Remarks by Christi Fraga
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“Would anyone else like to speak in public comments? This is your opportunity. Being no more public comments, public comments is now closed. Okay, we need a motion on the consent agenda. However, I believe there is one more item that will be pulled.”
“I think you had already pulled 6U, so 6V.”
“Madam clerk, can you please review the items that have been pulled so that we understand what is being passed in the consent agenda.”
“Okay, I need a motion on the consent agenda. Motion. Motion to approve by Councilwoman Reynoso.”
“Second by Councilman Pinedo. All in favor say aye. Aye. Okay, show the consent agenda passed unanimously. All right. I need an approval of the minutes. Motion. Motion to approve by Councilman Reynoso.”
“Second by Councilman Pinedo. All in favor say aye.”
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“OK. This is my item. So this is just basically a legislation that is right now going through the Senate. It did receive a House sponsor. I will be in Tallahassee next week. I wanted to take this. This is legislation that was sponsored by Senator Brian Avila requesting that future waste energy facilities or any facility that burns waste would be required to be at least a mile away from the closest resident. Obviously, we've been dealing with the waste to energy facility here in Doral for many years. We're right now in a holding period as the county decides where they're going to rebuild. This…”
“Motion to approve by Vice Mayor Porras. Second. Second by Councilwoman Cabral. Councilman Pinedo has a question.”
“Absolutely. Yes, Councilman Pinedo. Thank you.”
“Yes, absolutely. Would anybody else like to co-sponsor? You can add me. I think we can all add everybody. So Madam Clerk, you can add the co-sponsorship of the entire board. All right, thank you very much. We have a second and a motion. Please call the roll.”
“Okay, thank you very much. Do we have a motion? Motion. Motion to approve by Vice Mayor Porras. Anybody else?”
“Second by Councilman Pinedo. There's no more questions. Madam Clerk, please call the roll. Motion to approve by Vice Mayor Porras. Second by Vice Mayor Porras. Yes.”
“Thank you, Councilman Pinedo. Any questions or comments? Motion. Motion to approve by Vice Mayor Porras. Second. Second by Councilwoman Reynoso. Oh, sorry, Councilwoman Cabral. All right, if there's no more questions. Thank you, Councilman Pinero.”
“Thank you, Councilman. Do we have a motion on the item? Motion to approve. Motion to approve by Councilwoman Cabral. Is there a second? Second. Second by Councilwoman Reynoso. We will now, if there's any comments. I have a comment. Go ahead, Councilwoman Cabral.”
“Thank you. I'll just quickly say, I think all of us want to co-sponsor, so if you can add our name to all of them. Thank you, Councilman Pinero, for bringing this forward. Mildred Fernando, it's been a couple years now that you all have been working on this, and since we met, I think there's a lot of a lot of progress that has been made and I'm happy to see that it continues to move. I know it's a lot of hard work and sometimes when one door shuts, another door opens. And so there's a voice that continues to be spread regarding the impact that has been made with legislation like this. So we…”
“Okay, Councilman Reynoso, this is your item.”
“Motion to approve by Councilman Pinedo. Second. Second.”
“Thank you very much, Guillermo. All right, if there's no other questions, I need a motion to approve. Motion to approve by Vice Mayor Porras, second by Councilwoman Cabral. Yes, Councilman Pinero.”
“I have no problem with that. As long as legally, through legal, we have no issues with giving direction to the administration to move forward and creating this more like a, obviously it's continuing to have the fees because it is for profit for them, but to give them some type of concession as a signature event that's consistent.”
“Yes, I have no issues with that. We can add to have administration meet with the applicant through legal and create some type of memorandum of understanding for a couple years.”
“I think that he can have the conversation with administration and the memorandum of understanding can come back with what events he wants to include there. Thank you so much. But let's try and limit it to just the events he's been hosting with the 5Ks and the half marathon.”