Remarks by Christi Fraga
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“Thank you. All right. Okay, we need a roll call.”
“Yes. Motion passes. Okay. Madam Clerk, we're going to take up the items that were pulled in order, alphabetic order. So we'll start with 6A.”
“I do believe they are here present. Correct. They are? Mm-hmm.”
“All right, I need a motion. Motion. Motion to approve by Councilwoman Reynoso. I need a second.”
“Second by Councilman Pinedo. Okay, Madam Clerk.”
“Okay, thank you very much. There's no comments or questions. We need a motion.”
“Thank you. We have a motion by Council Member Reynoso. I need a second.”
“Second by Council Member Pinedo. There's no more questions. Madam Clerk, it's callable.”
“Motion to approve. Second. Motion to approve by Vice Mayor Porras, seconded by Councilwoman Cabral. If there's no more questions or comments, Madam Clerk, please call the vote.”
“Yes, thank you very much. Very briefly, I pulled this item because they actually are not here. I don't believe there's anybody here for them today, but I've been meeting with representatives of the Live Tour for a couple weeks now, and they want to have more participation in the community, and we've been able to come up with some great activities for the community, which will include the youth, volunteers, and so... With that, we have decided to, or we have come to a term that we would be a sponsor as a city by providing just this relationship with the community. It's no in kind or anything…”
“Motion to approve by Councilman Pinedo. Second. Second by Councilwoman Reynoso.”
“Mayor Fraga? Yes. Motion passes. All right, thank you very much. We'll now move into the item. Madam Clerk, we're going to take up item T, T, U, and V together. Okay.”
“Yeah, read them all into the record because they're all regarding the same So councilor Reynoso does not mind taking them up together.”
“Okay, any questions? Any other questions?”
“I'm going to chime in here because I've been, I think I was the only one that's been sitting up here since this project initiated. And what happens is every time that there is change in council, there is a change in opinions of how this should be done. We've invested several hundreds of thousands of dollars already on redoing our monument signs. They're super outdated. They look like tombstones, which in my opinion are just not, They don't fit the design and the look of our city. There's been a push to modernize. I think that the design we have is one that is tasteful and takes into account…”
“Again, this is something that every time we have new people on the council, it's art is in the eye of the beholder. And it was put through committees. It was, I mean, it's a design that is supposed to enhance the aesthetic appeal of our community and also resemble what the city has become. And that's why these, also, this is not up to just us. It goes through FDOT. There's several agencies involved that have to approve. So it's not just us saying we like this and we want this. Many times we provided a design and FDOT rejected it. So we also have to take into account that there's several…”
“It was separate. It was never part of the bond, but it was the pedestrian bridge incorporated one of the monuments. But that's no longer happening.”
“Okay, we have a motion to approve by Councilman Cabral.”
“Second by Councilman Pinedo. Okay, any other questions, comments?”
“Thank you, Councilwoman. Yes, Councilwoman Reynoso.”
“Thank you, Councilwoman. All right. I need a motion.”
“Motion to approve by Councilman Pinedo. Second by Councilwoman Reynoso. Madam Clerk, please call the roll.”
“Okay. Thank you very much. We'll now move on to the mayor's report. Madam Clerk, if you could please pass around the letter. In my report this month, one of the things that I wanted to bring forward was, I believe all of us were at the February 19th BCC meeting regarding the waste to energy facility, but there was also an item discussed there regarding a moratorium for annexation for municipalities throughout the county. Originally, Section 6 and Section 15 were excluded from that moratorium. And then there was a motion to amend on the table that was laid on the table at that time to include…”
“While Councilwoman's checking her calendar, I also wanted to wish some of our directors a happy birthday. Edgar Estrada, March 4th, happy birthday. Carlos Arroyo, March 5th. And our Parks Director, Erin Sullivan, March 30th. So happy birthday, guys. That's it for my mayor's report. I think we're just checking the councilwoman's agenda for the 16th, but I believe some of us already committed to day days, so we really don't have another option at this point.”
“Okay. All right, so April 16th it is. Thank you very much. We'll now move on to council comments.”