Remarks by Ivan Chavez Jr.
71 remarks on the record, newest first · Page 3 of 3
- Play at 47:29
“Right. It was an obvious choice at that. Right. But there may be cases where someone doesn't want to step up and chair a board. That might be an issue as well. So we might have to enter.”
City Commission · Jul 15, 2026
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“Go ahead. So just moving forward, are we going to get a list of all the board members and who exactly is assigned to us? And then moving forward, we would be able to hash out who's staying, who's going. Obviously, after speaking with those folks, making sure they want to continue serving.”
City Commission · Jul 15, 2026
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“Are you guys the house right behind it? Yes. The nice new house? Yes. I played baseball with your brother here at the rec with David. Nice meeting you. He's told me for a bit that you live there.”
City Commission · Jul 15, 2026
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“I just had one question for the applicant. I see one rendering here. There's going to be two homes. Yes. Are they going to look identical? Same build, same color, everything? Yes.”
City Commission · Jul 15, 2026
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“It looks beautiful, absolutely, and I think it would be great in that location as the residents stated what was there prior was an eyesore.”
City Commission · Jul 15, 2026
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“As long as at least 25 employees are part of it.”
City Commission · Jul 15, 2026
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“I mean, as the mayor stated, there's a ton of great benefits. As long as there's no catch, it seems like a no-brainer.”
City Commission · Jul 15, 2026
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“uh just going over the few options here i see that turf is an option i think the mayor somebody mentioned it prior there's different qualities of turf some look like rugs some don't look very great so to make sure that we that the intent of this is going to be utilized by the resident there's no way to circumvent it with super cheap turf for example another thing another concern is with the grass creed if we're going to allow for the grass in between that's something that we do have to police because the moment that that comes out, let's say if it's natural grass and it dies, it just looks…”
City Commission · Jul 15, 2026
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“So if we wanted to improve the piece of grass between the sidewalk and the street in front of a residential home, that would be a parkway. That would be the parkway. Okay. And then the last concern I have, it's not really a concern. It's a great presentation, great options along, along 16th street and along 62nd Avenue. I think we have to be careful. We allow there, especially 16th street has a very large parkway slash soil. So I think in those areas we have to be careful, especially with future potential projects coming.”
City Commission · Jul 15, 2026
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“And 16th is a concern with how large their parkways are.”
City Commission · Jul 15, 2026
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“Go ahead. I think that's great. Cause the intent behind this is to improve swales for parking. If you have a curb, you're not parking on the Swift. So that meets my concerns.”
City Commission · Jul 15, 2026
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“And in the renderings here, there's hedges around the gravel examples. Those hedges are required additional greenery from what I understand.”
City Commission · Jul 15, 2026
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“Right. Yeah, that would address multiple residents having gravel back to back and there's green breaking it up.”
City Commission · Jul 15, 2026
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Not quoted here: it may name a member of the public. Hear it at the meeting.
City Commission · Jul 15, 2026
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“Right. So getting a new bus is the only option at this point.”
City Commission · Jul 15, 2026
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“uh yeah the bus is an embarrassment I've been hearing from a parks director though yeah I do want to give a shout out to him as well he's here uh you might have the numbers on how many additional kids we have during the summer compared to years past how much more revenue is coming in because of that so 200 000 is a large number but there's ways that we're going to eat into that with additional revenue that the wreck is bringing in”
City Commission · Jul 15, 2026
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“I'll fly back August 12th. I don't know the time, but I'll text you later on.”
City Commission · Jul 15, 2026
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“So I made a mistake. I fly back on the 11th, and I work on the 13th. Can we do the 12th? I know that August 12th was the original date, Wednesday.”
City Commission · Jul 15, 2026
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“I work on the 13th. And I fly back the 11th. I thought I was flying back the 12th.”
City Commission · Jul 15, 2026
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“I was just starting to miss Luciano until Commissioner...”
City Commission · Jul 15, 2026
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“Ex-Commissioner Suarez texted me to ask Commissioner Blantes to stop talking so much.”
City Commission · Jul 15, 2026