Remarks by Ryan Shaw
100 remarks on the record, newest first · Page 3 of 4
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“Mayor Mrakas, All right, public comment closed. Mayor Mrakas, i'd like to just make a statement since. I mean, correct me if I'm wrong. I mean, we've been up here, we've made most, this isn't related to the project just in general, but the number of units is the number of units. We're not really adding any number of units really to the island. I mean, all these sites could have been developed with the same number of units. We're basically just approving design and height, whether you like design and height or not, but the number of units is the number of units that could have been built…”
Planning & Zoning Board · Mar 31, 2026
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“remember to leave this yes vice chair gonzalez chair shaw yes unanimous as always we appreciate your time thank you so much thank you thank you thank you good job thank you very well done thank you appreciate it any anything else any other business items that we need to discuss i think that's it all right meeting adjourned thank you um mayor can i ask a question”
Planning & Zoning Board · Mar 31, 2026
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“Let me record how the restaurant is. I'm going to call this meeting to order at 6 o'clock. If you could please rise and join me in the Pledge of Allegiance. I pledge allegiance to the flag of the United States of America. We need to approve the minutes from our last meeting.”
Planning & Zoning Board · Dec 3, 2025
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“Present. Okay. Roll call approval of minutes. Public comments? No? Okay. So we have two items.”
Planning & Zoning Board · Dec 3, 2025
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“Just out of curiosity, who came up with this?”
Planning & Zoning Board · Dec 3, 2025
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“Why? Somebody lobbied them and said that we need this?”
Planning & Zoning Board · Dec 3, 2025
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“And were cities pushing back against this before?”
Planning & Zoning Board · Dec 3, 2025
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“Let me ask you a question. This has to be, this has to be, it's going to be a facility.”
Planning & Zoning Board · Dec 3, 2025
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“a certified recovery residence yes or but they have to find an actual property they can't just plug you into like the apartment moda they can't just pick two units there and just say hey we're gonna rent two units and put people in there i mean potentially they probably condo or a condo building they would have to literally that's an interesting question because like a residential home literally that is like a property that's one property that's a parcel or they buy a piece of land and build 20 units so let's say a 20 unit building”
Planning & Zoning Board · Dec 3, 2025
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“So going to, to George's point, can you take it out of the residential single family zoning and only allow it in like high density or commercial zone?”
Planning & Zoning Board · Dec 3, 2025
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“that's why if we're formulating a process why can't we say the process has to be that hey you can come in here and ask but it has to be in a commercial or high density zone and take the entire property well that would limit them from to really a north bay village to find anything if you took it out of the residential realm i think that's what the state of florida is trying to avoid what recommendations do you have”
Planning & Zoning Board · Dec 3, 2025
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“How about we find out who sponsored it and not vote for him?”
Planning & Zoning Board · Dec 3, 2025
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“So what's Coral Gables doing or like Sarasota or?”
Planning & Zoning Board · Dec 3, 2025
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“And Miami Beach already has one, I assume? Yeah.”
Planning & Zoning Board · Dec 3, 2025
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“A little bit of this is that it's a corporation that's coming in to figure it out, but they have to be licensed by the state. The state's basically telling you you have to accept it. So, to some degree.”
Planning & Zoning Board · Dec 3, 2025
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“I mean, if you really think of this high level”
Planning & Zoning Board · Dec 3, 2025
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“Can we limit to high end? They have to be a celebrity like Kim Kardashian?”
Planning & Zoning Board · Dec 3, 2025
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“You have to pay for the sewer upgrade. Put one over in Harbor Island, for sure.”
Planning & Zoning Board · Dec 3, 2025
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“And then the commission is probably going to have something with people, public comments.”
Planning & Zoning Board · Dec 3, 2025
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“I love it. So I believe they got the points.”
Planning & Zoning Board · Dec 3, 2025
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“And they can be added to Paul's if Paul's okay with his recommendation.”
Planning & Zoning Board · Dec 3, 2025
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“So we can add those to Paul's recommendation?”
Planning & Zoning Board · Dec 3, 2025
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“Motion carries. Thank you. 6B. 6B. All right. This looks much more fun than that.”
Planning & Zoning Board · Dec 3, 2025
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“that was actually ultimately rejected by the commission okay and they said they said explore this that's what they said make it more of a bonus structure so this is going to be for rm70 and the t zone no only the t6 only t6 yeah arm 70 has what it has we're not changing okay right so this is to increase it in another 30 feet or three floors whichever is lower correct or whatever is less we want to say it and then these gentlemen are going to tell us about what what it should cost”
Planning & Zoning Board · Dec 3, 2025
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“Can I add a little perspective to this? I might be wrong on what my thought process is, but... sunbeams in a sap yep and their height is at like 550 right yep so and and continuum was just approved for their second phase at what like 450 i think it was yeah i think i think both are a little higher right so you're talking let's just say 500 and 550 we're talking about the in-betweens and maybe on the south end of the causeway to go up 30 feet which isn't even going to touch those other two projects that's right”
Planning & Zoning Board · Dec 3, 2025