Remarks by Rachel Streitfeld
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“So I'm not concerned about risk and liability at all. And I think this is a service that people have been asking me for this for quite some time. It is it is I personally am not inclined to want to get on a bike anywhere in Miami-Dade County. I just like really value my life. But if other people want to do that, more power to them. And, you know, I think if the cost to pour a concrete slab is really and truly our our only cost, I mean, this this feels like a good thing to move forward on. I would like to see a docking station on Treasure Island. I think probably somewhere on East Treasure…”
“I sort of live in the world knowing that people file lawsuits. And we have sovereign immunity. We have sovereign immunity. I'm not worried about our liability.”
“Yeah, this would be something that people can see that they've been asking for. So it's a win.”
“Okay. 14H. Should we revisit it? Just kidding. 14I. Discussion and launch of the 2026. What about G?”
“Oh. Pergola. Yeah. Discussion on the design features of the Village Community Center Pergola. The village manager texted me to get my opinion on this in the middle of a workday, and I lost my mind and told him that this is a commission decision. So here we are.”
“We need to specify that the pergola needs to be planted, that there needs to be a vine, flowers, that's in there. Yeah, I think it should be open so that people get the views. I think we should close it off.”
“All right, we're on I now, right? I'll be fast. Okay. Discussion and launch of the 2026 Treasure Island Commissioner Internship Program sponsored by Commissioner Acosta. And I'll just, you know, I am bringing on an intern to support me over the summer. Yay! I don't know how formal it's going to be. Like they're not going to have village credentials, but I'm going to have a person helping me. That's wonderful. So it's great.”
“Okay. Unless you have questions about it, but you saw how it ran last year. Can you encourage them to launch a sort of volunteer program?”
“Yeah. I would love at the end of the summer for us to have a more formalized process for harnessing the energy of volunteers and, you know, having somewhere to direct all of those inquiries.”
“14J, discussion on upcoming community events.”
“100%. The Sustainability and Resilience Task Force has been tabling at village events. There's no reason why they should have an exclusive opportunity. So, yes, I fully support it. Thank you. Do I have a third vote?”
“He is probably entitled to be in the minority on this. He got three votes. No, I mean, look, he's entitled to how he feels.”
“I hear what you are saying and respect that.”
“I hear what you're saying and I respect that.”
“I think it's ironic because pride events are about inclusivity, but that's all I'm going to say about that. 14 K discussion and introduction of a youth board initiative sponsored by commissioner Doris Acosta.”
“Are we going to have something more formal before the end of the year?”
“Okay, great. Sounds good. 14J, early AM concrete pours, Vice Mayor. Oh, I forgot.”
“You're communicating to these buildings through their property managers and property managers are terribly unreliable.”
“Like we have communication channels and we are not using them.”
“We have a special alert system. We have Instagram. We have newsletters. We have ways to communicate with residents. And I think if we're going to be disrupting people with concrete floors early in the morning, we need to use the communication channels that we have.”
“The Village has a practice of authorizing early morning concrete pours. Here's why.”
“Yeah. We can do that. My general comment is that communication can be improved significantly. For sure.”
“We need to be leaning in on communications. It took a long time to fill that position. It's been filled. The person needs to be utilized aggressively.”
“Whoopsie-daisy. Yeah, I mean, I'm... So it just happens. Yeah, no, FDOT is the worst. We know that.”