Remarks by Raquel A. Regalado
227 remarks on the record, newest first · Page 3 of 10
- Play at 6:37:21
“Thank you. And I just want to say, while I appreciate your answer, Carl Denise, who didn't answer my question, because I know how the game works, right? So right now, we're all concerned about the general fund. the portfolio of solid waste, there's a large part of that portfolio that sits in unincorporated Miami-Dade near Doral. And clearly, that portfolio is in play, which is why my question was, If you are going to take property from an enterprise fund, will you be reimbursing that enterprise fund? And your answer was, it's all the same money. It's not, because that comes from the trash…”
Board of County Commissioners · Sep 1, 2026
- Play at 6:43:06
“I have a motion, if I could have the attorneys read it real quick.”
Board of County Commissioners · Sep 1, 2026
- Play at 6:43:10
“No, no, we're done with that one. We already voted.”
Board of County Commissioners · Sep 1, 2026
- Play at 6:43:29
“Thank you. If I could have the attorneys read it. If not, I'll read it. All right.”
Board of County Commissioners · Sep 1, 2026
- Play at 6:48:22
“Yes, I have an appointment. I want to appoint Aaron Caesar to the Biscayne Bay Shoreline Development Review Board.”
Board of County Commissioners · Sep 1, 2026
- Play at 2:28:37
“Yes, so I always say, I don't know if to say congratulations or condolences, but I hope you stick around for our conversation over the port bond. It'll be interesting.”
Board of County Commissioners · Jul 21, 2026
- Play at 2:42:48
“Yeah, I pulled the procurement ones, I guess 14A5. And 1488.”
Board of County Commissioners · Jul 21, 2026
- Play at 2:49:09
“Yeah, Mr. Chair, we're going to have it. They're going to read it to us. Mr.”
Board of County Commissioners · Jul 21, 2026
- Play at 2:49:56
“Thank you. Just for the record, I know that last time this item came before us, the reason it was before us is because we were amending the legal description. So now we're amending the legal description again. Is this making it smaller or bigger? Because we have a few easements on here. There's a different description. But does this increase the footprint that we had from the prior item or decrease it?”
Board of County Commissioners · Jul 21, 2026
- Play at 2:50:48
“So in terms of the size of the parcel, we're still staying within the existing footprint of what we need for the fuel facility, which was the prior amendment.”
Board of County Commissioners · Jul 21, 2026
- Play at 2:52:30
“Thank you, I just want to walk through the changes. I know that we've discussed this item a lot and I don't want to belabor the point, but I think that the changes that we've made to date have really changed dramatically this item. And I hope that the board will consider these requirements in the future. Because I think that it's a way for us to change the conversation in terms of preservation. So first and foremost, obviously I filed the item to change the tax amendment. I think most of us were concerned that the tax amendment was going to be abused. So I hope that this is the last one that…”
Board of County Commissioners · Jul 21, 2026
- Play at 2:55:22
“I understand, and that's if the county rejects ownership, right?”
Board of County Commissioners · Jul 21, 2026
- Play at 2:55:25
“So we're saying that the application now says that if the county has the ability to reject ownership, if the county decides not to do it, then you have the obligation to preserve it. But I really want the county to own it. I think that that's the best path forward for us. On page 12 of the declaration of restrictions, and for those who are watching, I just want to say this information, is in the actual covenant, it's on page 13. But on page 12, number 7, for the preservation area, so we're talking about two different parcels, right? We're talking about the existing preservation area. And…”
Board of County Commissioners · Jul 21, 2026
- Play at 2:56:26
“Okay, I would like it to be the inverse just as it is in the next page. The next page has the owner shall dedicate and convey these additional offsite wetland preservation areas to Miami-Dade County's EO program at no cost to Miami-Dade County and in natural state free of exotic vegetation. So in seven, I would like the same. I don't want the owner to decide if they're going to give the preservation areas to eel. I want eel to have the right of first refusal. I think eel wants them. If eel doesn't want them, then the owner would then maintain them and preserve them. So can we have that same…”
Board of County Commissioners · Jul 21, 2026
- Play at 2:58:22
“Now going back to Page 15. One of the reasons that this application is so different from everything else that this board has seen is because of Kelly's involvement in our emergency response at all levels. And on page 15, paragraph 10, we speak about the county emergency management. Is it possible to give Miami-Dade County government a priority in terms of access to Kelly equipment should there be an emergency? because I know you guys get a draw from everyone. Is that something that we can bake in? I would say it would be as long as we're not violating existing contracts. That's okay. Okay,…”
Board of County Commissioners · Jul 21, 2026
- Play at 3:03:19
“They made amendments, so just as long as the motion says as amended.”
Board of County Commissioners · Jul 21, 2026
- Play at 3:04:56
“So we can have a clarification of the, of the acreage that the County could potentially own just so we have it on the record. That's to the applicant.”
Board of County Commissioners · Jul 21, 2026
- Play at 3:07:13
“He knows that if he doesn't thank me, I get upset later, so.”
Board of County Commissioners · Jul 21, 2026
- Play at 3:25:15
“Thank you. I appreciate that, but the only thing I would add, and I've been requested this, this ordinance was a lot of work. And as many of you know, we were waiting for the state to really regulate it. This was done as a placeholder, as a state regulated, and unfortunately the governor vetoed. We had over a dozen meetings in Key Biscayne to make sure that everybody understood this. And the reason for this ordinance, because many of you know I'm a big supporter of micro mobility, but on February 14th, 2024, we had Megan Andrews died in Key Biscayne as a result of an accident. She was 66 and…”
Board of County Commissioners · Jul 21, 2026
- Play at 3:27:19
“The only thing I would say is this is about the Rickenbacker which is unique as a street. So the speeds and everything on the Rickenbacker are very, very different from other county owned streets. So I would say it would be better to do something separately for other county owned streets because the Rickenbacker is a highway. And this is about the Rickenbacker. And that's why I said it's very particular to what it was created for.”
Board of County Commissioners · Jul 21, 2026
- Play at 3:29:50
“The only thing I would add, unless I'm happy to work with you on an item, I would just say if we are going to bring something like an op-in similar to what I did with the peacocks, I think you need to establish parameters. And I would say a certain number of public meetings, outreach, a lot of things that are not in here. Because I did all those things before this, this has been working for a long time and this is an extension of an existing. So I'm happy to work on an item that creates a way for them to bring it in and to request that we extend their limitations to county roads. But I think…”
Board of County Commissioners · Jul 21, 2026
- Play at 3:32:41
“If I could respond to that. What I'm saying is that there was a lot of public meeting and input and work with DDPW to come to this ordinance. It has very Rickenbacker specific. it doesn't speak to all the meetings and everything that came before the ordinance. So what I'm saying is I'm happy to draft an ordinance for cities to opt in, but it needs to have a lot of things that are not in this ordinance because this ordinance came after two years of working with Key Biscayne. So like I said, I'm happy to work with Commissioner Steinberg or whoever wants to do it to amend this ordinance in…”
Board of County Commissioners · Jul 21, 2026
- Play at 3:38:36
“Thank you. To respond to that question, my concern is notice and litigation. So as we work through this, we dealt with a lot of individuals that did not agree with this ordinance. But we had a series of public meetings and we worked through it to ensure that the county would not enter into litigation as a result. There is a reason that the governor vetoed it. There is a group of humans who do not want this type of limitation to micro mobility. And while this gave some notice to the municipalities, it didn't give them the notice that an item speaking to a countywide would give. Also, if you…”
Board of County Commissioners · Jul 21, 2026
- Play at 3:46:20
“Yes, it is specific to Key Biscayne as are the penalty amounts and the understanding of the speed based on the roads. That's what I'm saying. If we're going to do something that is broader than this, I'm happy to help draft something, but it would have to have different categories for different types of roads that have different speeds, different sidewalks, and you would have to have different pricing for the violations. This is built specifically for Rickenbacker and Crandon. If I may, I think I have an idea.”
Board of County Commissioners · Jul 21, 2026
- Play at 3:48:52
“Chair, if I can explain. Commissioner Reggiano. And we have this issue. Several times I've brought items and we've had questions about the language of the ordinance. And that's because time and time again, our county attorneys tell us that we cannot draft something that is hyper specific to an area. That it must refer back to the entire code. And then get specific in the body. I am not doing anything that everyone doesn't do in every single item. In fact, when we suspended the CRA for Naranja that we're going to visit tonight, it had language that applied to everyone and then specified that…”
Board of County Commissioners · Jul 21, 2026