Remarks by Christi Fraga
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“Yeah. I'm going to tell you, look how much more money the city has to do more senior programs and special needs programs, all with revenue-generating assets that we did 50 years ago. All right. We have a motion to approve by Councilman Pinedo, seconded by Councilman Reynoso. Madam Clerk, please call the roll.”
“All right. Very good. So the next item goes hand in hand. So Madam Clerk, if you could just read it, and we're going to incorporate the same presentation and comments into that, and go ahead and move forward.”
“All right. We're going to go ahead and incorporate the same presentation for the benefit of the public and comments into this item. However, I do have some comments and some questions for Kauffman. Lin, if that's OK. I don't know if I can go through them directly or if someone wants to approach. So I know Kauffman Lin did build our park. The timeline that has been put forward is an aggressive one that we see here. So there was obviously a lot of delays in Doral Central Park. We won't go into those. Some were for reasons outside of our control. But I just want to know a little bit about the…”
“Yes. OK. Do you currently have any other projects that you're working on with the same team?”
“OK. And how do you feel that the handling of this project can meet these timelines?”
“That's a great segue to my next question.”
“That's a great segue to my next question, which was, obviously, we're not looking at any pricing structure right here. You need to see the full design and plans to be able to have that number. It's extremely important for me, and I think for all of us, that we are on budget, on time. Particularly, it would be great to be under budget. So I think that those conversations and understanding how our team works is going to be extremely important. So I'm happy that you guys are back, and we'll see the full... full generation of this park with this missing piece, that will be a great asset to us.…”
“We appreciate it, too. All right. Thank you very much. Appreciate it. Any other questions?”
“Thank you all very much. We look forward to it.”
“This is the presentation from the... Is this the same presentation the applicant has?”
“Thank you. Thank you very much. All right, I think we have the presentation and the comments. If there's no questions for the applicant or for staff, we need a motion. Motion. The motion by Councilwoman Reynoso, second by Councilman Bineto. Councilman, did you have a comment?”
“Councilman, I think what we can potentially do is, because it's been multiple years now as well, and we've done this with other organizations and events like Eduardo with the Run, potentially this year it's already in front of us, but for the next year we can have it approved for multiple years so that they don't have to come for a special event permit. for every year. We can do three years. I wouldn't want to do it farther than the time of all of us being here, because everybody should have an opportunity to have their decisions. But maybe we do next year for three years, and we can just…”
“So that would be a decision that in the application process they could change to opt for. We can have a discussion offline about that. That's an administrative, whether they want to include that as an option to have the applicant request. But I think what's been proposed here today, which again, very similar to what we've done with the Runderal, is that we've seen the success of it for multiple years. And therefore, the councilman is making a suggestion to allow them to not have to go through this process every year because they've proven themselves. I'm comfortable with that. I would not…”
“Correct, right They still have to go through the process, but at least it doesn't have to come to council Which is what we've done with Brenda Rao”
“He has to go through the process with the department. As long as everything stays the same, there's no requirement to come to council because it's become a continuous plug and play event.”
“I have no problem with that. So, Councilman, you want to make your motion?”
“OK. So I think we can extend. Councilman, can you amend your motion to include the amount of years?”
“Okay, perfect. So we'll go ahead and extend the three years so that you don't have to come back and you can use the local for that time. But you still have to go through the process with staff. All right, I think I need a second.”
“THANK YOU VERY MUCH. I BELIEVE THE APPLICANT IS HERE AS WELL. AND I'VE HAD AN OPPORTUNITY TO MEET WITH THEM. CAN WE BRING UP THE SITE PLAN AGAIN REAL QUICK? I JUST WANTED TO MAKE, DEREK, DO YOU WANT TO COME UP VERY QUICK? I just want to make sure we did receive the letter from Codina partners. They're supportive of this event because I know we had some issues with the last one. So looking at the site plan and having conversations that you and I had last time, And conversations I've had with some of the businesses in the community in this area is, is there an opportunity to put the tents in…”
“Well, it's no different than how they do it in Miracle Mile.”
“Yeah, I just think that if you go to any of the other fairs, they put the tents back-to-back, and people walk around the tents, and it doesn't block the businesses. Yes.”
“So is there a way we can approve it without being re-evaluated?”
“I know this diagram shows cars, but the street is closed Okay, just yeah Yeah, I just I did talk to some of the vendors and we hadn't had the chance to speak again after we spoke over the last I think it was a great event. It was very successful. We talked about it people really enjoyed it I think anytime that you create this environment and close off the street and people can come and walk and enjoy the businesses and the art and additional food vendors and things like that is successful. Our farmer's market has been super successful thanks to Councilman Moreno. So I invite this opportunity…”
“Any other questions? Okay. Well, we can, let's, we'll motion with the condition of looking at the tents, how we set them up. And we'll revisit the opportunities to see how we can continue to help and support. We want you guys to be successful. Awesome. Thank you guys. Thank you so much.”
“All right. So very quickly for the mayor's report, I just wanted to wish everybody a very happy Valentine's Day. I hope you all had a great one. And I just wanted to thank also our incredible Parks Department, Michael, and the entire team for a great campaign under the stars. the Silver Club Valentine's Day, which was beautiful, and the Special Needs Appreciation Ceremony. We really appreciate your hard work. All of you do a great job. So thank you very much for what you do in our city. You make us shine. And I want to also wish some of our team members a very happy birthday. It was Maggie…”