Remarks by Christi Fraga
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“Please rise for the Pledge of Allegiance led by Councilman Pinedo. Okay, before we proceed, I would like to ask for a moment of silence this morning as we remember the passing of the Kendall District Deputy Devin Jaramillo from the Miami-Dade Sheriff's Office. Thank you for joining us and honoring his memory today. And now we will go into our invocation, which will be presented today by Rabbi Abraham Brashevisky. Nice to meet you. I mean, nice to see you.”
“Thank you, Rabbi. Great to see you always. All right. We will now go into our agenda order of business. We'll start with our city manager.”
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“Thank you. Okay. Vice Mayor Cabral? No. All right. Councilman Reynoso? No, Mayor. Thank you. All right, Councilwoman Boras? No, none for me. Okay, Adam City Clerk, something for you?”
“Okay, I'm gonna go ahead and move item 6N for discussion. 6N as in Nancy, that'll be taken up after 9F. And I'm going to ask to please defer item 6Q.”
“Okay. Okay? No problem. All right. If there's nothing else, we will go into public comments.”
“We will now open the floor for public comments. Each speaker will have three minutes to speak and address this council on any item that is on the agenda or germane to the city of Doral. Please begin by stating your name and address for the record and ensure you are registered with the city clerk before or after you speak. We will first hear from those who are preregistered, followed by any walk-in speakers. Once you have spoken, I will allow any final speakers who would like to speak. speak before we close public comments. As a reminder, in accordance with the city code of conduct, we ask…”
“Would anybody else like to speak during public comments? This is your reasonable opportunity. Public comments going once, twice. All right, we're now closing public comments, and I need a motion on the consent agenda. Madam Clerk, would you please read the items that were pulled?”
“Motion. Motion to approve by Councilwoman Reynoso.”
“Second by Councilman Pinedo. All in favor say aye.”
“Aye. Let the record reflect that the agenda has passed, the consent agenda has passed unanimously. All right, I need a motion on the minutes. Motion. Motion to approve by Councilwoman Reynoso.”
“Second by Councilman Pinedo. All in favor say aye. Aye. All right, the minutes have passed unanimously and we'll now move into presentations. Item 8A, Keep Draw Beautiful Business Award.”
“Congratulations. Would you like to say something?”
“Long-lasting establishment in our city. Exactly. Thank you very much. Would you come up for a photo?”
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“Thank you, Stephanie. I just want to very quickly, on behalf of our council, also thank you guys for the work that you do. Thank you for representing our officers. We do have great leadership in the department. I think the chief and his entire team do a wonderful job. And I think that that unanimous vote speaks to that. So I wish we could take all the credit. We can't. It's all them. We're here to support them, make sure they have the resources they need. So God bless you guys. Thank you very much. And we have a contract. Thank you. Bye, guys. Thanks for being here.”
“All right, this is my item. This is not a new item to most of you. You've seen this before. We have done this now a couple years. Last year, we actually ended up just doing a one-day ceremony to kick off what we wanted to be a bigger event. This year, we're moving it to spring so that it doesn't conflict with our holiday events, because it always used to be in December. So Ruben is here, who has been, is one of the the founders of the organization that does the Flower Festival, along with his wife, Yola. And it's been a great success every year. There's a lot of excitement around it. Now that…”
“Thank you, Rueng, very much for coming and speaking today. I am going to do the proclamation for the week, so we're excited to do that as we get set. Everything is attached to the item on our support, which will be the use of the Cultural Arts Center. And then, yes, we will definitely be doing promotion and working with you and your team to make sure that it's a successful event once again. You guys do a great job of attracting people, though. It's a very well-attended event.”
“Thank you. All right. If there's no other discussion, I need a motion to approve.”
“Motion to approve by Councilman Pinedo, seconded by Councilman Maranoso. Madam Clerk, if there's no additional questions, please call the roll.”
“Yes. Mayor Fraga? Yes. Motion passes. All right. Thank you very much. We look forward to it.”
“Okay, my esteemed colleagues, this is after our... workshop on the legislative priorities. We put this item together to be able to transmit an official record to the state through our lobbyists regarding our legislative priorities and so that we can all speak on these issues together. I think it's important and behooves our city to have a positive outcome on hopefully all of these. There's no other additional questions.”
“We just need a motion to approve so we can go ahead and transmit. Motion. Motion to approve by Councilman Reynoso.”
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“Any questions? Motion. Motion to approve by Councilwoman Reynoso. If there's no additional questions. Second. Second by Councilwoman Porras. All right. Madam Clerk, please call the roll.”