Remarks by Alex J. Fernandez
292 remarks on the record, newest first · Page 5 of 12
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“Manager I'm not sure. I do know it was part of the budget. So I don't know if we were able to get the funding.”
City Commission · Jul 22, 2026
- Play at 9:03:54
“Commissioner Fernandez. Mr. Mayor, this is an item that adopts recommendations from the Inspector General from the lessons learned from the Poseidon Ferry No-Bid Contract. It broadens how we define the lowest and best bidder, so it's not just about pricing, but it's also about risk responsibility and whether a vendor is truly prepared to deliver services to the city. And when the city uses cooperative purchasing options above the formal bidding thresholds, the city manager will now have to provide a more detailed written justification, as well as analysis with any bid waiver request…”
City Commission · Jul 22, 2026
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“Thank you, Mr. Mayor. This is an item actually that Commissioner Mateo Salinas and I worked on together when I was an aide, and I'm proud to be – well, she was an aide. We both used to be aides. And I'm proud to be working now together again with my great colleague, Commissioner Matos Salinas, so that in the slow months, our businesses can have the support of attracting visitors from throughout the region to support our local economy. And I'll pass it over to Commissioner Matos Salinas.”
City Commission · Jul 22, 2026
- Play at 9:25:07
“Sure. The reason why I pulled this item was specifically I like for for this to go to committee to discuss how feasible would it be to incorporate into this the unified valet systems that we still have pending at committee for 41st Street, for the entertainment district, possibly for Lincoln Road. So I'd like to be able to discuss the pros and cons and whether that can be incorporated into this contract. So that's the reason why I pulled this.”
City Commission · Jul 22, 2026
- Play at 9:25:59
“So I'll make a motion to refer to FERC with a month-to-month. Thank you. Of course.”
City Commission · Jul 22, 2026
- Play at 9:43:50
“One of the greatest challenges with this project were the delays that were caused by misinformation. And the delays caused by misinformation cost the cost of this project to skyrocket. And I do believe that hitting the brakes on the level of communication, and I'm not saying hitting the brakes on communication because I know our internal team will always step up to the plate and will always do the best that they can to deliver to the best that they can. However, I'm concerned that if we put the brakes on this, Those harmonization agreements are not gonna happen. We're still working with…”
City Commission · Jul 22, 2026
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“Mr. Mayor, I just want to note because I like to be respectful of people's neighborhoods. You know when it's something in my neighborhood I also I always ask for a little bit of deference to me when this North Beach I'd like to give a lot of deference to Commissioner Bond and so on This is in West Avenue. And so, you know the residents there are the ones who benefit from this Commissioner Magazine and what is your preference with this item? Because you're living this, you're living this, and you're having to deal with this every day, and so I just wanna, I want to understand what is your…”
City Commission · Jul 22, 2026
- Play at 9:56:05
“And Mr. Mayor, I mean, we are about soon to start 41st Street, and that's gonna be another project that's gonna have, that is going to require HEAVY AMOUNT OF COMMUNICATION ALSO WITH THE BUSINESS, NOT JUST RESIDENTS THERE, BUT ALSO THE BUSINESSES THAT ARE FRONTING THAT. AND I THINK WE JUST, YOU KNOW, I WANT US MAYBE WE SHOULD LOOK AT OTHER CITIES AND SEE WHAT IS THE AVERAGE THAT OTHER CITIES ARE SETTING ASIDE FOR COMMUNICATIONS IN THESE CAPITAL PROJECTS. BECAUSE I FEEL PRETTY CONFIDENT IN THAT THIS IS WITHIN THE NORMS. of how much is invested in this. Whether it be at the county or at the…”
City Commission · Jul 22, 2026
- Play at 9:57:33
“Well, he gave his... C7AR. I'm sorry, Mayor. C7AR.”
City Commission · Jul 22, 2026
- Play at 10:02:28
“I move the item. Since it's first reading, I'll give our presentation a second reading.”
City Commission · Jul 22, 2026
- Play at 10:02:56
“Which business was that? You can say it on the record.”
City Commission · Jul 22, 2026
- Play at 10:03:03
“Actually, that business was painted first, and then it started peeling, and then they weren't able to go in and repaint because of the regulations that we had in place without having to go through a land use, an extensive land use board process. and the residents were going to have to deal with the deteriorated paint job while, in this case, the property went through the laborious land use process.”
City Commission · Jul 22, 2026
- Play at 10:03:35
“I'll defer, I don't believe the color was approved, but changing it would have required to go through a difficult process, through a land use process, a more onerous land use process, and in the meantime, the property was left with the faded conditions which, to your point, was not appealing to the neighborhood. But I'll defer to the planning director.”
City Commission · Jul 22, 2026
- Play at 10:04:52
“And my concern is I saw the colors. And I could see how from a planning perspective, if I'm the planning director, you might be able to tell the differentiation in the colors from a layman's perspective. And by the way, from a gay man's perspective, I couldn't see the difference in the colors, yet it would have been this hurdle and this hurdle in time, hurdle in cost, and you know, the extra layers of bureaucracy that end up affecting our businesses and communities and even homeowners. But I get your point. I get your point. I'm happy to move the item as it is for now.”
City Commission · Jul 22, 2026
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“Okay. I would like just to propose This applies also during the 4th of July?”
City Commission · Jul 22, 2026
- Play at 10:08:54
“That's the one day I would like to make an exception. If we could just, I would like to propose for that one day we could have an amendment to the ordinance. Okay with that. That would be reasonable.”
City Commission · Jul 22, 2026
- Play at 10:14:04
“Yeah, well the Fourth of July, that's a national holiday and obviously it's a big celebration as we experienced this year. So to me that's kind of like in a category of its own. However, I do believe we do have legacy events in our city to the extent that we want, without picking and choosing which ones, grandfathering in the existing ones, knowing is probably I don't think there's a lot of them. Grandfathering in the existing ones. Any new ones, they can't. But those legacy events that we have had for a long time, that way, as a matter of public policy, we're not selecting the winner and the…”
City Commission · Jul 22, 2026
- Play at 10:15:30
“During this period of time. I just don't want us to be picking and choosing, and I don't think there's a lot of events during this period of time.”
City Commission · Jul 22, 2026
- Play at 10:17:00
“It wasn't provided. My office asked for the annual events so that I could understand this better, and I wasn't told that we had 13 events.”
City Commission · Jul 22, 2026
- Play at 10:23:03
“I think, if I may, I think the legacy events. I just don't want us to say we're making an exception for one event and not for others because what you may value might not be what I may value. So I'd just rather, if an event has been longstanding in our community, I'd rather make a way to embrace them and then slowly as they go off, well then they don't come back. Nothing new.”
City Commission · Jul 22, 2026
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“good morning everyone welcome to the july 15th 2026 meeting of the public safety and neighborhood quality of life committee i'm alex fernandez the chair of the committee i'm joined by our vice chair and our vice mayor laura dominguez our our member commissioner monica matilda salinas and our alternate member commissioner tanya bod i'm going to pass the floor to our our liaison stephanie ray brooks for this morning's announcements”
City Commission · Jul 15, 2026
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“Thank you, Stephanie. So with that, the agenda will be followed as printed, as usual with this committee, for the benefit of the public so that everyone can follow the meeting. We always follow this agenda as it is publicly printed for the public's benefit. With that, we're going to open up the floor to the public forum. Citizens wishing to speak can approach the podium. You'll have two minutes to speak. If you are on Zoom, you're welcome to raise your hand on Zoom. So members of the public wishing to speak, you can approach the podium. For fairness, we grant all members of the public up to…”
City Commission · Jul 15, 2026
- Play at 19:51
“Thank you so much. And what's the status of this item? Is this item before this committee? Is this item currently pending at another committee?”
City Commission · Jul 15, 2026
- Play at 20:23
“So I'm hearing it's currently pending where?”
City Commission · Jul 15, 2026
- Play at 20:32
“So the item is currently pending at Landuse. Okay. All right. Thank you. Thank you for your participation.”
City Commission · Jul 15, 2026