Remarks by Jed Redwine
12 remarks on the record, newest first · Page 1 of 1
- Play at 28:47
“Thanks for your presentation. I was wondering, is it possible that we could see the draft contents of the legislative package? I hear you describing a range of different activities, which, you know, as I process them, I think, oh, these are going to have various degrees of effect. And it's, you know. I'm not a political person. I vote, you know, to the extent that I vote I'm political, I guess. But what I often see is in the framing and labeling of actions for a political purpose, it's easy for us to lose sight of the relative value and importance of each of these items. And so I'd like to…”
Biscayne Bay Watershed Management Advisory Board · Oct 2, 2026
- Play at 49:40
“One of the things that stands out as particularly important to me from what you presented is your role in observing habitat loss. And I was wondering, when you observe habitat losses, do you identify the causes of those losses? And if so, how do we address those causes? through your process or through cooperation with other processes?”
Biscayne Bay Watershed Management Advisory Board · Oct 2, 2026
- Play at 1:07:45
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Biscayne Bay Watershed Management Advisory Board · Oct 2, 2026
- Play at 1:09:55
“It does to some degree. It's not quite as direct of an answer as I would prefer. You know, for me, the key thing that I'm trying to get in here is, you know, it's our goal. And this is to the, you know, to the elected leaders who sit on this board. I want to make sure that this is clearly stated. In order to improve the quality of the bay, we have to live in harmony with it. In order to live in harmony with it, we have to understand the specific things that make it healthy and we have to address them. Um, if we can't do that, we won't achieve our goal. Forecasting and understanding, you know,…”
Biscayne Bay Watershed Management Advisory Board · Oct 2, 2026
- Play at 1:31:20
“Thank you. I kind of wanted to build on what Roberto said about, this recognition of what we've had in the past and, you know, understanding how little of the natural resources that we had in the past still exist, are still here with us. And in, you know, the level of abundance of these resources relative to what we saw in the past, and it's, you know, it's far lower than what we've seen. And, you know, the flip side of this is, the opportunity that we have here is, you know, through bringing everyone together, to address these challenging issues that affect everybody. They require…”
Biscayne Bay Watershed Management Advisory Board · Oct 2, 2026
- Play at 1:34:14
“There's still a lot of farming going on. That farming that's occurring is no longer devastating to the soil profile and the landscape. It's sustainable. And a sustainable process is what we're looking for here. Something that we can all survive and thrive and I'd be very interested. My last question is, you know, if sponges are, if the sponges that we plant are going to filter 75 million gallons per day, what fraction of the total gallons of the Skane Bay is that? And how much filtering would we need to have a healthy bay? You know, to me, those, I hear a lot of, you know, things are doing…”
Biscayne Bay Watershed Management Advisory Board · Oct 2, 2026
- Play at 1:37:01
“Thank you. I look forward to you solving the math problem and telling us what the answer is.”
Biscayne Bay Watershed Management Advisory Board · Oct 2, 2026
- Play at 1:37:09
“Although my little ears, I think Gerald may have solved it already. I don't know. I heard him under his breath. I heard him say a number. So a lot of water is close. Exactly. And that's a lot. And that's, I mean, for me, all I'm trying to get at is we need to be concise, direct and think whole thoughts. Right. And whole thoughts is a problem solution coupling. Absolutely. Right. And so even in, you know, it's never a bad day to do the right thing. Right. And if we're, we're, we're suggesting that people need to come together to find solutions. And through that coming together process, set the…”
Biscayne Bay Watershed Management Advisory Board · Oct 2, 2026
- Play at 2:03:44
“Yeah. And it's along those lines that I want to provide comments is, you know, what I see here, you know, I've been part of the board for about a year and a half now, right? Maybe a little bit over a year. So what I'm seeing is it's kind of like we have a rush to get prepared a couple of nights before the meeting, you know, the challenges that we're trying to address through this board are complex and multifaceted.”
Biscayne Bay Watershed Management Advisory Board · Oct 2, 2026
- Play at 2:04:14
“For me, I've been the head of a water quality program for a sovereign nation. There's no way I can remember everything that's associated with it, even when it's my full-time job all the time. We need a reasonably – it's like we need a translation process. I hear you guys, you speak government, which is there's all these processes. You have this authority and that authority, and then – but the bottom line is we have inputs to our political process, and we need outputs. And we have to know is – Is the rhetoric and process that we're trying to set up to solve a problem, how much of the problem…”
Biscayne Bay Watershed Management Advisory Board · Oct 2, 2026
- Play at 2:07:15
“So I really appreciate the motions that I see for today, the discussion for futures meetings and the review of infrastructure. What I would add is I really think it's important that we check in reasonably and concisely with the outputs. I was trying to work with DERM to get every 30 days, what's the condition of our water quality? That's a report I produced in the past. Man, it helped. It tuned my thought processes and helped me localize exactly where the challenges are and where I should be looking, where can I ignore? Because there's too much information to keep track of it all. So I'd…”
Biscayne Bay Watershed Management Advisory Board · Oct 2, 2026
- Play at 2:22:00
“And so, you know, this issue of saying, you know, we have a specific founding purpose and process and that we may not have responsibility for, you know, another process which has a material effect on water quality for the Biscayne Bay. To me, you know, this The challenges of water quality, it's hard to find a situation where they become more obvious, right? The challenge is nobody's responsible for all of it. And then the bottom line becomes, we can do our job perfectly. The County commission could do his job perfectly. We could still not have a successful outcome. That's the problem. So This…”
Biscayne Bay Watershed Management Advisory Board · Oct 2, 2026