Remarks by Fernando A. Vazquez
140 remarks on the record, newest first · Page 2 of 6
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“Yeah, I know, but trees grow, but we're telling people to go ahead and put angular big rocks where you're driving. I mean, you should not be driving there.”
Village Council · Aug 25, 2026
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“You shouldn't be, but human error or other things. I mean... You know, we want to be safe, right?”
Village Council · Aug 25, 2026
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“Thank you. Absolutely. Can we see you for a second, because you pointed it that way. I love to see the shirt.”
Village Council · Jun 9, 2026
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“That's all right. We're looking that way. Then I'm good. Thank you.”
Village Council · Jun 9, 2026
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“I have an addition, a couple of additions. First, I'd like to have an addition, the item that was recently discussed about solid waste. I want to add a quick discussion item on that. I'd like to get from the administration the status and what the resident was concerned about specifically. I'd like to know, and also give an opportunity for Mike Bracken, who's the chair of that committee, to be in attendance as well and to hear him out. I also want to introduce an item for discussion, Key Biscayne and Miami regional growth impacts, especially specifically when it comes up to the massive,…”
Village Council · Jun 9, 2026
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“As long as, I have no problem with that, as long as we have an opportunity to have a decision whether we want to have generators or not. And what I want to preface it with is the fact that, I mean, generators can work both ways. Obviously, they can help move the water out. The question is their futility in the sense that I think there's some very good points being brought up whether it's really necessary to have them there and have these artifacts all throughout our village. I strongly have an issue with that because in the past, we tried to do it as well on the beach. It was difficult.…”
Village Council · Jun 9, 2026
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“And that's a very important point that you're saying because sometimes things do get confused when we talk up here.”
Village Council · Jun 9, 2026
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“But I want to use this opportunity to talk about Generator City village wide. Here, there, anywhere. Let's understand because we're not an industrial facility here.”
Village Council · Jun 9, 2026
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“I have a quick question. Sure. For my edification, the original, maybe, The original contract that we had with the school board, any extensions or expansions in Mast Academy, does that fall under a specific contract? Is this something new? Are we in an agreement with them?”
Village Council · Jun 9, 2026
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“So the question is, did that agreement say anything that we do is 50-50?”
Village Council · Jun 9, 2026
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“No, no, and I'm not, I mean, we're done with it, right? But, but, but, I'm just trying to understand what the framework is of negotiation with the school board when we have incorporated additional facilities or we expand or we don't. Do we always have to pitch in? Is it just based on the usage? What drove the 50-50s?”
Village Council · Jun 9, 2026
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“Okay. Well, I really appreciate this, and I think it's great. It's a great opportunity. I don't know if council gets, you know, if we get involved in understanding what these negotiations are because what I see today, is an agreement right here, 50-50. And I'm not saying we wouldn't agree to that, but I think that we should allow an opportunity. If there was there, my apologies, I may have missed it, but I don't remember. And I think that for something of this degree, we should be part of that, we should have that understanding. I think we should. Okay.”
Village Council · Jun 9, 2026
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“Then it's something that has already been prearranged.”
Village Council · Jun 9, 2026
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“My question is, and again, this is set, it's good, but let's have, you know, this is something that I feel that we get it here and we have to agree on it or not. It's kind of a binary decision. I understand. Give us an opportunity.”
Village Council · Jun 9, 2026
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“I understand, I understand. That's not my point, but I get it, I get it.”
Village Council · Jun 9, 2026
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“I understand, but it's a 50-50. The fact that we need to feel, I'm not questioning that. I'm not questioning anything of the needs that we have and that this thing has been discussed and all that. All that I'm questioning is that I'm sitting here today and all of a sudden I get a contract here where I have to agree to 50-50 and that's all I'm asking. Educate us beforehand. That's all I'm asking.”
Village Council · Jun 9, 2026
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“And was it 50-50 there? Always. Okay. Did everybody know about it? I knew about it. You knew about it. Okay. I wasn't here four years ago.”
Village Council · Jun 9, 2026
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“Apologies. I didn't mean to cut you off. I'm done, thank you. Who manages the construction?”
Village Council · Jun 9, 2026
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“We've done it in the past, and I imagine we would continue to do it again this time. So we're not leaving it in the hands of the school board?”
Village Council · Jun 9, 2026
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“Is this the issue where some of the parents were expressing some concerns about the hierarchies in playing?”
Village Council · Jun 9, 2026
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“There's a couple of questions. Are you guys looking at, have you had an opportunity to look at the subgrade of the sub-base in these roads?”
Village Council · Jun 9, 2026
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“Yes. Good. Thank you. And you're saying you're keeping it at grade?”
Village Council · Jun 9, 2026
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“So we're pitching the road, trying to get it to as best as we can to the catch basins, and we're also looking at the subgrade to see if we have any structural deficiencies. We'll fix them there. Correct.”
Village Council · Jun 9, 2026
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“How are we going to, I guess, I don't understand looking at this. The expenditure reductions or any fee adjustments or millage changes, are you going to bring kind of like a matrix or show us how this thing will work out? Because right now we're looking at this, but. and we understand in concept, philosophically, it's going to be impacts, but I don't think we really have an understanding of the hard numbers. I hear you. We're going to go through the budget season, and this is going to be discussed. Are we going to have an option to?”
Village Council · Jun 9, 2026
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Not quoted here: it may name a member of the public. Hear it at the meeting.
Village Council · Jun 9, 2026