Remarks by Fernando A. Vazquez
140 remarks on the record, newest first · Page 4 of 6
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“I just, what I see, look, everybody, the electorate has the absolute right to issue a referendum. Yes, 100%. 100%, that's what we're here for. My only concern on this, and I've said this publicly as well, is on unprecedented conditions or unforeseen conditions that are not, that are done in the moment here, but we'll never go away. We cannot, flooding is not going to go away. You know, the unforgiving flooding waters are not gonna go away. So the question is, are we going to address, we cannot address that, that's fine, but can we address our charter in a way to protect it in the event that…”
Village Council · Jun 9, 2026
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“Well, I think life and limb are pretty important, right?”
Village Council · Jun 9, 2026
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“So my question is, should there be countermeasures in the charter to allow for emergency repairs? It could be repairs, as Council Member Bracken pretty well stated. It could be other things. We don't know. I have no idea how destructive a storm can be or anything. The question is, is that going to trigger”
Village Council · Jun 9, 2026
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“Everybody has a right to put a referendum there, and that's our God-given right. That's beautiful. That's great. I'm just looking for unintended consequences. direct impacts to the residents that may or may not feel, or they may not know. There's people out there that don't know.”
Village Council · Jun 9, 2026
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“Somebody's just going to end up with a monkey in their back.”
Village Council · Jun 9, 2026
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“I have one minor discussion item, Mr. Mayor.”
Village Council · Jun 9, 2026
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“Yeah, I'm going to be brief on this one, but I think it's important that everybody is aware. that the airport right now is undergoing a significant capital improvement expansion, modernization, expansion of terminals. Currently, we're carrying about 52 million passengers in 2025, and they're going to increase it to 77 million passengers. I know we've had issues in the past about flight paths coming in through the north part of the Quay. I don't know what they're planning. I attended two, so far I've been at two aviation seaport county meetings, and it's pretty intense. I mean, and not only…”
Village Council · Jun 9, 2026
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“Yeah, but I think we should be actively more involved. Before we know it, we're gonna have more planes flying over our heads, more ships on the horizon.”
Village Council · Jun 9, 2026
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“As well, and I think it's important that we have as much presence as we can because this growth is staggering. And we are already complaining about traffic and events that are happening. Imagine adding another 22 million passengers and folks that are coming in. We have to have a way of mitigating this or managing it in a proactive way.”
Village Council · Jun 9, 2026
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“I just really want to encourage more presence, more visibility that they see Key Biscayne And we don't need to be in, obviously we are for growth, we are for healthy growth and responsible growth. And we wanna make sure that we mitigate any impacts that directly or indirectly result out of this massive expansion, massive expansion. Okay.”
Village Council · Jun 9, 2026
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“So on the progressive design build, what are you recommending the next steps would be?”
Village Council · Jun 9, 2026
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“I guess what I'm hearing you say, Craig, if we decided to entertain the CMAR delivery method, that would mean that GIT would design it to 30%? Is that what you're saying? Not necessarily. It would go out to bid. An engineer firm would design it. An engineering firm.”
Village Council · Jun 9, 2026
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“Okay, so what's the difference between that and progressive design build then?”
Village Council · Jun 9, 2026
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“The progressive design build then would kind of have the engineer and the contractor working together.”
Village Council · Jun 9, 2026
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“And then if the contractor and the engineer cannot agree to a price, then there is the off-ramp for the engineer, and then you capture the plans, and then you go out standard bid build. Well, really, it's us agreeing to the cost. If we don't.”
Village Council · Jun 9, 2026
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“But I thought the engineer would also have a venue with the client directly with us.”
Village Council · Jun 9, 2026
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“I mean, to me, the premise has always been to move forward with the project. We decided to select a different engineer, but I don't think we ever said that we would not continue. Remind me if we ever spoke about that. I don't think we ever did. So I would, I mean, unless council feels different, I sense that... We should continue. With the options now on the table, we have a project. They're proposing to move forward with it. They have an instrument to deliver it. What's, I don't know why.”
Village Council · Jun 9, 2026
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“I agree, but I would expect that we would have a better understanding. I think we're on the same page. Yes. I just sense that, you know, stalling it, I don't think that's an option. We just have to understand exactly what we're proposing.”
Village Council · Jun 9, 2026
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“Justin, I'd just like to combine both items. I think those two items that I have kind of go hand in hand.”
Village Council · May 14, 2026
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“I'm sorry, my request. For discussion. Yeah, yeah, we can do that. We can just talk about one item on that. Not one and two, but just one item.”
Village Council · May 14, 2026
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“Okay, the items to discuss. Did you email it? The vision plan? Yes, yes.”
Village Council · May 14, 2026
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“Yes, put them together with the other item. I have two items.”
Village Council · May 14, 2026
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“I thought we already had quotes for the CCTV. We do.”
Village Council · May 14, 2026
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“I thought we had, we were already moving forward with that in the time. So we have to put money in the account to pay for it.”
Village Council · May 14, 2026
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“But I thought we were actively had already. We have to pay. No, but I'm not saying that. I'm saying we got quotes. I thought we were already doing the work.”
Village Council · May 14, 2026