Remarks by Javier Fernández
827 remarks on the record, newest first · Page 14 of 34
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“Oh, it's five hundred And I don't know that I mean someone were to do that and they operated as a concession agreement You know the one thing with one thing with not doing the projects. We are giving that money back. I It was five hundred thousand dollars that we got in a state appropriation Yeah, so that's the one caveat here, but you know the USTA has now taken over the Crandon tennis center I mean, I don't know what they're planning on doing there another operating on an interim basis for a year, but this is a center I think that seems to have very and you had very healthy top line…”
City Commission · Jun 9, 2026
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“Look, I would imagine they'd have to redesign the whole facility.”
City Commission · Jun 9, 2026
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“We can put it out and see if anybody has any interest. I mean, I'm not saying anybody would. I mean, I just don't know. If we're operating it and we're earning $825,000 and there's $400,000 of net receipts, And we don't need that money to cross subsidize. I'm assuming we're subsidizing other recreational programs with that receipt? That's correct, yes. So it does create a hole in our budget. But certainly, if we want to create a standalone program there and have a, not to say state of the art, but a top line facility, there is a way to do it without necessarily financing and operating…”
City Commission · Jun 9, 2026
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“YES, YOU'RE RECOGNIZED. YOU HAVE THE SAME QUESTION I DO, I'M SURE.”
City Commission · Jun 9, 2026
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“Okay. One thing that's not on the list, which is the... Anna Price Park for lack of a better description in In yeah, the mangle lots we don't have I don't think we have a capital project for that So I mean I think you know requires if original prioritize something we have the land It's there even if we're not doing a whole host of improvements. I rather spend the 10 grand on that for signage and benches receptacles Then Jean Willis So I don't we want to create a sir desire to create a lot of the manager come back with a line item proposal for some very basic enhancements to that property All…”
City Commission · Jun 9, 2026
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“That's fine. That's great. I just want to make sure that we don't forget about it going forward.”
City Commission · Jun 9, 2026
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“I would say let's hold that for the end. I just want to throw it out there for conversation at the end of the time here together. Further questions on parks?”
City Commission · Jun 9, 2026
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“Yeah, I would just say we need a capital project for that, whether it's, I don't think the existing location was ever ideal. It was serviceable, to be polite. And again, I just want to caution us I WANT TO GO BACK TO THE EXPERIENCE WITH BOB WALSH PARK. IT TURNED OUT FAIRLY NICE, BUT FROM WHAT I KNOW OF THE PROCESS, IT WAS A NIGHTMARE BECAUSE IT WAS DONE BY COMMITTEE. WE HAVE A MASTER PLAN WHERE IT'S IDENTIFIED SERVICE NEEDS. I THINK THAT SHOULD DRIVE WHAT WE PRIORITIZE THE USE OF OTHER that Manor Lane or the Fuchs Park empty space, I'd be thrilled to have a dog park at Fuchs, selfishly,…”
City Commission · Jun 9, 2026
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“Because I don't want to see an asphalt parking lot, if that's what we have. We are greener. So I don't know where we are. That's why I want to make sure we're not going down that route.”
City Commission · Jun 9, 2026
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“No problem. Any further questions for the growing parks?”
City Commission · Jun 9, 2026
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“Regarding that, if you could just kind of give us a big picture, how many vehicles have you replaced in the last five years? And how many would we be replacing in the next five under this plan?”
City Commission · Jun 9, 2026
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“Because we could have, it's fair to say we have some of your vehicles that probably have more miles than older ones, depending on where the employee who takes it home lives, correct? So that impacts the useful life. Further questions? Any questions on 96 through 98, which are, look like they're parks, replacement vehicles.”
City Commission · Jun 9, 2026
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City Commission · Jun 9, 2026
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City Commission · Jun 9, 2026
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City Commission · Jun 9, 2026
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“Further questions on landscaping? Yes, sir.”
City Commission · Jun 9, 2026
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“Question on 109. Why is it listed? We don't have a current commitment or a future commitment.”
City Commission · Jun 9, 2026
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“Yeah, the neighbor who uses this extension of his driveway. So he comes out makes a left turn across the parkway, grass on grass be damned. So I think if we're going to do something there we spent a few hundred thousand dollars on the four-street already. Other than some nice trees there's really no discernible difference in terms of the sod and condition of the sod. I think all these need curb, just to kind of limit the abilities for parking. So I would probably close the system. Yes?”
City Commission · Jun 9, 2026
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“It's you know, it's that it's the Parents dropping their kids off or picking their kids up from 50 You don't want to get into the queue and they park on the median and to wait for the kids or I mean it happens all the time, but the point is I We have, I think, I don't know if we removed some of them. Hopefully we did. We put out like 12 no parking signs on one block. It looks ridiculous, yeah. But the signs are very pretty. But it's just the numbers overkill. But the point is I don't know that we're ever going to get a handle on it from an enforcement perspective, unless we literally park a…”
City Commission · Jun 9, 2026
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“Yeah, new house has been there constantly finding people literally we just invested all that money on these new trees on the West The portion West of 58th Avenue and new home was being built there every day Yeah, you got construction workers parking on there honestly, it's I mean, the condition's not terrible. It's not nearly the standard I think we would want, but I'd rather not invest any more money there. Or we invest to literally secure it. The Amazon trucks, the reason they're parking on the street is because people have decided to install gates in their front yards so they can't pull…”
City Commission · Jun 9, 2026
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“But that's when we can't write up a ticket. Let them take it to a cohort or a special master and argue it there. I mean, I think the sign is pretty, you can put no parking on the parkway. I mean, so.”
City Commission · Jun 9, 2026
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“You're just going to encourage more cut-through traffic, to be sure, honestly. You're going to invite people to skip the intersection on 5-7 and 80th and head south through the neighborhood. That's all you're going to do. You're not going to solve anything. My humble opinion.”
City Commission · Jun 9, 2026
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“I just think you probably have more people who would be opposed to it than would want to see it on that segment. Because now it's a regulated imposition, whereas now it's frequently they can complain about it and hopefully people move along. General infrastructure. So we've got lines 112 to 116. Any questions? No? Okay. So moving on to miscellaneous.”
City Commission · Jun 9, 2026
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“Good to hear. They're well-staffed. They're well-organized. It's a very different experience. Okay. Last segment, miscellaneous. Any questions? Yes, ma'am.”
City Commission · Jun 9, 2026
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“MPDS, right? I'm sorry, you're flooding? Yes. Flood rating system signage.”
City Commission · Jun 9, 2026