Remarks by Eric Diaz-Padron
156 remarks on the record, newest first · Page 2 of 7
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“Read items H and I as well. We'll take it all together.”
City Commission · Sep 8, 2026
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“Item G is a public hearing. The center of city budget fiscal year 2026, 2027. The public hearing is now open. Anyone from the public wishes to speak on this item? The floor is yours. As we wait for any residents, anyone from the commission have any additional questions for Cody, your CFO, for manager, anyone else on staff? Seeing none, public hearing is now closed. Let's take up item H item H. So an item H, um, I'm getting a motion motion. Second motion in a second. Uh, as this is a 5.7, seven, correct. Your motion is at 5.7, seven. Correct. Okay. You have a motion in a second. All in favor…”
City Commission · Sep 8, 2026
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“We have a motion. Second. We have a second. You can't be shy with these seconds and motions. Come on. We're going to sit here all day. You have a motion. We have a second. All in favor, say aye. Aye. Any against? Hearing none, item passes. Thank you. When is the next budget hearing?”
City Commission · Sep 8, 2026
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“September 23rd. Yes. This will be read again and heard again. Next item, please.”
City Commission · Sep 8, 2026
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“Second. We have a second. All in favor say aye. Aye. Any against? None. Item passes. Let's go back to the original order of the agenda. Thank you. Item 11A.”
City Commission · Sep 8, 2026
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Not quoted here: it may name a member of the public. Hear it at the meeting.
City Commission · Sep 8, 2026
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“Okay. Any questions from the board on this item for manager or for, I guess, Cody he's up there. So I imagine he's ready to take questions as well. Just the housekeeping item.”
City Commission · Sep 8, 2026
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“Okay. Public hearing is now closed questions, comments, motions, motion. You have a motion. There we go. We have a second. Call the roll, please, on the item. This is on, just clarify, your motion is on item A and E? Correct.”
City Commission · Sep 8, 2026
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“And your second as well on item A and E?”
City Commission · Sep 8, 2026
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“Sorry. This is the first reading. So we can take this opportunity to make any fundamental changes, but obviously this item will be coming back for a second reading and probably in a scheduled meeting or within a notice period. Want to provide any context that is relevant to this item?”
City Commission · Sep 8, 2026
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“If I could stop you there for a second. We're talking about interior side. Is that interior side?”
City Commission · Sep 8, 2026
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“What about when there's a lot that is a corner? I'm getting there. Okay. Do you?”
City Commission · Sep 8, 2026
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“Any questions? Go ahead. Commissioner and the commissioner.”
City Commission · Sep 8, 2026
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“Well, I'll give you an example to your point. My house I'm constructing right now in the city, the narrow side is on the avenue. My actual front is on 10th Street. um the front of my house would be on 10th street and it would like you said it would it would be counter counter and my front door neighbor has the same situation right so it would be it would be i agree i was that was the point i was going to make too to revisit that because we have a certain number of houses on 62nd avenue is the case but also certain corner properties like my own that would go counterintuitive to what we were…”
City Commission · Sep 8, 2026
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“You know, we don't have that many fires, but if I make commissioner, it could happen. How is, how is it different than, for example, I believe correct me if I'm wrong. Cause I'm, I don't read the code every night. Um, we allow now right on interior, for example, um, eight foot hedges.”
City Commission · Sep 8, 2026
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“right? So a thick hedge, right? I was, I was done necessarily different in terms of visibility for fire department or fireman.”
City Commission · Sep 8, 2026
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“Well, I'm going to stop you there because I know in our city we used to use the word liability like the block of everything. There's no liability issue there. I'm not going to allow – no, not because of you. I know we were on a commission together for a while where liability was thrown around like candy. But, you know, it's – I agree with you. Yeah. I know we served together on that. So I know we have that – Vice Mayor, you want to –”
City Commission · Sep 8, 2026
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“Is that still the case? Do we still have the moratorium? Did we never take that up? I thought we took it up finally.”
City Commission · Sep 8, 2026
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“Okay. Is that something, go ahead, commissioner. Go ahead. Sorry.”
City Commission · Sep 8, 2026
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“I'm going to ask a question right now because you have the opportunity, but it has nothing to do with this ordinance. When we're talking about fences, if a fence is fully interior on the lot, if it's a wall, fully interior in the lot, right? So let's say it's on the front of a house, right? But it's not blocking the front. It's extending from the house to block a side yard, right? Is this ordinance limiting that? I'm not talking about blocking from the side. I'm talking about blocking from the front, but not blocking the house, blocking a side yard, like extending from the house. that would…”
City Commission · Sep 8, 2026
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“Interesting. Okay, cool. All right. Um, this is a first reading. Obviously there's a lot of detail put into this. Um, Personally, I'm okay moving it forward to second reading. We'll vote on that now, but I wanna go over with staff, obviously go to fine tooth comb and make sure that we're not missing anything that should or shouldn't be in here. I'm okay with moving it forward to a second reading if we need to continue the conversation after that. We'll continue the conversation after that. I'm glad that along with this item and the swales item and previously the hedges item that we're moving…”
City Commission · Sep 8, 2026
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“We're on our way to second reading, so let's take care of that now. How do we want to deal with the hedges? Are the hedges necessary for this item right now? What is the...”
City Commission · Sep 8, 2026
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“Yeah, let's do that. Let's make this clean. Do you want to make a motion on... Wait, are we still in public here? No, this is the first reading. Do you want to make a motion on the item as amended removing hedges for second reading?”
City Commission · Sep 8, 2026
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“We have a motion. We have a second. Call the roll, please.”
City Commission · Sep 8, 2026
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Not quoted here: it may name a member of the public. Hear it at the meeting.
City Commission · Sep 8, 2026