Remarks by Alex J. Fernandez
292 remarks on the record, newest first · Page 11 of 12
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“And I place this item on the agenda because during the construction phase, of this project, which, David, I believe is supposed to start in January? Yes. In January, local businesses may experience reduced visibility and accessibility, and so I wanted to share with the 41st Street Committee the signage, got their feedback. We were able to go there, present to them. I think they were very happy. I believe so, yes. And we got some good feedback from them regarding the integration of branding from the 41st Street bid. Yes, we did. Have we received that feedback?”
City Commission · Jul 15, 2026
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“Okay. And so for confirmation, we're going to have the logos of the businesses on these signs. So we're going to have fronting 41st Street.”
City Commission · Jul 15, 2026
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“Okay. And we're going to be making it clear that 41st Street is open to business during the construction phase. Correct. Going block by block, first one side, whether the north side or the south side. That's correct. The schedule is one block at a time, one half or north half and south half or south half and north half, however the contractor wants to do that. Okay. Do you need official action from the committee?”
City Commission · Jul 15, 2026
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“Second. I'm going to show this adopted by acclamation. Thank you, David. Thank you very much. Item number 11.”
City Commission · Jul 15, 2026
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“When do we anticipate that data is going to be available?”
City Commission · Jul 15, 2026
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“Let me ask you something. How often are we resynchronizing the lights in the area?”
City Commission · Jul 15, 2026
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“Every three years. Three, it's supposed to. But the challenge is, so the challenge is that, I think, you know, the real challenge is that, obviously, you know, when you're going to cross the street, you need to push the button, and when you push the button, you know, you're I don't know how it works. I'm just a lay person, but it seems to me you trigger the light to stop. And then when you trigger the light to stop, then all of a sudden, it's easy. When you do it so many times, I would imagine they lose synchronization. And then on top of that, to help manage traffic flow, either you have…”
City Commission · Jul 15, 2026
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“So I guess, but I guess my question to you, Jose, to address the issue of the traffic that Commissioner Bond is leading to address. how often are we going out there and checking, are these lights still synchronized the way that they should be? How often are we policing that?”
City Commission · Jul 15, 2026
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“I would venture to say like on a monthly basis, you know, high end, high volume intersections, high volume intersections and corridors like this area in North Beach or like, you know, Mid Beach on 41st Street, areas of Collins Avenue. We just have to make sure on a regular basis that somehow we go out there and we check, okay, is this still synchronized? Yes, it is. Okay, fine. It's not synchronized. We need to reach out to DLT. We need to reach out to the county because this is, you know, it's great to have the plan, I think that's great. We have this timing plan, but we need to make sure…”
City Commission · Jul 15, 2026
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“How can we, so what's that method? Like how do we go out there and check to see whether the lights are still synchronized or not?”
City Commission · Jul 15, 2026
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“Or construction work like what you're having in Town Center. We know that this happens. And, in fact, there was a big discussion about this at the county a number of years ago I think involving Miami Beach because of the time, the amount of construction that was happening in the city, the detection loops, the detection loops were breaking. And that was affecting the lighting, the lights. And so whose responsibility is it to replace those detection loops?”
City Commission · Jul 15, 2026
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“Okay. For our September meeting, I'd like to, as part of this item, get an update on that because that is concerning, but I think we also need to make sure, like in areas where we know we have heavy construction, we're monitoring that.”
City Commission · Jul 15, 2026
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“Yeah. So when we come back in September, it'd be great, Jose, if you could kind of bring us a list of those detection loops that might be damaged. Let me ask you, because recently I've been receiving complaints about 69th Street. 69th Street, that area, you know, kind of between from Harding to Indian Creek. And I've experienced that area. that traffic myself, especially when you're going southbound on Harding and you're going southbound on Abbott, and it all becomes a cluster right there. In fact, people even trying to go westbound on the eastbound lanes. Let me ask you this. Is it feasible…”
City Commission · Jul 15, 2026
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“MR. That would be great. Anything else with this item for today? Should we continue this item to September?”
City Commission · Jul 15, 2026
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“MR. Okay. Perfect. And thank you. especially with all the growth happening, all the growth that we didn't approve.”
City Commission · Jul 15, 2026
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“All right, let's proceed to item number 12. I'm sorry, were there members of the public wishing to speak on item number 11? I see none in person, none in Zoom, so we'll proceed to item number 12.”
City Commission · Jul 15, 2026
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“All right, Commissioner Salinas, this is your item.”
City Commission · Jul 15, 2026
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“So the tree ramps are affected by the turtle lights? Yes, we turn them off in Loomis Park during turtle season.”
City Commission · Jul 15, 2026
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“Is this to me, you know... To me, just adding the lighting makes sense. It's having to go in and do an audit, almost like a study. I guess you have someone, a consultant, come in.”
City Commission · Jul 15, 2026
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“How much does it, so the tree wraps, even though it's affected by the turtle ordinance, we're going to be proceeding with that? I proceed with getting a cost for that.”
City Commission · Jul 15, 2026
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“And is there an opportunity to do amber lighting on the tree wraps so that we have the wrapping, we have the lighting, but it's, you know, a different hue of light?”
City Commission · Jul 15, 2026
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“Typically we have our chief resiliency officer.”
City Commission · Jul 15, 2026
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“Commissioner Salinas, I mean, from what I gather, this is the area west, just west of Smith and Walensky? Yes. Just east. East of Smith and Walensky. East of Smith and Walensky. I mean, that's not visible.”
City Commission · Jul 15, 2026
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“Okay. Anything? Commissioner Meadows, Salinas, this is your item. You can guide us in the direction. Sure.”
City Commission · Jul 15, 2026
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“But I'm happy to second your motion bifurcating the lights east of Smith and Walensky and sending that to Commissioner perhaps so we can find funding in the current year budget for them. Can we show that adopted by Acclamation?”
City Commission · Jul 15, 2026