Remarks by Walter Fajet
128 remarks on the record, newest first · Page 3 of 6
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“Okay. Please stand for the invocation by Councilman Fabian Perez-Crespo.”
City Council · Aug 10, 2026
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“Thank you, and please join me in the Pledge of Allegiance. Thank you you may be seated Okay, so we move on to agenda in order of business are there any items from the consent agenda that anybody would like to pull I And are there any items that you would like to move?”
City Council · Aug 10, 2026
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“Okay, I'd like to entertain a motion to approve the agenda as written here.”
City Council · Aug 10, 2026
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“Do I have a second? Okay, we can do that with a voice vote. All in favor of approving the agenda as stated here, say aye. Aye. All against, say no. Okay, the agenda is approved. So we move on to 5A, awards and presentations. We have employee service awards for Bill Collins and Lazaro Rodriguez. Is Laz here? Laz was here a second ago. Okay. Well, Bill, come on up.”
City Council · Aug 10, 2026
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“Thank you. Bill, stay up here. Let's take a picture. Thank you very much.”
City Council · Aug 10, 2026
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“CAN WE JUMP BACK IN TO FINISH LAZ AFTER OPEN FORUM?”
City Council · Aug 10, 2026
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“OKAY. SO WE'LL MOVE ON AND WE'LL JUMP IN AND DO LAZ'S AWARD OF SERVICE. OKAY. SO WE MOVE ON TEMPORARILY TO 6, OPEN FORUM. PERSONS WISHING TO SPEAK ON MATTERS OF GENERAL CITY BUSINESS ARE INVITED TO COME UP. REMEMBER, IT'S ONE-WAY COMMUNICATION. WE DO NOT RESPOND. IT'S JUST AN OPPORTUNITY FOR YOU TO ADDRESS THE COUNCIL AND STAFF. you can always come and address us outside of the council chambers and we'll happy particularly uh the city manager's office please remember that you have three minutes to speak and once again that we will not be responding so come on up when i call your name mr…”
City Council · Aug 10, 2026
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“LOVE YOU GUYS. THANK YOU, BRAD. MR. AGUILAR, YOU'RE SIGNED UP TO SPEAK FOR 5B, BUT WE DIDN'T PULL IT OUT OF THE CONSENT AGENDA. WE'RE JUST GOING TO DO YOU WANT TO SPEAK TO 5B BEFORE WE BRING IT UP AND VOTE ON IT? YOU WANT TO DO IT NOW DURING OPEN? COME ON UP. ALEX AGUILAR, STATE YOUR NAME AND ADDRESS FOR THE RECORD.”
City Council · Aug 10, 2026
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“Actually, you did have a, and I'm sorry, Alex, because you got a number of things here. You're down for 10, it looks like D, C, and F, so C, D, and F, and E.”
City Council · Aug 10, 2026
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“It's like, gee, those are all the ones that are on the consent agenda, right?”
City Council · Aug 10, 2026
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“So 5B actually, five is awards and presentation. What you were referring to, the FDAT, is actually 12B, so.”
City Council · Aug 10, 2026
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“Okay, all right, do you want to speak to those consent agenda?”
City Council · Aug 10, 2026
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“Thank you Okay Laz is back. All right. Well, I'm gonna go ahead and close open forum. Thank you for those who shared and I will bring up chief Sandoval come on up and Police Officer Lazaro Rodriguez for 10 years of service.”
City Council · Aug 10, 2026
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“Thank you. Say a few words about Laz. Yes. He has to. Just a few. He has to say a few words about you. He has to.”
City Council · Aug 10, 2026
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“Okay, so that closes out awards and presentations. Yes? No, no, no, say it.”
City Council · Aug 10, 2026
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“Don't start crying, though. Don't start crying. Crying? No.”
City Council · Aug 10, 2026
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“All right, so we move on to seven, which is approval of the council minutes. I'd like to entertain a motion to approve the regular council minutes for June 22nd and the special council meeting minutes for July 23rd. SO MOVED. WE HAVE A MOTION. DO WE HAVE A SECOND? SECOND.”
City Council · Aug 10, 2026
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“OKAY. WE HAVE NO REPORTS FROM BOARDS AND COMMISSIONS, NO PUBLIC HEARINGS. WE HAVE THE CONSENT AGENDA. IT WAS APPROVED IN THE ORDER OF BUSINESS. I WOULD LIKE TO ENTERTAIN A MOTION TO APPROVE THE CONSENT AGENDA.”
City Council · Aug 10, 2026
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“Okay, we have a motion. I think, Joseph, you want a second? So we have a first and a second. Go ahead and call the vote.”
City Council · Aug 10, 2026
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“WE MOVE ON TO 11. WE HAVE NO PREVIOUS OR UNFINISHED BUSINESS, BUT WE DO HAVE NEW BUSINESS, SO WE MOVE TO 12A, WHICH IS A RESOLUTION OF THE MAYOR AND THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF MIAMI SPRINGS AFFIRMING A RECOMMENDATION OF THE CITY'S BOARD OF ADJUSTMENT TO DENY AN APPLICATION BY RAUL AND IBIS CRUZ ALVAREZ FOR THE PROPERTY LOCATED AT 381 DEER RUN. I why we do have somebody who wants to speak so she'll probably allow absolutely mayor um but if we could just read the entire title yes of the resolution um would you like to uh yeah I can finish it off since I I stopped there the property located…”
City Council · Aug 10, 2026
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“Okay. Before I get to the resident who signed up to speak on this item, do we have any questions or comments for city staff regarding where we're at with this?”
City Council · Aug 10, 2026
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“Okay, thank you. All right, I'm going to call up Judy Walton from 371 Deer Run. You're going to have an opportunity now.”
City Council · Aug 10, 2026
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“Thank you, Judy. Thank you. I'd like to, you guys are the property owners, I'm assuming? Raul and Ibis Cruz Alvarez?”
City Council · Aug 10, 2026
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“Right. Can you just give us the Cliff's Notes version, and then if you come back before us, you can do a full presentation.”
City Council · Aug 10, 2026
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“And again, you would have another opportunity to come before this body in a different role, but Thank you.”
City Council · Aug 10, 2026