Remarks by Rachel Streitfeld
749 remarks on the record, newest first · Page 15 of 30
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“Well, the good thing is that they've left, which is accomplishing the whole point.”
Village Commission · May 19, 2026
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“Okay. So let's be realistic here. Okay. So we are adopting this ordinance because Miami Beach has adopted it and Miami has adopted it.”
Village Commission · May 19, 2026
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“And we are protecting our coastline and working collaboratively with those jurisdictions to help us enforce, right?”
Village Commission · May 19, 2026
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“Stopping the issue is not a reality. People are still going to try to live on boats at zero expense and not pay taxes and not pay for an anchoring area. That's just going to happen. Now at least we have a way to enforce it and to get them out of here. It's not my job to protect Bay Harbor Islands, but I'm here for them. You know, we've got coastal mayors. We talk to them about this. I've encouraged Isaac. I love Fane-Losman. I was not here. I read about the Fane-Losman years. I had the true pleasure of meeting Fane-Losman in the first week of living here. It was honestly one of the most…”
Village Commission · May 19, 2026
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“13C, an ordinance of the Mayor and Commissioner of North Bay Village, Florida, amending section 8.11, use exceptions of the Unified Land Development Code to provide for temporary use setback modifications, providing for severability, providing for codification conflicts on an effective date. This is second reading. My understanding is that the Planning and Zoning Board did approve this at its meeting earlier this month. And we obviously approved it on first reading. This is Craig. This is you.”
Village Commission · May 19, 2026
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“Have there been any changes since first reading?”
Village Commission · May 19, 2026
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“Were there any recommendations from the Planning and Zoning Board that we should be aware of?”
Village Commission · May 19, 2026
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“Yeah, I agree with that. Commissioner Darrow mentioned this during his commission report. The curb, sidewalks, parking spaces at the Coletta lot property where construction staging is happening for Tula, are just the state of the sidewalk and the street is really ratchet. So we need help from our private sector partners, as well as staff to really just, just clean it up. Yeah. Yeah. And I think we also, if possible, you know, the, the guys who run the Marina and the Iron March, If Orlando could do some one-on-one outreach to those two business operators to maybe install more trash cans, make…”
Village Commission · May 19, 2026
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“Not a bad idea, especially since there's so much speeding on that street too.”
Village Commission · May 19, 2026
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“Or one of our on-duty officers, right? I'm not going to intervene in how they run their squads, right? But that is community policing.”
Village Commission · May 19, 2026
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“I would be interested in seeing what type of enforcement happens over the course of this upcoming weekend, too.”
Village Commission · May 19, 2026
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“Palm Tree Club is getting special event permits because they don't have the appropriate certificate of use for what they're operating in that space. And so because they have special event permits, that is the requirement for off-duty police officers. If they had a valid certificate of use to run a club there, they wouldn't have to have off-duty officers. My understanding is the marina is perfectly compliant with the zoning. Okay.”
Village Commission · May 19, 2026
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“We're helping out with traffic and the air and sea show on the beach.”
Village Commission · May 19, 2026
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“and then does the boat come back to us to ensure that all is well here yeah okay i just want to i mean i love that our resources are being spread throughout the community because it's you know givers game right right um but i do want to make sure that we can respond to issues here over the course of the weekend always do we are expecting the weather report is it's going to be rough so we're actually assigning two officers to the boat”
Village Commission · May 19, 2026
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“Yeah. Okay, so this is 13C. Is this use exceptions for temporary uses? I'm going to move it. Does anyone want to second it? I'll second. Seconded by Commissioner Cervoni. Madam Clerk, please call the roll.”
Village Commission · May 19, 2026
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“Yes. vice mayor cook yes it's true anonymous all right a resolution of the mayor and commission of north bay village florida approving an application by pacific norian properties llc to permit a temporary sales center trailer at the property located at 7918 west drive with a front setback of zero feet where 25 feet are required and the side setback of zero feet where 15 feet is required providing for findings conditions and an effective date Staff recommends approval of the use exception. This is on second reading. Planning and Zoning Board voted to recommend approval. Anything else you want…”
Village Commission · May 19, 2026
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“Okay, let's do disclosures first and then swear in our witnesses. Starting to my right. Any disclosures? No. No. No. No. Nobody's lobbying us. Love that. Let's do the swearing in of the witnesses. Are there any witnesses? Yeah, you guys are here. You're here. Get sworn in.”
Village Commission · May 19, 2026
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“Okay. Do you need to read rules about quasi-judicial? No. Okay. Great.”
Village Commission · May 19, 2026
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“I don't think so either. But I see that there's a bunch of land use attorneys here, and I want to make sure that they dance for their money. So do you guys want to present?”
Village Commission · May 19, 2026
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“Does anyone have any questions of the applicant or staff?”
Village Commission · May 19, 2026
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“No questions. Okay. I haven't moved this yet. I'm going to move it.”
Village Commission · May 19, 2026
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“Let's open a public hearing. Would anyone in the public like to speak?”
Village Commission · May 19, 2026
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“All right. We've got a motion and a second. We did a public hearing. We've got competent, substantial evidence. Let's vote.”
Village Commission · May 19, 2026
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Not quoted here: it may name a member of the public. Hear it at the meeting.
Village Commission · May 19, 2026
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“All five of us were present at the groundbreaking for this development. Yeah, I made remarks, were photographed through sand, through a shovel, shouted out the police department. Yes. It was great. So I don't know if there were substantive conversations about whether or not this use exception would be approved. I think it was generally assumed that we were going to approve this use exception.”
Village Commission · May 19, 2026