Remarks by Javier Fernández
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“So I'll close with yet another thank you. Chief Corbin, Lisa, I mean, I thought Chief Hatfield had it tough stepping into the shoes of Chief Landa, who I'm often told is the best politician in all of South Miami. Everybody loved that guy. He was on the street everywhere. I mean, I want to be as affable as he was, but it's your quiet leadership and your energy, Lisa, that really have been the bedrock of the department for as long as you've been with us. I could imagine a department, and without any disrespect to Chief Landau, without Chief Landau in the future, it's hard for me to comprehend…”
“Is there a second? I'll second. A motion to approve item six by Commissioner Bonich and a second by Commissioner Rodriguez. Madam clerk if you can call the roll and then we'll call up chief Corbin and mrs. Corbin to be recognized to speak Yes Yes Yes Thank you, I think there were a couple other Cory's that voted yes in the background Chief Corbin come on up say a few words Lisa, please come on up”
“I think we may want to throw in a grill for the barbecue beyond the break. So, no, no.”
“Okay, Madam Clerk, if we can read into the record items 9, 10, and 11, and then we'll have the requisite quasi-judicial warnings read by counsel.”
“Thank you, Madam Clerk. Oh, sorry. She's got to go 9 to 10. Yeah, please. My apologies.”
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“Thank you, David. Again, thank you for your tremendous service to our community, for your leadership and goodwill. I mean, for me, that experience, I got to serve a mayor before in the city of Miami in 2009 who was the president of his conference of mayors. We hosted that conference here that year. They played in front of a house full of mayors at the Adrian R. Center, and there was not a dry eye in the place. It was really a fantastic experience. It's an incredibly talented group of musicians. And you're absolutely right. It was just the best example of the vast capabilities that…”
“THANK YOU. AND AGAIN, IT'S NOT ALL ROSES FOR MR. LANSBURY. HE'S GOT SOME CHALLENGES. IT'S BEEN A PARTICULARLY DIFFICULT YEAR. I DON'T WANT TO GET INTO THOSE ISSUES. I do want to invite you to speak to him because a lot of stuff that's happening at the federal level in particular is impacting his workforce. And I think it'd be just educational for you all to have a window into that conversation as well. So again, thank you for all your good work. Thank you. And let's come on up and invite your family to take a picture with us. All right. Thank you. Okay, Madam Clerk, then you can go back to…”
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“I believe the members of the public are here to speak as well. Are there any other members of the public who also intend to speak on this item? If so, we do need you to stand and be sworn in as well.”
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“Colleagues? None? Commissioner Rodriguez?”
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“Correct, and obviously larger aperture. Correct. With some spaces, okay. I think Commissioner Bonnich wants to confirm that she's looking at what the final version is. Yes.”
“Yeah, OK. May 12th. May 12th. Yes, it does. OK, for the record, we're looking at a drawing dated May 12th to confirm that that is the drawing being approved. OK. OK, seeing no further questions, would the applicant like to add anything for the record?”
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“Thank you, sir. Questions of the applicant? Yes, you're recognized.”
“I mean, one of my big ambitions, hopefully, for the CRA will be to enhance lighting and across connectivity across 57th Avenue and just improve the pedestrian condition generally in the Marshall-Williamson neighborhood. So yes, ma'am.”
“And it's a concern the University of Miami has as well. They'd like to see us address it, which is why they were supportive of the CRA request. But I think more importantly, whether you're a student or you're a resident, getting across that segment is incredibly important. So it'll be a focus certainly of mine and all of ours, I think, as we go forward. Further questions? No, thank you. I just wanted to understand. First of all, thank you for the condition on the access for me. Part of my general acceptance of the design was the fact that the parking deck was not front and center in the…”
“Again, I think we're kind of maybe trying to fix a condition that's not broken. We're assuming it's broken. And I think the friction of having cars on the street, just on the west side, we want to just ban parking on the east side. I understand that. If we can do that, I would say that we should not allow parking on the segment closest to the project. We don't want students parking on the street, but we don't want I wouldn't want to foreclose the possibility of residence parking on the west side, but I do think if that requires us to create a one-way condition, I wonder if it's actually a…”
“I would say let's incorporate a condition for that as well. And then lastly, just quickly perusing the document, I did not see, is there a public access condition for the dog park at the rear of the building? I believe that was the intended. Is it memorialized anywhere in, again, the development agreement and or the resolution? It is.”