Remarks by Raquel A. Regalado
227 remarks on the record, newest first · Page 1 of 10
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“Thank you. Thank you. And thank you, Nathan. I was just going to say, and, you know, Commissioner McGee, I think we all understand the historic issues, right? And it's not just the county, it's also the federal government, which is why we had a movement towards RAD. I think when the item was presented, and Nathan is correct, this document by law must mirror everything that the Board of County Commissioners has approved, full stop. That's all it does. It mirrors everything that we've approved. The item was approved. Now, when the effectuating agreement for the item comes to the board, I think…”
Housing Committee · Sep 9, 2026
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“Thank you, and I just wanted to make a few points. And thank you for everyone who came out. First of all, the City of Miami does have SHIP funding, so I'm glad, Nathan, that you qualified that. And just so that you know, the City of Miami actually prioritizes their SHIP money into three buckets, different from the county, housing retention and repairs, emergency home repairs, and housing rehabilitation. Um, down payment and closing cost assistance and affordable housing production. So I would tell you 1st, and foremost to go to the city of Miami and have them change their rules to comply with…”
Housing Committee · Sep 9, 2026
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“Yes, since Commissioner McGee mentioned that, I would just say there is a Florida mobile home relocation trust fund. So, Nathan, while we're looking, if we're going to do an audit, right? I mean, we're asking for an audit. I think it's a great idea so we can evaluate the risk, right? So we're looking at a particular pot of money. We're going to do an audit to evaluate the risk. Look at the trust fund also because that's another state vehicle that we should add when we look at that. And there is a radius associated to that trust fund. So maybe that's a path forward also to establish a radius…”
Housing Committee · Sep 9, 2026
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“As a point of order, since the maker is here, can we give like a few comments? Because if you're going to be working on it, I have a lot. I have a lot. So, I mean, I get it. We don't want to have the public hearing because then we won't be able to have the public hearing. But I would love to speak on 1G1 if possible.”
Recreation, Tourism, and Resiliency Committee · Sep 9, 2026
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“So, Commissioner, I understand where you're coming from. I get the frustration. But at the same time, I think it's a horrible idea to create a process that lives on a director's desk. I mean, you are one of the people that complains the most about not having access to information. So I think that this would create something very similar. It also concerns me that There is no requirement to have an agreement with county government on these things. So I think that there is another path that you could speak to staff about. We did find, and Abby has the information, but I don't want to take…”
Recreation, Tourism, and Resiliency Committee · Sep 9, 2026
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“I just have a few questions for staff on 1G2. I don't have an issue with the other one, so if I can bifurcate that one.”
Recreation, Tourism, and Resiliency Committee · Sep 9, 2026
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“Okay, thank you. 1G2. All right, so 1G2, if I could have Durham come up.”
Recreation, Tourism, and Resiliency Committee · Sep 9, 2026
- Play at 10:25
“Thank you. Through the Chair, so listen, I get it. There was a few things on here that were not mentioned that have come up. Liveaboards, mooring, enforcing existing Durham rules. And those have come up on the days, so I would love for this board to take that up. It concerns me that we keep creating boards and they all cost money. This one's coming out of Durham. I think that we should be rolling up boards, not creating more boards. And obviously, but I get, I spoke to staff and I understand that other boards are being hijacked with these issues. So I understand why you're creating this. But…”
Recreation, Tourism, and Resiliency Committee · Sep 9, 2026
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“I agree. I'm just saying, and we'll circle back to the liveaboard, but I really think we need to put in some time on the Marine Safety Patrol and also where these things kind of intersect, right? Because what a boater is doing in terms of their sanitary sewer on their boat, is not related to boater safety, but is related to the activities that are happening on the water, right? So there are like intersections, the same thing with like the moorings and what are happening with the moorings. So I don't wanna mix apples and oranges. I just wanna make sure that when we're dealing with boater…”
Recreation, Tourism, and Resiliency Committee · Sep 9, 2026
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“Thank you. Thank you. And I'm happy to move it. You know, I'm happy to move it.”
Recreation, Tourism, and Resiliency Committee · Sep 9, 2026
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“Um, I just wanted to pick up sponsorship, uh, for three a and three C. Okay. Um, and then to be, um, I'd like to, to speak on it. The maker's not here, so I'll just put my comments on the record. But other than that, happy to move the balance.”
Recreation, Tourism, and Resiliency Committee · Sep 9, 2026
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“So, so to be, I think it's a good idea. I think that we should not just focus on the municipalities. I think that there's a. There's an opportunity to also add Miami-Dade County public schools. So that's my recommendation to the maker. And given the cost of animal services, I think that we should tailor some of these items to focus on in-kind and partnerships before we start drawing. You know, this does have a fiscal impact. So I would like us to focus on that before we actually start spending money. I think we need to start putting that specifically in these items. It's a great idea, but…”
Recreation, Tourism, and Resiliency Committee · Sep 9, 2026
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“Thank you. Thank you, Mr. Chairman, and thank you for your support and to the family and to all the officers that are here and the residents. You know, One of the saddest things that we do is name streets. It's usually not for happy reasons. And for us, it's such a tremendous loss. And as the chairman mentioned, for those of us who knew Devin and know his family, he was such an amazing light. It is an honor to honor him, not just with the street, but also with the field that he played in in Devon Air. And my hope is that when people drive down and see the name on the street, they'll Google it…”
Board of County Commissioners · Sep 1, 2026
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“Co-sponsor anyone who wants to join his co-sponsor raise your hand.”
Board of County Commissioners · Sep 1, 2026
- Play at 1:36:04
“The thing is that there's already coal primes got yeah, there's already to cope arms and it's already written so co-sponsor everyone.”
Board of County Commissioners · Sep 1, 2026
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“I mean, if we're going to make one more person co-prime that didn't draft, then we should make everybody co-prime that didn't draft. So that's kind of, I mean, the whole purpose of co-prime is that you were drafting. So, but it's fine if everybody wants to be co-prime, we can do that too.”
Board of County Commissioners · Sep 1, 2026
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“Yeah, just everyone's co-prime is fine. I'm happy with everybody being co-prime. That's all good. We all agree and we just should vote and support. Thank you.”
Board of County Commissioners · Sep 1, 2026
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“Yeah, there was a request at the beginning of the meeting to bifurcate some of the fives. So if we can have the attorneys repeat that. Specifically, I think we pretty much divided all the procurement ones up so that we can go through them one by one.”
Board of County Commissioners · Sep 1, 2026
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“Thank you, Mr. Chair. I just have some questions in terms of compliance. And obviously, I agree with my colleagues that I want to get into a whole conversation about our rules in quasi-judicial. But in terms of another deferral or a denial, are we limited in the number of deferrals since the maker has mentioned that she's working on something? And if so, can we waive it because it's our rule? So could we waive, if there is a limitation on deferral, can we waive our rule to defer it again as she continues to work on an item instead of a denial that would trigger court action?”
Board of County Commissioners · Sep 1, 2026
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“Okay. Just putting that out there since you're working on something, I know that it's annoying to have it come up again and again and again, but you could defer it for a period of time, depending on what you're working on, and then it's not foreclosed completely. It's still difficult, but not foreclosed. Correct.”
Board of County Commissioners · Sep 1, 2026
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“Yeah, I just want to add something really quick since she's working on the item and, you know, we have sunshine issues. And I'm glad that she brought up the point that these are not affordables. So in my district, in 7 and in 6, one of the things that we're seeing is people are buying single-family homes, tearing them down and building homes. that are multi-million dollar duplexes. They're not affordable homes. And I live in the Pines. I live in a single family home that's surrounded by duplexes for this same reason. I don't know if she's been invaded by the sugar cubes like I have, but…”
Board of County Commissioners · Sep 1, 2026
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“Thank you. Thank you to my colleagues. I'm glad that some of my concerns were already mentioned. I'm going to start with the easy stuff. In 5G, there is one of the recommendations for D7 is to develop a standard ground lease agreement. And I would like this to have parity with what we did for HUD. So what we did for HUD is we said we're going to have a standard ground lease. And when you apply, whatever you don't object to, you are barred from objecting to. And so I think you should add that on here because that's really, when we studied why Broward and other places do it faster, it's because…”
Board of County Commissioners · Sep 1, 2026
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“How do we- So what we would effectuate would be when we get a letter, because when the agenda item publishes, we get the letters. When we get the letters, they're made part of the record here and usually passed out. What I would say is, and usually procurement's copied and the mayor's copied. When they get those letters, then they have to give it to our legal department. And they have to say these arguments could have been, right, an objection to the procurement. So those arguments are taken out because you had your chance to object, right? And you didn't object. And now you're placing those…”
Board of County Commissioners · Sep 1, 2026
- Play at 4:31:57
“Right, things that should have been part of your objection, right. So that's a legal, as I'm saying, it's a legal determination. What could have fallen within our, An objection to that procurement, which now they're re litigating in correspondence to the board of county commissioners instead of officially filing an objection or they did file an objection. It was rejected and now we're bringing it up again.”
Board of County Commissioners · Sep 1, 2026
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“Yes, but on the record, it will be said that this argument, this argument, and this argument could have been part of an official objection, and they chose not to do that. So if we still want to go down that rabbit hole, we can, but at least there is, on the record, the statement that they chose to not use the vehicle provided to them by our procurement.”
Board of County Commissioners · Sep 1, 2026