If You Live in Coral Gables
The City of Coral Gables, through its commissioners, mayor and vice mayor, appoint the people who decide whether those projects should be accepted or denied. There are many rounds of decisions, many meetings in the City Hall, and many important steps to approve a project, such as The Board of Architects and The Planning and Zone Commission, but ultimately who decides and approve those projects are the local polititians we vote for (commissioners, mayor and vice mayor)
Local politicians are very sensible to a small number of votes and can be influenced if the people from the city participate in the meetings, send e-mails and schedule meetings with them, showing that we oppose to the approval of construction projects that are may harm the manatees and/or are disproportionate for the city and bad for its people.
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Reach Out to City Commissioners
Call 305-460-5304 or 305-460-5326 to schedule a meeting and speak about your concerns. It is the most important thing you can do.
They all have office hours and are ready to speak to residents.
An influx of emails received by commissioners has a major effect on their voting.
Comments on their social media platforms can help us raise awareness and avoid the approval of this project as it is.
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1. Mayor Vince Lago: vlago@coralgables.com
FB/Instagram@mayorvincelago
X (twitter): @Vince_Lago​
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2. Vice Mayor Rhonda Anderson: randerson@coralgables.com
FB/Instagram@rhondaandersoncoralgables
X(twitter): @RAndersonCGabls
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3. Commissioner Ariel Fernandez: ariel@coralgables.com
FB/Instagram/X(twitter): @commishariel
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4. Commissioner Melissa Castro: mcastro@coralgables.com
FB/Instagram: @commissionermelissacastro
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5. Commissioner Kirk Menendez: kmenendez@coralgables.com
https://www.facebook.com/kirkmenendez?mibextid=LQQJ4d
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6. Interim City Manager – Alberto N. Parjus aparjus@coralgables.com
7. City Attorney – Cristina M. Suarez – csuarez@coralgbles.com
8. City Clerk – Billy Urquia – burquia@coralgables.com
Sign our petition and share it
Please sign and share our online petition to save the Manatees. This can make a difference and help us show that we need to preserve the habitat of this endangered species. If we have lots of people from the whole world signing this petition, we gain force to fight against the irresponsible development.
Connect to the neighbors
​Join our Whatapp group chat on the link to join the group and be informed of what will happen and how we can take action together. Alternatively, connect with the neighbors through the email savethemanateesofcg@gmail.com to be on the mailing list.
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Be present in the official meetings
Being physically present at the meetings from the commissions at Coral Gables City Hall and speaking up, asking questions, opposing to the project, can make a huge difference! Please check the calendar and be part of our whatsapp group, so that we can remind of the future events.
If you cannot be present, ask us the zoom link and we will send to you.
Display a yard sign on your front yard
Help us spread the word about this project that threatens the manatees by displaying a sign in your front yard. We can take it to you, just send an email to thesavethemanateesofcg@gmail.com