Remarks by Larisa Svechin
341 remarks on the record, newest first · Page 1 of 14
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“Mauricio? OK. All right. Good afternoon, everyone. It is 1.31, calling the meeting to order.”
City Commission · Aug 20, 2026
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“All right. I just wanted to make a few announcements before we begin. The first is the acoustics in this room are phenomenal, which means that we hear your conversations. So if you're going to have a conversation, please take it outside. We literally hear everything, sometimes to the very detail. So it's very distracting, but also I don't think you want us to hear your conversations. And we now have public speaking. If you can explain it, Mauricio, and then we'll give people time to sign up if they wanted to.”
City Commission · Aug 20, 2026
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“All right. So the agenda's in the back. If anyone wanted to speak, here's your opportunity to sign up. Okay. All right, Mauricio, go ahead. I know there's a change, and then...”
City Commission · Aug 20, 2026
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“All right. And we have a very full agenda, a lot of items. So I just want to remind my colleagues that we want to try to get through it. And we have a rule that we end at 4.30. So given the amount of items we have, do I have consensus from the very beginning that we'll go to 5.30? Does anyone have any objection to it?”
City Commission · Aug 20, 2026
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“No? All right. OK. Perfect. So I'll remind you that each item is 30 minutes. Go ahead.”
City Commission · Aug 20, 2026
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“Can we get a picture before you all walk away?”
City Commission · Aug 20, 2026
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“So Leah, should we stay up here or go down? Because there's, for the picture.”
City Commission · Aug 20, 2026
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“Pablo, stay up? Okay. So you guys get, yes, all right. All right, I think it is good. Are we centered? Are we centered? Much, yeah. Very nice. OK, Mauricio?”
City Commission · Aug 20, 2026
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“Okay, so anyone over the age of 55 and older, please come up.”
City Commission · Aug 20, 2026
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“Please, it would be a nice picture. You guys know who you are. Anybody that would like to take a photo, come on up. Come on, come on, come on. And if you're part of the program but you're not 55, you can also come up.”
City Commission · Aug 20, 2026
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“Thank you, everyone. I think this only represents maybe 10%, if not less, of the seniors that participate.”
City Commission · Aug 20, 2026
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“Maybe next year. Bingo. OK. You're welcome to stay for the rest of the agenda if you would like. Is it still there? Is the food still outside? OK. Thank you. All right. Our next item, Mauricio, for a?”
City Commission · Aug 20, 2026
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City Commission · Aug 20, 2026
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“For the purposes of clarification, I know that we discussed this a lot before. But if we can just have a very, very short summary of what normally happens when the representative or a senator calls asking for our priorities and why we didn't request anything this year. If I can ask the deputy manager. This past year, sorry.”
City Commission · Aug 20, 2026
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“So if we have outstanding amounts, does that mean we can't ask for more money?”
City Commission · Aug 20, 2026
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“What I understand in speaking to the lobbyists and the office there is you have to be willing to fund something at least 50%, and it has to be in the works. It's always a match, yes.”
City Commission · Aug 20, 2026
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“Can you just explain what that means, please, to the public?”
City Commission · Aug 20, 2026
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“OK. Commissioner Stevenson, when does the session start? Do you have a timetable of when these priorities need to be decided?”
City Commission · Aug 20, 2026
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“OK, because I think we need the calendar in order to make sure that we don't miss anything. Absolutely. And to Commissioner Lama's point, that item is going to decide a lot of what the priorities may be. They may be very, very different. So OK, good.”
City Commission · Aug 20, 2026
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“OK. All right. Thank you. Next item is yours, Commissioner Stuyvesant.”
City Commission · Aug 20, 2026
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City Commission · Aug 20, 2026
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City Commission · Aug 20, 2026
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City Commission · Aug 20, 2026
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“OK. Are there any discussion or comments from the commission?”
City Commission · Aug 20, 2026
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“OK, so. Commissioner Stevenson, I just want to let someone else speak if they want to regarding, no?”
City Commission · Aug 20, 2026