Remarks by Christi Fraga
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“All right, before you move on, Michelle, let me just make a quick announcement because I didn't say it at the beginning of the meeting. Normally, our public hearings are in the afternoon. Because of the storm, we've consolidated our two meetings. Therefore, we'll be hearing the public hearings now, and there will be no 6 PM session. Should have mentioned that at the beginning of the meeting. I know there was a notice that went out, but just in case anyone watching, they understand why we're hearing public hearings now. Michelle. Thank you. Yes.”
“Thank you, Michelle. OK. Is the applicant present? Do they want to make a presentation? No? I'm not sure. I see them back there. I just don't know of any representations here with them. Are they available online? Is there any questions for the applicant? How about that? No? OK. Then I need a motion.”
“Oh, I'm so sorry. You're right. Public hearing. Let me hope it up to the public at this time. Not used to public hearings in the morning. Anyone who would like to speak on this item, please approach the podium. This is item 24-5896. Being none, okay, we will close the public hearing. And if there's been any ex parte communication, that would be an opportunity to disclose. Okay, being none, Madam Clerk. Motion to approve motion to approve by councilman Pineda second by councilwoman Deana Cabral. I'm clear.”
“Before we open up to staff, let me go ahead and do expert day communications and public hearing. Any expert day communications on this item?”
“Okay, I also had a meeting with the applicant and it will not affect my decision. Okay, let's open up to public comments for this item. Public hearing is now open for item 24-5897. If you would like to speak, please come up to the podium.”
“Thank you very much. Any other public comments on this item? Being none, OK, we will close the public comments. And now we'll hear from staff.”
“Thank you, Michelle. Would we like to hear from the applicant now, please?”
“Okay, thank you very much. Any questions for the applicant? Yes, Councilman Pinedo.”
“Thank you. Motion to approve by Councilwoman Cabral. Is there a second?”
“Second by Vice Mayor Puig Corbett. I do have some questions, Tracy, very quickly. The increase to the office use by 6,000 square feet, where was that being envisioned? Can you explain that as well? Because I don't...”
“Good more than what was actually required. You haven't built out all the retail at this point, right? Correct. 17,000 square feet, I think, that was left of retail to be built.”
“In other words, my point is it doesn't seem like you'll be maximizing all potential development rights because you really are out of space. Correct. Okay. I don't necessarily have the concern of what the changes are being proposed. It was always envisioned that that corner was going to have the residential component to be part of that downtown mixed use area. I know that a big portion of it has been built with the idea of that final phase coming through and the changes being made. The current parking garage that's there will be expanded. And we did have a discussion, and I want to publicly…”
“Yeah, because they're there you're just a couple of blocks from Doral Central Park, so it's a There's plenty of parking there that could be used as overflow parking if there is a need at some point. So I thought it was a great offer that they made to say, you know, we're here to work with the community as much as possible. I appreciate you guys not only stepping up to the plate when we asked, but also offering to be good neighbors in the community. Obviously, that's an area that the residents will use very much, too. It's walking distance. So the residents that you'll have there and are…”
“Okay, I'm going to open up to public hearing. The floor is now open to hear on Item 24-5905.”
“Any other public comments? Being none, okay, public hearing is now closed, and we will turn this over to Councilman Cabral, who I think is the sponsor. or the attorney.”
“Okay, motion to approve by Councilman Poirot, second by Vice Mayor Puig Corvie. Any other comments, questions? Okay, I do have a few. All right, so regarding the provision... under Section 2-166, which is compensation and eligibility. I do have a problem with C, E, and F. First of all, for C, asking them interested applicants to attend a minimum of two advisory board meetings before they're actually appointed to it, I think it's cumbersome. At the end of the day, these are volunteers from our community. Many times when there's a change in the governing body, those members tend to change. And…”
“So it could be a pending matter, and it wouldn't fall into this?”
“So if you weren't found guilty but had an arrest or had some type of issue in your background, it would not fall. It would not fall. It would not be subject to this provision.”
“We don't necessarily have that. So then that leads to my next question that I had regarding these requirements. Does this fall also for the Parks and Police for Kids advisory board?”
“So these requirements would not be extended to the Parks and Rec.”
“Well, I think, yes. If you're going to extend requirements beyond a scope for people who are serving in a volunteer capacity, I think consistency is consistency. to be fair across the board. So I think it would need to be required of all members of boards, which leads me to the last section, section 2-127, membership limitations. In section C, advisory board committee commissions members shall not have any identifying apparel, business cards, name tags, et cetera, as they are not otherwise official employees of the city and cannot officially represent the city. our parks and police advisory…”
“Yes, would you like to accept some of my amendments?”
“Okay, just a follow-up. So you're saying you are accepting my amendment to item B for section 2-132?”
“But you just said that you don't mind that they bring up the items to us. Your changes to this ordinance...”
“That's not what this is saying. This is saying that they shall not request to organize more than one event in a given year.”