Remarks by Alex J. Fernandez
292 remarks on the record, newest first · Page 12 of 12
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“Okay, great. Any members of the public wishing to speak on this item? No one on Zoom and no one in person. So we can move on to item number 13.”
City Commission · Jul 15, 2026
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“And I think that that should become the standard with all of our capital improvement projects and with all of our general procurement of landscaping, a two-year warranty on this. Anything else with this item?”
City Commission · Jul 15, 2026
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“All right, great. Thank you. We can show this item close? Yep.”
City Commission · Jul 15, 2026
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“Let me ask you this. And how long does it take to do a feasibility study?”
City Commission · Jul 15, 2026
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“Okay, but then we have to wait until July at least to get started. And then once you get that feasibility study, what are the next steps?”
City Commission · Jul 15, 2026
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“I'm going to defer to the sponsor. I mean, from my perspective, I don't see why we can't start working on this, lowering the speed of the alleyway. I don't know what's the speed of the alleyway now, if there is a speed, but finding ways whether to lower the speed or put ways to lower the speed there now. repave the word, place mirrors and markings at the intersections, and branding it for bicyclists and micromobility.”
City Commission · Jul 15, 2026
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“It's like everything with government is study after study. Yeah, yeah, yeah, no, I totally get that. And it's like, I think when we go there and you see it's like common sense, like it makes sense. The bicyclists should be using this as opposed to being with thousands of cars, you know, going at high speed on Collins Avenue. we just need to make the area more conducive. And I have a feeling like if we all get together, like we know what we have to do to the alleyway rather than spending, you know, and I'm gonna defer to your leadership on this, but I think we kind of know probably what the…”
City Commission · Jul 15, 2026
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“It's kind of like what we're doing with Alton Court. With Alton Court, we put aside funding to repave Alton Court. And Matthew, you were a part of that discussion, you know, to repave Alton Court and seeing how can we make the intersection safer, which I I hope what we're doing, well, I don't want to mix one topic with the other, but it's kind of like the same idea. The infrastructure's there, you know, at least low-hanging fruit that we can do to make it safer.”
City Commission · Jul 15, 2026
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“Would you like to make a motion for the short-term improvements of the court?”
City Commission · Jul 15, 2026
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“I'm happy to make a motion supporting the concept of doing these short-term improvements. Delegating to you, Commissioner Bob, for you to, this is your item, you know, to work with the administration on this. And in the event that you need to take this to commission, Because it rises to that threshold. I'm happy for the committee to give you a motion supporting this concept.”
City Commission · Jul 15, 2026
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“Thank you. Because I do think these are low-hanging fruits, improvements that we can do to make things safer so that people don't rely on going on Collins Avenue and being with the traffic there. And also just help beautify the area a little bit more.”
City Commission · Jul 15, 2026
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“And I'll second that. And members of the public wishing to speak, Matthew.”
City Commission · Jul 15, 2026
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“Thank you. Any other members of the public wishing to speak on this item? SEEING NO ONE ON ZOOM AND NO ONE IN PERSON, WE CAN CLOSE THE PUBLIC COMMENT AND WE CAN SHOW THIS ITEM ADOPTED BY ACCLAIMATION. DO YOU WANT TO BRING THE OTHER PART OF THIS ITEM BACK TO COMMITTEE OR DO YOU WANT TO SHOW THIS ITEM CLOSED?”
City Commission · Jul 15, 2026
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“Okay. By when would you anticipate it? I think by September. September? Yeah. Okay, so we'll try to get this on the September agenda. And since we're all together, are there any items that U.S. committee members want to ensure that we do get placed on the September agenda? And as you'll see, I tried to not put more than a certain amount of items because I don't want the public to think that an item is going to be heard and yet we can't reach it. If there's anything in specific that you want to prioritize to make sure it makes it on the next agenda. So Commissioner Matel Salinas wants item…”
City Commission · Jul 15, 2026
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“Yeah, that's fine. If we could just let Stephanie know so that I can prioritize the item. I think generally today we were able to get through 15 items. So generally we get through about 12 to 15 items. So I try to be mindful of that. You know, times when items are in place on the agenda is because of that. But yes, just try to get to Stephanie. What do you like for September?”
City Commission · Jul 15, 2026
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“Number 58. Commissioner Matos-Solinas wants item number 58 on the agenda.”
City Commission · Jul 15, 2026
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“Item number 26. Okay. All right. And any other items that you want to prioritize, feel free to just connect with Stephanie It's all of our committee, so for as long as we have the committees, I'm happy to prioritize your items. All right, guys. Thank you so much. Thank you to everyone who participated. Have a good day.”
City Commission · Jul 15, 2026