Remarks by Agustin J. Barrera
196 remarks on the record, newest first · Page 5 of 8
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“Which is our next regular meeting. Correct. Yes. OK. So so much for summer break. OK. So first three items are out. And we will go now to item number four. Marcus?”
Planning Board · Jun 2, 2026
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“OK. Any public comment out there? I don't know if we have anybody on the line. We have a few people on the line. If anybody wants to speak on this one, please raise your hand virtually. And if you would wish to comment here in the room, please stand up and come up front to the podium and we'll swear you in. All right, I don't see anyone in the public, so we'll close it to public comments. Questions or comments from the planning board? Well, Marcus, I have a couple things here. Is how are we going to inspect that the applicants actually do what we require?”
Planning Board · Jun 2, 2026
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“And we'll have to have a process so that you look at that in time to know whether we can actually hold these meetings.”
Planning Board · Jun 2, 2026
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“Okay. And we can make it sort of spot-digging so that the applicants who aren't always as professional as some groups know exactly what they have to do.”
Planning Board · Jun 2, 2026
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“And while I think it's interesting or a good idea that we have it, Available online for people to look at for those that are more inclined to look there than paper. I'm at least just concerned about Putting in the paper where people are going to find it from a practical standpoint And as we all know South Miami has a bunch of people who live here lived here for 20 30 40 years They're still reading the paper And so I would love to be able to say that consistently, if there's something going on, it gets advertised in this, this, and this. Neighbors, buy, something like that. Is there any way to…”
Planning Board · Jun 2, 2026
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“I would just love to be able to say to my neighbors, to our neighbors, that if there's something going on that involves their neighborhood, they're going to get notice if they're close enough. And if they're not close enough, they're going to see it always by the neighbors two weeks before. Or in whatever section of the paper we can sort of agree we're going to get it published. They need to know where to look to. Yeah.”
Planning Board · Jun 2, 2026
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“Because I go by also the mailing I got yesterday for the public hearing on Tuesday. Yes. Uh, the first official notice I received on it. Which would certainly, I don't think is within that 10 days since, you know, 8 at best. And so I want to make sure that people are getting notes. They don't feel like, you know, the big concern in the community is you're doing this and we don't know about it. And that should never be the case. We should be able to say it was in neighbors last week. That was the easiest, frankly. But if we can say it's in the neighbors or it's in the front section of the…”
Planning Board · Jun 2, 2026
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“Maybe or just, yeah, just making sure there's a phase-in period for relying on the web.”
Planning Board · Jun 2, 2026
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“So this would be beyond the legal requirement. This would be sort of from a practical standpoint. So no one's going to wake up Monday morning and say, gosh, I read the paper yesterday. I never saw anything about it. And the Sunday Herald is about the only part of the Herald I think you can rely on them looking at. That's just my opinion. I don't want people to feel like we're doing any of this stuff without them having a chance to know it's there and show up if they want to. Other questions and comments?”
Planning Board · Jun 2, 2026
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“So that actually leads to another question, which is, Marcus, our ability to inspect what they've done in terms of noticing residents about what's going to go on in their immediate area, we have an ability to monitor how well they do that?”
Planning Board · Jun 2, 2026
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“But I mean, in terms of, how do we inspect their direct mailing to all neighbors within 1,000 feet or whatever the rule is?”
Planning Board · Jun 2, 2026
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“OK. Is that 500 feet as the crow flies? Danny's going to want to know this. Yes. The crow flies, or is it linear down the street? That's the crow flies. Crow flies, got it. Any other questions or comments? If not, do we have a motion with Tony with the modifications?”
Planning Board · Jun 2, 2026
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“Yes. All right. Public comments. Any new business? No, I have none. Minutes of April 14th and May 12th are in the package, I believe. Yes, both of them are in the package.”
Planning Board · Jun 2, 2026
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“Second. Questions or concerns? If not, all those in favor? Yes. Any opposed? All right. The minutes of May 12th.”
Planning Board · Jun 2, 2026
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“Second. We have a second. All those in favor? Aye. Any opposed? Yes. All right, future meeting date, July 14th. And so that becomes important because we think what was here today is coming back, modified. So just out of curiosity, do most people feel like they're going to be in town for the 14th? Any known conflicts? I'll save some time. If you have known conflicts, let Marcus know if you would in the next few days if you think that's going to present a problem so we can try to deal with it and figure out if we have any quorum issues. Does that seem fair?”
Planning Board · Jun 2, 2026
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“It's going to be like dodging bullets there. So the 14th works. That's probably right. It works today. All right. With that, meeting adjourned. Thanks, everybody.”
Planning Board · Jun 2, 2026
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“Okay, can everyone hear me okay? Welcome to our April 14th Planning Board meeting. Everyone please stand for the Pledge of Allegiance.”
Planning Board · Apr 14, 2026
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“All right, first order of business is we'll do roll call. I'll start to my left.”
Planning Board · Apr 14, 2026
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“Agustin Barrera. Anyone else from the planning board?”
Planning Board · Apr 14, 2026
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“Lena, we need you to turn on your camera. Looks like it's trying to come up here. Welcome. And Daniel, we got you too. So we have a quorum.”
Planning Board · Apr 14, 2026
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“Actually, let me I'll do the administrative item, and then we'll do the swearing in. One administrative item is we're going to generally go with the order that we published. However, items four and five are going to be reversed. So we will tackle the issue with the solar panels first, and then with the land development code relative to adult entertainment last. So with that said, Ed?”
Planning Board · Apr 14, 2026
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“All righty. Without any further ado, item number one, Marcus.”
Planning Board · Apr 14, 2026
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“Any quick questions before I open it up for public comment? Thank you. All right. Anyone who wishes to comment on this particular item, please step forward to the microphone or raise your hand on the Zoom call. All right. If you would state your name and your address.”
Planning Board · Apr 14, 2026
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“Thank you. Any other comments from the audience here or online?”
Planning Board · Apr 14, 2026
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“Thank you. Thank you for your comments. I would just point out that while there is an item within what we just discussed that does deal somewhat with the student housing aspect of, it seems that you're addressing particularly a project that is still going to be coming and the presenters are here, the project folks are here, and I'm sure they've listened to your comments and thoughtfully. So thank you. Appreciate it. Any other comments? I don't see any online, Marcus. If not, I'm going to close it from public comments. Is it relative to the broader issue that we discussed or just to this…”
Planning Board · Apr 14, 2026