Remarks by Doris Acosta
293 remarks on the record, newest first · Page 2 of 12
- Play at 1:58:16
“How more difficult do we make it? They're going to have to hold property.”
Village Commission · Jul 28, 2026
- Play at 2:04:14
“That's where I feel more comfortable too.”
Village Commission · Jul 28, 2026
- Play at 2:05:21
“I do. I do like the idea of milestones. You know, your meetings are milestones. I don't know about 50%, but you know, some smaller much smaller 90 days seems a little tight a lot tight actually not a little tight a lot tight you're trying to put monies together get construction loans together that that's that takes time and now we're asking a lot more of previous investment to come in i mean i i know i'm coming in with higher fees but i also very I think we need to consider the time. And that's what we can justify some of that adjustment.”
Village Commission · Jul 28, 2026
- Play at 2:06:06
“How much was that? You remember? $2.4 million. Which project was it? If you don't mind me asking. Tony, what would be a more flexible timeline that you could suggest?”
Village Commission · Jul 28, 2026
- Play at 2:07:54
“Yeah. Okay, so what did you say? Okay. Oh, okay. I heard something else.”
Village Commission · Jul 28, 2026
- Play at 2:09:35
“So you have any other flexible time suggestions?”
Village Commission · Jul 28, 2026
- Play at 2:11:48
“I think it should just be a matter of extending a little more time. 90 days seems a little short for me to pull all that money together. Soon after you barely bought a property, barely put all of this. Permit could be way too long because now they can hold up forever until they're ready to.”
Village Commission · Jul 28, 2026
- Play at 2:12:20
“That's not necessarily true. All of this investment is done and ahead as far as just getting pre-approvals, and we've seen it. They come here with, how many drawings have this village seen of a building with architectural designs?”
Village Commission · Jul 28, 2026
- Play at 2:13:34
“I like to give them more time, but I also want you to consider that it's not just a $2.whatever million. It's the cost of the land that is part of the whole investment that they're already putting up front. So that's why I think flexibility in time helps with that. Sure. Yes. I like more time. That's my petition.”
Village Commission · Jul 28, 2026
- Play at 2:15:27
“We need to give them time to put all this money together. We're asking for a lot of money. At least we need to provide flexibility for them to put their investment together. Again, people are not lining down the street to buy. They're going to have to hold these properties for a while. We are going to make money out of the taxes a year later anyway from that property.”
Village Commission · Jul 28, 2026
- Play at 2:16:01
“No, I'm not talking about the property. I'm talking about the sale.”
Village Commission · Jul 28, 2026
- Play at 2:20:26
“When we talk about the schedule and the timing, is there a way, let's say, to incentivize people to actually bill when we're talking about timing? Can people be charged, companies be charged? After two years, if they have not pulled a permit, can they receive a charge for their TDRs? Same other words.”
Village Commission · Jul 28, 2026
- Play at 2:21:12
“But they will come to us for an extension if they want to.”
Village Commission · Jul 28, 2026
- Play at 2:37:51
“We just went through a huge conversation of fees.”
Village Commission · Jul 28, 2026
- Play at 2:37:57
“Let's be flexible with payments so that they have more assistance.”
Village Commission · Jul 28, 2026
- Play at 2:42:29
“I feel for you. But I have to think of the entire community at hand. And because we don't have a plan, what you're planning to do, I've had developers come here, say themselves that they're small developers. And I'm not saying you are that person. I'm just telling you what I've seen, not as a commissioner, as a resident. Developers stand right there and say, we're not going to build nothing bigger. I don't really need that height. I'm not going to go that high. And then they come back and they purchase all these other properties. And next thing you know, it's one of the largest developments.”
Village Commission · Jul 28, 2026
- Play at 2:44:54
“I would like to hear a little bit more about the flexibility in time, which is something we tabled before.”
Village Commission · Jul 28, 2026
- Play at 2:45:21
“Well, I have a question. I have a question. I have a question in reference to RSV. I think this is an opportunity for you to give us a final offer of what you would do, and then we can consider that sale as an individual sale. It's been presented to us tonight. And that's what I talked about timelines and things like that, because they are presented as an offer to buy TDRs. I think that it's only fair that they give us, they heard our numbers, they know what we want.”
Village Commission · Jul 28, 2026
- Play at 2:49:06
“Mr. Chair, when we talk about selling, let's say we do this and most of our TDRs get sold, if not all of the TDRs get sold. For the residents in Harbor Island to understand what percentage of their island would not be able to ever have TDRs purchased, What would that be? Do you know more or less based on our current sales, what we've done, what's been approved?”
Village Commission · Jul 28, 2026
- Play at 2:49:34
“So let's say we sell all the TDRs. OK. For our residents in Harbor Island to understand that once they're gone, they're gone. And there's still many buildings that don't have any other TDRs that they will most likely remain the size that they could be permitted to be, right? Because a lot of them feel like they have a target on their back that they're going to be on their side. What would be that percentage of property still left that will not be able to do TDR purchases?”
Village Commission · Jul 28, 2026
- Play at 2:50:36
“I would picture less than half of the properties in Harbor Island would remain as data.”
Village Commission · Jul 28, 2026
- Play at 2:51:05
“We're still talking about the same numbers within. Yeah, because if they don't do it and somebody else does, then their building will still be small.”
Village Commission · Jul 28, 2026
- Play at 2:51:20
“I just want the residents to picture that we're not building every building. It's not going to be able to be a tall tower full of people. I'm just trying to give that image to the public out there to understand that whatever we're negotiating, which I do agree with the mayor, I think that it is falling there. I think it will give us a little more perspective.”
Village Commission · Jul 28, 2026
- Play at 2:51:52
“Is there a deadline to that? For how long?”
Village Commission · Jul 28, 2026
- Play at 2:52:02
“Do we make it a three-month proposal? You still have the height.”
Village Commission · Jul 28, 2026