Representative Erik Fresen (R-Miami) will be hosting a forum (Wednesday, July 8th at 6:00 pm in the City of Coral Gables Youth Center, 402 University Drive, Coral Gables) regarding Florida’s new growth management laws. Representatives from the development industry - including the Builders Association of South Florida (BASF) and the Latin Builders Association (LBA) - as well as those from local governments will be in attendance."I felt it was important to create a forum whereby the development industry, local governments and citizens could discuss what this legislation actually does and how it affects current growth management practices. It's important for everyone to be on the same page" Fresen said. (All of the above is from Fresen press release)
Yep, Erk, we all want to be on the WRONG PAGE with you! No thanks. Erik works on CDMP amendments all the time, i.e. Krome Gold (Rodney Barreto and Sergio Pino). I remember talking to Erik at County Hall when he was working as a lobbyist for Lowe's Big Box Store to move the UDB. This is the wrong guy to host anything but a development love-fest. Here is a list of Erik's clients:
Young guy -- so short list:
ARMANDO GARCIA 10/22/2008
ZONING APPLICATION FOR PROPERTY COVERED BY FOLIO 30-5930-000-1500 Open
I & D ASSOCIATES INVESTMENTS CORPORATION 9/24/2008
ZONING APPROVAL / FOLIO NO. 30 4915 085 0010, *0020, *0030, *0040 Open
GOLD RIVER CORPORATION 8/13/2008
CDMP APPLICATION NO. 9 APRIL 2008 CYCLE Open
B & F MARINE, INC 8/7/2008
ZONING HEARING Open
MD HOLDINGS II, INC 8/7/2008
ZONING APPROVALS FOR MULTIPLE PROPERTIES Open
MEADOW VIEW SHOPPING CENTER , LLC 8/7/2008
ZONING APPL FOR PROPERTY FOLIO 3049160000570 Open
SCHOOL DEVELOPMENT HC, LLC 8/7/2008
ZONING APPL FOR PROPERTY FOLIO 3049160000570 Open
SERVCOR INTERNATIONAL INC 8/4/2008
NONE Open
DESAMP, LLC 6/23/2008
NONE Open
SHOENSTATT, INC 5/8/2008
ZONING APPLICATION Open
LIVE OAK PARTNERS, LLC 5/7/2008
CDMP AMENDMENT APPLICATION Open
MANUEL DIAZ 5/7/2008
CDMP AMENDMENT APPLICATION Open
VANGUARDIAN VILLAGE LLP 3/6/2008
ZONING APPLICATION / REQUEST FOR NON USE VARIANCE Open
NEW TESTAMENT BAPTIST CHURCH, INC 2/22/2008
ZONING HEARING APPLICATION / MODIFICATION OF PREVIOUS RESOLUTION PLAN Open
BLUE LAGOON DEVELOPMENT LLC 1/10/2008
ZONING APPROVAL FOR PROPERTY WITH FOLIO30-3131-015-0010 Open
BRIGHT BUILDERS AT QUAIL ROOST LLC 1/8/2008
ZONING APPLICATION DBC TO EU-M LOCATED AT SW 200 ST ON BOTH SIDES OF SW 132 AVE Open
KROME GOLD RANCHES II, LLLP 12/20/2007
ZONING APPLICATION Open
MILLER FOOD STORE, INC. 12/13/2007
ZONING HEARING NO. 007-280 Open
BG COMMERCIAL, LLC 12/3/2007
MODIFICATION OF DECLARATION RECORDED AT ORB 25119, PG 426-498 Open
CENTURY GARDENS, LLLP 12/3/2007
MODIFICATION OF DECLARATION RECORDED AT ORB 25119, PG 426-498 Open
CALVARY CHAPEL OF DADE COUNTY 11/26/2007
NONE Open
LIANNJO INVESMENTS, INC 10/30/2007
REZONE FROM AU TO EU-1, IN THE ALTERNATIVE, SEEK NON-USE VARIANCE Open
209TH STREETASSOCIATES LLC 10/24/2007
CDMP AMENDMENT APPLICATION Open
AVENTURA COMMONS II LLC 10/24/2007
CDMP AMENDMENT APPLICATION Open
SHOMA AT TREASURE COVE A/K/A SHOMA V INC 10/23/2007
PENDING SALE AND DUE DILIGENCE Open
KENDALL LAND DEVELOPMENT LLC 10/9/2007
APPL FOR SUBSTANTIAL COMPLIANCE DETERMINATION PROCESS NO. D07-16 Open
LOWE'S HOMES CENTER INCORPORATED 9/24/2007
CDMP APPLICATION (APRIL 2007 CYCLE) Open
PALM & TOWER II INVESTORS, LLC 8/23/2007
ZONING APPROVALS FOR PROPERTY IN SOUTH MIAMI DADE COUNTY Open
PALM & TOWER III INVESTORS, LLC 8/23/2007
ZONING APPROVALS FOR PROPERTY IN SOUTH MIAMI DADE COUNTY Open
PALM & TOWER IV INVESTORS, LLC 8/23/2007
ZONING APPROVALS FOR PROPERTY IN SOUTH MIAMI DADE COUNTY Open
PALM & TOWER V INVESTORS, LLC 8/23/2007
ZONING APPROVALS FOR PROPERTY IN SOUTH MIAMI DADE COUNTY Open
EUREKA HOLDINGS, LLC 5/15/2007
ZONING APPLICATION Open
BLUE LAGOON DEVELOPMENT LLC 5/1/2007
CDMP APPLICATION PROPERTY AT 1101 NW 57 AVE Open
LOWE'S HOMES CENTER INCORPORATED 5/1/2007
CDMP APPLICATION APRIL 2007 CYCLE Open
AMB CODINA BEACON LAKES LLC 1/16/2007
DBC & MODIFY APPROVAL OF DRI DEVELOP. ORDER Z-11-02 AS AMENDED Open
BEACON VILLAGE LLC 1/16/2007
DBC & MODIFY APPROVAL OF DRI DEVELOP. ORDER Z-11-02 AS AMENDED Open
BAPTIST HEALTH SOUTH FLORIDA 12/14/2006
EQCB VARIANCE FOR WEST KENDALL BAPTIST HOSPITAL Open
TAGOROR LLC 10/23/2006
CDMP APPLICATION #13 APRIL 2006 CYCLE Open
Q2 FLORIDA CITY I, II, III, IV, LLC 10/16/2006
CDMP APPLICATION #14 APRIL 2006 CYCLE Open
Q2 KINGS MOUNTAIN 485, LLC 10/16/2006
CDMP APPLICATION #15 APRIL 2006 CYCLE Open
VANGUARDIAN VILLAGE LLP 9/21/2006
CDMP APPLICATION #8 Open
2260 NW 27TH AVENUE, LLC 7/5/2006
CDMP AMENDMENT #3 Open
CORAL REEF LAND DEVELOPMENT LLC 7/5/2006
CDMP APPLICATION #7 Open
EDGAR M. & ZOE DUARTE 4/13/2006
NONE Open
LINDA ROZYNES 3/23/2006
CDMP APPLICATION #9 (OCT 2005 CYCLE) Open
SOUTH FLORIDA STADIUM CORPORATION 3/23/2006
NONE Open
THEDA & CARLOS RENDON 3/22/2006
NONE Open
46 ACRES LLC 3/9/2006
ZONING APPLICATION FOR PROPERTY AT NE 215 ST Open
SHOMA INVESTMENTS COMPANY 3/9/2006
NONE Withdrawn
BENGOLD DEVELOPMENT LLC 2/27/2006
REZONING 28+ ACRE TRAILER PARK IN HOMESTEAD Open
KEYSTONE DEVELOPERS 2/27/2006
ZONING APPLICATION Open
SERECA SECURITY CORP 2/27/2006
NONE Open
ARCHIMEDEAN ACADEMY 2/24/2006
NONE Open
KENDALL GREENS PROPERTY, LLC 2/24/2006
NONE Open
VALENCIA SCHOOL DEVELOPMENT, LLC 2/24/2006
NONE Open
MIRELLA AGUAD 2/16/2006
APPLICATION #05-124 Open
C&C DEVELOPMENT GROUP LLC 2/8/2006
NONE Open
CHILDRENS RESOURCES FUND 2/8/2006
NONE Open
EUREKA COVE LLC 2/3/2006
ZONING APPLICATION 06-03 Open
LUIS MACHADO 1/20/2006
APPROVAL OF TENTATIVE PLAT Open
DADE COUNTY FEDERAL CREDIT UNION 1/19/2006
NONE Open
JORGE CORREA 1/13/2006
NONE Open
ALBERT VIVAS 10/31/2005
ZONING APPLICATION Open
IGNACIO AND VIVIAN SERRALTA 10/7/2005
ZONING APPLICATION Open
JAMES E. CLONINGER 9/26/2005
ZONING APPLICATION 05-025 Open
HOMESTAR OF WEST DADE INC 9/22/2005
NONE Open
JOSE RAUL CASIO & MARIA COSIO 9/22/2005
ZONING HEARING Withdrawn
LISA RAMOS 9/22/2005
ZONING HEARING Open
GRIZZLY HOLDINGS LLC 9/13/2005
ZONING APPLICATION 05-108 Open
46 ACRES LLC 9/8/2005
CDMP APPLICATION #1 Open
BARBARA NASH 9/8/2005
ZONING APPLICATION 05-292 Open
DORAL WEST COMMERCE PARK 9/8/2005
CDMP APPLICATION #6 2005 CYCLE Open
EDUARDO REYES 9/8/2005
CDMP APPLICATION #9 Open
GCF INVESTMENTS 9/8/2005
CDMP APPLICATION #18 Open
LOWE'S HOMES CENTER INCORPORATED 9/8/2005
CDMP APPLICATION #7 Withdrawn
ROBERTO GUTIERREZ 9/8/2005
APPLICATION #05-025 Open
VANGUARDIAN VILLAGE LLP 9/8/2005
CDMP APPLICATION #12 Open
CENTURY PLUMBING WHOLESALE INC 8/19/2005
NONE Open
SILVER PALM HOLDINGS OF HOMESTEAD 8/19/2005
MODIFICATION OF COVENANT Withdrawn
MIREYA CASO 8/4/2005
MODIFICATION OF DECLARATION OF RESTRICTION Open
CENTURY BUSINESS PARK, LLC 7/27/2005
DBC ON 67 ACRES LOCATED NEAR SW 120 ST AND 157 AVE Open
ATLAS PROPERTY I, LLC 6/16/2005
PUBLIC HEARING NO. 05-140 Open
ATLAS PROPERTY I, LLC 6/16/2005
PUBLIC HEARING NO. 05-143 Open
CONDOTTE AMERICA, INC 6/13/2005
ENVIRONMENTAL ISSUES Withdrawn
JVC MANAGEMENT CORP. 6/13/2005
NW CORNER OF NW 138 ST & NW 102 AVE IN THE CITY OF HIALEAH, MIAMI-DADE CTY FL. Open
GAROE HOLDINGS LLC 6/8/2005
ZONING ISSUES SE CORNER SW 162 AVE & 136 ST Withdrawn
ATLAS PROPERTY I, LLC 5/26/2005
Open
HOMESTAR AT SUNSET COVE 5/26/2005
PUBLIC HEARING 04-405 Open
ROYD LEMUS 5/26/2005
Open
ATLAS PROPERTY II, LLC 5/26/2005
Open
26 comments:
Let's go with a bunch of Hometown Democracy folks just to make them all crazy
You call that a short list? Whew!
What an amazing list of bad applications. He may be young but he rolls with the big and not so ethical players. Yeh, he can teach the people a thing or 2 about zoning behind the scenes. People need to attend this meeting in droves or the building industry will say, "We tried to involve the people and nobody came". Then you will hear it coming from commissioners; "Did you attend the meetings?" Of course, if you did not them commissioners have an excuse to dismiss anything the public says.
Smart people will be selling and leaving Florida now.
He Was "Chosen" by the voters who are you to criticize? This is Democracy at work.
Seriuosly this is just wrong but in all Honesty I don't think hometown democracy really fixes the problem.
How about if the public chips in to buy his snappy suits instead of the clients. Would that work? Or does he have a secret temple where he performs sacrifices to the growth god?
Chosen by the voters?
You should read this, it's not Miami, and not this year, but if you think it's any better there, you are sadly mistaken.
http://www.sptimes.com/2006/10/15/Hillsborough/Developers_drive_camp.shtml
THE VOTERS ARE REVOLTING!!!!!!
I totally agree with that statement
It is far too easy to buy the votes of elected officials.
Looks like this young cowboy decided whose wagon to hitch his horse to.
God help us all…..and this is just the beginning for state Rep. Eric Fresen! He recently held a fundraiser kicking off his bid to be named the Florida Speaker of the House in 2014.
Speaker of the House in 2014; a bit presumptuous since he needs to get re-elected in the 2010 general election. A glance at http://election.dos.state.fl.us/candidate/CanList.asp shows that Erik Fresen currently has no competition for his seat.
Click on View List, select Erik Fresen and his current campaign finance activity is detailed.
I really hate all these girlie men being elected. Who wants a man around who spend more time on his hair than you do?
I think that Erik is dangerous because he is ambitious, pretty and pliable by those with money, which means that we do not rate in the competition for his attention. I do not have a bank account or home large enough to be worthy of his acquaintance.
Someone go to this event and send us a blog on it...
Ok I am here and it seems like a group of lobbyists and developers chatting about the unintended consequences of an intentionally vague law. Also several recommendations of how developers be cities can work around the law. Hmmmm...
Thanks for the real time update. For Four!
And what do you bet that half of them are billing for the time they are spending trying to figure out how to circumvent the legislation?
They get us coming and going.
Marco Rubio, or, Alex Penelas?
I was there, too. It is absurd to hear some of the interpretations of this state law they are espousing. Someone (a judge?) should set them straight soon.
Interesting that Erik’s last M-D County lobbyist registration was on October 22, 2008 – just prior to his November election to his current State House seat. Could someone educate me as to why Erik’s short but prolific lobbying activity appears to have ceased at this time? Did Erik choose to lower his standard of living and live on a State House salary? Does he continue to lobby in M-D County but is no longer required to register with the County as a lobbyist? Or is he continuing to lobby but violating the County’s lobbying ordinance?
Who did he lobby for?
Jill Hit "read more" and find out.
Person above Jill:
If he is serving in the state house, I am pretty sure he can still lobby the county. Different branch of government. Don't know that for a fact, why don't you call Ron Book and ask him.
I read the Lowes part...didn't know if there were more.
OK - sorry, not enough coffee.
ALL of them? That wasn't a forum, it was a frat party.
If I’ve quoted the correct legislation, I don’t see any reason why Erik can’t continue to lobby M-D County for additional CDMP changes. Unless he’s appearing in his public office official capacity he should be required to register as a lobbyist in M-D County however. It’s a bit premature to request his financial disclosure for this cycle since he’ll probably use CY ended Dec. 2008 – and he was only elected to his seat in Nov. 2008.
More on Erik: His FL H.R. home page states that he’s a “Land Use Consultant” with a “FSU - B.S in International Affairs and Finance” education. He has an active FL LLC registered to him, “Neighborhood Strategies LLC” with Holland & Knight’s Miami headquarters as the address (Managing member FEFE Corp – no record on Sunbiz). Based on his campaign website he appears to be employed by Holland & Knight as a Public Policy Advisor.
More of lobbying and the FL Statutes: FS 112.313 (7) (a) 2. When the agency referred to is a legislative body and the regulatory power over the business entity resides in another agency, or when the regulatory power which the legislative body exercises over the business entity or agency is strictly through the enactment of laws or ordinances, then employment or a contractual relationship with such business entity by a public officer or employee of a legislative body shall not be prohibited by this subsection or be deemed a conflict. (b) This subsection shall not prohibit a public officer or employee from practicing in a particular profession or occupation when such practice by persons holding such public office or employment is required or permitted by law or ordinance.
More on lobbying in M-D County: Excerpts from the Code of M-D County: Lobbyist" specifically includes the principal as well as any employee whose normal scope of employment includes lobbying activities. The term "Lobbyist" specifically excludes the following persons: attorneys or other representatives retained or employed solely for the purpose of representing individuals, corporations or other entities during publicly noticed quasi-judicial proceedings where the law prohibits exparte communications; expert witnesses who provide only scientific, technical or other specialized information or testimony in public meetings; any person who only appears as a representative of a neighborhood association without compensation or reimbursement for the appearance, whether direct, indirect or contingent, to express support of or opposition to any item; any person who only appears as a representative of a not-for-profit community based organization for the purpose of requesting a grant without special compensation or reimbursement for the appearance; and employees of a principal whose normal scope of employment does not include lobbying activities. …and (3) (a) any public officer, employee, or appointee who only appears in his or her official capacity shall not be required to register as a lobbyist.
Maybe it's legal, but the impression of impropriety leaves a bad taste in the mouth.
As a state rep, he has influence. When he acts as a lobbyist,there's a fine line between his official positions and his professional ones.
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