Remarks by Jerome Charles
393 remarks on the record, newest first · Page 8 of 16
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“And the lease thing also is a little catch-22. A lot of companies will not. There's money that has to be invested in that building, and who does it? Does Miami Shores invest in it, or does a leasee? And then what you run into for a business deal is that a nine-year lease is kind of short. No, I mean, I'm well aware that the public, when they voted on the charter, they want to say, and”
Village Council · Jul 7, 2026
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“Can we do that as a fundraiser? Just give all the people sledgehammers and goggles? I personally would love to do that.”
Village Council · Jul 7, 2026
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“Exactly. Yeah, I know where that's coming from. Are there any other comments?”
Village Council · Jul 7, 2026
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“No, but also from this seat, just please keep this active because the dates for the administrative staff, they do get away from us since we only have two meetings. And then also for how the council has been in the past, don't foresee it for this one, but, you know, the next election is in April and sometimes they take away the power from what we have if they see that there's other candidates running and say, why are we voting on stuff in February when you get a new council in April? Okay. so just I would rather keep it in in the conversation and where we're at and thoughts on it because again…”
Village Council · Jul 7, 2026
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“But it was filed, right? Yeah. Okay. But just keep aware of that also.”
Village Council · Jul 7, 2026
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“Motion to adjourn? Second. Thank you. Thank you, everybody.”
Village Council · Jul 7, 2026
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“Good evening. I'd like to call the meeting to order. Vice Mayor Cantor, would you lead us in a moment of silence in the Pledge of Allegiance?”
Village Council · Jun 16, 2026
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“I pledge allegiance to the flag of the United States of America. indivisible with liberty and justice for all. Madam Clerk.”
Village Council · Jun 16, 2026
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“Here. Are there any additions, deletions, or deferrals at this moment for the agenda?”
Village Council · Jun 16, 2026
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“Gotcha. Okay. I do have a question also. Just one more, which is...”
Village Council · Jun 16, 2026
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“okay one question I have on the on this so you have numbers for what this plan would be but again to the to the demo part of the existing sidewalk is that a complete the whole what was it 480 it's like 898 feet of concrete and rebar we're removing So it says jackhammer, what is the, it's cutting slabs, crane? And then do, and then just take them out in big slabs? And then we have to demo that? Can we use that somewhere else as fill? It seems like a lot of fill.”
Village Council · Jun 16, 2026
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“So when that happens, if somebody goes down there, they're just going to see just the middle part of the existing sidewalk gone. So you're going to cut it, and obviously it's the end cap on the one side of it. It's going to be left behind on the old wall, right? There'll be a void there. I mean, between, you take this out, I know I've seen some pictures, it's like that thick of concrete, right?”
Village Council · Jun 16, 2026
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“Yeah, I'm almost close enough. But yeah, but it seems like a lot of, it seems like a lot of material here. I mean, it just isn't. I mean, is there an alternative to maybe just scrape like they do I-95 and then do this? I mean, instead of demoing the whole thing? Well, they grind part of it on I-95, and then they fill it back in. They don't take out the whole thing. Right.”
Village Council · Jun 16, 2026
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“It's to grind it down to a point where then you would just put that membrane in and then fill it back in. I mean, it just seems like a lot of aggregate to me. That's all I'm telling you. I mean, it's concrete formed. I get it with rebar and spalling, but it's pretty, I mean, when they did it, it was, they built a bridge, like you said. Now the bridge is failing. So the solution is then do an alternative to the bridge.”
Village Council · Jun 16, 2026
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“But we don't, until you cut it, you don't know how much that you're going to have to use. Is that correct or incorrect?”
Village Council · Jun 16, 2026
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“No, I'm talking about the new stuff that you're getting. You don't know how much you're getting once you cut this cap off, do you?”
Village Council · Jun 16, 2026
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“But that's, I mean, again, to this conversation, price then and deadline that we have on this, how do we budget for this?”
Village Council · Jun 16, 2026
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“Okay. Is it the same contractor as doing the wall, or is this a separate contractor? The same contractor.”
Village Council · Jun 16, 2026
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“The rest would remain. Right, so the public knows the structure that made the bridge is still the bridge, and what we're doing is replacing the roadway on the bridge, to put it easily.”
Village Council · Jun 16, 2026
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“And with this set, it will be done in the timeline then back in November, correct?”
Village Council · Jun 16, 2026
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“There's one more. A question to that to clear it up also. In your experience being an engineer and doing the seawalls, how common is it that their bridge is built for 800 feet?”
Village Council · Jun 16, 2026
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“Just because this is the way we've always done it doesn't mean that it's the right way to do it. It seems like there's a lot of seawalls in Florida that don't have bridges and last more than 40 years. Is that correct?”
Village Council · Jun 16, 2026
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“That was a coral seawall. The one that failed was a coral seawall. When I moved here, it was coral. This one, then they gun-eyed it that, and then we're putting something in front of that, and with a membrane.”
Village Council · Jun 16, 2026
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“And then there's two different designs. I don't know why the Shores did what they said. The first, why we're even here, is the first 178 failed, which was the steel. And that doesn't even have the coral. And then they're saying that at this other end, when they show you pictures where they did the demo, that was actually where there was coral rock. And all that's sublimated. There's stuff missing now, even with the bridge.”
Village Council · Jun 16, 2026
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“But they were leaving, they still, all they did was gunite the coral when they did it in 1984.”
Village Council · Jun 16, 2026