Remarks by Micky Steinberg
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“Excellent. Good morning, everybody, and welcome to the Biscayne Bay Watershed Management Advisory Board Meeting, October 2nd. Before we begin, I want to welcome all of you, but I also want to quickly just take a moment. Because we have a couple members who, well, I'm sure Mayor Mirabar will be on his way shortly. But Roberto Torres, I know this is your last meeting, and we want to thank you for all of your participation over the years. And we know we'll still continue working closely.”
Biscayne Bay Watershed Management Advisory Board · Oct 2, 2026
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“Thank you. Yes, your love for the bay definitely shines through. I'm just looking for the speaker cards. I have one. I know two others were given to me, but I don't know where they were placed. I'll call with the one I have in front of me. Laura Reynolds, please come up. You have two minutes as we begin the reasonable opportunity to be heard.”
Biscayne Bay Watershed Management Advisory Board · Oct 2, 2026
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“All right, our next speaker, DJ, I apologize ahead of time, but Milodoznik.”
Biscayne Bay Watershed Management Advisory Board · Oct 2, 2026
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“Thank you. And our next speaker is Valeria Donets.”
Biscayne Bay Watershed Management Advisory Board · Oct 2, 2026
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“Thank you. Reasonable opportunity. Do we have any other speakers before we close? All right, please come up. It's fine. Come up, state your name.”
Biscayne Bay Watershed Management Advisory Board · Oct 2, 2026
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“Thank you. Our next speaker is Rachel Silverstein. I think it's okay.”
Biscayne Bay Watershed Management Advisory Board · Oct 2, 2026
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“Thank you so much. Thank you. At this point, anybody else wish to speak? Seeing none, reasonable opportunity is now closed and we're going to move into the approval of the agenda. Do I have a motion? Thank you, do I have a second? All right, seeing a motion, a second, all in favor? Next, we have our first item, and we have our wonderful county attorney with us, Jess McCarty, who's going to be presenting a legislative session. And 2027 upcoming session, I guess update, discussion, the floor is yours.”
Biscayne Bay Watershed Management Advisory Board · Oct 2, 2026
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“Thank you. Anybody have any other questions? Yes, Dave.”
Biscayne Bay Watershed Management Advisory Board · Oct 2, 2026
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“Sure, that shouldn't be a problem. We can always put it forward. The way it works too is that sometimes we all get, depending on how it's done, every year it's changed, but a lot of times they pick about 10 to 12 priorities that we have an entire big book of a legislative priority, and then we rank them. And so it's a very interesting process. But the last time, I believe we just said, here take the whole package and go for it so hopefully we continue doing that um yeah i don't have an issue with that okay i'd like to make motion asking for uh uh you know uh support of legislative support for…”
Biscayne Bay Watershed Management Advisory Board · Oct 2, 2026
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“And I definitely want to thank you and your whole team because you do an incredible job. It's not an easy one. Just so you know, he literally moves up to Tallahassee for like three months of his life and just is up there constantly on our behalf along with everybody. And I also encourage everybody in their individual capacity to go up. and lobby and advocate and do what you can. I mean, I have seen a number of you up there when I've gone up. Dave's always there. And I've seen Mayor Streitfeld up there on various issues. And so I think it's important. And I know that a lot of the…”
Biscayne Bay Watershed Management Advisory Board · Oct 2, 2026
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“Yes, anybody else have any questions? Well, we're looking, yes, please, please, Mayor.”
Biscayne Bay Watershed Management Advisory Board · Oct 2, 2026
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“Yes. I mean, we really try to be very proactive. Sometimes we end up having to be reactive to some of the things that have been filed, but we try to keep our strategy and the tasks at hand focused on. Quick question for you, Jess. For those of us who don't know or for the public who may be interested, Can you just quickly, before we conclude your item, let us know when do committee weeks start and when does session actually start this year so they can understand as the calendar moves forward?”
Biscayne Bay Watershed Management Advisory Board · Oct 2, 2026
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“All right, item six is our state lands management plan. This one I know we're going to take some time in discussing and I'd like to welcome Griffin Alexander from Florida Department of Environmental Protection at the state and Alicia Shatters, is she here? With FDEP as well. First of all, I want to thank you all. You guys are great partners. We've done a lot of great work together and so we're looking forward to this presentation.”
Biscayne Bay Watershed Management Advisory Board · Oct 2, 2026
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“Thank you, that's a great presentation. I guess let's focus on this topic and then we'll call your colleague up after to discuss. So does anybody have any questions specifically as it relates to, I guess, the aquatic preserve management plan? I do, Madam Chair. Yes, please.”
Biscayne Bay Watershed Management Advisory Board · Oct 2, 2026
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“Okay, thank you. Do you have any other questions here?”
Biscayne Bay Watershed Management Advisory Board · Oct 2, 2026
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Biscayne Bay Watershed Management Advisory Board · Oct 2, 2026
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“Thank you. Anybody else on this side? Anybody on this? Dave. James?”
Biscayne Bay Watershed Management Advisory Board · Oct 2, 2026
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“Okay. Yeah, and I also have Laura on standby because she was going to give some context if we had additional questions.”
Biscayne Bay Watershed Management Advisory Board · Oct 2, 2026
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“All right. Thank you. Um, I don't know if, I think we also have a presentation from, um, your colleague Alicia. Yes. So, um, I think we're, thank you so much for your presentation. We really appreciate it. And we're going to have Alicia come up and, um, discuss about the coral aquatic preserve management.”
Biscayne Bay Watershed Management Advisory Board · Oct 2, 2026
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Not quoted here: it may name a member of the public. Hear it at the meeting.
Biscayne Bay Watershed Management Advisory Board · Oct 2, 2026
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“There you go. All right. Anybody else on this side? Yes, please. Red wine.”
Biscayne Bay Watershed Management Advisory Board · Oct 2, 2026
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“Yes, thank you. Yes, of course. It's your last meeting. You can speak as many times as you'd like. Really?”
Biscayne Bay Watershed Management Advisory Board · Oct 2, 2026
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“future management red flags say well this might be a problem let's look into it now just want a second that thank you yeah great point um anybody else on this side because i know we have people here on this side who'd like to speak as well um okay can i get back to you after let's get someone who hasn't spoken yet so um dave dave dave i'm calling on you and go thank you he's deferring to james i'm like um you know uh um”
Biscayne Bay Watershed Management Advisory Board · Oct 2, 2026
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“Yeah, no, great point. I think we always have those conversations in terms of whose regulatory, which regulatory agency, which body, which enforcement body, and all of that. I mean, we go through that too. We'll take on something and then we'll be told by our county attorneys, well, actually, that's not us. That's this department or this agency or this. But also, I'm sure the city of Miami Beach, I'm sure, would be running lead and working with whatever agency. So I'm happy to follow up as well. Commissioner Natalie.”
Biscayne Bay Watershed Management Advisory Board · Oct 2, 2026
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“No, thank you. And I'm so glad, while it's not necessarily germane to this, it is adjacent, right? um and I appreciate you I will support that because I have actually brought this item for predates you I brought this item forward as a resolution at the county to have FWC really look at the entire map and and the speeding and because it's all over the place sometimes of the year you're you're one speed other times of the year you're another speed and you have managed it is absolutely something that needs to be readdressed so I'm I'm I'm yes the answer is yes um but moving on um James”
Biscayne Bay Watershed Management Advisory Board · Oct 2, 2026