Remarks by T. Spencer Crowley, III. Esq.
4 remarks on the record, newest first · Page 1 of 1
- Play at 21:01
“Um, thank you, Jess. Uh, I, I just want to mention since we're talking about, um, budget allocations and funding. And I know I'm here representing the builders, but I also am on the board of the Florida Inland Navigation District. And we recently approved our budget two weeks ago. And we awarded $12 million in projects here to Miami-Dade County. So those are going to get funded in the next year. The 12 million is our cost share, so that is being leveraged to fund $38 million worth of projects. For the county specifically, we have a couple that I'll just run through real quick. We have three…”
Biscayne Bay Watershed Management Advisory Board · Oct 2, 2026
- Play at 50:59
“THANK YOU. THANK YOU, GRIFFIN. CAN YOU LET EVERYONE KNOW IF YOU GUYS HAVE A PLACE WHERE WE OR THE PUBLIC CAN GO AND LOOK AT ALL OF THE DIFFERENT GRANTS THAT HAVE BEEN PROVIDED AND FUNDED, YOU KNOW, SINCE THE STATE FUNDING KIND OF TOOK HOLD, WHICH I THINK WAS ABOUT FIVE YEARS AGO. Cause I think there's, you know, maybe, I don't know, 80 or a hundred million dollars of funding that has come here from the state to fund projects. And I think it exists, but I just want you to explain it. And, and if, and I want people to be able to go there and say, okay, $80 million has got us, you know, these 25…”
Biscayne Bay Watershed Management Advisory Board · Oct 2, 2026
- Play at 1:58:45
“THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR. I GUESS ONE OTHER STORMWATER ITEM THAT WOULD BE GOOD TO HEAR AN UPDATE ON IS THE MS4 PERMITTING PROCESS. I KNOW FOR A WHILE THAT WAS LIKE A BIG ISSUE AND WE TALKED A LOT ABOUT IT AND THEN IT KIND OF FELL OFF AND THAT FOR EVERYONE WHO IS WATCHING IS THE WAY THE COUNTY REGULATES THEIR STORMWATER SYSTEM AND REGULATES ALL OF THE DIFFERENT MUNICIPALITIES. So for marine debris, for nutrient loading, like that really is the critical item that has to be improved if any of these issues are going to be improved. Um, so I, I think that would be helpful. And with respect to some…”
Biscayne Bay Watershed Management Advisory Board · Oct 2, 2026
- Play at 2:17:03
“Can I? So I totally disagree with that idea and concept. This this board is not a regulatory board. We don't we that that's not why it was created. It was created to assist the county with restoration activities and to be a proactive uh entity that you know basically tries to keep track of where um certain funding is being used how successful that is um and and to make recommendations about how to do that in the future it's very different than um a board or an entity having regulatory authority um I think trying to get this board to act in a regulatory capacity is going to very much undermine…”
Biscayne Bay Watershed Management Advisory Board · Oct 2, 2026