Remarks by Laura Dominguez
30 remarks on the record, newest first · Page 1 of 2
- Play at 54:18
“Thank you, Mr. Chair. Where else are these hydrodynamic separators being used?”
City Commission · Jul 15, 2026
- Play at 55:07
“And does it operate 24 hours a day or as needed?”
City Commission · Jul 15, 2026
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“Yes, so we've been hearing a lot about the progress. I'm very excited. I think July 28th is the topping off ceremony. I'm going to be out of town, so I will miss it. But with the anticipated opening date of December 2027, will that be before Art Basel, during? And please tell us any updates.”
City Commission · Jul 15, 2026
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“Thank you. Given how far along with this, I'd be fine to close this item out.”
City Commission · Jul 15, 2026
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“And those were not the Farber-Hulaniki projects?”
City Commission · Jul 15, 2026
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“And for that program, that includes Barbara Hulaniki? Yes, that's correct. Okay. I think we can close out this item, and then I'll meet with your team individually periodically to see for opportunities. I think maybe in the last meeting, Commissioner Fernandez even mentioned Lincoln Road section, the Ritz, and some of the other places as opportunities. But happy to meet with you individually in the coming months on other opportunities. Absolutely.”
City Commission · Jul 15, 2026
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“Well, it came from a previous commissioner, and I was happy to pick up the baton from her and continue it along with you.”
City Commission · Jul 15, 2026
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“this item was brought up because a few months back I was having a conversation with the city administration and they mentioned in passing that working on our committees takes up almost 50% of their workload at City Hall and that really struck me because that is a lot of time to spend on on an advisory committee taking away from them doing their jobs. So I've had conversations with the city clerk. I've also met with Maria Hernandez, our assistant city manager, and we've come up with some possibilities for us to discuss and move forward to the commissions for final decisions on how these things…”
City Commission · Jul 15, 2026
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“I'm open to hearing what my colleagues suggest on the dais. And then Mayor Miner had a similar streamlining item that's going to commission. So I'd really like for this to go to commission next month or this month so that the two items can be heard and considered. But I think it's important that we do something and bring something forward to alleviate some of the extra work that's coming about from managing some of these committees.”
City Commission · Jul 15, 2026
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“And I attend regularly, and I know that there's more than that that goes on.”
City Commission · Jul 15, 2026
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“I have a couple thoughts on that one. Can that committee be rolled under, like maybe we approach the Chamber of Commerce and see if it's something that they can manage under their wing, or the GMCVB has different committees. If the Chamber does not want to manage that, maybe under the GMCVB, have it be one of their committees. Does that alleviate workload, or would that still be the same for the city?”
City Commission · Jul 15, 2026
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“so we could take that into consideration, but... And as you mentioned, I also have a lot of respect for the people that phoned in championing this committee. I know the work that they've done. I've attended the committee several times and do understand its importance. I want to ensure that we find a balance so if we could do some research between now and the next Commission meeting, that would be amazing.”
City Commission · Jul 15, 2026
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“Yeah, I think that's great. Um, and I think there's more comments.”
City Commission · Jul 15, 2026
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“I'll share where that came from. I think initially when the Homeless Committee was formed years ago, it was an advocacy committee to help the homeless. A shift came when the camping ordinance was passed, and it no longer became the advocacy to help the homeless. It came with the element that you described. And since the police department has the homeless outreach expansive program, we thought housing it there made sense, but if you do not think that, I would recommend eliminating the committee altogether because it's no longer what the initial intent was.”
City Commission · Jul 15, 2026
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“Uh, but that's very bold and I find it interesting. I think it's worthy of being included in the memo and moving this to the full commission so that all of us can weigh in on it. Yes. I'm sorry.”
City Commission · Jul 15, 2026
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“One final comment. I think maybe we need to define the events. I know that the sister cities committee has an event during our puzzle. We had an event with the Jaguars as part of FIFA and there are other meaningful events that take place. I would hate to cap them. when the whole point of that particular committee is our relationships with out-of-town sister cities. We have an event on Sunday, a cleanup with Sophie Rangel, so I wouldn't want to limit it to one just yet until we define more what an event means.”
City Commission · Jul 15, 2026
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“Okay. So the pedestrian bridge on over Fifth Street was something that was brought forward by the late Commissioner Mark Samulin, and I was proud to take this up and continue on the vision and legacy and public benefit that he had proposed in order for – Five Park and Canopy Park and the Bay Walk in the back to be part of a consideration. So this is something that's personally very important to me and I know that we've run into some hiccups with the location of the utility and my latest briefing, in my latest briefing I was told that the developer was hiring an independent consultant to…”
City Commission · Jul 15, 2026
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“So for number three, I'd like to move it until September to get an opportunity to hear from the independent consultant of where the utilities can be moved.”
City Commission · Jul 15, 2026
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“Yeah, and I think with Southgate, our attorney's office had sent them documents to review, and they have, and I think they may have just sent it back to our attorney's office, so now the ball is in the city's court, but let's talk offline about that one.”
City Commission · Jul 15, 2026
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“Okay. I have a hard stop at 12 because I'm doing something with Deborah Noe and Pell. And there are two items that will be very quick. And I was wondering if we could take those two items out of order 10 and 14 if we were going to be running the meeting after noon. Because the other ones can be finished without me even though I'm on it.”
City Commission · Jul 15, 2026
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“So I'm going to be closing out this item, but just real quickly, I have had several discussions with Will McDonald and his team, and it's not really feasible in the lots that we presently have because of flooding and where they're located, but I do know that you are looking at future opportunities to bring more EV to North Beach, and then if you could quickly mention them, and then we'll close out this item.”
City Commission · Jul 15, 2026
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“That's wonderful. So the purpose of this item was to bring awareness of the lack of EV up there. I appreciate how you and your team have embraced looking for opportunities to expand. And with that, I'll close the item.”
City Commission · Jul 15, 2026
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“Thank you. So I have been meeting regularly with Kristi Vada and also included some members of the community that had expressed ideas and interest in our procurement process. And what worried me was that we have these major projects that come up in our city or opportunities for vendors to bid on and then we get one bidder. and sometimes it's the same bidder. And I wanted to do a deep dive on why that was happening. And part of the case is we did have some extra restrictions which people or vendors wouldn't necessarily be able to apply for because their businesses didn't qualify. But another…”
City Commission · Jul 15, 2026
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“So if you guys are in agreement, I make the motion to move this to the full commission for further discussion.”
City Commission · Jul 15, 2026
- Play at 3:17:26
“Oh, of course, of course. Yes, let's defer it to September. Okay. Yeah, if you don't mind.”
City Commission · Jul 15, 2026