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Housing Committee - Nov 10, 2026

Miami-Dade County, FL Board of County Commissioners November 10, 2026 10 minutes
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Speaker

Commissioner Regalado, Vice Chairwoman Lopez, Chairwoman Bastian. Here. Four members present, we have our quorum. All right. All right, I'd like to welcome each and everyone to the Housing Committee meeting. And I would like us to bring some silence here, a bit of silence. All right, thank you so much. We'll ask you to stand up for prayer by our legislative member, Olivier Telusma. Followed by the pleasure of our allegiance. Father God, in the Old Testament, you charge your servants to care for the fatherless, plead the case of the defenseless, and look after the widow. Likewise, today, these items you have entrusted into the care of this committee and their staff. And I ask that you give the members of this committee the wisdom and the insight to make decisions that benefit all 2.8 million residents of Miami-Dade County. From my mouth to your ears, I pray. Amen. Amen. Okay, Mr. Attorney, is it time for, Madam Attorney, is it time for a reasonable opportunity for the public to be heard? An online public hearing item. All right, so do I have a card here? No cards? All right, so reasonable opportunity for the public to be heard is open. I don't see anyone approaching. Okay, reasonable opportunity is now closed. Madam Attorney. Other than the changes listed in your changes memo, there are no other changes. A motion to set the agenda is in order. So moved. I have a second. I have a second. All in favor? Aye. Any opposed? Okay. All right. Madam Attorney. At your discretion, if you'd like to move the agenda or move into public hearing. Okay. I'd like someone to move the balance of the agenda except for the public hearing items. I'll move the balance of the agenda. Okay. All right. All in favor? Aye. Any opposed? All right. So now we come to the public hearing items, Madam Attorney. Yes, ma'am. Can you please read them into, and yeah, go ahead. And we have Item 1G1, Ordinance Relating to Zoning, Creating Section 33193.17 of the Code of Miami-Dade County, Florida, Establishing Notice Requirements of Administrative Decisions on Certain Applications Relating to Workforce Housing Development and Allowances. Item 1G1, Supplement the Fiscal Impact and Social Equity Statement. Item 1G2, Resolution Approving After Public Hearing the Section 8 Administrative Plan, Authorizing the County Mayor or Mayors that need to administer, implement, exercise, and enforce the provisions of the Administrative Plan. Those are your public hearing items. Thanks. So, I'm going to open the floor for anyone who wishes to speak on 1G1 or 1G2. I only have one card. I'm going to call Madam Daniela Pierre. Please come. You have two minutes. Give your name and address for the record. Public hearing is now open. Good afternoon, everyone. Madam Chair, Commissioners, my name is Daniela Pierre. Address 7151, Northwest 14th Place. I'm here today to speak on the Section 8 Administrative Plan. I want to first thank the Housing Community Development Team for providing the provisions for the community and various organizations to be able to respond in various formats. This plan is important because it's one of the largest Section 8 plans in the state of Florida. Here in Miami-Dade County, it represents a large number of households, well over 40,000 families. So, we should continue to review the Section 8 Administrative Plan to make certain that it's fair, equitable, and just for everyone. I also want to thank all of the organizations that took the time to submit public comments. I think it's important that those organizations and those participants were able to provide the comments because it makes the framework much stronger. I would add, as the team is coming to provide its plea for approval, that we continue to have a forum where the public can respond and provide comments to such a very important framework for our community. Thank you. Thank you. Anyone else on 1G1? Public hearing is still open on 1G1. Anyone else? I don't see anyone approaching. Public hearing on 1G1 is now closed. Now, on 1G2, I do see a wonderful commissioner on 1G1, okay. Yes, on 1G1, our commissioner, would you like to make a presentation? You're recognized. Thank you, Madam Chair. And welcome. Thank you so much. Pleasure to be here in front of you and my colleagues. Hello. I'm simply here in case you have any questions. I can give a brief overview of 1G1. 1G1, it's just a brief change to allow for notification when there's administrative approval of workforce housing development. And so the only change, really, is that it asks for the administration to provide notification to the residents, which gives them notice that these types of developments are coming around the houses. It was obviously born out of frustration of certain, you know, neighbors that see these houses or these developments that are popping up around them. And we're not notified because it's currently not required in our code. And so this would just require that notification. It doesn't change anything else. But I'm here. If there's any questions, I'm happy to address them. Thank you so much for recognizing me. Thank you so much, Commissioner Orbis. Does any of my colleagues have, you know, want to speak on 1G1? Yes, please. Okay, you will recognize. Thank you, Madam Chair. I just want to thank Commissioner Emelian Orbis because when she originally brought this to the commission as a whole, I recognized that it was an important issue not only in her district but in mine as well with townhouses going up in the middle of residential neighborhoods and no one was notified. So I'd like to be added as a co-sponsor to this very good change in ordinance and I'm thankful for her leadership on it. Thank you. Thank you so much. Anyone else? I'd say ditto. All right. Also, I want to thank Commissioner Orbis for, I think it's good for a notification for the residents and also for us. Mm-hmm. All right. I'll move the item. And the way you have a second? Okay. I also would like to co-sponsor. Madame Plur, call the roll. Commissioner Bamidez? Yes. Commissioner Regalado? Vice Chairwoman Lopez? Yes. Yes. Chairwoman Bastian? Yes. Motion passes unanimously. All right. Now, Madame Attorney? Yes. Yes, Madame Chair. 1G2, the public hearing is open. I read it. I read them both. Thank you. I'd like to open public hearing on 1G2. Is there anyone who would like to make a comment on 1G2? Bye, Commissioner. Seeing no one approaching. Oh. Oh, Nathan. She's surprised. All right. Would you like to speak on 1G2, Madame Pierre? Yes. All right. Go ahead. Greetings, Madame Chair and Commissioners. I'm Daniela Pierre, 7151 Northwest 14th Place. I spoke earlier, but I wanted the record to reflect that my earlier comments were for 1G2. Yeah. Thank you. Yeah. Got it. So, anyone else on 1G2? All right. Seeing no one, public hearing on 1G2 is now closed. Now, to my colleagues. Does anyone would like to make a comment or speak on 1G2? No. Move it. All right. Do we have a second? All right. Madam Clerk, please call the roll. Commissioner Regalado? Yes. Commissioner Bermudez? Yes. Vice Chairwoman Lopez? Yes. Chairwoman Bastion? Yes. Motion passes unanimously. All right. Anything else, Madame Attorney? That concludes your agenda. However, the administration would like to request that the following items be waived to the November 17th BCC meeting, 1G2 and 3B. All right. Anything else? No. That's it. Happy to move to adjourn. All right. Being adjourned. Thank you. Thank you, Madame Chair.