Remarks by Rachel Streitfeld
749 remarks on the record, newest first · Page 12 of 30
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“I think what I'd like to do on that is I'd like to move the meeting forward and accomplish the business that we have. Like I spent an hour last week at the soccer fields communicating with our soccer parents and I'm happy to spend another hour and another hour and another hour answering questions. So we can do a community town hall. We can do a forum. We can get together on a Saturday morning, whatever makes sense. But we have these commission meetings once a month. We have a lot of business to get through and I want to keep things moving. Does anyone else want to make public comment for the…”
Village Commission · May 19, 2026
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“We need a correction. Do you want to second it and then share the correction?”
Village Commission · May 19, 2026
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“That's right. I will make the correction. Okay. With the correction, we have a motion and a second. All those in favor, say aye. Aye. Anyone opposed?”
Village Commission · May 19, 2026
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Village Commission · May 19, 2026
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“Are we presenting the scholarship awards tonight? No.”
Village Commission · May 19, 2026
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“No. I think as part of your report, you're making recommendations for the scholarship recipients?”
Village Commission · May 19, 2026
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“Wait, wait, wait. Hang on a second. I don't recall that this is how we've done this in the past. If you guys are recommending the recipients of the scholarship awards, then that needs to happen on the back end to staff. Who's the liaison for the Resident Services Advisory Board?”
Village Commission · May 19, 2026
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“Can you step in, please? Help us out here?”
Village Commission · May 19, 2026
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“Really? Why? We haven't been briefed on any of the applicants. We've never chosen the recipients before. Okay.”
Village Commission · May 19, 2026
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“But also the selection. We don't select the recipients of those awards.”
Village Commission · May 19, 2026
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“Yeah. Okay. So I don't know that it needs to be shared at the commission in this way until we're ready to present the winners.”
Village Commission · May 19, 2026
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“Yeah, which is fine. But why have him come here and tell us if we're not presenting them? Let's organize the award presentation and present them with the awards.”
Village Commission · May 19, 2026
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“Those sound good. I want to ask staff for help guiding advisory boards toward recommendations, resolutions and recommendations. Okay. So the resident services advisory board, the community enhancement advisory board, the sustainability and resilience task force. These are all advisory boards. They exist to make recommendations to us, the commission. And so an action item from an advisory board should come in the form of a resolution of that advisory board, making a recommendation to the commission, whether it's on a specific program or an initiative, it should come in a legislative vehicle,…”
Village Commission · May 19, 2026
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“Commissioner Dara, thanks so much. Okay, Commissioner Trevone.”
Village Commission · May 19, 2026
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“Thank you, Commissioner. Commissioner Acosta.”
Village Commission · May 19, 2026
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“I'm also waiving my commission report in the interest of time and the volume of discussion items that we have on our agenda tonight, which I have been discussing at length and ad nauseum for the last few weeks behind the scenes. So let's keep things moving. Village Attorney's Report.”
Village Commission · May 19, 2026
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Village Commission · May 19, 2026
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“Before the end of August. Before the end of August, we will be breaking ground on our new Village Hall public fire, public safety complex, fire station, police station.”
Village Commission · May 19, 2026
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“That's fantastic. And the fact that we have a beautiful community center to house that program is transformational. Thank you.”
Village Commission · May 19, 2026
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“Thank you. Thank you. Thank you guys. Absolutely.”
Village Commission · May 19, 2026
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Village Commission · May 19, 2026
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Village Commission · May 19, 2026
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“Thanks so much, Indira, and thanks for all of the time that you're investing in chairing this committee. I really appreciate it. Really disappointed to hear that our soccer family is just saying that this is not going to be a celebratory event. That feels really off-base to me. Thanks.”
Village Commission · May 19, 2026
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“Okay. Let's move on to 14B and get into this then, shall we? 14B. Sorry. This is a discussion on the proposed PFL-AFA programming, scholarships, field schedules, summer programs, and kids soccer programs sponsored by the Vice Mayor and Commissioner Acosta. I'll let you guys go ahead and introduce this item. We obviously heard from representatives from our soccer community, lots of neighborhood stakeholders in the room. I've spent a lot of time talking to Coach Kreis, staff, stakeholders, residents, parents. So I think I'm pretty well briefed and I want to sort of see how this goes. So…”
Village Commission · May 19, 2026
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“So... When this contract, it's actually a series of contracts that were negotiated with representatives from, we're using the term AFA, but Claudia Tapia is not involved in any of these conversations, neither is Miguel Messi. We're talking about private developers and an organization that has license rights to the AFA brand to run the AFA International Center here in Northwood Village, okay? PFL is our partner in this public-private partnership, also obviously with the school board, right? PFL is Project Football. The schedule was negotiated in 2022. Not a single person on this dais was…”
Village Commission · May 19, 2026