Remarks by Agustin J. Barrera
196 remarks on the record, newest first · Page 3 of 8
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“I'll second. All those in favor? Aye. Aye.”
Planning Board · Aug 11, 2026
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“Aye. All right. So that concludes all the – one more.”
Planning Board · Aug 11, 2026
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“That's it. All right. Any new business? Actually, we do have some minutes from prior meeting, I believe in here somewhere, from July 14th. If anyone has taken a look at this and wants to motion for their approval.”
Planning Board · Aug 11, 2026
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“I'll second. All right. All those in favor? Aye.”
Planning Board · Aug 11, 2026
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“Aye. Any opposed? Aye. All right. And then lastly, I believe, the next meeting is scheduled for Tuesday, September 8th, which is the Tuesday after Labor Day, so keep that in mind. If you have conflicts because of Labor Day weekend...”
Planning Board · Aug 11, 2026
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“All right. So we'll come back to you. So to the planning board, we'll come back to you with a suggestion on a couple other dates and let us know which one doesn't work for you so we can try to find a way to get it done.”
Planning Board · Aug 11, 2026
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“Any other questions or comments? I thank everybody for their comments and participation and with that meetings adjourned Thanks.”
Planning Board · Aug 11, 2026
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“Okay, welcome to the July 14th South Miami Planning Board meeting. Everyone please stand for the Pledge of the Flag.”
Planning Board · Jul 14, 2026
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“Thank you. All right, we'll do a quick roll call starting with up here on the podium or dais. Gus?”
Planning Board · Jul 14, 2026
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“Danny Alvarez. All right, sounds good. So we have five people. So we have a quorum, correct, Marcus?”
Planning Board · Jul 14, 2026
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“All right. Any administrative matters today? I don't see any.”
Planning Board · Jul 14, 2026
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“Yeah, so anybody in the audience that's here for the fourth item, which is the discussion around the property on 62nd Avenue, that is getting deferred until the next meeting. So just FYI. All right. With that said, items 1, 2, and 3 all really relate to the same area, same property, but we're going to take them with item 1 by itself and then possibly tackle 2 and 3 together. Does that make sense?”
Planning Board · Jul 14, 2026
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“Well, first of all, is there, before we go to public comment, is there anybody else that wants to speak on this particular topic? Because we totally own it. In other words, is there anybody else that?”
Planning Board · Jul 14, 2026
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“Thank you. All right, let's open it up for public comments. If anybody wishes to speak, please come forward, sign in, and then let us know your name and address.”
Planning Board · Jul 14, 2026
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“I'm not sure this matters, but are you in the city of South Miami or...”
Planning Board · Jul 14, 2026
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“It's more of a curiosity. You're on a three-minute clock, so just wanted to let you know. Understood.”
Planning Board · Jul 14, 2026
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“Any other comments from the public in general? Anybody online?”
Planning Board · Jul 14, 2026
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“All right. You need to be sworn in. He was? He was not. Okay. I mean, he was on the phone, but he did not raise his hand.”
Planning Board · Jul 14, 2026
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“That's it. Thank you for your comments. Anyone else wish to speak? If not, I'm going to turn it back to Mark or the applicant for rebuttal, any of the comments that were brought up here.”
Planning Board · Jul 14, 2026
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“So what are the height limitations along Bird Road? Just using that as an example, since that's driving this bus.”
Planning Board · Jul 14, 2026
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“But for this case, it's two. Before we go to more questions, is the applicant on the next two, do you want to make some comments about this or not?”
Planning Board · Jul 14, 2026
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“So thank you. So it would lead to at least my first real question, which is, Why tackle this as a change of our overall policy as opposed to a variance for this particular need?”
Planning Board · Jul 14, 2026
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“So this is necessities changing the rule. Yeah. Got it. OK. All right. Let's open up for questions to Mark.”
Planning Board · Jul 14, 2026
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“Let me just before add to this. I mean, I've driven around this and looked at it reasonably carefully, I think. And one of the reasons probably there seems to be some tolerance for it is because CVS and Wells Fargo both have put their parking lots behind their properties towards 41st Street, right? So it's not a daunting wall of a building right there. But does anything in this prohibit somebody from taking these properties and in other places and building commercial all the way to what's allowed on the other half of the block, if you will, even if it's just the two stories? I mean,…”
Planning Board · Jul 14, 2026
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“I mean, really the issue is whether you have to tackle 1.1.4 each time somebody wants to go against it, do something outside of it, right? We can't.”
Planning Board · Jul 14, 2026