Remarks by Doris Acosta
293 remarks on the record, newest first · Page 8 of 12
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“If somebody wants to come in, they can come in.”
Village Commission · May 19, 2026
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“I want to remove 14D actually from it. I don't know how I made it there. Okay. I'm misunderstanding. All right.”
Village Commission · Apr 21, 2026
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“Thank you so much. Good evening, everyone. As you all know, we started a chamber here in North Village, and we're very proud of the service it provides to the community and all the work they've done. Tonight, we have two of the representatives from the chamber. If you don't mind, David and Kristen, coming forward. And they want to talk to you a little bit more about the chamber and the work that has been done. It is an investment from our town to have a chamber, and they're giving us their recap from the year and also what's coming up with the chamber. Thank you so much for coming tonight.”
Village Commission · Apr 21, 2026
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“One of the things that is really cool about the chamber is that they're offering sponsorship opportunities that include membership. So there's a lot of value provided within the sponsorship. And they're also collaborating. You're collaborating also with our community center, Grand Opening, correct?”
Village Commission · Apr 21, 2026
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“Thank you so much. Wow. let me just start by going over some of the things that we just discussed and how we arrived to this conversation today in a way. Um, Most of the fees that were discussed in the past as we're looking into new development always come to mind for the benefits that the community can receive, right? As our ex-mayor mentioned, the ship has sailed as far as new construction. It was not at least a favorite topic of the community until most recently. I feel like people are getting more adjusted to it. I moved here almost 20 years ago. When I moved here, I loved the fact that…”
Village Commission · Apr 21, 2026
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“Tony, how does the formula that we have now compares to the Miami formula?”
Village Commission · Apr 21, 2026
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“How they do the formula is what I'm asking.”
Village Commission · Apr 21, 2026
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“How does it compare to how we're being proposed?”
Village Commission · Apr 21, 2026
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“It sounds like it's not why because he's saying that it's based on an average, not on a property.”
Village Commission · Apr 21, 2026
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“That's not the same then. That's what makes it different. Correct. They're two different. It's not based on an example that we have. The formula itself is different.”
Village Commission · Apr 21, 2026
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“I would like to second that. The only thing I would like you to add to that is that we also receive comparables from Coral Gables. Absolutely.”
Village Commission · Apr 21, 2026
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“What month do we take off normally in the summer?”
Village Commission · Apr 21, 2026
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“Okay, because that could be also part of it, you know, a compromise to make it sooner rather than later.”
Village Commission · Apr 21, 2026
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“We need to start ripping the benefits of all of this construction, but it also has to happen. That's why we need to increase the fee. I just, I'm not in accordance with this current formula.”
Village Commission · Apr 21, 2026
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“The thing is that these developments don't come as a whole. They're going to start looking at a fees before they even put together whether they're going to buy a property or not or do something with it.”
Village Commission · Apr 21, 2026
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“So if we decide tonight, because we're not ready because of the fees, and I don't want the old fees to affect new decisions today, if we say no to this today, it goes to the second hearing, do they have a right to reapply to this after we revise our fees?”
Village Commission · Apr 21, 2026
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“The residents should be heard tonight, and it's things that we take into consideration, but the whole public hearing. I think we should hear it all. This is why I'm asking a question because it's part of evaluating what to do. We don't get to the public hearing unless we're hearing the item.”
Village Commission · Apr 21, 2026
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“Same, received all those emails from our residents at 360 and I spoke to over a dozen members from 360 in reference to what was noted in the emails and answering whatever I could answer and take that also into consideration for tonight.”
Village Commission · Apr 21, 2026
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“These are the things that I would like people to hear before they make their comment. That's why.”
Village Commission · Apr 21, 2026
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“Speaking of this development, as it was approved in 2022. So we did receive a lot of emails and I spoke to a lot of the residents and there was a lot of misunderstandings on what we were approving tonight versus what was approved in 2022. So I just want to clarify these things just to be completely clear that This was already a site approval done in 2022. As of 2022, this was approved for 240 feet high, 94 units, 22 stories. There will be the same amount of green space, 13,292 square feet, 4,028 at the front yard. At that time, they purchased 22 TDRs. That's $65,000 each. They also received…”
Village Commission · Apr 21, 2026
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“It's the one that you have the actual view from the water site at the buildings and you see the rendering of the building parking lot. No, it's a smaller picture. It's a much smaller picture.”
Village Commission · Apr 21, 2026
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“No, I think No, I think you had you had it you have in your hands probably one of the ones that you're holding first elevations.”
Village Commission · Apr 21, 2026
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“You have it there. No. Second one that you have in your head. That's a shadow. no it's a graphic and the bottom line is that you see it in the pictures as i've just seen it is it that one it's upside down because you have a parking garage and when you look at the front design that you share with the landscaping it's very pretty but when you're on the water side i'm staring at a wall Well, it shows you the backside of the building, not the street side of it, but the backside of the building and how it hits right next door to 360. So I would like you to take that into consideration when you're…”
Village Commission · Apr 21, 2026
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“But we also don't want to see a block of seven stories.”
Village Commission · Apr 21, 2026
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“Now, what I was trying to establish with it, don't think of it of the look and design of that part. I'm just thinking of the pedestal, just to give you a reference on height next to the townhouses. So when people are looking at it, I'm just saying to take into consideration what the neighbors are going to be looking at every single day.”
Village Commission · Apr 21, 2026