Remarks by Javier Fernández
827 remarks on the record, newest first · Page 13 of 34
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“I mean, 63% of the improvement cost is design?”
City Commission · Jun 9, 2026
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“CLEARLY, I'M JUST... I'M SORRY, THAT'S BECAUSE OF DELAYS IN...”
City Commission · Jun 9, 2026
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“Okay, no, that's fine. That's what I wanted to confirm. I just wanted to make sure I was reading it wrong, which is great. It's only 13.7. Okay, so that's why when you said, when you reaffirmed my wrong reading, I got concerned.”
City Commission · Jun 9, 2026
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“Yeah, yeah. That sounds like 63% of the $105,000 improvement is a lot of money. Okay, thank you for the clarification.”
City Commission · Jun 9, 2026
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“It's not been bid, though, however, correct?”
City Commission · Jun 9, 2026
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“OK. Further questions on those items? Any? No? You do? So you're recognized.”
City Commission · Jun 9, 2026
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“I think we have direction then to procure an estimate so we decide whether we add it in.”
City Commission · Jun 9, 2026
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“I have no problem understanding what it's going to cost us.”
City Commission · Jun 9, 2026
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“So it sits south of the northern street for the school. The crosswalk right now terminates at a fence. It used to be open, so you could actually access the school. It'll walk back. So in talking to staff, we've got people crossing at points south of the Coastal Cup property and south of 67th to get into the school, not at the crosswalk as a result. Yeah.”
City Commission · Jun 9, 2026
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“I think it's fair to say the location is there. If you're trying to get kids to access the school, it makes no sense. Not because it didn't make sense when it was built, but because they have created an obstruction to accessing the school from the western side of the crosswalk. So you go east to west, you're walking into a fence. It literally had one of those old chain link fence breaks. that had the middle pole. You had to kind of shimmy your way through. So you could walk in. Well, now they just fenced it. So you can't walk through the parking lot any longer.”
City Commission · Jun 9, 2026
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“But they're now crossing the street without a crosswalk. So I don't know what's worse.”
City Commission · Jun 9, 2026
- Play at 40:41
“No, no. Let's all worry about our liability. Do things that are stupid.”
City Commission · Jun 9, 2026
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“I know. I'm spending too much time on those days with you, honestly. OK, let's move on to 26.”
City Commission · Jun 9, 2026
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“We've got questions, which I don't see any. So let's move on to roadway and drainage. Sorry. OK.”
City Commission · Jun 9, 2026
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“LET'S SEE IF I CAN SAVE US SOME TIME. YEP. AND JUST ASK MY COLLEAGUES, ARE THERE ANY LINE ITEMS WE WANT TO QUICKLY DISCUSS? either in the current year that are encumbered and just want a status update, or if you want to go through any of the new allocations. So that would be lines, for new allocations, lines 27, 31, 33, 34, and then 40. I would like an update, actually, on 33 and 34.”
City Commission · Jun 9, 2026
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“We should do it just after a rainstorm in Galoshes. OK, so that people remember what we're trying to solve for when the construction starts.”
City Commission · Jun 9, 2026
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“Or like the one in Gable's Edge right now, which is pretty gnarly as well.”
City Commission · Jun 9, 2026
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“Sorry. $4 million for that segment from- I'm sorry.”
City Commission · Jun 9, 2026
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“SO YOUR MATCH IS $2.5 MILLION OR EXCESSIVE $3 MILLION.”
City Commission · Jun 9, 2026
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“No. I mean, it's unspent. It's proposed for this coming budget.”
City Commission · Jun 9, 2026
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“We have to make that decision. But I don't think we can reasonably assume we're going to have those answers until we do the design. Correct.”
City Commission · Jun 9, 2026
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“NEW SPEAKER AGAIN, I THINK MR. MUNOZ MENTIONED THERE WAS NOT A LOT OF ENGAGEMENT LAST EVENING AT THE MEETING. WHEN I KNOCKED ON DOORS ON THAT STREET, NOBODY WANTED THE IMPROVEMENT. SO AGAIN, I DON'T KNOW IF WE NEED TO GO DOOR TO DOOR AND REAFFIRM, BUT IT'S $100,000 TODAY WITH A $2.5 MILLION HOLE TOMORROW POTENTIALLY. SO AGAIN, I THINK WE SHOULD TREAD CAUTIOUSLY THERE. Are there other projects we want an update on? Are all these projects in our current, they're not all listed in the current capital plan, correct? Have we done, have we had a conversation with council about what we could include…”
City Commission · Jun 9, 2026
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“If it's in the budget, if it's in the plan, it's listed as a future project, current project, my understanding is that it's not eligible. So I just need to make sure someone checks my CRA law, because I probably have a bad recollection, but it's probably not that terrible. OK. Any further questions on roadway and drainage? OK. LET'S MOVE FORWARD TO ROAD INFRASTRUCTURE. THERE'S MONEY HERE FOR EVERYTHING, SO WE WANT A FULL PRESENTATION. YOU DON'T HAVE ANY QUESTIONS? COMMISSIONER KAYE? QUESTIONS? CORY? RODRIGUEZ? AGAIN, SAFE TO ASSUME WE'RE JUST WORKING OFF OF OUR SIDEWALK AND ROADWAY MASTER…”
City Commission · Jun 9, 2026
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“No, he was asking about road infrastructure, but I think everybody's fine there. So let's move forward with parks. Again, colleagues, are there particular projects that we want to focus on, or do you want a full presentation for the subcategory? What's your pleasure? I'd like to discuss 55, which is the Dante Vassell Community Building Civil Trail, just because I think strategically we need to think about what's next. Any questions on All-America Park?”
City Commission · Jun 9, 2026
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“There's no general obligation bond if there's no there's property tax reform goes away. So I mean, pretty much. So I have thoughts on that. We can talk about it here at the end. It's not relevant to the program. What I would say with Dante Fussell is, quite honestly, if property tax reform were to happen, we've got a whole inner city hall project that's pretty substantial. Probably, let's just say, worst case, $12 million. It's $3.8 million in cash. If we wanted to fund that or help close that gap, whatever we close by being a little bit more aggressive with a pro forma on the development…”
City Commission · Jun 9, 2026