Remarks by Rachel Streitfeld
749 remarks on the record, newest first · Page 6 of 30
- Play at 2:36:56
“So we just voted to increase the cost of TDRs from $150 to $250. We could now issue an RFP to sell TDRs at a discounted rate before that $250 goes into effect. And that would net, hopefully... you know, more TDR sales, we would, you know, and if we do it at the $200,000 rate, which is what staff was recommending, and then we go out with an RP at staff's recommendation, I think that might possibly address the concerns of our applicants here, and also might be a smart thing to do, to say we're going to raise the cost to $250,000, but we're going to basically have a I think we should try a fire…”
Village Commission · Jul 28, 2026
- Play at 2:38:08
“I'm interested to hear from you, actually.”
Village Commission · Jul 28, 2026
- Play at 2:38:45
“i'm uncomfortable with vesting i don't agree with you from a reliant standpoint at all um and and i'm very hesitant to imply that that there's any merit there because again the conversations that have been happening on this day is for the last five months if not not to mention the last six years since we approved nbb 100. i mean i would like to do something”
Village Commission · Jul 28, 2026
- Play at 2:39:32
“Right. Again, that's why I'm sort of, I know that I'm only one vote, but I'm just sort of dismissing out of hand the idea that we would vest a party tonight.”
Village Commission · Jul 28, 2026
- Play at 2:40:06
“So what do you think of this issuing in the RFP at the discounted rate of 200, which is what staff was recommending initially?”
Village Commission · Jul 28, 2026
- Play at 2:43:01
“So it's a horrible experience. One of the things that we eliminated from staff's recommendation was this sort of second tier of $25,000 per additional vertical I mean, that was in staff's recommendation, and we just wiped it off the table. We're not charging for that. I mean, that's a significant expense that you all could have contemplated that you're not going to be paying, right? And so to get from $150,000 to $240,000,”
Village Commission · Jul 28, 2026
- Play at 2:44:14
“We actually reduced our parking requirements on Harbor Island. So do you need the height to meet parking requirements or do you need the height to meet market requirements? requirements.”
Village Commission · Jul 28, 2026
- Play at 2:44:32
“No, you're probably right. You're probably right. We need to figure out what we're going to do about this unsolicited proposal. I mean, we have an unsolicited proposal But now there's an issue because we've changed our fees and we don't know if the proposer is going to move forward with their proposal.”
Village Commission · Jul 28, 2026
- Play at 2:45:02
“No, I don't think I want to do that. I think I want the commission. I appreciate where you guys are coming from, but I think hearing from you, the time has concluded. I think we need to discuss amongst ourselves what we want to do. Does somebody who voted for the last motion want to move to reconsider their vote?”
Village Commission · Jul 28, 2026
- Play at 2:45:48
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Village Commission · Jul 28, 2026
- Play at 2:46:28
“Unless we decide to issue an RFP. If we wanted to, we could vote tonight to issue an RFP for TDRs at a discounted rate of $150,000 per unit or $200,000 per unit. We could set the floor lower. in this RFP issuance than what we set it at per ordinance. And that would be, again, kind of like the splash sale idea.”
Village Commission · Jul 28, 2026
- Play at 2:47:22
“They could bid. Now that they've had the benefit of hearing our discussion on what the fees are going to be, if we issue an RFP for TDRs at this discounted rate, wouldn't they all be incentivized to come in and purchase them at the discounted rate?”
Village Commission · Jul 28, 2026
- Play at 2:47:45
“I wouldn't do that. I don't support doing that.”
Village Commission · Jul 28, 2026
- Play at 2:47:49
“I would say let's just put them all up for sale.”
Village Commission · Jul 28, 2026
- Play at 2:48:06
“Well, I appreciate that. But given the base density of this community and where we're located and so many, I mean, I don't want to really get into the merits of the fees since we already approved them. What I'm proposing is actually that we vote to issue an RFP to sell the remaining TDRs at the discounted rate of... I don't know, $150, $200. And for me, that solves a number of issues. It gets us a lot of the money that we need for Village Hall, and it does so quickly. It allows people who have been sort of exploring investing in North Bay Village for a while, who have met with our planning…”
Village Commission · Jul 28, 2026
- Play at 2:51:37
“I would love to have three votes for my proposal on this RFP. I'd like us to move on.”
Village Commission · Jul 28, 2026
- Play at 2:51:47
“The proposal is to issue an RFP to sell the remaining TDRs at a discounted rate of $200,000.”
Village Commission · Jul 28, 2026
- Play at 2:52:24
“I appreciate very much. I'm not trying to be rude, but we've given you guys, I think, a generous amount of time.”
Village Commission · Jul 28, 2026
- Play at 2:52:42
“Going from 250 to 200 on the units, and again, keeping the height increase where it is, but not charging for that second tier of height bonus reduces their costs. I mean, did I write down the math somewhere? What would that mean? If we were at $200,000? Yes.”
Village Commission · Jul 28, 2026
- Play at 2:53:10
“To the village. The TDR costs at $250,000 are $2.75 million. And the TDR costs at $200,000 is $2.2 million, which reduces their costs by half a million dollars.”
Village Commission · Jul 28, 2026
- Play at 2:53:29
“It's a significant amount. And I think compensating in that height is... to me, reduces significantly the blow in terms of what may or may not need to change on this project. I mean, it's a reduction in $500,000, essentially.”
Village Commission · Jul 28, 2026
- Play at 2:54:02
“So have the RFP open. How long will the RFP be open?”
Village Commission · Jul 28, 2026
- Play at 2:56:16
“Okay. So you're going to be a no? I'm a no. Okay. Well, let's try this. I'm going to move to open an RFP for 60 days to sell all remaining TDRs or what we have available at the cost of $200,000 for 60 days. I second it.”
Village Commission · Jul 28, 2026
- Play at 2:56:46
“There's a motion and a second. Does anyone have any final comments on this before we call the question? Okay.”
Village Commission · Jul 28, 2026
- Play at 2:57:31
“Yeah, well, you just heard that we have three other developers who are interested and who have been waiting for us to sort of make up our minds. And so I'm sorry. I'm just not going to agree to the vesting. Madam Clerk.”
Village Commission · Jul 28, 2026