Remarks by Maria Rodriguez
78 remarks on the record, newest first · Page 3 of 4
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“Also, aren't there cities that have, a lot of cities have internal building departments, so would not have worked with any of the vendors at some point, no?”
City Commission · Sep 3, 2026
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“On the document, I disagree with that. You look hard.”
City Commission · Sep 3, 2026
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“This is the consensus of the document. We haven't dispensed of the item.”
City Commission · Sep 3, 2026
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“If we do that, does the timeline change?”
City Commission · Sep 3, 2026
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“No, because the timeline didn't think that we were doing it coming back.”
City Commission · Sep 3, 2026
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“OK, but my question is, does this timeline change?”
City Commission · Sep 3, 2026
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“So it comes all the way back to us in March still?”
City Commission · Sep 3, 2026
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“Today we had our directors meeting in which a couple of things were discussed. The Broward League of Cities has a education on Amendment 3 campaign going on. And online, and I'll share the link with you guys as well, I believe the League of Cities has already done so. They have online just general educational information, in a sense a little bit more broad than what was brought to us regarding Amendment 3. some specific facts and statistics and then they also actually go ahead and went ahead and provided for each individual city. So if you guys would like to look at the Pembroke Pines…”
City Commission · Sep 3, 2026
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“So there was a document that the League of Cities put together. Roward League of Cities, yes.”
City Commission · Sep 3, 2026
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“OK. So Jonathan is saying that it was prior to the BCCAA. BCCMA? BCCMA. And my assumption is we were able to look at it and fact check. Because I saw a number on there and I wanted, I wasn't too sure. I just wanted. Our finance department checked it.”
City Commission · Sep 3, 2026
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“Our finance department checked it. And I think it's a good tool for us to be able to put out. They've checked also with their legal counsel, which is our legal counsel, regarding whether it is just factual or if it has any, what is it called? if we're promoting a yes or no, and that one is a factual document only, and so it'd be something that kind of can guide us, but especially when we're trying not to advocate. Advocate is the word I was looking for. Okay. The next general meeting is in two weeks.”
City Commission · Sep 3, 2026
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“I'd like to speak. So Commissioner Schwartz brought up the idea of continuing to look into what that contract actually stated, what the atomized data actually meant. I think what we're going to find, which I went to a conference up in Baltimore over the summer, and one of the things that they brought up is basically, yeah, you can You may only be sharing the data, like some cities only share the data within themselves and didn't share it elsewhere. But it's that caveat on that contract that then the vendor can take any of that information. They say they package it in a different way. They…”
City Commission · Sep 3, 2026
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“The factual and educational purposes, I do agree that people need to know more about. A PowerPoint of that length should not be shared publicly. on social media, it needs to be more concise and in a more shareable fashion. I know a couple of cities have done more public forums that have been publicized. And obviously, they have good legal teams as well. That wouldn't put them in jeopardy. But we could think about possibly doing something of that sort, keeping to factual and educational information only to be able to make that more accessible to residents, because it wasn't necessarily…”
City Commission · Sep 3, 2026
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“Very happy to have attended the League of Cities conference. I believe a couple of us were there. One of the sessions that I found most interesting was one on communications, the city of Coral Springs, as well as an attorney who focuses on city communications and kind of the Sunshine Law and things in relation to city communications were there. It was really interesting to, the theme of it was basically going beyond the social post and doing, showing us what the city of Coral Springs as an example was doing. One highlight that we saw is they're actually doing a series on both YouTube and on…”
City Commission · Aug 19, 2026
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“Thank you. So my item was just discussion and possible action regarding the draft of a resolution condemning Islamophobia. I just have a couple of words on it. I would like to seek consensus from the commission to direct the administration and the city attorney to bring back a resolution denouncing Islamophobia, anti-Muslim bias, discrimination, threats, and violence. I've been working a lot with the Muslim community, MGAGE, and the Muslim Student Association, which we've all participated in events for. And I've heard growing concerns about increased Islamophobic rhetoric, as a lot of us have…”
City Commission · Aug 19, 2026
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“It's not a motion. It's just a discussion. It's a directive.”
City Commission · Aug 19, 2026
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Not quoted here: it may name a member of the public. Hear it at the meeting.
City Commission · Aug 19, 2026
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“So I had a couple of questions on, let me go to my item actually, which I think a lot of them were explained within the Monday Night Memo kind of in writing as well. But I wanted to ask, let me get there one second. So there is a program, the current emergency and then the non-emergency text messaging program that we have available to the city. If you can just speak on that so we have it on the record, we got an explanation. And then if we're able to share, obviously, in all sorts of communication, that would be greatly appreciated.”
City Commission · Aug 19, 2026
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“And no one needs to opt into that one, right? No. That's automatic. Can you give us an example of what would be sent out in that manner?”
City Commission · Aug 19, 2026
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“For the gravity of that one that you mentioned. And then there is the part that is opt-in. Can you talk a little bit about that? And then in the meantime, I believe you can sign up online. Mr. Clerk, would you be able to kind of show us online where that is? Or maybe Amanda can do it on there.”
City Commission · Aug 19, 2026
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“just so that people know how to sign up for the opt-in. One that I assume is my assumption and my understanding is that it's guided more to non-emergency scenarios.”
City Commission · Aug 19, 2026
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“OK, awesome. I wanted to simply highlight that because we have been talking about it on the dais continuously regarding a similar platform or something for text messaging because there's so much online. And I think the consensus is and the trend is that now a lot of the more Direct messaging that you need kind of like on a timely basis ends up being text messages a lot of other cities have Been able to to use these services and I believe it is at free cost at least the emergency portion is correct. I”
City Commission · Aug 19, 2026
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“Okay, perfect. If you have anything to add to that.”
City Commission · Aug 19, 2026
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“OK, perfect. And would we be able to, I know we've mentioned in the past as well, like when projects are going on and there might be a disruption on a particular road for a particular neighborhood, maybe we've talked on the dais, if there are road resurfacing or things like that and that there's going to be a disruption in the space, this text messaging program can also be used for that as well, correct?”
City Commission · Aug 19, 2026
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“Yes, that's non-emergency in the opt-in, but we could.”
City Commission · Aug 19, 2026