was 565, 500. So it definitely had some concerns with that first bidder, the lowest bidder. What... They were the lowest on the paving portion by quite a bit. So I know our engineer reached out to them, had a conversation with them. They are confident with the price that they bid. We received all their information today, I believe. Was it today? Yeah. All their insurance liability, everything from them, licenses. That's Hedley?

22:11Speaker 10

Hedley. Do they have recommendations?

22:13 – 22:44FRED SPENCER DENO IV

That's what we're vetting now. So we're still going through the vetting process. We're going to reach out to their, you know, of course, they're going to put people who, all these companies are going to put people who they want to, they're going to put a company that, a municipality or a business they had an issue with, but we are going to reach out to their people that they put as recommendations, and we'll come back next month with the final, the council they want to go with, who they want to go with.

22:44GABRIEL FERNANDEZ

I mean, We've never had an issue with JBA.

22:48FRED SPENCER DENO IV

We have not, but look at the price difference. It's a big pill to swallow. It's not like it's between JBA and Pabon where it's a price difference, but they're pretty close.

22:58 – 23:11Speaker 3

If I may, that we sure curtail any discussion about that until you let administration do their due diligence and provide recommendations to the commission.

23:12FRED SPENCER DENO IV

So we will be discussing this.

23:16GABRIEL FERNANDEZ

Sounds good. Anything else? No, that's all I have. Anything for FPL?

23:22FRED SPENCER DENO IV

Yes. I'll let Les talk about that when he comes up in our public works.

23:28GABRIEL FERNANDEZ

On to administrative items. Administration doesn't report beautification. Mr. Hector Martinez.

23:37 – 24:06Speaker 8

Evening, Mayor, Council. I think I have the report that it was sad to see Mr. Jaime Fierro leave us. But good things that in years past, we would spend months with a vacant seat. And this time around, we actually have four people that were interested in filling that seat. And I actually brought all four names to our meeting. And we let them vote. And this is what we came up with. And I'm seeking approval from the mayor and council.

24:08 – 24:22FRED SPENCER DENO IV

So what is that noise? Oh, what the heck is going on over here? So is your condition immediate for who?

24:24Speaker 8

Enrique Leon.

24:25GABRIEL FERNANDEZ

Enrique Leon, yeah. What number? 2. B2. Oh, no, not on there. You're on the wrong number.

24:31Speaker 8

I'm looking at the minutes. Number 6.

24:33Speaker 8

In my minutes.

24:37FRED SPENCER DENO IV

So you want to tell us a little bit about your can?

24:43 – 25:53Speaker 8

And I got two letters from two of the residents, and this is one of them. He's been here for 23 years, living in our village. He volunteers. He's a member and volunteers him and his wife at the Fairchild Gardens for the last three years. He's retired, which is good because he's got time to do pre-work for the village. He worked... at Florida Crystals Corp, where they grow and refine sugar cane. He managed systems there, monitoring thousands of acres in Everglades and Okeechobee. He has a small plant landscaping business. He actually sells, in fact, that was like a nursery. He actually sells at the farmer's market here in Miami Springs. He volunteers at Blessed Trinity Church, Knights of Columbus, and he also does work for Habitat for Humanity. And that's what the consensus was unanimous in our department. Any objections on the council? No.

25:53GABRIEL FERNANDEZ

We have a motion on the floor to approve Enrique Leon to the beautification board. We have a motion on the floor by Councilman Narcy and a second by Councilman Conover.

26:03Speaker 4

Any other discussion?

26:04GABRIEL FERNANDEZ

All those in favor say aye. Aye. All those opposed? Motion passed to accept Enrique Leon to the beautification board.

26:12FRED SPENCER DENO IV

Well, you skipped over number one, Tree City USA, the application.

26:15Speaker 8

Oh, yeah, it was approved. Yeah, I checked them out. Submitted or approved? No, it was submitted in my last minute. This one reflects that it was approved, yes.

26:25FRED SPENCER DENO IV

Perfect. Maybe that's it.

26:33FRED SPENCER DENO IV

I see somebody's residents requesting tree trimming. Have you already done a work order for them? Yes, and I already contacted Israel. Okay.

26:42Speaker 8

Most of them have already been done. The only thing, what about the tree grant?

26:48 – 27:10FRED SPENCER DENO IV

Because I've had... I mean, McBeth sent an email today. So I thought it said 30 days to sign the agreement. It's 30 days. We must sign the agreement within 30 days once we receive it. It takes up to three months to receive the agreement. So we just found this out today. So we're almost a month in dealing with DEP at a state level. It's a pain in the butt. Always. Always.

27:12Speaker 10

Within the next two months, we should have the signed agreement.

27:15 – 27:29FRED SPENCER DENO IV

And we have two things. We got a grant for tree trimming. We also got a grant for planting trees. One's at $30,000 for tree planting. The other one's at $28,000, I think. What? $23,000 for tree trimming.

27:29JORGE ARCE

Oh, wow. That's awesome.

27:30Speaker 10

So yeah, that's really big.

27:32FRED SPENCER DENO IV

So we'll get it just in time, in the middle of hurricane season, maybe.

27:36Speaker 10

So it's fine.

27:38FRED SPENCER DENO IV

Yeah, they're in frame and plan. Is Israel still with us?

27:42GABRIEL FERNANDEZ

I haven't seen her in a long time. Going back to the work orders, have you checked that the work orders have been done properly the way you were requesting last time?

27:51Speaker 8

I do go back and check.

27:53GABRIEL FERNANDEZ

I'm saying so we don't wait until the end of the year to then say, oh, there's this and that.

27:56Speaker 8

Oh, you're talking about for a three-city?

27:58GABRIEL FERNANDEZ

Yeah, like quarterly, every quarter.

28:00Speaker 8

Yeah, that's going to be taken care of. I have already a plan for myself.

28:06GABRIEL FERNANDEZ

Just really don't want to hear at the end of the year. Oh, no, no, no.

28:09Speaker 8

Trying to cover everything in one year. It is a lot. And then trying to go back and say, you know what? It's a lot for them.

28:15 – 28:36FRED SPENCER DENO IV

But where was this tree six months ago that we tripped? I mean, it's a lot for me, too. I mean, normally when that signs off, I hardly ever do any. Very seldom do I do any. And if I do, of course, I remember because I'll put the address and what type of tree. But, you know, trying to go back eight months ago. So as long as we do it quarterly, it's going to make things a lot easier. No, no, no.

28:36Speaker 8

It's going to be done monthly. I'm going to take care of it.

28:41JORGE ARCE

Perfect. Thank you very much. Any other questions? What's going on with the yard of the month?

28:48Speaker 8

We had one last month. We're working on one.

28:53Speaker 10

The one with the native plants.

28:57FRED SPENCER DENO IV

I just got to get our trimmer swales. Those aren't native.

28:59Speaker 10

Those are weeds in the swales.

29:06 – 29:20GABRIEL FERNANDEZ

Thank you. Thank you. On to planning and zoning. The meeting for the month of May was canceled, so we can move on to public safety. Chief Hernandez. Chief Hernandez.

29:22GABRIEL FERNANDEZ

Chief Hernandez. I mean, absolutely. Mayor, council? Hello, sir. How you doing, sir?

29:32FRED SPENCER DENO IV

Oh, before I forget, and since I'm looking at you, and it's not really part of your agenda, but who's going to be riding in the 4 July parade this year?

29:42FRED SPENCER DENO IV

That's what we need to know. Who will be in the parade? What are we doing? Same thing as I. We get into one of the police vehicles, one of the trucks.

29:53Speaker 10

I think I'm here.

29:55FRED SPENCER DENO IV

I won't be here. You won't be here. Will you be here?

29:58Speaker 10

I'll be here.

29:58FRED SPENCER DENO IV

Okay. Are you going to ride inside that vehicle? Yep, let's go. Okay. You won't be. I won't. Will you be?

30:05Speaker 10

I don't know.

30:07FRED SPENCER DENO IV

We need to know. Son, wait. Son? You're inside of a vehicle, riding inside of a vehicle.

30:13Speaker 10

Okay. I wasn't here last year. What did you do? Just cars? I don't know.

30:17 – 30:29FRED SPENCER DENO IV

Just cars. Each individual car, but we need to know within a week if you're going to be in a parade or not. So think about it. Let Marissa know by next week. You'll call me in.

30:30Speaker 10

Are you going to be here?

30:37JORGE ARCE

We already have a confirmation from myself, from Michael, from Liz. So all we're waiting for is you.

30:45GABRIEL FERNANDEZ

So let us know. Okay, moving on.

31:01GABRIEL FERNANDEZ

Well, that was easy. That's easy. I do have a quick question, and maybe I should have called you for this, not here, but where are we with the seniors band?

31:12Speaker 7

Where are we with the seniors band? I'm looking into it right now. We have options, but we just... It's just right.

31:19GABRIEL FERNANDEZ

When we set aside last budget, there was money for it, and then this year there was supposed to be another... Right? Yeah. Okay.

31:29FRED SPENCER DENO IV

We didn't buy it. We budgeted last year for a vehicle. We set it up. But looking at about $38,000, those vans cost about $100,000. Yeah, about $100,000.

31:42GABRIEL FERNANDEZ

Every time I see one of the ones from one of these genie guys or medical centers.

31:47Speaker 7

Yeah, but those are the ones that you see for the clinic and everything. Those are more than $90,000. Yeah.

31:55 – 32:13GABRIEL FERNANDEZ

So it's coming, it's coming. We should at least look into it while we're getting it. If not, years are going to keep passing by, and the seniors are going to be keeping in mind. Some of those vehicles require a CDL, too. No, I looked into it, not all of them. I already looked into it. I sent the chief one time. No, we cannot. I don't think we should keep it.

32:13Speaker 7

Also, President Fran, we're looking.

32:15GABRIEL FERNANDEZ

We're hat on. Oh, we can't do that because of this.

32:17Speaker 7

No, it's not that. No, but there's other things that I don't want to bring up.

32:24Speaker 7

I think that should be done separate.

32:29JORGE ARCE

We can move on. Yes, sir.

32:34 – 32:47Speaker 7

That's been taken care of. Actually, I came by here Saturday, and I went through the whole village. I was here around 11 o'clock in the morning. There was only two I observed, one on 37th Street, and the other one was on 66th Avenue.

32:48JORGE ARCE

And my block is about three or four of them.

32:52FRED SPENCER DENO IV

All right, I'll go. Well, why don't you be a neighborly council member and knock on the door, man?

32:57JORGE ARCE

Go ahead, go ahead. It's not my job.

33:03Speaker 10

Are we doing something with the cars parked along the canal on the grass? Can we do something with those cars?

33:09Speaker 7

You're talking about on the west side or the east side?

33:13Speaker 10

No, the east side of the canal.

33:16FRED SPENCER DENO IV

All we could do is either no parking. You can't force people parking as well. And unfortunately, the homeowner, like the one who lives on 40th Street, he always parks his vehicle on that side.

33:26 – 33:41Speaker 7

If they park on the west side, we tell them to move. Unfortunately, if you want signs to go up, we'll have signs on 67th Avenue from 38th Street all the way to 41st Street. You're going to have no parking signs.

33:41Speaker 10

So you need signs to enforce it?

33:47Speaker 7

Yes, to enforce it. Yeah, any signs.

33:50FRED SPENCER DENO IV

It takes away all parking. So if you live in a corner house, now you can't park on the corner house.

33:55 – 34:09Speaker 7

Yeah, you'll eliminate. And we were looking into it at one point in time, and you're going to have close to 30 signs on that street from 38th to 41st because it was going to go all the way around.

34:10 – 34:21JORGE ARCE

There's a lot of people that go there just fishing for maybe an hour or so. They park on the shrub between the – If they park between the – They leave. You know? I don't know. That's not a problem.

34:21Speaker 10

I think the ones that stay overnight is a problem. Yeah. There's like four or five parks. But aren't they residents?

34:27FRED SPENCER DENO IV

Yeah. I'm pretty sure they're residents.

34:28JORGE ARCE

They're residents.

34:28FRED SPENCER DENO IV

How can you separate them? You can't. You can't. There's no parking. One of the two. You can't separate that.

34:35 – 34:47Speaker 7

Yeah, but remember, you're looking at, there's going to be a, and me and the mayor, actually the mayor looked into it and, man, you're going to have signs all over the place. You want to know it as Tree City USA or Sign City USA?

34:48FRED SPENCER DENO IV

Sign City USA. Well, it's not like that. Now you're taking away parking from the residents.

34:52Speaker 7

The residents, right. Nobody can park in the front. And we're going to be taking our own residents.

34:57JORGE ARCE

We had enough with the lollipops.

35:01GABRIEL FERNANDEZ

All right. Thank you, Chief. Anything else? Are we off? Thank you, sir. Good job, Chief.

35:09GABRIEL FERNANDEZ

Mr. Laz. Oh, there he is.

35:14 – 35:46Speaker 4

Good evening, Mayor, Council, FPL. They're moving along. You love them or you hate them? They started a few weeks ago between 57th Place and west of 59. It was short, so they completed the underground piping already. It's already done. On this side, between 62 and 64, they are already running cables. To us, it looks like it's going slow, but they keep on telling us they're ahead of their due date.

35:46GABRIEL FERNANDEZ

And they're moving along.

35:48Speaker 4

Not much that we see, but they promise us they're almost done.

35:53GABRIEL FERNANDEZ

I just want to confirm, if the homeowner, they're going to be restoring whatever they disturbed?

36:01Speaker 4

Yeah. Anything, whether it's inside the property or right away, they need to leave it always the same way or better.

36:09GABRIEL FERNANDEZ

Because they went into front neighbor, catty corner. And the whole boring machine would be the property across the street.

36:17Speaker 4

So everything that.

36:18GABRIEL FERNANDEZ

I'm panicking. I'm like, no, no, don't worry, don't worry, don't worry. They're going to fix whatever needs to be fixed.

36:22Speaker 4

Anything they ruined, they need to re-fix.

36:24FRED SPENCER DENO IV

They got to go back and that's the right word to use here. Restore. Restore.

36:31GABRIEL FERNANDEZ

I told them take pictures. Yeah.

36:34Speaker 4

Correct. Yeah.

36:35GABRIEL FERNANDEZ

Keep it for your records.

36:36 – 37:01Speaker 4

So that's their word, and we're going to hold them up to it, you know. It's just like any other project. They need to leave it the same way it was, whether it's a sidewalk that got stained by the bobcat, by the backhoe, or they broke it, they chipped it. We've been in good contact. They have a good contact, James Parker in FPL. He's the project guy from here. And he's pretty good. I mean, I think he's really good.

37:01FRED SPENCER DENO IV

So he answers calls, too.

37:03Speaker 4

Yeah. So he's on top of it all. So I don't think we're going to have a problem. You know how projects are.

37:12 – 37:42Speaker 4

So the next step, now they're pooling wire. Their next step is going to be the prefab concrete with the transformer. They're saying by the end of May, I don't know, you got like what, a week left? The transformers are going to be on and energized, up to the transformer, not the house, but the transformers. I don't know. There's only a week left, but then again... I was told by June. By June? Okay, so... I think it will.

37:42ELIZABETH TAYLOR-MARTINEZ

Let me ask you, how, like, is it projected? What's the determination, the end date of this?

37:49 – 38:35Speaker 4

Well, there's different stages, right? So right now is the energizer transformers, once they put them in, and then after that comes connecting each house. So they'll be knocking at each house. Some neighbors won't be there. Some will be there. They will have to skip some. Then they have to do the connection. of your property. Once that's done, then comes the next stage of the removal of the transformers, the wires, the overhead wires to the property. So it's in phases. Don't have a for sure date on that right now. With FPO, he comes around every couple weeks, so we'll get to more dates when that ever comes.

38:36 – 38:50GABRIEL FERNANDEZ

I'm delaying it. We'll talk later if anything. But just curious, that same neighbor was telling me he has turf on the outside where the power is. He goes, how are they going to come up? Do they have to rip out the turf to bring up? I'm like, I don't know.

38:50Speaker 4

Whenever they mess up, they have to go back and restore.

38:55 – 39:13Speaker 4

I've seen, I've been in some yards and I've seen some turf, but it's like, yeah, they're going to have to raise it. They're going to, yeah. They're going to have to lift it up if it's, they need, If it's all the way up to the meter, they're going to have to lift it up and then they're going to have to repair it. Everything is going to be back to the way it was.

39:14ELIZABETH TAYLOR-MARTINEZ

Sure. Okay. I have one other question. Yes, we'll hope. Thank you.

39:18Speaker 4

We hope. I think it will. I got a good feeling.

39:24 – 39:36ELIZABETH TAYLOR-MARTINEZ

Our power goes into the house at the back of the house. So we have a patio and the grass in the back is the drain field. Are they going to tear out?

39:36 – 39:49FRED SPENCER DENO IV

They're not going to the back of your house. They're going straight to the side of your, like this is your house here. Here's the back of your house here. It's on the back wall. They're going right down here and straight across here. They're not going to the back.

39:49ELIZABETH TAYLOR-MARTINEZ

Because we, the guy. They probably already did. Are you sure they're not bored yet?

39:54ELIZABETH TAYLOR-MARTINEZ

They haven't. They dug a hole by the tree. But they haven't done anything else.

39:58FRED SPENCER DENO IV

Hey, if they hit your drain field, you get a new drain field.

40:01ELIZABETH TAYLOR-MARTINEZ

Wait, I'm so confused. That's a good idea.

40:05FRED SPENCER DENO IV

Your meters are the side of the house?

40:06 – 40:18ELIZABETH TAYLOR-MARTINEZ

They go from the side around the back of my house right through my drain field. That's where my drain field is. It's not up against your house. The drain field is not abutting the house. It's from your house.

40:24Speaker 4

10 feet, 15 feet away from the house, the drain field. So they're going to come right along the edge. Yeah, they're going right along the edge. So they're going to shoot from the front.

40:31Speaker 10

If there's a thing coming out of my house into the drain field, then they've got to go that way right through.

40:35Speaker 4

Yeah, but that pipe, the pipe that goes to the drain field is what you're talking about?

40:40Speaker 4

That pipe is usually a few feet. They're going to go right under that one. They'll go under it.

40:44Speaker 10

They'll go under it?

40:46 – 40:59FRED SPENCER DENO IV

In some cases, they have to hand dig. Yeah, they do a lot of hand digging when it comes to stuff like that. I'm telling you, they came over here. put a tarp down. I had a lot of rocks there. They dug everything up, put everything back, and put the rocks back.

40:59Speaker 10

I couldn't even tell they even did anything.

41:04FRED SPENCER DENO IV

But yeah, whatever it is, they're going to resell.

41:06Speaker 10

And it's a process.

41:07 – 42:10Speaker 4

I mean, it's a big project. So basically, we're going to have done all the way from 5-7 place to 6-4, to west of 6-4. Basically, three quarters of the village. Probably basically three quarters of the village. in one shot. It's a pretty big project. Just in this area here between 6.2 and 6.4, there is 43 transformers going in. It could be because there's multiple companies. We don't know that. It's not just one company. The ones that are doing the piping, it's not just one company. Right. They'll bring in three different companies. So one company got between 5.9 and 6.2. Another company got between 6.2 and 6.4. And now another company just finished doing between 5.7 place and west of 5.9. And Springs, they have multiple companies too. Yeah. So there's a lot of these directional board companies. They're small companies, but there are a lot of them.

42:11ELIZABETH TAYLOR-MARTINEZ

So they spread the love. They spread the love. I'll keep my fingers crossed.

42:16 – 42:30FRED SPENCER DENO IV

They ran my wires on cables on Saturday. They knocked on my door, came over there, looked across from me. They ran all of, whoever's going to that transformer, they ran all the lines. So, yeah. Thank you. It's coming along.

42:30JORGE ARCE

Thank you. Thank you, guys.

42:31Speaker 10

Thank you so much, sir.

42:32JORGE ARCE

Yeah, speaking of, keep going, keep going, keep going.

42:39Speaker 10

I don't know.

42:40 – 42:55JORGE ARCE

Can I sue? I mean, this is just too much. Any one of you guys had two kids come over to your door and try to tell you something, telling you that the electricity bill is going to go up 45% after this?

42:55FRED SPENCER DENO IV

I don't entertain them. So they come to my house? No, no. I was away. I let Rosa talk.

43:00 – 43:12GABRIEL FERNANDEZ

I had one young kid come the other day. He's trying to sell a security system for the house. Yeah. And then he would say, no, because he goes, let me check the back door. I'm like, no, no, no, you don't have to check on the back door. He tried coming in. I'm like, no, you don't.

43:13 – 43:27JORGE ARCE

I had that scanner that everybody was looking for, for the soccer team and all that, collecting money. It was at my house. I got it, and I'm filled. Then my daughter, Daniela, said, that's a scam. I almost gave him $10.

43:29GABRIEL FERNANDEZ

Let me get it, and I'll give it to them.

43:32GABRIEL FERNANDEZ

On to recreation. We just saw that the U-12 won the state championship.

43:43FRED SPENCER DENO IV

I just found out last week that Zoya's daughter's team won D-Cup, too.

43:49 – 44:05GABRIEL FERNANDEZ

Doing good. We're doing good. Our recreation department's doing good. Resolutions, nothing to report. On to attorney's report. Mr. Attorney, before we get to you, I just want to make sure were your, not demands, but your requests of your water selection fulfilled or not?

44:05Speaker 4

They continue to be ignored. My request actually pertains not only to me, but the rest of the council and the mayor and the clerk. Well, they continue to be ignored.

44:13 – 44:24FRED SPENCER DENO IV

Okay. I just want to make sure for the record, if your needs were met, the only one perspiring right now is that one. The rest are like, Look warm.

44:24Speaker 10

I requested cold water last time, and I didn't get cold water. Minister or attorney, on to your report.

44:34 – 44:47GABRIEL FERNANDEZ

Nothing to report, Mr. President. Thank you, sir. On to old business, nothing to report. New business, nothing to report. Does anybody have good and welfare? Happy birthday.

44:48GABRIEL FERNANDEZ

Happy birthday. We do have a birthday.

44:50Speaker 10

Your birthday is yesterday, and I'm tomorrow.

44:53GABRIEL FERNANDEZ

Whose birthday is it?

44:54Speaker 10

Oh, look at you. Happy birthday. Happy birthday.

45:00GABRIEL FERNANDEZ

All right. On to adjourn. Do we have a motion to adjourn the meeting?

45:04ELIZABETH TAYLOR-MARTINEZ

I make a motion to be adjourned. Second.

45:05GABRIEL FERNANDEZ

We have a motion by Councilwoman Jenna Martinez and a second by Councilwoman Conover to adjourn at 7.17. Thank you very much, and everyone have a good evening.

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