Remarks by Adam Gersten
152 remarks on the record, newest first · Page 5 of 7
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“Okay, great. Thanks. Starting on my right.”
Planning, Zoning and Appeals Board · Jul 1, 2026
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“And I understand the concerns, but there's a need for a special... Can we hear from the city, please?”
Planning, Zoning and Appeals Board · Jul 1, 2026
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“So, real quick, just to Member Bailey's question, you know, I think the main thing here is that we just want to focus on the actual changes that are being requested. And some of the stuff we were getting into is somewhat relevant, but it's about, you know, public benefits, things like this. But just to be clear, we've definitely gone through many, many updates for the reason that we're here today, which is Miami 21. having changes outside the SAP that then have to be, the SAP has to be brought to the same level as Miami 21, and then the SAP making requests within its boundaries to just make…”
Planning, Zoning and Appeals Board · Jul 1, 2026
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“Okay, so what the, yeah, but do you have a question specifically then?”
Planning, Zoning and Appeals Board · Jul 1, 2026
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“I think, you know, just on that, I think that when we have like a term of art or something that's already clearly defined in a document and redefined in a few places, If we go down this road, then we're constantly re-re-redefining stuff that already took the time to be defined by code. And it's just for a maker of emotion to feel better, and we just can't do that every time. It's defined. I mean, that's the thing. If there was no definition or it could be read differently in our code... I would totally agree with you, because the point is well taken. The word is a weird word. It's a weird…”
Planning, Zoning and Appeals Board · Jul 1, 2026
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“It is more stringent as it's written and defined in our code.”
Planning, Zoning and Appeals Board · Jul 1, 2026
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“It is interesting that it says shall comply and then says may, but I would say the shall says that it has to be one of those mays.”
Planning, Zoning and Appeals Board · Jul 1, 2026
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“The building department would have a whole different view of it, and it wouldn't be allowed.”
Planning, Zoning and Appeals Board · Jul 1, 2026
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“Thank you. Thank you. So we had a motion. There was an amendment to it. I don't know if anyone took the amendment, but...”
Planning, Zoning and Appeals Board · Jul 1, 2026
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“Oh, we don't. Okay, so we have a motion.”
Planning, Zoning and Appeals Board · Jul 1, 2026
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“Second. Porosov, Metoyer. Porosov and Metoyer. Roll call, please.”
Planning, Zoning and Appeals Board · Jul 1, 2026
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“Okay, you're saying this is one of those ones where they did first reading and it's just here and correct kind of cat we're playing catch-up well the First thing is Was there anybody here from the public to speak on this okay since there's not I I'm just going to see if any of the board members have any questions. Maybe to my right. No.”
Planning, Zoning and Appeals Board · Jul 1, 2026
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“So if you don't mind, just into the mic, because it's hard. We want to make sure it picks up on the recording.”
Planning, Zoning and Appeals Board · Jul 1, 2026
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“Thank you. Does anyone have a motion? Or you had a question? Yes, I have a question.”
Planning, Zoning and Appeals Board · Jul 1, 2026
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“Thank you. Because this is before us, move to approve. We have a motion. Is there a second? Second. Roll call, please.”
Planning, Zoning and Appeals Board · Jul 1, 2026
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“It's fine, either way, yes. I'm just a man.”
Planning, Zoning and Appeals Board · Jul 1, 2026
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“Thank you. Thank you. Well, I think the most important thing that we If you have questions, I think now it's probably good for us to discuss some things now. That's what the discussion is for. So that when it comes time for us to look at the exception, we have clarified a lot of this and we're not doing a big... It's not a show. We've gotten a lot of the information that we need.”
Planning, Zoning and Appeals Board · Jul 1, 2026
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“And that's the thing, right. If there's any questions to... to get clarification on, I think now is a great time. We don't usually get this opportunity. So where we don't have the public and then send them back and make them come back because we asked for something. So now we get to ask for something before the public gets here so that we can have good answers. So I think it's...”
Planning, Zoning and Appeals Board · Jul 1, 2026
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“No, no, I mean, not now. Not now, but how about this? You know, the whole idea of the discussion is to ask for information. So, I mean, would you like staff to come back when we actually hear this in two weeks with an upgrade to the coverage? Yeah. Yeah.”
Planning, Zoning and Appeals Board · Jul 1, 2026
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“Thank you. Yes, may I? I'm gonna just keep going down the line here, yeah.”
Planning, Zoning and Appeals Board · Jul 1, 2026
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“Yeah, we'll have it in the next presentation. That's great. You already spoke, yeah?”
Planning, Zoning and Appeals Board · Jul 1, 2026
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“You can count me in on that as well. No, I'm not saying. I'm interested to see that as well. It's important. And I think the point that was made too is that, you know, we understand that there are a lot of existing spaces, especially in the more scattered zone. But in the concentrated areas, you end up with, the argument that you made, which is, look, we're gonna have all these jobs, we're gonna have all this stuff, and it's true, and for a while, it'll be great as it's being built out, and then when everyone really has to live there, it's like, oh, this is kinda crammed in this zone, and we…”
Planning, Zoning and Appeals Board · Jul 1, 2026
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“Okay. All right, everybody good on that? Anybody have any other questions that they want answered at the next meeting? Okay, great. Thank you all. Go USA.”
Planning, Zoning and Appeals Board · Jul 1, 2026
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“Yes. Motion to adjourn. Motion to adjourn. Do we have a second? Second. All in favor?”
Planning, Zoning and Appeals Board · Jul 1, 2026
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“Okay, let's rise for a moment of silence and the Pledge of Allegiance, please.”
Planning, Zoning and Appeals Board · May 20, 2026