Remarks by Micky Steinberg
166 remarks on the record, newest first · Page 3 of 7
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“I appreciate that. And so the second motion you have, Dave, is regarding voter traffic study. Is that separate to what we were discussing earlier?”
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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“So we will wait a little bit more. Yes, we're going to go check. Thank you.”
Infrastructure, Innovation & Technology Committee · Sep 10, 2026
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“Thank you. So we're going to begin. Thank you for joining us today. This is our Infrastructure, Innovation, and Technology Committee. We are going to start with a moment of silence and reflection. Tomorrow is the 25th anniversary of 9-11. Horrific day that we will commemorate tomorrow, but we'll do a moment of reflection and silence, followed by the pledge led by the Commissioner Hardiman. Thank you. Thank you. All right, we're going to get started, but before we, we're going to open it up to reasonable opportunity to be heard. Anybody wishing to speak on any item that is not advertised as a…”
Infrastructure, Innovation & Technology Committee · Sep 10, 2026
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“All right, thank you so much. With that, before I open it up to the public hearing items, I wanted to know before we set the, do I have a motion to set the agenda? Thank you, by Commissioner Hardiman. Commissioner Cohen-Hagan seconded the setting of the agenda. All right, that passes. Anybody have any items before we get to the public hearing item that they wish to bifurcate? I do wish to bifurcate item 3C, as in cat. Anybody have any other items? Nope. Would someone like to pass the balance of the agenda?”
Infrastructure, Innovation & Technology Committee · Sep 10, 2026
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“Do I have a second? And 1G1, obviously, is going to be taken separately. All right, seconded by Commissioner Hardiman. All in favor?”
Infrastructure, Innovation & Technology Committee · Sep 10, 2026
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“Show that passed by acclamation. Why don't we get right into the ordinance, since we have Commissioner Regalado joining us for that. And I'm now going to open up the public hearing portion of the meeting for item 1G1. If anybody wishes to speak.”
Infrastructure, Innovation & Technology Committee · Sep 10, 2026
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“Thank you. Now, public hearing is officially open. Seeing no one approaching.”
Infrastructure, Innovation & Technology Committee · Sep 10, 2026
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“Okay. Do we have any speaking cards? Nope. No speaker cards. With that, anybody? All right. Public hearing for this portion of the agenda for public hearing item is now closed. And with that, Commissioner Regalado, I'll give you a couple quick minutes to introduce the item so that we can, I know we have some questions. I know I have a couple questions. Sure.”
Infrastructure, Innovation & Technology Committee · Sep 10, 2026
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“Thank you. I'll open it up to the commission. Would anybody like to be recognized first? Yes, Commissioner Conehiggins.”
Infrastructure, Innovation & Technology Committee · Sep 10, 2026
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“So yeah, what I'm gonna do is I know I want you to finish your thoughts and then I'm gonna let Commissioner Hardiman Speak I have some comments and then Commissioner Regalado what I think we should do is then after you hear everybody then kind of okay Yeah, okay and so I'm asking the questions because I really want to have a conversation because like I said at the outset I understand the spirit of this and I understand that”
Infrastructure, Innovation & Technology Committee · Sep 10, 2026
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“Thank you for your comments and questions. Really great conversation I think we're going to be having. Commissioner Hardin.”
Infrastructure, Innovation & Technology Committee · Sep 10, 2026
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“Okay. Thank you for that. If I may. So I just have a few questions. So first of all, I want to thank you for bringing this forward because remediation obviously is an important factor in what we need to be doing. I just want some clarification because I didn't have a chance. Obviously, the original item differs from the substitute that you provided. But when you get last minute substitutions, we kind of like to take a moment to go through it. So I haven't had that chance. Literally, your staff sent it to us as we were sitting down on the dais. And so some of the particulars I'd like to…”
Infrastructure, Innovation & Technology Committee · Sep 10, 2026
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“Great timing. No, of those properties that have been identified as potential to the few properties, are all of them run and leased by outside entities or does the county run any of them?”
Infrastructure, Innovation & Technology Committee · Sep 10, 2026
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“So my question is to that. Could a department apply for this loan? Because are they charged with the same? I'm sorry? Okay. Yes. So I could hear you, but I couldn't hear you. I'm sorry.”
Infrastructure, Innovation & Technology Committee · Sep 10, 2026
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“Right. So the condo loan program had a cap, right? They could only apply for up to a certain amount of money. It wasn't even paid to that individual applicant. It's paid to the association. So how would this work? And by the way, they've had to tweak that program. And then they had to eventually really focus it on the really necessary, you know, that group that fell short and also seniors. And they had other parameters that they were trying to give preference to. And that program is currently closed right now, as we know. And like we did for the private adaptation for the septic to sewer…”
Infrastructure, Innovation & Technology Committee · Sep 10, 2026
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“So let me tell you. So I do think we need, and when you say 20% of what's not encumbered or what's not programmed or whatever terminology we want to use, but within that 20%, what is that cap, right? So let's say you're talking about, you know, you have $100. That's our money. And 20% of that, $20, right? So within that $20, how much is everybody eligible for? Are they eligible for $2, for $10, for $15, or is one person eligible for the full $20? How did you work it out? Because we did have caps on these other loan programs.”
Infrastructure, Innovation & Technology Committee · Sep 10, 2026
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“Maybe there's a hybrid here that we could come forward with where we give relief for the remediation, but we're not doing it at the detriment of draining this fund or that portion of the fund. And honestly, I guess, let me back up a second. These properties that the county owns that has, I'm assuming, some sort of tenancy, right, long-term tenancy. For those properties, what do the lease agreements actually dictate the terms of who's responsible? Who's responsible for remediation? Are we, as the landlord, responsible anyway and they're taking it upon themselves and they're asking us for the…”
Infrastructure, Innovation & Technology Committee · Sep 10, 2026
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“Okay. I need a moment to think on this. Commissioner, yeah, we'll go back around.”
Infrastructure, Innovation & Technology Committee · Sep 10, 2026
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“Thank you. Okay, so bringing it back to this item with the, you know, listen, a lot of really great points are made. Problem is this actual item doesn't address those issues because we're talking about really large 10-acre plus homes. areas. I guess I know the administration has concerns with this item. What I don't appreciate is not understanding what those dollars are programmed towards and what the timeline the realistic timeline for everything is. I think we need that. I think you make a really great point, Commissioner Regalado, on that. In terms of the fee or no fee, I do think there…”
Infrastructure, Innovation & Technology Committee · Sep 10, 2026
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“Right. So every year, right, this is what gets collected by Miami-Dade County. I'm saying prospectively. There's a pot of money right now in there. And there's an accumulation from all these years and to this USAP, what's the acronym? USAP? Right. Okay. So of the dollars in the USAP, prospectively speaking, next year there's going to, you know, if it's a utility that everybody has to pay, fine. That utility, that percentage that would normally go into USAP, Perspectively, I don't want part of the discussion of the... You want to freeze it. You want to freeze the 20%... Well, I want to keep…”
Infrastructure, Innovation & Technology Committee · Sep 10, 2026
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“So I know we have a motion to just approve it as is. I don't know that that has a second. So I would defer to, you know, and I think this is great. I think, look, it's tough because we're only three members. And so you're... But I think it's a great discussion that we are having. And really, this is where it's supposed to happen in committee so that we can really work on making this, at least from a policy standpoint from ours, it could change again, BCC, and it might very well. So I'll leave it to Commissioner Hardiman and Commissioner Cohen-Higgins. Please let me know how you prefer to move…”
Infrastructure, Innovation & Technology Committee · Sep 10, 2026
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“Okay, and so we know moving it without a recommendation requires unanimous vote or it dies, and we don't want to kill it because there's a lot of really good in here. So what we'll do, Commissioner Hardiman, maybe if you want to make the motion to defer to the next committee, but I definitely want this on the October 20th. BCC. I think it needs to happen next month because I think we do need to discuss it, especially before the end of the year. At that point, we'll be past the fiscal. We don't have BCC in September, right? When's our next BCC, please? October 6th. Okay. So then October 20th…”
Infrastructure, Innovation & Technology Committee · Sep 10, 2026
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“Commissioner Regalado, I will give you, you know, what would you like to see? Do you want to work it out now, or do you want to bring it up? I want to leave it to you and your discretion.”
Infrastructure, Innovation & Technology Committee · Sep 10, 2026
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“The interest rate wasn't the issue for me. It was more the cap, so I'll defer to Commissioner Cohen-Higgins.”
Infrastructure, Innovation & Technology Committee · Sep 10, 2026