Remarks by Tim Meerbott
143 remarks on the record, newest first · Page 4 of 6
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“We have a second by Councilwoman Lauer. Oh, if they ever say aye. Aye. I apologize for that. Okay. All right. That takes us to... Second. Okay. All right. It takes us to item 6A. All right. This is quite judicial. Mitch, do you need to read the statement?”
Town Council · Jun 17, 2026
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“All right. Anybody else? Councilwoman Lord?”
Town Council · Jun 17, 2026
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“All right. Nothing else. All right. Julian, anything else, sir?”
Town Council · Jun 17, 2026
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“And we're going to set the timer for 20 minutes, please.”
Town Council · Jun 17, 2026
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“Thank you very much for my mom and open up the floor now for public comments. They'd like to come forward, speak on this item. Please come forward now. If you're going to go ahead and get in line if you could.”
Town Council · Jun 17, 2026
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“Thank you. This is not a question and answer session. This is for public comments. The applicant or staff can maybe address some of those things after the public comments.”
Town Council · Jun 17, 2026
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“All the way to the front. There you go. Okay.”
Town Council · Jun 17, 2026
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“oh by the way my wife's a teacher in this in the school board as well so thank you thank you all right anybody else anybody in the queue no one of the queue okay public comments is now closed you know as far as with property values it's kind of hard to answer that question because there's so many different variables going into it but uh just as a general you know you have legacy park going in you have blue heron park being rich i think the property values in that area are going to be pretty good um So all of Cutler Bay has been doing very, very well, but that area is going to do really,…”
Town Council · Jun 17, 2026
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“And the trash, of course. We require everybody to keep their trash taken care of. Mitch, did you have a comment, sir?”
Town Council · Jun 17, 2026
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“And I don't know if you all remember a couple years ago when a similar project, I remember a little boy saying, I'd love to go and get ice cream. Because one of the things that we do need in Cutler Bay we've all been working on is more restaurants, more types of places like that. And I think one of the things that I like about this project is the cornerstones on each side is specifically for restaurant space. um which is great there's nothing better than having a good restaurant uh within the neighborhood there's so many you know you see ones like elaine's down the street struggles for for…”
Town Council · Jun 17, 2026
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“So, uh, So again, you know, that property's been sitting vacant for a long, long time. It's quite honestly, it's an eyesore because waste just kind of roped off and overgrown. I like the component of, you know, cleaning it up with the arsenic as a brownfield. When I first became mayor, I sat down with the base commander, Colonel Piferero, who's now General Piferero. and you said you know i know we're not uh right next to you but how can we support you and he said he goes i'm a colonel i can afford when i move i can afford first last in security he goes but my enlisted men can't and they can…”
Town Council · Jun 17, 2026
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“All right. Anything else, sir? All right. I'm looking for a motion. So moved. We have a motion by the Vice Mayor Callahan. Looking for a second.”
Town Council · Jun 17, 2026
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“We have a second by Councilman Lord. Call the roll. Call the roll call vote, please.”
Town Council · Jun 17, 2026
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“Yes. Motion passes. All right. Thank you. All right.”
Town Council · Jun 17, 2026
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“That concludes our meeting. This meeting is adjourned.”
Town Council · Jun 17, 2026
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Town Council · Apr 15, 2026
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“Mayor Mirabon? Present. We have a quorum. All right, if you could all please rise and join me for the Pledge of Allegiance. I pledge allegiance to the flag of the United States of America, and to the republic for which it stands, All right, welcome everybody. Mr. Clerk, if you could please read the directions for calling in.”
Town Council · Apr 15, 2026
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“All right, thank you very much. So I'm now opening the floor for public comments. Anybody wishing to speak, please come forward. There's nobody in the auditorium. Anybody in the queue?”
Town Council · Apr 15, 2026
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“All right, public comments is now closed. That takes us to our town council announcements. Board and committee reports have all submitted and many additions. As there are now, we'll move on. It takes us to the town manager's report.”
Town Council · Apr 15, 2026
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“That's another example of them making us look good. So thank you very much.”
Town Council · Apr 15, 2026
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“kind of gives a clear picture of what options we would have, especially I appreciate the work on looking for alternatives, because even the best case scenario from based on your timeline, we need to find alternatives now. So that's the most important part. So, but I'm going to open up to the council for questions and comments right now. I know a couple of you have done extensive work in looking at this. So if you have any questions or comments, we'd like to go. All right, Councilman Lord, you're recognized.”
Town Council · Apr 15, 2026
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“All right. Thank you, Councilman Ramirez. I think there seems to be some consensus. It's bad money going after it. a project which won't last very long. And really the focus, which we've already shifted to, is finding an alternative in between, which you've already found three or four alternatives as you continue to look for more. And hopefully we can solidify those and get those moving as quickly as possible. So I don't think we have any further action on that item right now.”
Town Council · Apr 15, 2026
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“All right. Councilman, I mean, Vice Mayor Callahan.”
Town Council · Apr 15, 2026
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“Thank you very much. That takes us to the town attorney report. Mitch, sir.”
Town Council · Apr 15, 2026
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“Town clerk's report? The report this evening. All right. Thank you very much. That takes us to the consent agenda. The additions are cool. So if not, looking for a motion for approval. No move. We have a motion by Vice Mayor Calley. I second. Second by Councilman Lord. All in favor say aye. Aye. And it is approved. It exists to require judicial hearing. Yes, sir.”
Town Council · Apr 15, 2026