Remarks by Alex J. Fernandez
292 remarks on the record, newest first · Page 6 of 12
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“We're going to go to Zoom. Members of the public wishing to speak on Zoom, you're welcome to raise your hand. Robin Jacobs, welcome. You have two minutes to speak.”
City Commission · Jul 15, 2026
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“Thank you, Robin, and thank you for your service on the committee. I see Mitch Novick with his hand raised on Zoom. Good morning, Mitch. Welcome. You have two minutes to speak.”
City Commission · Jul 15, 2026
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“Thank you, Mitch. Thank you for your participation and your public comments. Michael Goldberg, good morning. If you unmute yourself, you have two minutes to speak.”
City Commission · Jul 15, 2026
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“Thank you. Bruce Gold, good morning. You have two minutes to speak.”
City Commission · Jul 15, 2026
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“Thank you. Michael, good morning. You have two minutes to speak.”
City Commission · Jul 15, 2026
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“Thank you, Mike. Are there any other members of the public wishing to speak in the Citizens Public Forum? Seeing none in person, none in Zoom with their hands raised, we can go ahead and close the public forum. With that, we'll go to... Sorry. Yes. Oh, I'm so sorry. No, no, no. Good morning. Good morning. Sorry for my tardiness. Please, have you said your name for the record? You have two minutes to speak.”
City Commission · Jul 15, 2026
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“Thank you, Kara. Thank you for your participation this morning. Good morning. Welcome. You can say your name for the record. Sure.”
City Commission · Jul 15, 2026
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“Thank you. And I think just for the public benefit, no one is suggesting that a developer be relieved of a public obligation or contractual public benefit. I don't believe any of my colleagues who have sponsored items regarding this have ever proposed anything like this. I just want to be clear that in any alternative, I do believe that the public expectation is for the public to, for the developer to deliver to the public what was promised to the public in a referendum and entered into through a development agreement. With that, we'll go to the next caller on Zoom. ending with number 5600.…”
City Commission · Jul 15, 2026
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“Thank you. Seeing no other members of the public wishing to speak at this time, We're going to close the public comment opportunity, and we're going to proceed to item number one.”
City Commission · Jul 15, 2026
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“Male Speaker 1 All right. Thank you, Stephanie. Good morning, David. I'm just going to quickly introduce this item. Ever since being elected, one of the recurring items that have come up to my office and I think to all of my colleagues has been the conditions of the Miami Beach Promenade that extends from 24th Street to 29th Street. It runs parallel just west of the beach walk. It's a beautiful promenade. behind the number of condominium buildings, but I would say it's one of these public areas in our city that probably has had very little investment as it relates to capital over the past 40…”
City Commission · Jul 15, 2026
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“I think this is an important project that the residents of this area have been waiting many years for. And this committee deserves a proper presentation on which we can base our recommendation to the Commission. And so I am going to continue to the next item on the agenda, to wait to give time for the consultant to get here. But I need the administration to please, when we have these presentations, when we have these items on the agenda, it's for the benefit of the public that they know that this is the first item on the agenda. As you saw, we have members of the public calling in on this…”
City Commission · Jul 15, 2026
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Not quoted here: it may name a member of the public. Hear it at the meeting.
City Commission · Jul 15, 2026
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“And I think it's also important to highlight that one of the key findings was that straight sweeping achieves a material basin scale reduction of these levels of bacteria. And so I just want to make sure that going into the next fiscal year, do we have funding in place to continue this level of sweeping that we need in order to control the bacteria that runs off into the canal.”
City Commission · Jul 15, 2026
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“Okay. Before we continue with the hydrodynamic separators, I'm going to recognize Vice Mayor Dominguez.”
City Commission · Jul 15, 2026
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“And we're currently working, I know we're currently working on a procurement item to acquire these hydric dynamics separators. And how far out are we before having an item on the agenda to acquire these?”
City Commission · Jul 15, 2026
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“When you say disinfected, you mean with the hydrogen peroxide being proposed? Yes, sir. And one of the things I asked you last time, you know, is there a way that we can, you know, dilute this into the water that's being used with pressure cleaners and all that, and you expressed some challenges with that.”
City Commission · Jul 15, 2026
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“Is that the end of it? That's it. OK. And so, Amy, I just want to confirm, we've received state funding. I believe it was part of last year's budget, and we received close to $500,000 for the acquisition of this.”
City Commission · Jul 15, 2026
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“And we already have our Class II permits from Durham for their installation?”
City Commission · Jul 15, 2026
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“Okay, so I know we had anticipated earlier on a third quarter construction date of this year for these hydrodynamic separators. Obviously, we still haven't put out the procurement for them. So how far away do we anticipate being able to see the installation of this technology?”
City Commission · Jul 15, 2026
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“Okay. So you've confirmed for us that we have the required funding in the proposed budget. To maintain the enhanced level of sanitation going into the next fiscal year. Where are we with the nanobubble technology?”
City Commission · Jul 15, 2026
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“Thank you, Amy. And let me just ask you also, because I know dredging has been an important topic of conversation. Where are we with the permitting and with the process with dredging?”
City Commission · Jul 15, 2026
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“And I want to tie this together with nanobubbles, with the discussion about nanobubbles, because And one of the things I've learned in this is that with the installation of the nanobubbles, obviously you have improvement in the water quality, but it also, it could help make the dredging more efficient because of the more, it's not only, the microbial contaminants that the nano bubbles address, but it also addresses the physical cleanliness of the water. You can tell us a little bit about that.”
City Commission · Jul 15, 2026
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“This is not only addressing the harmful pathogens, but also, I guess, the algae growth in the water?”
City Commission · Jul 15, 2026
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“In which location is this? Is this an area that's currently experiencing contamination, or we have achieved reduced levels of contamination?”
City Commission · Jul 15, 2026
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“um it you sort of circumnavigate all the contamination i just you and i want to hear from from amy if um i just want to make sure that you know we really I know there's times we have achieved a minimum of zero, but I know we've also achieved a maximum of the maximum that you can achieve. And the average is not that great. And so I just want to be mindful of that. If Amy feels that our numbers are there, to safely do it 100%. I'm for it because we want the community to have the amenity. They've been asking for it for a long time. I just want to remember a couple of years ago, this same…”
City Commission · Jul 15, 2026