Remarks by Raquel A. Regalado
227 remarks on the record, newest first · Page 8 of 10
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“No, I'm asking for his concerns on the motion in terms of the buckets.”
Board of County Commissioners · Jun 16, 2026
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“Yeah, because it includes in kind. Right. Right. Yeah.”
Board of County Commissioners · Jun 16, 2026
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“Mr. Chair, we're going to call up. Oliver's coming back. Just come back, Oliver. Yes.”
Board of County Commissioners · Jun 16, 2026
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“Thank you. Thank you, Mr. Chair. Oliver, you remember, we talked about this when we first brought the item on the constitutional officers, and that's why we amended all the contracts that came after, saying that they could either take the contracts or we could keep the contracts, and there was this whole back and forth that we did during that process. But I don't think that... We've had that conversation since then. And I think one of the things that we should consider, and obviously we still have the obligation, so we can't transfer it. But I'm sure that we can account for it, and not just…”
Board of County Commissioners · Jun 16, 2026
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“I don't want to complicate matters more. Time out, Mr.”
Board of County Commissioners · Jun 16, 2026
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“No, but look, my district was very impacted during Irma. Irma was a high debris storm. And it was very, very expensive. So I've looked at the numbers. And while I appreciate that we're looking at this contract hypothetically, I would love to compare these bids to what occurred in Irma because that has been, for us, worst-case scenario. So there's been a lot of discussion about overtime. I would love to see some empirical information as to what happened with the hours because... During Irma, the county was well positioned in that our contract allowed us more access than the municipalities.…”
Board of County Commissioners · Jun 16, 2026
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“All right. And I appreciate that, but obviously surfside and hurricanes are a little different. But I do know that during Irma we were going around the clock with the debris also. But what you're saying is the reason we don't have those numbers is because since it was a flat rate, we didn't quantify it as overtime.”
Board of County Commissioners · Jun 16, 2026
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“So this agreement was also used for Surfside? That is correct. Okay. Thank you.”
Board of County Commissioners · Jun 16, 2026
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“Thank you. It's very concerning to me that we're turning into like a selection committee. This is happening a lot. You know, the reason we have selection committees and we have recommendations is so that we're not put in this position. We can't do a baffle because then it comes back in a way that threatens the FEMA recommendation. But I also think that splitting the baby is not appropriate either because in terms of accountability, when there is a disaster, it's going to be different, right? The reason that historically we've had one company do all of it is so that we don't have a logistical…”
Board of County Commissioners · Jun 16, 2026
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“This is just for an amendment, if the attorneys could read it. Don't worry, I got it. Commissioner Regalado moves one, suspend the board's rule of procedure and waive committee review and the four-week, six-week municipal notice requirement as to item 4A, legislature number 2610162, amend item 15B1 to schedule the public hearing and second reading item 4A at the July 21st, 2026 Board of County Commissioners meeting. Three, direct the agenda coordinator to send the appropriate municipal notices and four, direct the clerk of the board to publish all necessary notices relating to this item.”
Board of County Commissioners · Jun 16, 2026
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“Thank you, Mr. Chair. I just have a question because we added some items here for the RTZ in the city of Miami. And I was just wondering, where's that litigation? Because these things continue to be pending.”
Transportation Committee · Jun 9, 2026
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“Let me take up 5M, and I want to say something.”
Board of County Commissioners · Jun 2, 2026
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“Thank you. And I know that this impacts several districts, but it also impacts mine, so I'm happy to move it. I've spoken a lot to my residents about these issues, and I was going to make the same comment if we took up the lighting districts, but it appears that we're going to defer that. So I just wanted to... Take the opportunity to speak to the board that I've made a legislative request that I think is going to respond to a lot of the concerns about these districts. I have a lot of special taxing districts in my area, and it appears that we get more and more requests for them, but. 1 thing…”
Board of County Commissioners · Jun 2, 2026
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“Thank you. I also appreciate the intent, but I have a lot of issues with the item. My take on the tri-county issue is that the makers should consider what we're doing in transit. So currently in transit, we have biweekly meetings with the three counties and their departments to deal with SFRTA and other issues. And I think if we wanted to do something with Broward and Palm Beach, we should engage their staff in that way, and that isn't happening. Okay. So that's number one. In terms of the layout of this board, there are certain things in the item that are policy determinations that this…”
Board of County Commissioners · Jun 2, 2026
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“Thank you. When we passed the RTZ, live local didn't exist. So there is a gap in the RTZ legislation. So what happens is, if you bring an item into the RTZ, they can avail themselves of live local. The reason that the administration has to be given the authority to do this is in order to comply with live local. Live local allows the way that it is set up by the state is that it goes to the administration. So all I'm doing is dealing with the gap between the RTV and live local so that there can be a covenant because right now it's just a free for all. So this allows a vehicle. in certain areas…”
Board of County Commissioners · Jun 2, 2026
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“So the issue is when you bring something into the RTZ, you don't deal with this. i don't want to be so prescriptive because something might come into the rtz and they're saying that it's not going to be live local and then later on they decide to be live local right so the way to cover the entire gap is to say you can bring it when you bring it into the rtz or you can bring it after because the property might change after you bring it into the rtz so the way that it's drafted covers the entire gap You can always get a covenant if it's going live local because you may not know when you bring…”
Board of County Commissioners · Jun 2, 2026
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“The issue is that it's live local. So I don't want to be in violation of the statute. Because it's live local, it doesn't require ratification of the board. I mean, if they need a variance, then live local comes to us. But the whole point of live local is that it doesn't come to us, which is why we have the gap.”
Board of County Commissioners · Jun 2, 2026
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“I'm fine with that. So the way that Live Local is written by the state is that it is completely administrative. Every now and then, we get Live Local that has variances, so it comes to us. I'm fine with that, but we drafted it because we didn't want to violate the statute because we are preempted from taking a position on the local. The reason that we're able to do these covenants is because you're availing yourself of 2 things. The and live local, the fact that you're availing yourself of the allows us to have input into the live local process. So I'm happy to amend it that way. But just so…”
Board of County Commissioners · Jun 2, 2026
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“Again, this is only in the RTZ because it's the only space in which we can have the input. So I just want to be clear on that. Yeah, because of the statute and the way that the statute was written. Yeah, this is, well, it just, it creates a gap because we as a board are providing a zoning benefit and then someone is availing themselves of that zoning benefit. So as a result, we get to do this. So I'm happy to amend it like that, but I don't want to go further than the RTZ and other things because again, I want to solve this particular issue that we're having.”
Board of County Commissioners · Jun 2, 2026
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“But to the extent that the law allows, please.”
Board of County Commissioners · Jun 2, 2026
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“And remember, Mr. Chair, you and I did like a sunshine meeting and we created a website. There was like a whole thing. So there's a website. We give people access to the website. They can see the application. So we, when Live Local first came out, we really tried to provide disclosure.”
Board of County Commissioners · Jun 2, 2026
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“Mr. Chair, thank you. So the issue is we don't want to incentivize people to not tell us that they're going live local to get into the RTZ in order to get out of this. Personally, I've been very clear in that I want this done during the RTZ process, but it's up to every commissioner. Again, you all have to deal with your items, right? I don't want to create a situation where they're going to say, oh, we're just coming into the RTZ. And then once you're in the RTZ, they're like, oh, now we're going to do live local. So I just that's why I was very careful in that a lot of things can happen in…”
Board of County Commissioners · Jun 2, 2026
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“Well, that's if they came in and they said they were doing live local and then they decide not to do live local. That doesn't answer the incentivizing of coming in, doing RTZ, and not saying you're doing live local and then doing live local. But listen, that's fine. If it becomes a problem, we'll just fix it then. I think now we just need to get her going.”
Board of County Commissioners · Jun 2, 2026
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“We can always fix it later if it becomes a problem. This took a lot of time and effort to draft, so I'm happy to amend it with Abby's suggestion and move forward and call the question.”
Board of County Commissioners · Jun 2, 2026
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“I'm happy to do that. I mean, normally it's a Scribner's error. I mean, the only thing that I would say, I'll take it out. But then if they have a Scribner's error, then it comes back. So just so that we know that then the item comes back. But happy to take it out to make everyone feel better.”
Board of County Commissioners · Jun 2, 2026