Remarks by Javier Fernández
827 remarks on the record, newest first · Page 8 of 34
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“Yeah, I just wanted to, and I'll recognize you next, I just wanted to thank Brandon on the records. I had a film session this morning with the GMCVB, and if I didn't appreciate it before, certainly it became very evident, the foundation you've laid today, because it was great to have a conversation about you've got B-footage, you know, B-roll on this and that, and you've got a whole inventory of product that we can share with third parties to market the city and put us in a very nice light and It's, you know, the whole team that kind of kicked off this program was exceptional. It's great to…”
City Commission · Jul 21, 2026
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“No, no, yeah. We're both too old. So, Commissioner Kaya, you're recognized.”
City Commission · Jul 21, 2026
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“Some of those were dog years, I'm sure. So thank you, Marcus.”
City Commission · Jul 21, 2026
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“Okay, moving on. Let's get the city attorney's report. I'm sorry.”
City Commission · Jul 21, 2026
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“Okay. Sorry, anybody else? That was the whole point of mentioning that he was going on. We won't have another meeting before he's gone, but we expect to celebrate his future success. Let's do it. We do have a taste of Somi conclusion party, correct? Marcus.”
City Commission · Jul 21, 2026
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“We'll take a selfie. That'd be very appropriate. We do have a Taste of Somi wrap party, so I think maybe we can celebrate with Brandon his departure then. That's your problem.”
City Commission · Jul 21, 2026
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“Brandon, you better check the camera before the meeting's over just to make sure we got a picture that's usable.”
City Commission · Jul 21, 2026
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“We're going to consolidate Brandon's job in Alfredo, so we're going to expand his portfolio. Okay, moving on to the city attorney's report. Madam city attorney, good evening. Good evening.”
City Commission · Jul 21, 2026
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“She mentioned she doesn't have anything formal to report, but we're going to go over the charter amendment items later in the meeting.”
City Commission · Jul 21, 2026
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City Commission · Jul 21, 2026
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“Okay, you're welcome. OK, let's move on. I'm going to skip the discussion items for the moment and just take up the consent agenda. Anyone have any questions regarding items 1, 2, 3, or 4 that you want to pull for discussion? No. 1, 2, 3, or 4. Item 1 is the, again, appropriation of the first $50,000 in art and public places money provided by Vue Church. Item 2 is the grant of the easement at South Miami Park to Miami-Dade Water and Sewer. Number three is the interlocal agreement with Miami-Dade County on the Office of Film for film permitting. And the last is a resolution to purchase,…”
City Commission · Jul 21, 2026
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“Thank you, Madam Clerk. Is there a motion to adopt items 1, 2, 3, and 4? I'll move the motion. Is there a second? We have a motion by Commissioner Rodriguez, a second by Vice Mayor Corey. Madam Clerk, please call the roll.”
City Commission · Jul 21, 2026
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City Commission · Jul 21, 2026
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City Commission · Jul 21, 2026
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City Commission · Jul 21, 2026
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City Commission · Jul 21, 2026
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“Do you have an order magnitude cost on what it would cost”
City Commission · Jul 21, 2026
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“Okay, that's in but that was in 2021 dollars, okay, the study was done in 2019 So and their design was done in 21”
City Commission · Jul 21, 2026
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“Okay, my construction guys to my right say add 30% to that, so let's just say it's $7 million. Okay, okay. So, and then do we have one, have you guys discussed or looked into what the utilization is of the bridge that was supposed to be the South Miami bridge that's now at the University of Miami station? What's the utilization there today? Do we have any sense of that?”
City Commission · Jul 21, 2026
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“Again, I'm just curious and what makes less sense to me about this is certainly we want to get people across US 1, but the main goal is to get them into the transit station. We know Miami-Dade County is very particular about things touching or going over the guideway and touching their platforms. So that might not be feasible, but I'm just curious to seeing what number of people at that other location where you don't have any accurate costings in close proximity. That are accessible because all that section is fenced in. How many people are actually using the bridge today? Because our…”
City Commission · Jul 21, 2026
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“We have a lot more. And I think the difference is, unlike our condition, there are no immediately accessible, accurate crossings there because they've basically fenced in that whole perimeter. So I share your skepticism. Again, I wanted to bring it back because Again, we had this grant opportunity. We've done a large portion of the design. There is a back end piece to help us finance it. I'm not saying we have to pay for all of it, but we do have a way now to find a path to doing it. Before we had none. I think it is a substantial amount of capital that's dedicated to it. my biggest concern…”
City Commission · Jul 21, 2026
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“One of the alternatives had the connection landing at the entire Kingdom site, right? Yeah.”
City Commission · Jul 21, 2026
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“One of the options actually connected, had the landing on the east side, east and south side near the Tire Kingdom location. It's not the designed option. But the study did look at that as a location. I think to your point, to his point, that would probably serve that property better certainly than this location. Again, what I'm hearing generally is we don't think this is worth our time. And I just want to make sure that we had a group understanding. There are additional dollars that we could pursue. I don't want our team here pursuing grant dollars for something that we don't intend to…”
City Commission · Jul 21, 2026
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“I think she's asking us to consider a modification to the charter in the future that would allow for a non-elector because you have to be a voter. I think a resident elector to serve on the board. Look, I think it's a conversation we can have. I think the only thing I would say right now is I don't want to spend the time having a big discussion about it just because we really can't act on it right now. It's my understanding from city attorney that to kind of move the question forward, we'd have to have language.”
City Commission · Jul 21, 2026
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“I think we should put it in the parking lot when we, you know, in a year or two, when we probably year out from the next general election, which would be, you know, in 2028. I think it's something that we could certainly consider and have a longer conversation about.”
City Commission · Jul 21, 2026