Remarks by Richard "Buzzy" Sklar
119 remarks on the record, newest first · Page 2 of 5
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“Request for additions, withdrawals, and deferrals. Yes, Mr. Mayor. I'd like to move C7A off the consent agenda and move it to the end of the meeting, please. Okay. So it will be heard. I will be leaving for that.”
Village Council · Jun 16, 2026
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“We're going to make a terrible basketball team, aren't we?”
Village Council · Jun 16, 2026
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“One, two, three. Chief, does that complete your presentation?”
Village Council · Jun 16, 2026
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“I just want to make sure that I'm understanding. I know, I know it's a lot. That was pretty verbose. You're saying that group all buildings, because it's not just east side, it'd be west side also. Okay. I mean, if you're going to put the east side, it would be the west side buildings also. So if 30 percent, if you're changing less than 30. No, no, no. I'm not. No, no. Because that's what this is.”
Village Council · Jun 16, 2026
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“Yeah, like at 102.75 right now, we're doing our pool deck. Our pool deck is less than 30% of our total building square footage. No, but so is a lot of other stuff. Right.”
Village Council · Jun 16, 2026
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“But that would be more than 30%. I don't think it would be. If you're changing the facade of your building. Maybe we should bring up Alley. It would be, 100%.”
Village Council · Jun 16, 2026
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“No, I was saying is it going to fall under the same 30% rule that we already have in the ordinance as it's written right now? And he said no, it would be different. Okay, so fine. So then Susan, go ahead.”
Village Council · Jun 16, 2026
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“No, no, because right now the way it reads, if I'm correct, if you're doing less than 30%, work on the total square footage of your home, it does not have to go to ARB.”
Village Council · Jun 16, 2026
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“Right, because ARB is basically just giving a visual perspective, basically from a design perspective. If someone's putting a hot tub, for instance, and there still needs to be structural underneath, that's still overridden by our building department. So, I mean, I think ARB... You're correct, it's appearance and not structural. Right, because ARB overreaches a lot in a lot of these situations where... They don't like the color of the wood. And now someone has to redo their house and redo their plans and pay for a new set of plans based on something that truly is an opinion. There's zero fact…”
Village Council · Jun 16, 2026
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“Here's where my overall problem is. If we're looking to outside architects for aesthetics, how do we know that these people have the taste level that we want here in Bell Harbor? I would rather see residents be more involved than necessarily architect. I mean, honestly, I'd rather have Patricia. I think she has a better taste level than probably any architect sitting on there. You know, so for me, just because you have an architectural degree.”
Village Council · Jun 16, 2026
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“Well, honestly, I've never voted once on someone. They're always just giving names and they band up on the board. So I'm going to respectfully disagree with that. I think if we're talking taste level, just because you're an architect doesn't mean you have a great taste level. I agree. We've seen some really bad architecture out there. And, you know, I would really like to know, not tonight, but I think it's something, whether it's at the retreat or moving forward, I think it's something we really need to analyze in a very big way of who we would want to see if we are going to continue with an…”
Village Council · Jun 16, 2026
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“I think we have half the buildings. on the east side under construction right now, in some way, shape, or form. Right, but they've already been past this. Whether it's a 40-year cert or a 60-year cert. Right, but they're already past this process. Right, but ARB has also gotten us in a little bit of trouble. Remember the whole RIVAGE problem with ARB? There's a lot to talk about. That's what I'm saying. There's a lot more than just this. Any public comment?”
Village Council · Jun 16, 2026
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“Honestly, Seth, thank you for bringing it up. In all honesty, I think it's something that we really have to dig into. And if you didn't bring it up, we would never be going down that road. So I appreciate that. You don't want to help this building any? There's a lot of buildings. If we can't help everybody at the same time, I'd rather it be done the right way. Okay.”
Village Council · Jun 16, 2026
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“Okay, thank you. We do have a milestone agreement in place.”
Village Council · Jun 16, 2026
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“So this is a 5% increase. So basically we gave them the entire increase and couldn't negotiate it down at all?”
Village Council · Jun 16, 2026
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“I definitely think there's a review of ARB in totality. Okay. So, and not only of what ARB's rules and regs are, I think Patricia brought up a very good point of the people that are actually sitting on the ARB, I think is very important. Making sure that it's a more widespread You know, whether it's a landscape architect and a couple of people from the community and, you know, I think it has to do with taste level.”
Village Council · Jun 16, 2026
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“Is this something? Retreat's a couple months away.”
Village Council · Jun 16, 2026
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“No, no, we do mini retreat. Oh, the mini retreat.”
Village Council · Jun 16, 2026
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“But again, I think that's a perfect, I think it's a perfect time to discuss it. Okay.”
Village Council · Jun 16, 2026
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“So by code, it says architect. Yes. So we could revise that code.”
Village Council · Jun 16, 2026
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“Are you okay with that, David? Mr. Mayor, I think it works well because then we could always, if we wanted to change the code, we have September and October meetings to do that prior to November change.”
Village Council · Jun 16, 2026
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“How many people are part of the opening staff?”
Village Council · Jun 16, 2026
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“So if we're adding three hours times 300-something days a year, that's going to cost us $50,000 more?”
Village Council · Jun 16, 2026
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“Miami Beach has in Flamingo Park its own gym. So they don't have to open an entire facility just to open their gym. No, it's indoors. It's sort of separate from the rest of the facility. So they could just have one person just open.”
Village Council · Jun 16, 2026
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“What are we paying the hourlies that would be opening?”
Village Council · Jun 16, 2026