Remarks by Christi Fraga
2,372 remarks on the record, newest first · Page 11 of 95
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“Motion to approve by Councilman Pinedo. Second. Second by Councilwoman Reynoso. Assume that you'll work with the city manager's office to establish what that protocol will be. Yes. Awesome. Great. There's no additional questions. We will go ahead and call the roll.”
City Council · Jun 10, 2026
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“Thank you, Councilwoman. Any questions? No questions? OK, we need a motion.”
City Council · Jun 10, 2026
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“Motion to approve by Councilman Pinedo. Second. Second by Councilman Reynoso. I'm sure all of our pet owners are going to be happy to be able to have that benefit. Madam Clerk, please call the roll.”
City Council · Jun 10, 2026
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“Yes. Motion passes. OK. We move on into 9H. And this is our final item from the morning besides the reports.”
City Council · Jun 10, 2026
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“Motion to approve by Councilwoman Porras, second by Councilman Pinero. There are no more questions.”
City Council · Jun 10, 2026
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“All right. That exhausts our items for the morning agenda, so we'll go ahead and move into the recognition that we have today. Madam Clerk, want to read that item?”
City Council · Jun 10, 2026
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“All right. Thank you very much. So I'm going to go ahead and just open this up. So today we will be recognizing the accomplishments and the contributions that our outgoing chief, Edwin Lopez, made to the city of Doral. We're going to first watch a video. Then I will ask Pastor Steve Alessi to come up and do a blessing over the chief and his family and our city of Doral. Then Each of us will get an opportunity to do our special remarks, and then we're going to go down, and we have several recognitions for the chief. The only thing I will ask, please, because we do have a heavy agenda tonight,…”
City Council · Jun 10, 2026
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“All right, we'd like to ask Pastor Steve Valesita to please come and say an invocation.”
City Council · Jun 10, 2026
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“Thank you, Pastor. All right, so I want to open up the opportunity from the dais to say our message. Chief, will you join us for the last time on the podium, at least on this podium?”
City Council · Jun 10, 2026
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“That's right, yes. Our new chief of police is here as well, Matthew Castillo and Deputy Chief Jonathan Dweck.”
City Council · Jun 10, 2026
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“I was going to let you go at the end, but you're welcome to do it right now.”
City Council · Jun 10, 2026
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City Council · Jun 10, 2026
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“Thank you. Deputy City Manager, would you like to say anything?”
City Council · Jun 10, 2026
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“Chief, I think everybody said everything, and this is why it's hard to go last. But truthfully, what's been said is the honest truth about everything that you have done in this department. You do lead it with your faith. And that's what's made this department what it is. I'm very grateful for your service. You're a critical part of the team that we built. So we will miss you tremendously. And I know that we have great people. It's nothing but amazing people that we have in this department. But you really created a heart and soul in the department. So thank you. And more importantly, thank you…”
City Council · Jun 10, 2026
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“All right, so do we have Tammy from MySafeSchools? All right, we have Tammy.”
City Council · Jun 10, 2026
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“OK, next we have the Doral Hispanic Women Chamber of Commerce, Roxana Silveira, la presidenta y fundadora.”
City Council · Jun 10, 2026
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“OK, now we have a recognition from the administration for you to take Edwin.”
City Council · Jun 10, 2026
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“We know you like to hang things on your wall.”
City Council · Jun 10, 2026
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“And well, actually, before we do that one, we have, I believe, your staff has something for you. OK.”
City Council · Jun 10, 2026
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“We have one more surprise. We also have a plaque because he is taking one of our originals with him. We have a plaque for Ricardo Arenas. We love you too, Ricky. All right. This concludes our recognition of the chief. Anyone who would like to take photos, please, like we asked, if you could just quietly exit outside. You're welcome to stay, take photos, and then we're going to wrap up our meeting and come out and join you guys. So thank you very much. Thank you to everyone who joined us for recognizing our chief. We will join you in a couple minutes. I'm being optimistic. Yeah, no. No, no.…”
City Council · Jun 10, 2026
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“OKAY. WE'RE GOING TO GO AHEAD AND OPEN UP A PUBLIC HEARING. PUBLIC HEARING IS OPENED FOR ITEM 21A, OR ALSO KNOWN AS 26-6614. ANYONE WHO WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK ON THIS ITEM, PLEASE APPROACH THE PODIUM AT THIS TIME. BEING NONE, PUBLIC COMMENTS IS NOW CLOSED, AND I'LL TAKE ANY EX PARTE COMMUNICATION ON THIS ITEM. Has there been any ex parte communication on this item? I've met with the applicant, and I will not influence my decision. OK. I also have met with the applicant. It will not affect my decision.”
City Council · Jun 10, 2026
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“OK. We'll go ahead and start hearing presentation from our staff.”
City Council · Jun 10, 2026
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“THANK YOU MR. MAGARIZO. THE APPLICANT WOULD LIKE TO MAKE SOME BRIEF REMARKS.”
City Council · Jun 10, 2026
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City Council · Jun 10, 2026
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“Thank you, Councilwoman. Councilman Pinedo.”
City Council · Jun 10, 2026