Remarks by Irela Bague
19 remarks on the record, newest first · Page 1 of 1
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“Some comments. First, thank you very much for coming out and providing us with this update. Full disclosure, I was part of the CDM team back in the day when we kicked off the stormwater master plan. I had to step off when I joined the county to deal with Biscayne Bay so I just want to put that out there in public so that there's no but I I just want to say that you guys have done such an amazing job in such a short amount of time because we have projects in construction infrastructure and costs money, we know that. Especially this type of infrastructure. And it's just gonna keep going up. And…”
Climate Resilience Committee · Jul 6, 2026
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“So is it similar to the smart covers, Clara? Yeah, very similar. Similar to that?”
Climate Resilience Committee · Jul 6, 2026
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“Could those be retrofitted? Because I know we have those in the city. For sure.”
Climate Resilience Committee · Jul 6, 2026
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“We already have them in parts of the city of Miami because they measure, they really measure SSO sanitaries who are overflows. but they could probably, you know, flooding is flooding. When you have an SSO, that's basically your flooding. So, I mean, I wonder if,”
Climate Resilience Committee · Jul 6, 2026
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“I think it's, you know, from a tracking perspective, you know, after the ribbon cutting, everybody forgets. But it would be good to find out, well, yeah, it did alleviate flooding to this point.”
Climate Resilience Committee · Jul 6, 2026
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“Mr. Chair, I think that there are two, and if Allison's okay, that we can strike off.”
Climate Resilience Committee · Jul 6, 2026
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“Yeah, my only question on that one, I keep bothering Clara. Would that trigger an update to the stormwater master plan using the updated NOAA 15, was it Atlas?”
Climate Resilience Committee · Jul 6, 2026
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“So as it reads, maybe read it so that she understands what we're... Because right now, we're trying to determine budget requests, budget recommendations, and right now it doesn't seem like it's going to trigger direct budget costs, but maybe in the future it might.”
Climate Resilience Committee · Jul 6, 2026
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“I think as it is, it's good. Yeah. Because we're not really asking for it. You're making a recommendation that once it comes online, to Gladys' point, they'll look at it and determine whether they're going to need budget or not.”
Climate Resilience Committee · Jul 6, 2026
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“I don't feel comfortable, you know, doing something like that, but if you can give us a summary, a quick summary.”
Climate Resilience Committee · Jul 6, 2026
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“But you didn't bring those to the workshop.”
Climate Resilience Committee · Jul 6, 2026
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“This Overtown thing, relief, yes, you did, I remember we discussed that, and that's fine with me.”
Climate Resilience Committee · Jul 6, 2026
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“I mean, if it's related to this Overtown Relief Program that you're recommending, If you want to add on to that, that's fine if it's related.”
Climate Resilience Committee · Jul 6, 2026
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“But if it's unrelated, we don't have, we haven't had time.”
Climate Resilience Committee · Jul 6, 2026
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“I move to move on the items you've just listed with the strikes.”
Climate Resilience Committee · Jul 6, 2026
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“I just wanted to congratulate you, Mr. Chair, because you followed the process, you brought presentations that were related to this item so that we can workshop it here together, and then you developed the policy with staff, I'm assuming, and you were able to move it onto the agenda so quickly, so congratulations, and I think we should all feel very proud of the work we're doing up here. But when it comes to process, that's how we're supposed to be working here. You have an initiative, you bring it, we workshop it together, and then we move it on as a recommendation. That's how committees…”
Climate Resilience Committee · Jul 6, 2026
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“Speaking on sponge that she did indicate that she wanted us to be aware of what they came up with and an opine Question I know that we had Voted previously to share all of the public comments that have come before us to the committee So now that they're gonna meet I mean, I'm assuming they already have it or I don't know I just want to make sure that they get it Those comments were shared right Miriam Yes Thank you very much for piling those”
Climate Resilience Committee · Jul 6, 2026
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Not quoted here: it may name a member of the public. Hear it at the meeting.
Climate Resilience Committee · Jul 6, 2026
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“It doesn't have the same procedural requirements. Or our discussion, because we don't take action at workshops.”
Climate Resilience Committee · Jul 6, 2026