Remarks by Francisco Herretes
199 remarks on the record, newest first · Page 6 of 8
- Play at 18:34
“Heads up. Maybe a heads up, or at least some...”
Art in Public Places Board · Feb 9, 2026
- Play at 21:23
“I believe the gentleman is coming from the commissioner's office, correct?”
Art in Public Places Board · Feb 9, 2026
- Play at 33:11
“Thank you. All of the public art process is in the Miami code. It's not really up to this board to transfer the power from this board to the commissioners. The commissioners decided in the Miami code to give the final approval of public art to this board. That was decided by the commissioners of the city of Miami. the code establishes that each commissioner shall nominate one member to this board. District 1, your member is not here today, for example. The commissioner of each district should work together with their board member on the public art board on the public art that's going to be…”
Art in Public Places Board · Feb 9, 2026
- Play at 37:50
“That's my point, is that we're not, I mean... We're leaving it to, I don't know who to resolve these things. These are very, these are executive things. Somebody needs to take charge and pick up the phone and call Carola Bravo and get her to a meeting in the city's office and talk to the commissioner's office and coordinate one week, the following week, until it's done. Not bring the same exact thing. This is exactly the same that was before this board last month. We're going to make a decision right now to paint the walls white And that just means that we didn't do our job. One entire month…”
Art in Public Places Board · Feb 9, 2026
- Play at 38:39
“Now that we have you here, maybe we can, you know, find a resolution.”
Art in Public Places Board · Feb 9, 2026
- Play at 42:19
“May I ask, replacing this is going to cost, give or take, between $15,000 and $20,000, what I see there, plus the removal if we do it in two steps.”
Art in Public Places Board · Feb 9, 2026
- Play at 42:41
“for this location would cost between $15,000 and $20,000. Is that something that the commissioner's office can contribute with?”
Art in Public Places Board · Feb 9, 2026
- Play at 42:56
“That was also something that I asked staff to discuss with the commissioner's office regarding budget for this particular project.”
Art in Public Places Board · Feb 9, 2026
- Play at 43:12
“Sorry, just for the record, because the microphone picks it up for the record.”
Art in Public Places Board · Feb 9, 2026
- Play at 43:27
“Thank you very much. Thank you, sir. That really takes care of a lot of the complications. I think that now what's required is probably a few meetings with Carola Bravo and some direction.”
Art in Public Places Board · Feb 9, 2026
- Play at 44:51
“Thank you, Cristina. No, we had an absence waiver, and so we appreciate it for you coming.”
Art in Public Places Board · Feb 9, 2026
- Play at 45:08
“That's okay. That's okay. Thank you very much. Go ahead.”
Art in Public Places Board · Feb 9, 2026
- Play at 45:27
“I think this has to go through the... the same process and the PAC, and it just has to run through the process correctly. Please, yes, no additional comments.”
Art in Public Places Board · Feb 9, 2026
- Play at 46:19
“So what I understand that we're going to do here is we're going to approve the removal and... And the next step. And the next step?”
Art in Public Places Board · Feb 9, 2026
- Play at 48:26
“Yeah, I had that question too, I think. Can you repeat your question or clarify your question?”
Art in Public Places Board · Feb 9, 2026
- Play at 49:52
“Excuse me, apologies Indra. Since the gentlemen are here, and they're from District One as well, if possible, if we could move to item number eight, and then we can circle back in case we need any feedback from them.”
Art in Public Places Board · Feb 9, 2026
- Play at 1:05:30
“You mentioned that the costs are going up constantly. Absolutely right. But what's the latest estimate?”
Art in Public Places Board · Feb 9, 2026
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“When do you believe we could have some sort of estimate or like a planning for?”
Art in Public Places Board · Feb 9, 2026
- Play at 1:10:15
“So it's like, so I think... Not only that, let me add to that. First of all, I think a master plan is a good idea. I think we should have started there.”
Art in Public Places Board · Feb 9, 2026
- Play at 1:10:28
“We put the cart before the horse, you know, whatever. But last meeting, it was discussed that there was a very high amount for the City of Miami building, and we were alarmed. And we were so alarmed that we requested, I don't know if that's the word, but we said, we gave a directive to staff that you were not to issue a call to artists until you had come before this board again and explained the amount, the reasoning, you know, everything and we could, you know, we could go back and forth. And to say now that, oh, you were in a hurry because it's last minute and so we had to get it done…”
Art in Public Places Board · Feb 9, 2026
- Play at 1:12:43
“That's it. That's all we've done. You haven't even explained to us what the project was. That's the whole point. You can't be going out and doing call to artists if this board tells you expressly not to issue a call to artists. I mean, if we had not said anything, I understand. You're moving along. But we did. And so this is like on purpose. This is a willful disregard of what we requested at this board. I don't understand. That was the direction of this board.”
Art in Public Places Board · Feb 9, 2026
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“Any other comments before, I'd like to make a final comment. Any other comments on this item? I think that the, personally in my opinion, I think that the master plan is a very good idea. I think that it's long overdue. Thank you very much. Thank you for coming today and for starting this process. I believe that if If that's the site plan, then it should include all the buildings in the site plan, etc. But really, with staff, we really have to think about this process because, I mean, you know, to disregard really what we've what we've asked you to do in this way. So you just disregarded it.…”
Art in Public Places Board · Feb 9, 2026
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“It's very difficult for us to do our job when we have to constantly be working to clarify what you're doing. I just want to leave further record. This is not the way to go. You can see that the Council for Freedom Park, you know, it's a good suggestion to include the city building in the master plan. Why is that coming from council? Why is that not coming from our own city staff?”
Art in Public Places Board · Feb 9, 2026
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“This master plan is for the project. What's the plan for the city building?”
Art in Public Places Board · Feb 9, 2026
- Play at 1:17:46
“You guys already have a call to artists out. What's the plan? Well, if you have a call to artists, it means you already have a plan for what you're going to do. What is your plan? We don't know it yet. What's the plan for the city building?”
Art in Public Places Board · Feb 9, 2026