Remarks by Lisa Bonich
216 remarks on the record, newest first · Page 4 of 9
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“Yeah If you are imagining that we are able to make up that difference in CRA money. I think before we say this is going to work, that's not going to work, we have a more in-depth conversation of what things look like because on the one hand, that is what I think has been a very big deal for all of us. And the city hall redevelopment is also a big deal in terms of forward-looking revenue or whatever we want to call it. So I think we need to better understand where and what the CRA money would look like, like where would it be coming from, when would it be coming, so that we then are able to…”
City Commission · Jun 9, 2026
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“That is exactly what I was asking, because I'm like, okay, so if the general public says, sure, no problem, then how would we ever even see that? And so that, thank you.”
City Commission · Jun 9, 2026
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“Nobody's gonna understand that at least 80% of our city wouldn't understand what that meant Comments yes, sir.”
City Commission · Jun 9, 2026
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“Do we ever reopen these things based on this type of conversation or have we?”
City Commission · Jun 9, 2026
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“Yes, but no, because what I'm trying to figure out is if... If we ever go back, simply because there is such a, as he does mention, it's over a million dollars. A million dollars is the parking lot at South Miami Park. So when you look at this, how often or do we ever say, hey, let's open it up again, reach out to these five people or whatever. Do we ever do that? I don't.”
City Commission · Jun 9, 2026
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“So then all these people would have to bid- Would have to re-bid, correct.”
City Commission · Jun 9, 2026
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“Can we please clarify where the funds for this are coming from?”
City Commission · Jun 9, 2026
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“Thank you. So literally I'll be able to pop open Pay By Phone if this existed here and click find a spot and it would send me to wherever the spot was.”
City Commission · Jun 9, 2026
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“Thank you. So that little black circle, you put it on the floor of the parking space? Where does that go?”
City Commission · Jun 9, 2026
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“I spoke with the applicant. I've spoken to him many times outside of today. Okay. He just called to explain what was coming.”
City Commission · Jun 9, 2026
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“I'm famous for not saying the nice thing or... Do you need a translation? Yeah, right. Do I need a translation? I probably do. If I were building my house and it was approved a certain way, and I'll actually use an example that I learned from Danny Rodriguez a couple of years ago. If I was putting a pool in my house and... For whatever reason, I pushed it too far back, and now the pool is in the area the pool is not supposed to be in. The answer was, too bad, so sad. Rip out your pool. Do it right. And I feel a lot of times we give people who have bigger projects a pass, or we try to find a…”
City Commission · Jun 9, 2026
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“Is there space on your property on that west side to even put trees? Or would you be then reaching out to the building of the residence to ask if you put it there?”
City Commission · Jun 9, 2026
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“I will say this. I hope y'all are as agreeable with the city as the city is being with you because I know there's lots of conversations happening about the city hall property. I think that'll be interesting how those pan out later. Because I tell you what, these four gentlemen are being, I think, beyond gracious with y'all. Not with you, because you don't build the building, but with your team. Because if it was a resident building a house, I doubt we would be having this conversation.”
City Commission · Jun 9, 2026
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“Yeah, because if not, it's going to look like broken teeth. It's going to look like broken teeth, you know.”
City Commission · Jun 9, 2026
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“Three leases tall. I just think if there's stuff already there, it's like, what are you going to do?”
City Commission · Jun 9, 2026
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“It's going to be like the Oompa Loompas, only leases. You're okay leaving it? Yeah, I mean, at this point, we're going to rip out what's there. We know that it's...”
City Commission · Jun 9, 2026
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“Especially because the city attorney searched it up, and these trees go two to three feet a year.”
City Commission · Jun 9, 2026
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“So we should focus our efforts on the west, which is where it's really going to be.”
City Commission · Jun 9, 2026
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“I know we had had a conversation about you had to have a certain amount of points, which was something you had brought up.”
City Commission · Jun 9, 2026
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“And can we just get an example of Tier 1? Because not everybody will read this.”
City Commission · Jun 9, 2026
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“No, and I think it's good for people to like just hear that there are options and what even they look like.”
City Commission · Jun 9, 2026
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“We originally had something in the books for peacock mitigation, and it didn't pan out the way that we had hoped. We continue to have real and major issues in our city with peacocks destroying people's cars, their roofs, all kinds of things. They're pooping everywhere. While they're very pretty, they're also very destructive. This is essentially a mechanism asking the county to just re-examine where we're at because they're invasive. They're not, in my opinion, not safe to be around because we all know I am not a bird person. But we have to do something. Doing nothing, well, we all know I'm…”
City Commission · Jun 9, 2026
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“Oh, that was a good one. That was a good one.”
City Commission · Jun 9, 2026
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“When this came across my email, I thought to myself, wow. At last, we have a way to actually voice our support in a unified way. I think that we often see people here, there, and everywhere. But I think rarely do you see it happen municipality by municipality. So I believe all of us received this in our email. The city attorney was nice enough to send me the ideas maybe from one or more than one of y'all. to reword some of this because I understand that it can read a little much. I get it. So there were two changes or suggestions for change. One of them was on page two, the one, two, three,…”
City Commission · Jun 9, 2026
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“I'm sure I am. Here's the thing, though. You're right. I'm warming my heart.”
City Commission · Jun 9, 2026