Remarks by Vince C. Lago
518 remarks on the record, newest first · Page 19 of 21
“Again, I would hope that members of the commission, all members of the commission, or here or the community would be ecstatic about this, would not be finding ways to take shots at it. That just goes to prove my point, that it's not about the legislation or actually stopping the constant attacks. It's about, you know what?”
“Let's continue it so that we can continue to proliferate the lies and all the accusations that are ridiculous in nature about the youth center and about the golf courses. So we have a motion and a second, Mr. Clerk. Let's put this on for the voters.”
“I never said the fourth, fifth vote. The motion was clarified by the vice mayor. Let's stop wasting time. Let's vote already.”
“Again, remember, to my colleagues, remember, please, for those of you that oppose the IG, for those that oppose sending the raises to the residents, for those of you that oppose November, to my left and to my right, Again, join in on this. Stop trying to nip at the heels of things. Join in and let's do something good together. I have the votes anyways because this is common sense legislation. Again, don't be on the record opposing this. All right, so I think we're clear now, right? Supermajority, 60 plus 1, the Vice Mayor has accepted the amendment. Okay?”
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“It's prohibited. Add it to it. I want to prohibit it.”
“So let me ask you a question because I asked both of you in a conversation about this. What's the point of finding an end around of having this piece of legislation go to the voters and then finding an end around on land use?”
“I'll clarify for you. Let's use the Blue Road open space, for example, right next to my house. So this legislation has been enacted for years. We want to sell that property. park, designated park. We want to sell it. So I would put it on the agenda to do a land use change on that property, change the land use in two readings, and then it wouldn't have to go to the voters for approval, correct?”
“Reconsidered in both ways right change the zoning of a park of an existing park you change the zoning And you sell it you're not gonna have to face the 60 plus one voters correct as written That's that's what it says so I asked you what I wanted something ironclad That's what I'm taking into the voters very simple I Want on the next agenda? Obviously the problem is that we have a deadline”
“No, but I want it, I want it, but we can do it. We can do it. We'll call a special meeting.”
“I'll call a special meeting, which I know that hopefully my colleagues will support. If you want to protect green space, it will take, it will be 15 minutes.”
“rezoning Reuse I'm just want to get some clear direction the use again My intention is to make sure that there can never be a discussion ever again about a park a Golf course or the youth center being used for anything else than what it's intended for Understood, which is a park the youth center or a golf course Very simple”
“I accept anything that, again, makes it even harder. Yes, Commissioner.”
“Again, I left a safety valve when we talked about our reserves, which was at the manager's discretion for emergencies, right? You have an emergency, you can't wait for the next election. I want to make this ironclad. But I want to make this election.”
“And I want to make it clear I want to take the commissioner commissioner. Or 5th supermajority potentially if we can add it into the mix of all fit favor that and also the vice mayor's comments about. Before this but in the next week if we need to come up with second question or question. to make it ironclad, I have no issues with that. I will call a special meeting, it will take 15 minutes, and we can pass it. But I, is that fine? It's fine. So something, we should be able to get it done, and I think it's something simple.”
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“Plus the drainage. So my point is that... I don't know how to make this any more ironclad. I leave it up to the attorneys. I'm more than willing to work with the manager, work with my colleagues. And if we need another meeting, we'll have another meeting to do it. Commissioner Fernandez, you have something to say?”
“We don't have enough time to formally notice it.”
“But out of respect, I don't have a problem doing that. But out of respect to your staff, do you have enough time?”
“Again, my intent when I brought this up, My intent when I brought this up is I don't want any transfers, leases, 99-year leases, sales. I don't want any of that. Zero. Zero. When it comes to parks, youth center, and golf courses. I don't want any sales. Zero. Leases. Zero. Any trading, you know how you trade baseball cards? No trading of baseball cards. No like, you know.”
“Leases is different. They're not leasing the whole facility.”
“But we don't lease a facility as a whole for X amount of time. The youth center has different leases. For example, we have a lease with a gymnastics organization.”
“But it doesn't have green space. How about green space?”
“Again, but the Adult Activity Center is part of a building that has a 99-year lease with, that we own the land. So it gets a little more complicated. That's why I said green spaces. That's why I wanted to make sure it was pinning green spaces, which is a youth center. Okay?”
“Any property that has green space, I don't want to lose it. Understood. Any property, just think about it. It's simple. Anything that has green space.”