Remarks by Daniel Rodriguez
144 remarks on the record, newest first · Page 4 of 6
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“So the infrastructure, but the streetscape side, the sidewalks, the lighting, all that. Yeah, but it's not. So they're covering a portion. Who covers the north side and who covers by the Chevron and by the little medical building right here?”
City Commission · Jun 9, 2026
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“But there's more than that. And I just want to remind that. When we were discussing Avalon 2, I wanted them to do both sides. And it ended up going that we're putting up a million dollars now, where they should have been doing both sides.”
City Commission · Jun 9, 2026
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“And if I may, my only reason for having them do it is because they're elevating the street to the sidewalk level. And there's no way of keeping the other side of the sidewalk the same or looking or even connection point from the street to the connection point of the other side. So they automatically bought it because they're touching it. That was my argument at the time. It's a different scenario.”
City Commission · Jun 9, 2026
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“But a typical development would be an asphalt street where you go center line towards the other and you don't have to touch the other side. Here, they're elevating the entire street.”
City Commission · Jun 9, 2026
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“THE GOOD THING IS THE STUDENT HOUSING IS GOING TO HAVE TO HURRY UP BECAUSE THEY WANT TO MAKE THE 28.”
City Commission · Jun 9, 2026
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“And you probably know this more, I believe actually that Depending on the time frame, more houses opt into the property tax, the homestead exemption. What is it, two years or three years? It's five years. Five years. So after five years, you're in. So that 1.6 is going to grow.”
City Commission · Jun 9, 2026
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“He's here for Thelma. Oh, you are? Okay. He's here for Thelma Gibson.”
City Commission · May 19, 2026
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“I just want to make this brief. I've gotten to know Larry and Lisa over the last year and a half. We've shared some barbecue together. I didn't have Bacardi Limon. I couldn't do that. But good conversation, spent some time. And I think for me, it is an honor to be where I am right now to give you the honor you're about to receive. So thank you for everything you've done, and it's sad to see you go.”
City Commission · May 19, 2026
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“Commissioner Rodriguez, you're recognized. Hello, David. How are you doing?”
City Commission · May 19, 2026
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“So what is it that the Goodwill does to train these people to put them back into the workforce? How do you train them, if I may ask? Yeah.”
City Commission · May 19, 2026
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“So the reason I ask that is over the last few months, I've created a partnership, which is now South Miami and Miami Dade College, where Miami Dade College is offering free upskilling, basically certifying anybody who's interested. Most of these are for management positions. So if anyone that... you know, rises to the top that wants to seek a management position or something else. I mean, there's an array of positions or certifications that Miami-Dade County is offering. It's fully paid for. They do, one of the things that we did on the last, we've had a few seminars. The last one we did was…”
City Commission · May 19, 2026
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Not quoted here: it may name a member of the public. Hear it at the meeting.
City Commission · May 19, 2026
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“Sir, you're recognized. Well, this was, so as we have the facilities board, the health facility board, which Baptist has, I guess, funded that fund, we, I guess, we are required to DISTRIBUTE THAT MONEY TO HEALTHCARE, TO HELP OTHER HEALTHCARE FACILITIES. I KNOW WE ALWAYS HAD IN MIND TO HELP THE CLINIC, DR. SCOTT'S CLINIC. AND THEN I SPOKE WITH RENAL MARTIN WHO WAS HERE EARLIER TODAY IN REGARDS TO HELPING OUT THE THELMA GIBSON HEALTH INITIATIVE. SO I JUST BROUGHT IT TO THE COMMISSION TO SEE IF IT'S AN OPTION, IF IT'S SOMETHING THAT THE COMMISSIONER WOULDN'T WANT TO DO BECAUSE ULTIMATELY WE'RE…”
City Commission · May 19, 2026
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“This wasn't necessarily to make a decision today on what amount we're going to do. It's more of is this an organization that we're willing to help, kind of. And I agree with you. We can bring it up in one of our goals meetings and then discuss how much we have and who we can disperse it to and how much. Because at the end of the day, we would have the Thelma Gibson people come and actually ask us how much they need. But Why do that if it's not somebody we're willing to give it to? So that's basically why the discussion item came up.”
City Commission · May 19, 2026
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“No, I already told when we met, I like the idea of splitting up the building and if they go past the floor plate, they got to go all the way down. I'm happy with that.”
City Commission · May 19, 2026
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“I mean, isn't that what subtext is doing?”
City Commission · May 19, 2026
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“I have a question. So that's if we're reviewing it, what if it's private provider?”
City Commission · May 19, 2026
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“I think it's just one at the end. Right. I believe private provider.”
City Commission · May 19, 2026
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“No, they happen. But at the end, once the private provider provides their report, that's when the final review happens, no?”
City Commission · May 19, 2026
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“But if they are using a private provider, then how do you, the penalty, how do you assess for that?”
City Commission · May 19, 2026
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“No, I'm not. Because if they don't, so if the purchaser of those TDRs doesn't end up buying those TDRs, which they're doing it because the market is stipulating a price.”
City Commission · May 19, 2026
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“Because if not, they'll just buy the TDRs from us. They'll buy the bonus points off.”
City Commission · May 19, 2026
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“I would ask, and I don't know about my colleagues, but what percentage, what does the other municipalities, for example, what would Cora Gables, do they do that? And if they do, what percentage do they charge, or Pancras, or any other city in Miami?”
City Commission · May 19, 2026
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“Just to put it on the record, the only part of the TDR portion that is not the sellers side, this is just the purchasers where we're fixing it, the program.”
City Commission · May 19, 2026
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“And at the same time, also, It was also a way of not, I wouldn't say helping, but justifying that they didn't get anything out of the zoning upgrades.”
City Commission · May 19, 2026