Remarks by Erica G. Ávila
112 remarks on the record, newest first · Page 2 of 5
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“I think that is You know, a compromise and that would make me feel so much more comfortable with moving forward and supporting this project.”
City Council · Jul 7, 2026
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“Thank you. And then between now and the future, we do need to also control the content of the music that's being played. A lot of the complaints I received was the profanities that were being heard in the music. So I know that that's sometimes difficult to catch in that moment. But if we can just have a little bit more control and monitoring of the type of music that's being played. Thank you.”
City Council · Jul 7, 2026
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“Yes, with a comment. Can we make sure that we advertise this heavily with our community programs at the Dickinson and at Fico Williams? There's a lot of adults that need to learn how to swim.”
City Council · Jul 7, 2026
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“And maybe doing a flyer in the electrical, what do you call it, utility bill? Thank you. Sorry, it's late.”
City Council · Jul 7, 2026
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“motion yes this property is fenced in can we put some decorative I'm fencing not just the ugly green fencing can they do that actually it's part of the resolution that's what's there now six foot okay we have motion a second roll call please”
City Council · Jul 7, 2026
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“they can't analyze it but at some point in the future another council may wish to to take that on as a phasing as you know showcasing to folks from all over the world orchids out at homestead regional park yes thank you no i some flowers orchids all the flowers let's be the city of flowers you know i think this is an excellent um addition to beautifying the city of homestead i love the partnership that we can have with fairchild tropical gardens um as a Longtime member of the Eastern Everglades Orchid Society. I highly support this item, and I look forward to the collaboration, the continued…”
City Council · Jul 7, 2026
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“I actually made a recommendation to a new board that was installed to reach out to our police department specifically to take advantage of this unit's ability to give them closure and insight and confidence that they are taking over something valid, right? And as a longtime association member in my community, it only works to the benefit of the people who are doing it right. and to clear your name and your concerns. So I appreciate you bringing this up. Thank you. Okay.”
City Council · Jul 7, 2026
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“Thank you, Mayor. Just for my colleague's benefit, there was a change to the verbiage from the last time we saw this to now, which was heeded from our legal counsel's recommendations to avoid any challenges to the verbiage. But that was the main change, and for that reason.”
City Council · Jul 7, 2026
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“Yes, thank you, Mayor. Fabulous 4th of July. Congratulations to all the teams that put this together, all their hard work and effort. It really was beautiful. I'm interested in seeing the final accounting, but as far as I'm concerned, it was a success. Kudos to Parks and Rec. They would pick the hottest month of the year to make it Park Month, so congratulations to the recognition. keep doing all that hard work same to our homestead police department continue doing a great job and recognizing our officers i love to see our officers being recognized here every month so if we could have each…”
City Council · Jul 7, 2026
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“Oh, I feel like that's what's been happening. So if we just want to make sure.”
City Council · Jul 7, 2026
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“And then what was the schedule for the big game in Lossner Park? July 19th. Thank you.”
City Council · Jul 7, 2026
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“Thank you, Mayor and Council. It is my honor and privilege to recognize one of our officers of the Homestead Police Department, Officer George Valdez, which you can come up to the front with me now with your family if you'd like. And Chief Knapp, if you can come up. So George Valdez, he was recognized as Rookie of the Year Officer at the recent PBA Gala, which we attended and supported. And it was one of the most recent recognitions in a while, right? My understanding is we haven't had a PBA recognition for, do we have a number? Years. So I said we have to make sure we do this here in the…”
City Council · Jun 2, 2026
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“Thank you and all of the police officers of our wonderful police department. Thank you for all that you do, all the hard work, all the sacrifice. Thank you to the families and obviously our children. So thank you for your support.”
City Council · Jun 2, 2026
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“And I'd like to invite Mayor and Council to join us for a group picture. Thank you. And command staff, please come up and join us.”
City Council · Jun 2, 2026
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“Thank you, Mayor. I did have an opportunity to sit with the proposers and review the concept and I was, you know, very excited to see what could come of activating that site and i am excited to kind of see finally something come to fruition we've been talking about homestead live for a while so thank you to our director cra director and staff um i one of my main concerns prior to even meeting with them is trying to make sure i had a grasp as to who are we going into business with and You know what are some of the proven concepts, and so we did talk about that as well, one of the. The.…”
City Council · Jun 2, 2026
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“Thank you. And this isn't so much specifically towards this operator, but I would assume that this is kind of setting a precedence for other parcels around the city that we may want to activate in a similar fashion. And so it's really important to me that we have that the city has those protections in place to be able to, you know, switch hands and switch operators. City Council Chambers, seamlessly and with as minimal exposure as possible, but overall great presentation and I appreciate the opportunity to. City Council Chambers, To enjoy homestead live soon, thank you.”
City Council · Jun 2, 2026
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“I will ask additional questions the item will come back for us for for confirmation of the contract, but I did ask during present during our briefing about this having gone out to 163 if you can just clarifying the history on that and the results we got Thank you.”
City Council · Jun 2, 2026
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“an RFP as suggested here for operating agreements?”
City Council · Jun 2, 2026
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“And when you say it came to us, it was unsolicited?”
City Council · Jun 2, 2026
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“Yes, but with reservation to continue discussing at the next meeting, thank you.”
City Council · Jun 2, 2026
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“Thank you, Chair. I wanted to get an update regarding the negotiations or the, at least, information fact finding and hopefully a timeline for when we could receive... items for discussion on the property in the Southwest that we visited? Sure.”
City Council · Jun 2, 2026
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“So do you think that July's meeting will have a theory item on the agenda?”
City Council · Jun 2, 2026
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“And that item would be for direction to negotiate, or would there be an actual negotiation already conducted for our executive director's area? Is that the plan?”
City Council · Jun 2, 2026
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“The one that we'd held the Sunshine Building.”
City Council · Jun 2, 2026
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“Council any any other questions, yes, Council woman, thank you, this gentleman has brought this item to us for discussion, a few times it's nothing new. Unfortunately, we've have not found a solution to this, and I know that there are some opinions that we should not have a frame signs for the businesses in the city and it really isn't. fitting of the mold in terms of what is traditionally allowed in plenty of areas around Miami-Dade County, and specifically like for restaurants or downtown type areas, we have to come up with a solution. And I do appreciate that there is something later on in…”
City Council · Jun 2, 2026