Tag: Coral Gables city commission
Coral Gables $433.3M budget survives failed millage vote, adds relief and Underline funds
Coral Gables’ proposed property-tax rate failed on its first vote Tuesday night, falling one vote short before a compromise worth nearly $900,000 in refunds and grants brought a fourth commissioner…
UM’s 30-year campus deal clears final vote, securing park and future hospital
The Coral Gables City Commission gave final unanimous approval Tuesday to a sweeping 30-year agreement with the University of Miami that expands the university’s long-term development capacity, permits a future…
Insults, accusations and repeated recesses consume 13-hour day for commission
Even by the Coral Gables Commission’s recent standards, Tuesday’s meeting was shambolic, with commissioners repeatedly clashing over procedure, personal accusations and matters involving one another. Mayor Vince Lago called multiple…
Coral Gables candidates split on Mobility Hub, development and City Hall
With the countdown running toward the City of Coral Gables’ first-ever general election in November at little over a month away, the Coral Gables Gazette sent a series of questions…
Court asked to undo Crystal Residences approvals over fake-address allegations
A Coral Gables resident and preservation advocate has asked a circuit court to throw out three approvals for Crystal Residences, arguing commissioners relied on testimony from project supporters who gave…
Emails show city weighed letting Somerset use Youth Center field
Emails show Coral Gables officials and Somerset Gables Academy discussed possible use of a Youth Center field, though the city says no agreement was signed.
UM deal, $40 million City Hall contract and final budget await commissioners Tuesday
Coral Gables commissioners face one of their busiest days of the year Tuesday, with two meetings and decisions spanning development, taxes and some of the city’s largest capital projects. At…
Vote no on the four-year mayoral term. Keep your say over City Hall.
Coral Gables voters should reject the charter amendment that would stretch the mayor’s term from two years to four. It looks like a small change to the calendar. Its real…
Lago backs four-year mayoral term, four other November ballot measures
Coral Gables Mayor Vince Lago used a Sept. 23 Town Hall to endorse all four city charter amendments on the November ballot as well as a statewide property-tax measure that…
City knew about Underline maintenance costs more than a year ago
The sequence of events surrounding Coral Gables and the Underline’s maintenance costs is almost the inverse of what might be expected. More than a year ago, when the city first…
