Remarks by Rhonda Anderson
124 remarks on the record, newest first · Page 2 of 5
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City Commission · Aug 25, 2026
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“So I didn't bring the large tree board because it was a small tree thing for in the sidewalks because that's what the majority of residents there wanted, the small trees on the sidewalk. We can move forward with larger trees in the future when and if they're ready for that.”
City Commission · Aug 25, 2026
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City Commission · Aug 25, 2026
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“So, I'm going to tag in on that. FDOT is putting a sidewalk south side of Bird Road, and Deputy City Manager has also worked with county and FDOT to put a bench where the bus bench is. So, perhaps we could get an update on all these items on Bird Road, if you could, for the next commission meeting to see what the timeline is. Because we're supposed to have an eight-foot sidewalk. There's supposed to be a crosswalk over to use the bridge, and then People wanting to get to the high school can carefully then cross back and get to the high school. A lot of improvements, but it would be nice since…”
City Commission · Aug 25, 2026
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“That's a quick presentation. It's a draft. Mr. Clerk, if you could have that brought up. There should be an image there. And while you're looking for the image, I'm going to describe what it is. I've been the liaison for the Green Corridor for the past several years. And one of my asks for the board was to establish a septic to sewer co-op just like we had a solar co-op because it saves tremendous amount of money when you don't have to pay staging costs plus you get a competitive rate and i did this for solar and i did get an extremely competitive rate that was you know comparatively much…”
City Commission · Aug 25, 2026
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“I just wanted to give you that update. I'm working with Martha Pantene to go through this presentation and improve it.”
City Commission · Aug 25, 2026
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“Mayor, I think it's going to be beneficial for our downtown. I know some Porsche enthusiasts, maybe they'll come down and visit me. So it'll be fun.”
City Commission · Aug 25, 2026
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“Just a couple quick things. We, this Thursday, have the Junior Orange Bowl kickoff at 4 o'clock at Five Iron Golf in the plaza. If you haven't been by Five Iron Golf, it's a good opportunity to go see what they have to offer. This Saturday, early in the morning, I think it starts at 9, we have the Pollinator Palooza. Bring out your little ones, let them get dirty. having fun putting some plants in the ground, and it's an adorable time to take pictures. And this is a little bit in advance, but we have a wine and fries event for some of you wine connoisseurs. It's the Red Shoe Society that…”
City Commission · Aug 25, 2026
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“My head hit the pillow and I was out. I eat leftovers.”
City Commission · Jul 8, 2026
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“Mayor, I'm going to add another piece to that because this was part of the presentation that was done, what was it, two years ago now?”
City Commission · Jul 8, 2026
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“In addition to the tail that you have as far as long-term expenses for moving part-time employees to full-time employees, you also lose out on the capital improvements. one-time expenditures that we could have done that would have paved more roads or fixed more potholes or fixed more drainage issues that we could have fixed with one-time expenditures move forward more historic preservation things of those nature because the more you increase your general budget with employees the less you're going to have to put into one-time expenditures of that nature so that is why i was you know preaching…”
City Commission · Jul 8, 2026
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“there the same value would pay two thousand nine hundred dollars just under three thousand dollars for a difference of two thousand seven hundred and eight dollars less than the city of coral gables to the mayor um question of these other cities that you're doing a comparative do any of them um i'm going to use the word subsidize although it's probably not correct the garbage fee or is it billed separately total”
City Commission · Jul 8, 2026
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“But if you were going to actually compare apples to apples, you would have to have an effective millage rate based upon the amount of subsidy that we do provide for residential properties here. Right, so 5.5590 is not actually what they're charged based upon the amount of subsidy.”
City Commission · Jul 8, 2026
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“Yes, I think it's important because sometimes residents don't understand that some of the fees that are charged by other cities explain why their millage rate is lower.”
City Commission · Jul 8, 2026
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“Of course, there's going to be a lot of diversity of opinion. There's going to be a lot of diversity of opinion on all these issues. So the membership on this particular committee might need to be a lot broader than just, you know, you might want to take your current folks that are serving on the budget board and have additional folks appointed or from each discipline. so that it can have a robust discussion on, yeah, where do we make these cuts?”
City Commission · Jul 8, 2026
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“One of the purposes of the reduction in the garbage fee was to help those out who needed help the most. It was a way of giving a reduction in taxes that didn't help the wealthy the most, but helped those who were struggling the most. So one of the things I'd like the committee to look at and I'd like our staff to look at is, is there a way to gear the garbage fee to where there's an application process or we mirror what the county's doing to give a reduction to those who need it the most, those who are struggling, those who are under a certain income level, whether it's $50,000 or another…”
City Commission · Jul 8, 2026
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“Great, thank you. Through the Mayor. Madam Vice Mayor. My trip's this year and I made, I think, three? Chelsea would remember better than I would how many troops we made in Tallahassee. What I heard from our elected leaders in Tallahassee is they were very pleased with the city of Coral Gables. They were not upset by our millage rate. What they were upset at were other cities that raised their millage rate, other cities that were doing things like had happened in our city in the past where there's raises for elected officials where there's, you know, our allowances and other expenditures that…”
City Commission · Jul 8, 2026
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“So if we're going to recount what happened during that COLA meeting accurately. Commissioner Castro was pushing for an 8% COLA. How much was that stripped from our budget?”
City Commission · Jul 8, 2026
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City Commission · Jul 8, 2026
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“Vice Mayor Anderson? Yes. Commissioner Castro?”
City Commission · Jul 8, 2026
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“As we can continue this transition in our commission meetings, we are honored to recognize individuals whose service to our nation and community reflects the very best leadership, patriotism, and civic responsibility. This morning, we are proud to welcome Judge Thomas W. Snook, a distinguished veteran attorney and jurist, and a longtime civic leader in Coral Gables. Judge Snook graduated from the United States Coast Guard Academy in 1967. and began his military career as an icebreaker at USCGC, Estido out of Boston, participating in two Arctic missions to break ice and resupply fuel air force…”
City Commission · Jul 7, 2026
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“Judge, you're not done yet. In addition, we have a token of thanks for your participation in today's Pledge of Allegiance. I want to thank you for the friendship that you've given to everyone in this community and leadership for the next leaders to be on this commission. So if you mind, I'll come meet you. I can come to you. We know you're very athletic, so. Let's take a photo. Judge Payne.”
City Commission · Jul 7, 2026
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“Well, I do have the proclamation, but I do want to commend each one of you. you know, our economic development department, Belkis Perez, as well as the chamber, because we're blessed in our city that we have a chamber that works with our city and a city that works with the chamber. That doesn't always happen, where you have put the businesses on a pedestal, basically, and understand that this is critically important for the economic health of our city all the way around. And attracting great businesses like this Our economic development department's done a great job. Our mayor's done a…”
City Commission · Jul 7, 2026
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“Well, I want to be involved too, because the type of litigation I've done under the ADA, it's very, very clear that federal law offers a preemption as well. So I'd like to explore that with the City Attorney's Office.”
City Commission · Jul 7, 2026
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“The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency, known as DARPA, did its own analysis, and we obtained this internal memo that concludes there is, quote, no doubt that anomalous excess heat is produced in these experiments.”
City Commission · Jul 7, 2026