Remarks by Olga Granda
104 remarks on the record, newest first · Page 3 of 5
- Play at 40:33
“So whose responsibility is it to make this meeting happen? It should not be our board. It needs to either be your staff or your staff. You know, either the commissioner's staff or the Art in Public Places staff.”
Art in Public Places Board · Feb 9, 2026
- Play at 43:20
“You'll cover the removal, or you'll cover also the replacement? Definitely.”
Art in Public Places Board · Feb 9, 2026
- Play at 43:47
“Indra, based on the process, are you required to do another artist call, or can they continue working with Carola Bravo?”
Art in Public Places Board · Feb 9, 2026
- Play at 46:34
“Okay, so I would like to make a motion to pass that for... Sorry. AIPP resolution number 18184, which is a resolution of the Art in Public Places Board with attachments pursuant to chapter 62, article 16, entitled Art in Public Places of the Code of City of Miami, Florida, as amended, approving the modification of a public art piece by artist Carola Bravo at Antonio Maceo Park, Newfield Restrooms, located at approximately 5135 Northwest 7th Street. making findings containing severability clause and providing an effective date. And further specifying that the District 1 Commissioner's Office…”
Art in Public Places Board · Feb 9, 2026
- Play at 48:41
“I think what's specific for Juan and I is that it is a modification, not a removal.”
Art in Public Places Board · Feb 9, 2026
- Play at 48:50
“It cannot just be removed and left blank. So I guess my answer would be no. Simply a removal is not approved by this board. Only a replacement is approved by this board.”
Art in Public Places Board · Feb 9, 2026
- Play at 49:14
“We're just trying to avoid a prolonged period of time in which there is a blank wall.”
Art in Public Places Board · Feb 9, 2026
- Play at 1:00:57
“Can you go back to the list of the membership of the steering committee? Sure. And my question is how will these people be selected in appointment, more specifically, you know, not the city people, right? So community representative, art community representative, qualified art professionals, how would those people be selected?”
Art in Public Places Board · Feb 9, 2026
- Play at 1:02:06
“And it is the developer who chooses the consultant?”
Art in Public Places Board · Feb 9, 2026
- Play at 1:02:10
“And do we already have somebody they've proposed? They're here.”
Art in Public Places Board · Feb 9, 2026
- Play at 1:02:42
“My last question is do we have an idea of the value of the Art in Public Places contribution based on the value of the project?”
Art in Public Places Board · Feb 9, 2026
- Play at 1:04:50
“Why wouldn't the city administration building be part of the master plan?”
Art in Public Places Board · Feb 9, 2026
- Play at 1:07:57
“And is the city administration not considered part of the SAP? But it's just been the city's direction to pull it out of this.”
Art in Public Places Board · Feb 9, 2026
- Play at 1:08:22
“And that direction comes from who? It comes from city administration.”
Art in Public Places Board · Feb 9, 2026
- Play at 1:08:41
“I mean, I think that part of my questions are because we've been asking, particularly the chair has been asking about this for over a year, kind of, you know, in anticipation of why aren't we getting more information? Why isn't this coming before us? And so already we're seeing this divvying up and things happening that we've been trying to get ahead of to understand. And I think it's hard for us to understand why things are happening in this order. I think it would have made sense to us for it all to have been part of one master plan. So I think precisely because we were trying to say, hey,…”
Art in Public Places Board · Feb 9, 2026
- Play at 1:09:56
“Before a call to action. We specifically said that at the last meeting and then poof, Last week, we got an email that said, call to action has been sent out. And I understand that there was direction for it. But at the same time, like, we have to approve what, you know, what artists will be accepted and the next steps.”
Art in Public Places Board · Feb 9, 2026
- Play at 1:13:14
“And I understand that there's a framework. And so you can advance because that's your framework. But then then there becomes a point, a moment in that framework in which we have to approve. So we can stop it by not voting for it precisely because you have decided to disregard our request to to. modify that process just a little bit, you know, give us information. Like we want to be a part of it and you've decided, nope, we're going to keep going. It's like, well, we can just stop it in its tracks. Like that makes no sense.”
Art in Public Places Board · Feb 9, 2026
- Play at 1:13:54
“But then it's, but the work that you're doing now could potentially be complete waste that gets thrown out. I disagree that doing a call to artists in a format that is not part of a bigger picture Honestly, that is not part of this AIP. I don't know if it's an option, but I'd like to know if it's an option that we require that the building be part of this master plan. Maybe you can answer that.”
Art in Public Places Board · Feb 9, 2026
- Play at 1:17:16
“I have another question to city staff. Why is there a separation in the city administration building project between the interior and exterior, and how is that money being split and allocated? Again, there's still so many details that seem strange. My understanding is that the money is a percentage. There isn't a clarification in our rules that say that has to go inside. So where did that happen?”
Art in Public Places Board · Feb 9, 2026
- Play at 1:19:32
“I think the challenge for us is we come back to that we feel that we have not approved the plans that are in your call to artists. So we, you know, yeah, that's our challenge.”
Art in Public Places Board · Feb 9, 2026
- Play at 1:20:49
“It doesn't feel like a cohesive project if city staff has already decided to carve out a portion and do whatever they want with it without it being part of a plan or something that's come before this board.”
Art in Public Places Board · Feb 9, 2026
- Play at 1:21:57
“We are so blind to the process. Like, we haven't seen one design, one...”
Art in Public Places Board · Feb 9, 2026
- Play at 1:22:17
“There is a budget in the call to artists, and there are like five or six areas that are mentioned.”
Art in Public Places Board · Feb 9, 2026
- Play at 1:24:55
“I do think that we should see what Indra prepared for this meeting. I think that's... Let me unplug. I don't know if you want to do it now or not, but I do think we should see what she prepared for this meeting.”
Art in Public Places Board · Feb 9, 2026
- Play at 1:25:45
“Okay, so I make a motion for AIPP resolution number 18869, a resolution of the Art and Public Places Board with attachments pursuant to chapter 62, article 16, entitled Art and Public Places of the Code of the City of Miami, Florida, as amended, authorizing the city manager to negotiate and execute in a form acceptable to the city attorney an agreement between the City of Miami and Miami Freedom Park LLC, the developer, to establish an Art in Public Places Master Plan for Miami Freedom Park, Miami Freedom Park Public Art Master Plan, generally located at 4000 Northwest 14th Street and 1900…”
Art in Public Places Board · Feb 9, 2026