Remarks by Steven D. Losner
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“the wraps wrap type for for windows where perhaps the bad guys inside can see out but officers can't see in just as we don't permit dark window glazing um you know that that higher percentage could put some of our officers at risk is there any anything further you'd like to add chief knapp uh no sir i i uh it's actually something i've never really considered um”
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“And I appreciate your use of the word tasteful, and I agree with that, but we don't get to legislate what's tasteful or not. Kind of like art's, you know, beauty's in the eye of the beholder, right? And I know some pretty bad examples were circulated over the last few weeks from... from other folks, Council Fletcher.”
“Absolutely. So to my right, Councilwoman.”
“But without enacting this, you must give them a shorter window of compliance. In effect, the adoption of this ordinance creates a one-year moratorium.”
“But what's the difference? We need to put people on notice that they're not in compliance. I'll say it before and I've said it again, desirable affluent communities don't allow the stuff that we have been ignoring for two or three decades and we need to decide if we're gonna be the future homestead or we're gonna be Hialeah and Florida City, you choose. That's not cultural revolution, that's just basic community aesthetics.”
“You know what? Signs aren't on buildings. Signs are right here in your iPhone. End of story. And look, a lot of things these people are calling signs are window decor, and we have to treat it as a sign. I think it's trashy. Drive up and down Chrome Avenue. from 15th street all the way south down to the southern city limits go out to to audubon plaza and you tell me if you think that's an acceptable look for the community i think we need to adopt this so that we can continue to let violators know that there is an issue and that there is a year to comply, which I happen to believe is a fair…”
“I think she had a qualification for her second.”
“One of them where we have the mannequins talking to each other.”
“All right, so we have a motion and a second with the implicit request, I think, from all of us to let's have some further off-the-dias discussion in a less formal setting. So does that conclude comments? All right, so let's have a roll call vote.”
“Move it. Moved by Councilman Fletcher. Second by Councilman Canabal. Let's have a roll call vote.”
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“Thank you. Any objection to waiving the staff report? Moved by Vice Mayor Bailey. Second. Seconded by Councilman Canabal. Anything further from Council? None appearing. Let's have a roll call vote on tab six.”
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“Thank you. Councilwoman, this is your item.”
“Thank you. I'm going to let Vice Mayor interject very quickly, and then we'll go to you. No, no, no.”
“Anyone else? Oh, I'm looking out in the audience first. Anyone else? Okay, Council Fletcher.”
“the the groups that you serve is essential in my opinion so i appreciate the support on this item thank you okay thank you so i come to this tonight very reluctantly because i'll be very candid with you when this was brought by one of our former colleagues i viewed it as a political stunt and the fact that it kind of, and that's why I asked for a sunset to be put on it, because who's gonna be perceived as the one who votes against God, right Clemente? Yeah. No, it is. This is as well. I view this as a campaign stunt, but I wanna be real clear It's, I understand that the, other than the way…”
“Well, but we just need to be clear that as a recommendory committee, There is no authority in this document to initiate any event or spend any money without council approval for the specific official event of the IAB. I want you all to be clear on that. Again, as I said a few minutes ago, kind of went far afield last time and I think we need to stay within those rails. And what happened today in Tallahassee changes everything. There is the great unknown out there as to what we will be able to continue to do to even provide some basic services as a city. There's just, it's chaos and real…”
“Okay, is there any other public comment? Is there anyone online, as long as we've opened the gate? Okay, so we'll close the public hearing and we'll have a roll call vote on this item.”
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“This has to do solely with the greenfield portion of the project. This has nothing to do with the arena, it has nothing to do with the academic village, or some ambiguous other project that may or may not ever come to bear. Now, you ask about the negotiation. I was there in the room most, if not all, of the time, as was our team of attorneys and the city manager and their ABLE team of attorneys, and it's something that was just overlooked on both sides. But again, to Councilman Fletcher's point, if we were doing it ourselves, we wouldn't pay permit fees. They, you know, and now they're coming…”
“i'll rest there, and I will support this item for you tonight, or they could go away and we'll have to find 120 million dollars to do the greens fields is that what you suggest, are you suggesting they're not committed to complete the project. If they don't not not not at all not not not in the the least. but supporting Councilman Fletcher, because he brought it, implicitly says you don't support the project.”