Remarks by Rachel Streitfeld
749 remarks on the record, newest first · Page 19 of 30
“So hang on a second. Let me answer the question. SB 180 preempts us. It restricts us. We cannot improve anything. So I am opposed to SB 180. We want that preemption lifted. We want to be able to regulate land development and amend our comprehensive plan. We cannot do anything to improve our flood risk while this bill is in effect. Even though the state wants us to improve our flood risk, we cannot make the amendments to our code that would improve our flood resilience even if it changes the rm40 area rm40 is a different issue and i'm about to get to the second part of my comments in terms of…”
“The KLA. And the Treasure Island Care Center.”
“Yeah, but that's it. I mean, that one acre is bookended by a thriving condominium association. 1555 is locked in. They're good. They're in the black. They've been maintaining their building. They're stabilized. They've got it. updated i mean they're good kla is kla i don't know what to do about the treasure island care center i mean that's just a mess of a parcel and then when you come down and you're around galleon street along south treasure drive these are again stabilized older condo associations that we should be helping those people stay in their homes it's architecture that we don't…”
“for instance not really no yeah absolutely commissioner i just just i don't want actions by this commission to further destabilize an area of the city that is is already sort of reeling from developer interest in their in their corner of the island um i will accept your sb 180 uh”
“this area right here it's a broken chain link fence it should be removed and just used as with a buffer of the sidewalk and plantings in between that so i don't know if you have questions from that so this is really great thank you for working on this thank you for bringing it the point about um people walking behind park cars to get to a park is a really big problem i want to go ahead and move to approve the manager's amendment with the Treasure Island Care Center so that we can keep this moving, amend our agreement, lock in the use of the parking lot. So that's going to be my first motion…”
“Does anyone have any thoughts or objections or questions on my two motions? I will second both. second to the first motion both both yes okay okay well let's take the first one does anyone have any objections to approving the village manager's recommended amendment amendment Okay, Madam Clerk, call the roll on that.”
“And on the second motion to direct staff to explore Commissioner Acosta's options and to come back to us relatively quickly in terms of what's feasible. And I'm not going to ask you on the day who's going to pay for this, but it's really exciting that you've Explored the option of funding, so I, the motion is to explore this and in some way, shape or form, move it forward. Seconded by commissioner Costa, any discussion please call the roll.”
“14 ages discussion and appointment to the sustainability and resilience task force. So we got three applications to the SRTF. Neil Krasner has resigned, by the way. Look, guys, obviously we have elections in November, and we're going to be appointing new board members across the board. But for now, we have a vacancy on SRTF. Three applicants, Jessica, Sylvia, and Michelle. I will just say that Jessica is a new name and I see that she's already been really active in organizing cleanups around Treasure Island. And so I'm going to nominate Jessica Alessio to the Sustainability and Resilience…”
“June is complicated and I am really sorry.”
“Yeah. I'm really sorry about about your conflict book. I don't know. Yeah, we can't move the June meeting. Unless we can.”
“What if we did the commission meeting in June on Monday, June 29th?”
“Yeah, look, the budget workshop... I feel really... you know, badly about the budget workshop. Let's deal with the commission meeting first. Can you guys do the 29th, Monday the 29th? I can, definitely. Andy? I'll be back. Thank you.”
“We're going to do the June meeting on Monday the 29th.”
“The budget workshop. I had planned to be here for the budget workshop on Thursday, June 25. And then I tried to book flights to be in the Hudson Valley for my nephew's graduation from high school and I couldn't get a flight on Friday so I'm leaving on Thursday. I'm going to be in New York with my family. I would prefer not to be running a budget workshop from Zoom in New York. Will I do it if I have to? Yes, I will. But we also don't have to do the budget workshop that day. So this is our first budget workshop, right?”
“I don't think school board or county meetings are an issue for us and I appreciate, Commissioner, that there is a consistency and a reliability and I wouldn't I obviously wouldn't ask to change a commission meeting unless it was to accommodate something that was really important. Like I said, I will run the budget workshop. I will either run the budget workshop from Zoom or decide that my time with my family in that particular moment is more important and the vice mayor can run the budget workshop. And I will put in my budget request with the village manager separately. I mean, that's just…”
“We don't have to do the budget workshop until July. We don't have to do it that week. We also have a new finance director starting. Maybe giving that person an extra week might be helpful.”
“A budget workshop could be during the day if we wanted it to be, yes.”
“How do you feel about this? Because you're going to, if I'm, if I bow out on the 25th, you're doing it.”
“The whole thing could be on Zoom. I can do it. Let's keep the budget workshop on the 25th.”
“The budget workshop is scheduled for the 25th.”
“Good evening, neighbors and friends. Mayor Rachel Streifeld calling to order the April 2026 meeting of the North Bay Village Commission. Madam Clerk, will you please call the roll?”
“I am here as well. Let's all stand for the Pledge of Allegiance. Okay, before we move on to the order of business, I need to take a point of privilege and ask you all to join me in a moment of silence. We need to begin by paying our respects to our colleague and my friend, Nancy Matea, the late vice mayor of Coral Springs. I don't recall exactly when I met Nancy, but I do know that I loved her instantly. She was full of joy. She had this energy that made you feel comfortable and powerful at the same time. Like when she was smiling at you, she was encouraging you to be absolutely great. She…”
“So 11A, you want to talk about at the top sort of in conjunction with 14 or after.”
“Wait, hang on one second. You said you want to pull 11E from consent as well?”
“Vice Mayor, you want to add a discussion item?”