Remarks by Walter Fajet
128 remarks on the record, newest first · Page 5 of 6
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“Yes, alternative 5 be yes, yeah. I'll second it. OK, we have a first and second. Call the vote.”
City Council · Aug 10, 2026
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“This is a request by Councilman Santin to discuss directing of staff to determine what steps are needed in order to do the renaming and establishing of a physical address”
City Council · Aug 10, 2026
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“I would like to add that I was approached by the Greater Miami Visitors and Convention Bureau to do like a little video about brought to you by tourism because obviously that's what the GMCBB does is promote tourism. In that video, I was asked every which way about like, so what would you, you know, where would you go if, where would you take somebody if they were visiting? And I had to really think about what we offer in terms of tourism. And I, it became clear to me like, just have layover tourism that's about what the city of miami springs offers uh i mean you can have lunch and get your…”
City Council · Aug 10, 2026
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“heritage trail or something. Again, what we're looking for is what is needed in order to designate it as such so that we could start to have it be a place and people can come visit that they can find easily that we can promote. So I'm again in favor of finding out more.”
City Council · Aug 10, 2026
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“OK. All right. OK. So do we need to vote on consensus to direct staff? OK. So do we have consensus?”
City Council · Aug 10, 2026
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“Yes. So we have consensus on directing staff to find out what it is that we need to do in order to find the designation to leverage the heritage tourism potential that we have along this walkway. And just I want to reiterate, And I know the councilman sent in this was important to you that that you know, this is eventually we're gonna we're gonna Work with our local advisory boards on this, you know when when you know, whatever naming gets done And you know, we don't know yet exactly yet. What is necessary? but once we do know we will be leveraging the the perspective of our parks and…”
City Council · Aug 10, 2026
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“Thank you Roger this is a long time coming to we're getting as we see light at the end of the tunnel.”
City Council · Aug 10, 2026
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“Yeah. Okay. Any other questions? Roger, you want to move on to 14 reports and recommendations from our city attorney? Anything?”
City Council · Aug 10, 2026
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“Okay. I kick it over to our esteemed city manager. JC, do you have any reports or recommendations?”
City Council · Aug 10, 2026
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“NO. SO SCHOOL STARTING MEANS THAT THE SCHOOL SPEED ZONES ARE BACK UP IN EFFECT. DID I STEAL YOUR THUNDER, OMAR? I'M SORRY.”
City Council · Aug 10, 2026
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“OKAY. SO I RETRACT WHAT I JUST SAID. TAKE OVER.”
City Council · Aug 10, 2026
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“Thank you, Omar. Okay. Reports and recommendations from our city clerk?”
City Council · Aug 10, 2026
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“Thank you. All right. Reports and recommendations from our city council. I'll start with Councilman Santin.”
City Council · Aug 10, 2026
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“two years plus where we were talking on the council here about getting ready for the centennial and it's here so we're looking forward to it uh and yet again we lost some some some real pillars of the community uh terry moss's name wasn't uh wasn't mentioned but uh suzanne wohler was uh near and dear to my heart uh so our our thoughts go out to uh their families um That's it. Everybody enjoy the start of school. And this meeting is adjourned at 8.48.”
City Council · Aug 10, 2026
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“All right, we call this meeting to order at 7.01 PM. 5.01, sorry. Yeah.”
City Council · Jul 23, 2026
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“Please rise for the invocation and . We pray for the agenda set forth before us this evening and ask that we be granted the ability to work together in harmony when there's honest disagreement and dissent. We ask for the strength to speak up when given the opportunity to speak. and the patients to listen receptively and empathically when it's time to listen. We ask for the wisdom of the governor and the conflicting interests and issues that we encounter, and a keen sense of the welfare and needs of our residents. May we be reminded that we're not only leaders, but also servants, and that it…”
City Council · Jul 23, 2026
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“Okay, all right, so we'll move on to public hearings, which is 5A, and it is our only order of business really this evening.”
City Council · Jul 23, 2026
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“MY APOLOGIES. THE CURRENT MILLAGE RATE IS 6.81. SO BY VIRTUE OF SETTING THE CAP FOR THIS COMING YEAR'S BUDGET, IF WE SET THE CAP AT OUR CURRENT MILLAGE RATE, THAT GUARANTEES THAT THE TAX RATE WILL REMAIN THE SAME. IT WON'T INCREASE FOR THE RESIDENTS. SO THAT'S THE CAP. How much wiggle room do we have to go down from there is probably debatable. We have a lot of things as we start the budget process. There's a lot of things that we have to prepare for, but the fact that we're guaranteeing residents that the tax rate won't increase, and that's our starting point. That's our starting point. We…”
City Council · Jul 23, 2026
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“I got you. OK. All right. I'll open it up for discussion.”
City Council · Jul 23, 2026
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“WHAT'S COMING OUT OF THE BALLOT IN NOVEMBER IS A PROPOSAL, BUT I CAN TELL EVERYBODY THAT WE, JUST LIKE EVERY OTHER MUNICIPALITY, IS HUNKERING DOWN, AS THEY SAY. SOME MUNICIPALITIES HAVE STARTED HUNKERING DOWN BY, LIKE, TRIMMING FAT EVERYWHERE POSSIBLE, GETTING READY BECAUSE THIS COULD PASS, AND EVEN IF IT DOESN'T, I THINK THEY'RE KIND OF SIGNALING THAT THEY'LL GET A SECOND CRACK AT IT, WHICH MIGHT EVEN BE BETTER. But part of the ways that you can hunker down is to raise the millage rate now in anticipation, and we're not doing that. What you're telling me is that you're anticipating that in…”
City Council · Jul 23, 2026
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“Right. I think it's noteworthy that we're tightening our own belts rather than raising the millage rate in anticipation for the kind of funding cuts that would be coming. So I think that it's noteworthy that we're trying to do. That's where we're starting. Did you have a comment?”
City Council · Jul 23, 2026
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“Does the Vice Mayor have anything to chime in if he's on?”
City Council · Jul 23, 2026
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“Okay. Okay. If there's no further discussion, I'd like to entertain a motion to approve 5A.”
City Council · Jul 23, 2026
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“All right, so at this time I'd like to open up for public comment Anybody wishing to speak on 5a All right close that All right, so like to entertain a motion”
City Council · Jul 23, 2026
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“Okay. So we have a motion. Do we have a second?”
City Council · Jul 23, 2026