Remarks by Lisa Bonich
216 remarks on the record, newest first · Page 7 of 9
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“I have a question for you. So you're saying no other city is charging this fee? We would be- The penalty fee. The penalty fee, exactly.”
City Commission · May 19, 2026
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“Thank you. Sure. Do you have anything you'd like to say?”
City Commission · May 19, 2026
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“Okay. How about Vice Mayor Corey, do you have anything you'd like to add?”
City Commission · May 19, 2026
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“Correct. And I think there's something that's important to say, and I said it, I don't know if it was the last meeting or another meeting, where... When these discussions were being had, it was, hey, fix your building so that you can sell these TDRs. And the money would be coming for your improvements from the sale of these TDRs, right? That's how you were supposed to kind of recuperate your stuff, whatever, so that it didn't come at an additional cost to you as a building owner.”
City Commission · May 19, 2026
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“Yep. And so I think it's important that when we have these conversations that we keep in mind that that doesn't mean make your building beautiful so you can And I said this, and everybody was like, ah, so that we can then charge the tenants an exorbitant amount. I understand that as a matter of course, the values of these locations will go up as everybody does the work. But I think we need to be very cognizant. What we're trying to do at the beginning of this take care of shopkeepers, take care of business owners, that kind of thing. We don't want to see this then become a vehicle to hike up…”
City Commission · May 19, 2026
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“No, I'm just saying... No, no, no. I don't say that we have to do rent control. I think we just... Dude, we just need to be human. You know? I'm sorry. You know what? We can make money without being... Crazy. We can repair our buildings without choking out people. I'll give you a perfect example, and it's not here. It's been all over the news everywhere. Acme in Nashville. The mayor of Nashville went crazy, raised taxes on businesses an exorbitant amount. Now a bunch of businesses in Nashville are closing because they can't afford it, because the building owners, of course, passed the…”
City Commission · May 19, 2026
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“Well, rent control is a scary thing, Steve.”
City Commission · May 19, 2026
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“But you know what? If we keep saying it, maybe we make a dent on some human person.”
City Commission · May 19, 2026
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“We are human. All righty. So are we ready to vote on this one?”
City Commission · May 19, 2026
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“And do I have a second for Brian? I'll second. I was going to say, we've left you out of that one. OK, we have a motion and a second. Can we please call the roll?”
City Commission · May 19, 2026
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“Perfect. If I am correct, we still have M124 and 1. And then we have hanging out, 8 and 13. 7. 7.”
City Commission · May 19, 2026
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“I'm sure you're going to get them from everybody. Commissioner Rodriguez, are we OK?”
City Commission · May 19, 2026
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“Oh, OK. I'm like, what are we looking for?”
City Commission · May 19, 2026
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“Vice Mayor Corey, I can't see you, but do you have any questions or comments for the team here?”
City Commission · May 19, 2026
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“Thank you. Okay, we're headed back to Commissioner Rodriguez.”
City Commission · May 19, 2026
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“Okay, thank you. I have one question slash comment. Everything that is on that list that was popped up before are essentially main roads. If we hear the majority of the feedback, though, from our residents, they're usually secondary roads. And I know that if I understand what you said, we're trying to kind of take a top-down approach. But it seems like US 1 is humongous. We're looking at Bird Road, humongous, Miller, humongous, US 1, humongous. Oh, this is going to sound terrible. They're not our roads. We don't control them. So we're working for somebody else. We're trying to fix US 1. Guess…”
City Commission · May 19, 2026
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“OK, so then essentially these are two different things then that we're talking about. This program for, like, people dying and running over pedestrians and that kind of stuff. And then another program that would be- Perception of a problem.”
City Commission · May 19, 2026
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“Thank you. All righty, are we ready to call this one?”
City Commission · May 19, 2026
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“Well, there we go. OK, well, Commissioner Calla beat you. So we've got a motion and a second. Can we please call the roll? Yes, Commissioner Calla? Yes. Commissioner Rodriguez? Yes. Commissioner Bonish?”
City Commission · May 19, 2026
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“And the pass is 4-0. OK. Do we have any preference on how we want to hit the rest of them, or do I just go straight down the line?”
City Commission · May 19, 2026
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“All right, let's read number eight, please.”
City Commission · May 19, 2026
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“Do we have any discussion on this? Anyone need to say anything, or are we good to vote? Brian has a question.”
City Commission · May 19, 2026
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“OK. Sorry, Brian. I covered you with my computer.”
City Commission · May 19, 2026
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“Thank you very much for spearheading this.”
City Commission · May 19, 2026
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“Yes. We have someone that will move this. Would you like to move it for us?”
City Commission · May 19, 2026