course from my school one of my schools so director please do the honors good morning good morning good morning to everyone for being here thank you all to our lovely students that participated i want you all to know that we had 250 students participate in this year's poster contest and we have 14 winners and so we have a few that are not here but these young ladies that are represented here today are representing with some beautiful art that represents recycling reduce reuse and recycle and if you can see the artwork we had a rubric we had about four judges and we went through and you can see all of the detail that is represented in the artwork that's here today so i just want to be i don't want to belabor the time i want to call their names and i also want you all to know that tomorrow is global recycling day can i get us can i get some can i gets a little bit of excitement it's global recycling day tomorrow and so this is intentional that we're doing this today right before global recycling day and so if i call your name there are a couple of you that are not represented here because you're still in traffic but i'm gonna do my best y'all i don't have my glasses on annabelle annabella uh annabella boroto annabella annabella not annabelle or isabel gotcha thank you all right singing is a real thing anaya berrios from robert morgan senior high not here but let's give her a hand clap then we have arden quintana from herbert 8 emmons middle thank you can you hold that aveda lawlor somerset academy bay hold it up all right gabriella maribel from arvida middle all right she's not here yet then we have jennifer jimenez from robert morgan senior carol pino from doctor's charter school of miami shores nice then we also have carolyn reyes from palm springs middle not here lahani lazano from south date middle martha gutierrez from dorothy m wallace cope center she's not here but i do believe the principal is here for that school then we have mila acosta from barbara coleman senior let him see that beautiful work yes then we have uh samantha corletto from robert morgan senior scarlett kendricks from violent k a center and last stella costa from kenwood k through eight all right congratulations to all of our win winners thank you for helping inspire everyone to recycle right um i do want to make one more thing and so tomorrow we will be launching scrap app it is an app that we actually have there is the qr code and so when you don't know what to recycle and you're guessing trying to identify what to recycle just scan it and it will tell you if it is recyclable or not this will help us to reduce contamination in our system and actually help us to actually improve our waste system so thank you guys for all your participation because recycling is all of our jobs it is all of our responsibility so we have the code here and we actually i think uh the code is on our website is it on our website yet we're actually releasing a video um the mayor and i did together and then we also actually are going to make do the main release tomorrow so today is the soft launch tomorrow is the major launch because tomorrow is global recycling day i don't know well thank you so much to director daniels and uh roy coley our chief please come on down roy uh this has been an amazing year with 250 submissions and 14 winners and i am so in love with each of these what i've been planning and will do is to create cards that i can use for protocol gifts for whatever just to showcase the creativity and the dedication of our young people for saving our planet this is what it's all about and we know that people try to recycle but it's sometimes confusing what to recycle and that's why we have our new scrap app and we also launched something called recyclopedia that is also like wikipedia but it's about recycling so these are a couple of ways that you can be sure to recycle right and reduce our contamination and reduce the space in our landfills and whatever else is to come for our waste uh reduction but we do produce an extraordinary amount of waste here in miami-dade county double the national average and so it's critically important and these young people are showing that they are ambassadors for making sure that we do right with our waste and reduce it reuse it and recycle all of the above so congratulations to our leaders for showing your parents your teachers our community the way and thank you to director daniel for this great uh contest very good thank you and if we can take another picture we have more commissioners now i will mention the director just shared with me the month of april on earth day we will be featuring these very talented uh young persons uh artwork at the westchester library for an entire month and uh yep yep yep yep yep and i don't know what date it is today but i want to say that we're still in women's month and if you look up here i see a hundred percent of young women so very talented young women and i'm sure that there's some uh young boys out there that couldn't make it today but the ones that did are young women so congratulations once again let's get together for a photo how do we do this thank you all and once again thank you to all the students that participated thank you guys all right i also want to acknowledge that this is a project that is done in conjunction with miami-dade county public schools and we have two representatives here from the uh department where are they where do they go there they are just want to say a big thank you to them for facilitating this it's an annual event and we're so grateful to you and to their teachers who have made it possible for them to do this great work thank you so much thank you all right all right thank you so much are we jasmine yep that's it all right mayor mayor you could look at it at the westchester library if you really wanted to see each one individually yeah where's jasmine jasmine where's my staff yeah all right guys you can take a seat already yep yep i think there's a little little too much uh green and too much green beer this one all right all right guys we have two more presentations commissioner happy st patty's day by the way happy st patrick's day to everybody here this morning we have our sheriff joining us this morning as well thank you sheriff for being with us and all of your department i i often say this when law enforcement is all in one place is who is taking care of our streets who's keeping us safe right now because everybody is in this building but uh before we get to a very important and very uh emotional uh presentation that we have this morning i want to uh recognize uh another one that that i i sponsored a special presentation recognition and recognition of women's month that i just uh mentioned a little bit ago with these uh fine young women and their beautiful art i want to honor this morning dr anna viamonte if she could come up with me anna viamonte ross doctor thank you for being with us you could stand next to me and i want to honor her for her service as florida's first state surgeon general that is a big deal and the first woman and cuban american to lead the florida department of health and for her contributions to public health in miami that's uh that's that's a big deal doctor uh so today we honor dr anna maria viamonte whose career reflects an extraordinary commitment to public health leadership and service to our community she made history as i mentioned as florida's first state surgeon general and secretary of health becoming the first woman and first cuban american i'm going to say that a few times uh to lead the florida department of health during her tenure she helped lead statewide efforts focused on prevention health equity and improving the well-being of communities across florida while remaining deeply committed to caring for undeserved for underserved populations not undeserved underserved population very important clarification she continues to work today through her leadership at baptist health south florida and by mentoring future physicians as an associate professor at fiu one of our very own here in miami-dade county uh dr viamonte ross thank you again for your historic leadership your compassion and your continued service please keep doing the important work of public service and please keep our community safe thank you very much and with that i have a few words that i'm sure the mayor is going to want to say but in the meantime i will get an official proclamation thank you mr chair thank you so much for bringing this important recognition i have had the pleasure to know dr viamonte ross for decades and we've worked together what did we say through many lives and she has always been as you see her today just an incredible role model for young women mentoring but also for everyone who cares about our community so not only is she a top ranked physician but she focuses on prevention community wellness women's health care and we're so proud we're so proud of what you've done here and also as a national leader so your your work has spread beyond florida beyond miami-dade beyond florida i think globally for sure because truly you have stood up for making sure that people have access to health care no matter their situation so i'm very grateful to you personally for your friendship for your mentorship for your kindness and for setting an example for the whole world thank you thank you so very very very much i'm honored uh and now as medical director actually a camilla's health concern it's my privilege and my honor to serve uh the whole community especially just outside your doors here uh in on our street outreach i'm also professor like was just said at florida international university at the college of medicine i really believe that the health of one individual is really the health of the community and i'm here to serve so i thank you so much thank you again doctor thank you yes round of applause and with that be it resolved that the mayor of the county daniel levin cava the county commission and myself as chairman of the board and on behalf of miami-dade county its entire community almost 2.8 million residents proclaimed today tuesday march 17 2026 as dr ana maria viamonte ross day congratulations doctor thank you again doctor and thank you for all the work that you do keep doing it you got a lot of energy so keep it up all right yeah i know i know i'm back in the middle all right all right guys we're our last uh recognition this morning is uh one that we don't we don't do very often and it's probably a good thing that we don't do it often right if you think of it that way uh but it is a presentation of the veloma award to the one officer that everyone in this community and in many many communities uh know knew and continues touching everybody's heart uh day after day and that's caesar echeverry and this veloma award is nominated by commissioner gonzalez so thank you commissioner gonzalez for doing that uh of course i especially want to thank the family of caesar javerry for being here this morning uh known to many of course as ecchi and ecchi was the embodiment of public service uh he was hard working and he really cared about his community he cared about the people he impacted he cared about doing the right thing and uh he lives on and now uh not only does he live on but his good public service and giving back lives on through his family now uh sheriff if you could join us up here as well in a moment and of course we'll call up the family in just a second but i'd like to have and and steadman you can come down do we have anybody else from the uh from the police leadership team i got and then of course the sheriff can call up uh if i miss somebody but uh before that i'd like to uh officially give the sponsor an opportunity to to introduce the veloma award thank you mr chair and um this is uh this is a special award and it's a difficult award and so i want to start with a difficult conversation jesus is sitting with his friends his best friends and his friends are hearing from him where he's saying that he's going to go on and he's going to suffer and he's going to be killed for the betterment of mankind and so peter who's bold he stands up and he tells jesus he says no that can't happen that will never happen i will not allow that to happen and if you've read this passage jesus looks at peter and he rebukes him and he tells him to get behind him because peter doesn't understand the bigger mission the reason that's a difficult conversation is because many times i put myself in peter's position and i think today we all feel a little bit like peter because when you think of a great man like caesar ecchi echabari you think of a man who should have never been taken from us you should have never lost your son you should have never lost your brother but jesus knew something peter didn't know and that's that you can't put out a light because of ecchi sacrifice and because of the boldness of his family that is able to every day remind us not only of his sacrifice but of the light that he shined when he was with us there are officers today that are better men and women there are police departments entire departments that are more courageous they're more caring and they're more giving because ecchi was that light christianity is the only faith where god became man and walked among us a lot is said of the son's sacrifice because the son sacrifices life so that we can live but not enough is said of john 3 16 which is the father sacrifice because the father gave his one and only son which is the ultimate sacrifice so that we all can live and with that it is my greatest honor to present to you family members parents fiance with the valono award because this award is about the light that continues to shine and will always shine because of ecchi and because of your strength to allow us to honor him and remember him forever so god bless you thank you and we're gonna again we're gonna call you up in just a second um sheriff and i know my colleagues may want to say a few words the mayor of course is going to say a few words um i'm gonna let you go first especially in case you need to call someone else up to to join you you could do that i'm gonna put him on the spot but um i saw him earlier retired major jr ramirez please front and center major paveda front and center and freddie laranaga major i called you three very very specifically right because these are the leadership that was in place at one point or another during this entire time these are the individuals that every day steer the ship as you look out at all the officers deputies i say officers because some are retired in this room uh deputies um this is a living testament of ecchi this unit is a living testimony testament to ecchi every single day and i'm proud to say in his name that you have never slowed down you have served this community with honor integrity going after the worst of the worst i you make him proud and you make me proud and you make this community proud thank you for what you do every day in ecchi's name to his family know that we carry him in our hearts every single day and a part of this badge that i wear is ecchi's thank you for sharing him with us and for allowing us the opportunity to honor him as well thank you mayor you want to go next or last so as has been said the valoma award is not often given it's given when an ultimate sacrifice leads to commitments investments to make a better world and truly the echeverry family represents exactly that the inspiration that we have from ecchi lives with all of us every day i was there at the at the time i was in the hospital with you i was there with his fellow officers grieving the kind of solidarity that cannot be experienced except in this setting truly remarkable the support that our law enforcement our first responders give in this time every one of us praying with you holding you and through it all through the naming of a street through the journey back to your home country to bury him through now the twice annual pilgrimage which is that you make to your home town in nicaragua to serve the children in that community you continue to shine that light to sandra who is now a practicing immigration attorney serving uh serving serving serving to to our our beloved parents who lead these efforts every twice a year to your wonderful fiancee who now serves in our sheriff office as a victim advocate everybody serving in honor of ecchi and what he has meant to our community to your family but to beyond to the whole world so it is really fitting that this valoma award which is about taking your pain and turning it into service in memory to make a better world that is what you're doing each and every day and we thank you and for that i'm grateful to commissioner for sponsoring today's award thank you so much thank you mayor uh if the family could please join us and commissioner gonzalez if you can get the award we're going to officially present the award and of course we'll do a photo and then after the photo with the family and the commissioners we'll call his entire work family to come up and join us for a photo as well uh commissioner gonzalez you want to officially present it it is it is my great honor to present you your entire family with the valoma award on behalf of miami-dade county on behalf of our great sheriff's office and on behalf of every single resident in miami-dade every deputy and every officer god bless you thank you for your strength and thank you for sharing your son's legacy i want to thank major men and major and the whole board of commissioners for hosting us today as well as sheriff and the whole red department and all our leaders and um just simply being here present today in front of you is a testament of god's grace on us daily to continue with his strength for whatever purpose he has for us that we have committed to continuing serving and to be able to honor my brother and continue his legacy it's our main purpose right now so i want to thank you all all right we're gonna get for a picture just you want to guide us where's armando please call the roll good morning commissioner bastian commissioner bermudez commissioner cohen higgins senator garcia commissioner gilbert commissioner gonzalez commissioner harteman commissioner lopez commissioner milian orbis commissioner regalado commissioner steinberg vice chairman mcgee chairman rodriguez present we have nine members present we have a quorum all right all right commissioners please uh and and all present please stand this morning for the invocation this morning led for the very first time since i took chairmanship i'm pretty sure by our madam mayor daniela levin cava so no pressure it could be as shorter as long as you like should have probably given you a warning but uh you have the honors and then followed by our pledge of allegiance well thank you mr chair for that honor um let us bow our heads today god we ask that you bring special blessings upon this members of the public and our commissioners as they weigh the important matters of the day and may we all be guided by the spirit of fairness compassion and dignity in all matters and resolve any issues uh through a spirit of collaboration and respect with this please join me in saying all right you may be seated thank you mayor for those words a little impromptu there all right madam attorney can we move into reasonable opportunity for the public to be heard at this time yes all right reasonable opportunity for the public to be heard is now open when i call your name please state the item you're speaking on your name and address and you will have two minutes to speak this morning i've got leonard huffman and stanley young all right you got two minutes please state your name and address mr young uh chaplain stanley young 500 northwest second avenue miami florida chairman i thank you for this time that won't be used against you don't worry okay um thank you chairman thank you mayor thank you commissioners thank you uh officers who are serving our community and helping our community i'm speaking on 11 a1 about re-entry um the lord said i was in jail i was in prison and you came to visit me those are the words that i have carried in my heart for over 36 years in three states to take the word of god into the prisons and jails to let the inmates know you made a mistake but that mistake should make you into something you shouldn't be i believe in re-entry i support re-entry i'm gonna fight for re-entry because there are some ones that are coming out of our prisons and jails really do need our help and that is what i have uh dedicated my life to to be a voice and a light to those who have turned their life around and now wanting a second chance to getting back into our community to make our community better than they found it i'm going to leave you with this three weeks ago i was out in the community and i come across this encampment this homeless encampment and i saw a tent in the uh woods and i called for the person that was in the tent to come out and this lady came out of the tent and very noticeable she was six months pregnant and so i tried all i can to help her to get into the shelters that is what i do thank you thank you god bless god blessing all right mr leonard huffman mr leonard leonard huffman going once going twice closed all right public uh hearing reasonable opportunity is now closed madam attorney can we set the agenda at this time yes mr chair go ahead i do have um so i have a few changes um 2b1 commissioner melian orbis is adding this item to the pull list 3b2 and 3b3 commissioner melian orbis adds these items to the pull list 4c substitute um has been distributed this morning you should each have a copy for you on the dais and then that'll be added to the agenda as well and the clerk has a copy so that's 4c substitute 8p1 commissioner melian orbis is adding this item to the pull list 8p2 commissioner gonzalez adds this item to the pull list 14a1 through 14a5 commissioner cohen higgins is she's pulling these items she also is pulling item 1i1 i'm sorry mr chair i'm getting additional pulls as we and commissioner regalado is adding her name to ap1 as a pulling commissioner i also have additional requests for co-sponsorship 4a commissioner bermudez 10a1 senator garcia assume sponsorship 11a1 senator garcia co-sponsor 11a2 commissioner steinberg is co-sponsoring 11a4 commissioner commissioner mcgee and 14a1 through 14a5 senator garcia co-sponsor i also have commissioner regalado wanting to co-sponsor 3b2 3b3 804 805 and 10a1 oh and i just got word commissioner milian orbis is releasing 2b1 so that will not be um on the pull list she was the only pulling commissioner so the items to be considered at today's meeting will be those listed in the printed final agenda with the additions deferrals withdrawals and scriveners errors noted in the chairman's memorandum and the items i just mentioned the commission will approve all these items by single vote setting the agenda except ordinances for first reading public hearings item 6b1 annual joint meeting of the public health trust with the board of county commissioners and submission of the trust external audit for fiscal year 2024 2025 item 6b2 which is a discussion item regarding the 2026 state legislative session and the following pull list items item 1i1 and i think that item had a substitute item 3b2 3b3 8p1 8p2 14a1 14a2 14a3 14a4 14a5 14a6 in its supplement and 15b1 a motion to set the agenda is in order i want to take a motion at this time the agenda uh it's been seconded by commissioner steinberg is that so commissioner yes on favor of setting the agenda signify by saying aye aye i'll oppose nay show the agenda hereby said thank you for that commissioner steinberg i appreciate your involvement this morning we're starting already it's saint patrick's day happy saint patrick's day everybody uh with that madam attorney can we uh start by taking up item 6b1 which is the uh joint uh meeting with the public health trust uh and the board of county commissioners yes all right mr magoya if you can and the chair you can both uh approach the two wells and whoever wants to go first can do it i understand you may have a presentation for us do it how you've done it in past years which has been very expeditiously and resourceful and quickly and fast those are all the same meanings right i'm just kidding go ahead guys thank you mr chair especially people that grow their hair really fast i don't know if we should be getting those kind of comments but thank you we start off with our chair here today all right chairman good morning mr chairman good morning vice chairman mcgee madam mayor morning and all the members of the commission it is my privilege to be here today with my colleagues behind me who have the privilege of serving on the public health trust board of trustees to present our annual report about the progress at the jackson health system this annual meeting is one of the most important commitments that we do every year it gives us the opportunity to showcase to bring forth the accomplishments of the jackson health system over the last year and to share the goals and visions for the year ahead as chairman of the public health trust i take this very seriously my responsibility to ensure that this taxpayer funded system operates with excellence accountability and steadfast focus on the people of this community i say with full confidence that our neighbors across miami-day miami-day county are fortunate to have the nation's best doctors nurses and other medical professionals in their backyard at jackson i can assure you that this board and board and jackson's leadership team never loses sight of what is in the best interest of our community and our taxpayer owners this year marks a pivotal moment in our organization as we prepare for a leadership transition for the past 15 years carlos migoya has been the driving force behind jackson's remarkable transformation he arrived in 2011 and came with a bold vision and determination to strengthen our landmark institution and he certainly has succeeded because of his leadership jackson today is stronger more innovative and better position not just locally but nationally his legacy will be one of growth and relentless commitment to excellence carlos has always believed that strong organizations are built by strong teams and by developing the next generation of leadership we are fortunate to have such a person here with us this morning dr david zambrana and is someone that carlos has mentored prepared and entrusted in carrying the mission forward before i turn over this microphone to carlos i want to thank my public health trust colleagues who generously devote their time energy and expertise to ensure the highest levels of accountability and transparency it is an honor to serve along each and every one of you and to each of you our distinguished board of county commission thank you for believing in jackson and the vital role it plays for miami-dade county with that it is my pleasure sadly to turn over the microphone to carlos migoya thank you chair and i understand what you meant by sadly i i sadly for the last time in this joint meeting absolutely this this is what happens when you build friends over years mr chair madam mayor commissioners thank you for the opportunity to once again be here before you to what i refer to as our annual state of jackson health system address this past year has been defined by progress we've expanded access to care strengthened our clinical programs invested in innovation and deepened our commitment to serving every resident of miami-dade county regardless of their ability to pay we ended the fiscal year earning a modest surplus marking the 14th year we have achieved that and in front of you today you'll have our annual audit statements for you to accept and we have grown thoughtfully and intentionally ensuring that our our community evolves so does to our capacity to meet its needs but if there's one constant in health care and particularly for public health systems like jackson it is the persistent headwinds we face one of the most significant issues currently facing us is property tax reform as you all know a bill proposing referendum where voters could approve the elimination of non-school property taxes on homestead properties would be effective october 1st of 2027 and that was already cleared the house if enacted that proposal could negatively impact jackson by approximately 83 million dollars a year while the legislature adjourned without taking action on this all indications suggest that some form of property tax bill will be approved in a special session later this year for a referendum this fall for a system like ours our local property taxes directly support trauma care the care delivered to babies in our nicu behavioral health services and access to our most vulnerable neighbors a reduction of this magnitude could have dire consequences and we are committed to continue to educate lawmakers on these potential impacts the expiration of enhanced affordable care act subsidies at the end of 25 also poses a significant risk marketplace coverage has grown from less than four percent of our patient base a decade ago to more than 18 percent today because we are a non-medicaid expanded state if coverage declines we could see an increase of uninsured patients representing a potential worst case revenue impact of another 40 million dollars a year we also continue to advocate for other critical programs to help us fund our mission three years ago we began a transformational initiative focused on driving operational efficiencies tightening our processes and building a stronger more sustainable foundation to date these efforts have a total impact of approximately 324 million dollars a year or about 10 percent of our operating budget both in sit in savings and in revenues our goal is to sustain that momentum by cutting three percent of operating expenses annually equating to an additional hundred million dollars a year while protecting quality access and our workforce since the day i arrived at jackson nearly 15 years ago the health system has operated at the intersection of margin and mission we have learned how to adapt to these constraints and uncertainties how to innovate without compromising quality and how to stretch every public dollar while delivering world-class care and we get better and stronger every year we have remained steadfast in our commitment to smart intentional growth over the last year we strengthen our presence in the community by opening a new diagnostic center and physician practice to complement our existing urgent care center in coral gables creating a true continuum of outpatient services in that community in north miami beach a multi-specialty practice located near our keystone point urgent care center and just a few miles from jackson north medical center serves as a model for coordinated patient care closer to home next month we will open our first jackson express care on 6th and collins avenue in south beach an ideal spot for local residents and tourists who need quick convenient medical care so that they can get back to enjoying their time in our community these are not isolated projects they're part of a deliberate strategy to meet patients where they are and to ensure that high quality care is accessible convenient and connected our plan is to continue to grow jackson's outpatient footprint thoughtfully and strategically in the years ahead yet even as we expand access points across the county we never lose sight of who we are at our core from transplantation and trauma to cardiac surgery and neurosurgery from pediatrics and rehabilitation to high-risk maternity care our health system remains a destination a destination a destination for complex life-saving care we are very proud to serve as a safety net and as a world-class academic medical center simultaneously in just 37 days we will open our new emergency room at jackson memorial hospital and it will be one of the largest if not the largest most advanced in the nation we are currently working through our final punch list preparing for opening day on april 23rd this 400 million dollar facility will transform how we deliver emergency care by featuring specialized areas expanded capacity and improved throughput the building has been thoughtfully designed to enhance care for all the patients that we serve including inmates and those experiencing behavioral health emergencies by incorporating distinct secure and specialized areas within the same building this will allow us to meet complex needs without compromising access compassion quality and safety most importantly it will create a safe welcoming experience for all patients and a better more efficient environment for our care team members the jackson memorial emergency room is the front door to more than 70 percent of our vintage patients and we know how important it is to have first impressions there this will be a best in class environment that reflects the exceptional care of our patients that our patients deserve each of you have been invited to a special event being hosted by the jackson health foundation in the new emergency department on april 16th so that evening we would love to have each and every one of you there to enjoy uh and celebrate with us as the next era of jackson emergency gear starts and finally this will be my last year standing before you in this role as ceo uh i'm sorry that i have to do this to you mr gilbert but uh it just came eventually it has been one of the greatest honors of my professional life to lead this institution and to work alongside all of you i am profoundly grateful to each of you and your continued support not just of me but of the health system that is so dear to all of us i am 100 confident that jackson will continue to be a beacon in this community and an institution that we are all proud of under the leadership of jackson's next ceo david sembrana which will be which is here now and will speak uh a little more on our behalf i'd like to hand over the microphone over to david to say a few words thank you for that while david comes up i'm intrigued to know if for that ribbon cutting your access card will still work david you may want to address that i don't want to see any tiddlywinks being paid there mr chair will be brief thank you carlos good morning mr chairman madam mayor and all of you commissioners i want to thank my mentor and friend carlos magoya for his extraordinary leadership at jackson health system over the last 15 years he has masterfully rebuilt jackson and helped shape it into the strong trusted institution it is today his vision and dedication have created a lasting legacy and positioned us for continued success in the years ahead as i step into the ceo role on june 1st i look forward to working with each and every each and every one of you continuing to push jackson forward jackson as you know is a renowned institution centered on clinical excellence powered by the most passionate team of 15 000 plus caregivers and rooted by a mission to serve this community in a way no other health system does you have my word that that will not change looking ahead as carlos shared we're strategically positioned on expanding our outpatient services while continuing to strengthen our long-standing partnership with the university of miami health system we know that we are stronger together and the alignment has never been stronger than it is today we're partnering with uhealth on an economic impact study that highlights how the miami-dade district health district fuels economic growth in miami-dade county and across florida as the region's only academic medical center the health district's annual economic impact in miami-dade county is 8.9 billion generating 46 000 jobs also noteworthy is that jackson offers accessible job opportunities that do not require a four-year degree yet provide above average earnings the health district is a pivotal community anchor for health care research and medical education and we are committed to working together on a master plan to ensure its continued growth and evolution evolution for years to come once the report is finalized we will send each of you a copy for your review we also want to remind you that our annual day of giving one day for jackson is just a few weeks away on thursday april 16th on that day we celebrate the impact jackson health system has throughout our community we would normally show a patient story in a video but keeping with time we appreciate your time this morning and we're happy to take any questions thank you all thank you david and um go ahead uh this is this is interesting from from the outgoing ceo to the incoming ceo the two the the full head of hairs is really what's getting me here um but i do want to take a moment to recognize and welcome to the chamber our my my former colleague and now holds a seat that i once held on the phd senator alexis calatayu thank you for being with us this morning uh are you guys done with your presentation this is probably the longest that magoya has ever spoken on that uh podium uh so colleagues as i prepare to officially adjourn the joint committee i'm sure that you're all uh eager to say a few words to uh this very short bald man in front of us but um i am if you have questions on the joint meeting itself i will recognize you now if not i do uh okay let me finish because i i can see this where it goes if not uh once we're done with the joint meeting i will ask all my colleagues to join me uh down by the well for a special recognition uh for carlos migoyo so but on the joint meeting itself senator garcia you're recognized thank you mr chairman and i just want to commend you both for for the work um carlos you've done a phenomenal job but now that we have viewing incoming ceo and we're going to have some comments later on uh to celebrate you carlos i believe to appreciate you have never always agreed but i do know where your heart has been and it's been with jackson all along so i appreciate that david quick question now that we have the issue with the affordable care act subsidies that may be disappearing that obviously is going to put a drain on jackson on having less insured patients what are we looking to do what is happening washington can you please give us a quick update on that because that is a big impact to this community and how we respond sure um just this morning was speaking with our cfo on on you know what we're seeing so far um we're watching the situation very very closely um we've seen a transition from aca plans to manage care and we've seen a slight increase um in our unfunded as mr mcgoia shared our focus continuously is on how do we continue to advocate both at the state and federal levels every day on ensuring all of our subsidies remain intact and looking within the system for constant efficiencies to make up whatever deficit our continued plan is is um to watch this closely um and continue to to figure out ways um to support our community as we have all along so mr chairman so as of right now we just don't have a grasp on the actual impact to jackson or to mamaday county then is that it's okay to say we don't know because it's so we're watching it closely we don't know what the full impact is going to be as we don't know which of these patient groups will transition to either unfunded or another form of of a managed care or a subsidy plan have we run any studies to see what a potential a potential hit to jackson could be the reason i asked the question because it's important for our state leaders to understand the impact that this could potentially be to to um to our system and to mamaday county since we are the largest provider of medicaid um our analysis shows that in the worst impact um if these all transition to unfunded be around a 40 million dollar head a year that's that's important i think it's mr chairman the reason i bring that up it's incumbent upon all of us to stress the importance um we are a community that relies on on these subsidies to ensure that we have our patients are insured and granted that i understand the concept of eliminating them but if we eliminate them i think it's important for the federal government to understand they need to replace it with something else whether it's like they said is whether it's a transfer to another insurance or pay the the the recipients or the client pay them their the premiums directly do something but to abandon this community after so many years it's going to be a deep deep impact to to the gr of of our our budget and also that of jackson and we're going to have to come up with something in a tough budget year we're going to have to figure something out relatively quickly so i just want to bring that up and thank you so much for for keeping abreast on that and just want to bring that to the attention of the commission commission from district eight thank you mr chair and thank you um mr magoya and new ceo dr zambrana i know we're going to reserve comments on their service and the transition for when we do the presentation in the well and so i i will certainly reserve um those comments but right now i i want to piggyback off of what senator garcia raised and so my question is first thank you for mentioning the tax cuts that we are anticipating from tallahassee and how you anticipate that it will affect your budget right now it is at 83 million but depending on where it lands you anticipate it being between i think 30 and 100 million dollars uh to your budget um but you didn't just say that this is the impact that we anticipate you said that this is the plan that we have in place right in order to prepare for that and so my uh my comments are simply to applaud you for highlighting that for us and saying three percent is i think what you all are instituting immediately in operating causes costs and a reduction of those um to prepare um so thank you for that but my question is the 40 million that you just mentioned in response to to senator garcia's comments is that in addition to or is that the same cut right i mean i think he was talking about something different i could be wrong are these two separate cuts that you i see dr zambrana nodding these are two separate anticipated cuts to your budget that are when you when you talk about headwinds there's all kinds of different headwinds there are two very different ones the the tax cut if they did a hundred percent of it which at this point we don't know but that could be the worst case will be 83 million the aca subsidies is an additional 40 million dollars as of right now we're also dealing with the fact that cms is not renewing the direct payment program which is a supplemental payment to medicaid to the state of florida which is 3.4 billion dollars to the state of which 150 million of that happens to jackson itself so that's another worst case scenario these are the normal headwinds that we've been dealing with for the last 14 years and continue to do so we talk to people in washington and thank god we have some people in power in washington that come from florida that we have contact with that are we're daily talking to them so these are the normal headwinds that we have which is why we say typically we're looking for that three percent reduction if that if depending on what happens with the property tax reform which obviously we would know um later this summer and then of course in the fall we would have a year to prepare for that that would not the three percent would not be enough we'd have to cut between five and six percent um like i said in the last two and a half years we've cut ten percent so if we need to continue to look for ways to be more efficient we don't get any additional revenues for the job we do as a matter of fact we get less revenues so we got to be smarter and more efficient as to how we do things to be able to continue profitability and that's what we do that's what we've been doing for the last 15 years and that's the kind of things we'll continue to do thank you thank you mr chair uh commissioner uh from district one you're recognized thank you mr chairman i'm carlos david thank you all for your service i understand everything i don't really have a question or comment for either you i just want to say hi to big abby who just came in the former county attorney big abby stand up away people you all don't know big abby but uh abby was the former county attorney for years so yeah this is great all right yeah all right um commissioner from district 11 you're recognized thank you mr chair and mr magoya so i'm i'm listening attentively to the discussion you mentioned that um there may be an 83 million dollar i guess shortfall should there be a removal of the property taxes now my question is what passed in the house from what i understand is the removal of property taxes for homestead properties are is that 83 million factoring in 100 of property tax removal or are you factoring in if it were to pass only for the homestead properties this is strictly for the homestead properties uh it's it the 83 million is related to what the what the house has passed so and and that seems to be we obviously we don't know that maybe what happens maybe worse maybe better we're just using that as a measurement for the time being got it thank you all right any other comments on the joint meeting any other comments on the joint meeting itself madam mayor thank you i cannot resist the opportunity to say what an incredible journey it has been serving with you sir mayor we're actually doing that when we go down to oh down to the well we're going to speak there yep we are well i'll speak uh again thank you so much thank you mayor all right colleagues uh we don't have to take a formal vote or anything so please join me uh surrounding the well for a special recognition of carlos migoya all right all right all right are all the commissioners here yes this guy is something special man all right madam mayor did you already give him a kiss you did the whole thing you want to do that all right can we quiet down in the back as well sarge all right calido calido we wanted to as a full body as county we wanted to recognize you today for of course your many years of dedication and leadership with just a small token of appreciation for everything that you have done for this community so we have a couple things one if you could bring it we have can you open this for me it's not fancy it's it's meaningful but it's not fancy we have an official globe that represents the incredible the incredible transformation that you led at jackson health system helping turn jackson into a globally recognized healthcare institution and i personally selected it because it also reflects something many of us know about you personally which is your love for traveling the world and learning from it so on behalf of the entire county commission of course they will all say a few words in just a few seconds i wanted to present to you this very meaningful award and of course we are also going to be presenting to you the official key to miami-dade county that and twelve dollars might get you a movie ticket maybe so this key is symbolic for many reasons but it's something very simple no matter where life takes you next you always have a home here with us in miami-dade county this will always be your home galito your leadership helped guide jackson through one of the most challenging financial periods in history and into a new era of stability growth and excellence and those are very true words you showed that a public health system can serve our most vulnerable residents while also becoming a world-class healthcare institution and finally galito on my behalf behalf of commission thank you not only for your leadership and service for this community but also for your friendship my friend congratulations and know that your impact here will be felt for generations to come thank you my friend first of all thank you for your service you're such an amazing friend you've been such an amazing leader and such a great mentor to me we got to work together in the city of miami when you were the manager and you worked for a blackberry and a dollar and really changed the course of the city of miami i learned so much from you during that crisis and i really have been blessed to be your friend you know we all have personal relationships and we don't get to talk about them much especially when people have to come up before the podium so now that you don't have to do that anymore i get to talk about it in the sense that when i was a school board member you were the first person to support me and i want to thank you for that when i first said i was running and everyone said it was crazy you were the first one to write a check without me even asking you for it he even beat my dad to the punch and when i was grappling with revealing that my daughter had been diagnosed with autism i had been asked by the miami herald to do it you were the person that i called and you told me that this was my opportunity to really make a change and i want to thank you for that it has changed my life it has changed my children's life and has changed the lives of hundreds of thousands of autistic people so thank you for always being there for me for being such a strong advocate your leadership comes from your love for your son at jackson and that has been an inspiration to me and to so many people who were given a difficult task and turned it into advocacy so jackson will always be your baby you are not short most cuban men are five seven i don't know what he's talking about um you know um and and he's just jealous because you were a race car driver and he was not well first of all uh first of all you're not follically challenged coming from a follically challenged guy you and dr sembrano are both uh it's good hair you know you look good that's the way not only you guys with hair look good so thank you very much but thank you for your leadership i want to thank the senator i want to thank also the board amadeo who i've known for a long time he's not follically challenged but i am but that's okay and uh for the great job they do with volunteers for for this but in particular carlos i i want to thank you because you have been truthfully for many public servants including me a leader an example in this community and i remember when i when we started the city of dorale your predecessor could never under we had a discussion about a a potential hospital and i said well you're missing out on the middle of you know this great new city that has just started and eventually uh the first hospital in many many many years uh certainly public hospital it was in district 12 and city of dorale and your leadership skills and turning around what was at that point a very difficult situation i think is something that we should all emulate uh so i think all of us have learned and many others that are not here have learned from you uh most important in your leadership skills in tough times because anybody can be a leader in easy times that's not hard to do but being a leader in tough times is really what uh exemplifies a public servant which is uh what you've done with your leadership at jackson and i want to take this moment to thank you personally on behalf of myself and my family for being there at a very difficult moment for me and jackson i can attest uh is an example not only for uh it's an example for this whole state and for this community and probably without your help i wouldn't be here today i know my wife thanks you and i know i thank you and my family thanks you because the great service and a lot of people many times don't understand uh what this hospital means and i know senator canta you does because she's from here but maybe others in the state don't understand how important it is to have a public health system that is at the top of its game in such a large area as is miami-dade county and the proof is in the pudding you've done a great job keep on traveling keep on enjoying and i'll save a cigar for you and i thank you on his behalf too because i could have not dealt with a third appointment on this board i could have not so i thank you too for commissioner bermudis and it would have been an appointment just for the record all right thank you so much uh mr chair so carlos here so you know that jackson um has a special place in my heart because i spent uh 13 long years working there and i've had such great fond memories there and i remember um when you took the reign of jackson uh you promised to change it for the better for the better and then you you you accepted to do it without any money i think a dollar a day at that time if i if i recall correctly and i like someone who keeps his word you made the promise and you kept your promise and for that i thank you i thank you for turning jmh into a globally recognized health institution and then since uh as we all know that health is wealth i launched a campaign uh called health is wealth it means that your leadership contributed to the wealth of thousands and thousands and thousands of our residents for over 15 years so i thank you uh for all that you do and i thank you for being so smart in leaving jackson in the capable hands of david zambrano so that takes leadership and you said it correctly you are as strong as your team is strong and then you you have you have you've had a strong board and that i i'm so pleased to see uh the the city and then the rest of the boards that i've served with them because i represent the county on the board and some of them have been there forever like we went richardson and and others they've been there for a long long time so you you you you write when you say that you are strong as your tb is strong and you've been blessed with a very strong strong board so i wish you continued blessings in all your endeavors and may god keep you safe and healthy i know you value health a lot with your exercise may god keep you safe in his embrace safe and healthy in his embrace today and always congratulations and to my bald beautiful brother just want to say personally thank you so much on behalf of my family um similar to what we've heard you've always been there a phone call away there have been many nights and days i've called you on behalf of folk in the community and family and not once did you ever shy away instead you stepped up even more to ensure that health was wealth as we heard from our colleague and secondly i want to say this to you those days where you and i sat and just had conversations at our office away from the office i'll just put it that way i just want to say thank you because those are the type of conversations i think that goes to help mold inspire but more than anything push forth agendas that can be beneficial and that are beneficial to the entire community and lastly let me just say this to you i know you have the key to the county but i'm sure if you were to get a parking ticket the mayor will make some phone calls on your behalf it's heavy so mr magoya you know there there's been some comments that have been made uh which reminds me of a story of napoleon and so napoleon uh had some statutes made and it was about it was for him and all of his uh generals and he calls in the artists and he rebukes the artists in front of everybody and he says how dare you how dare you make my statute shorter than the others and then the artist is shaking because napoleon was napoleon and the artist is like sir i made it accurate to size napoleon says napoleon says he says you fool don't you understand that a man's height and stature is not measured by the distance of his head to the ground but of his head and his heart to god and with that being said you are a giant among men sir thank you so much for everything you've done for the residents of miami-dade county we are all able to stand on your shoulders and see a bright future because of the great things you've done so god bless you my friend mr magoya it has been an honor working with you when you called me to say that you were leaving i think i told you i was about to hang up the phone because i was not ready for that kind of news but uh you have led jackson through extraordinary times good and bad you have taken them to a whole new level you know your leadership you can tell in the hospital the way that all the employees admire you and admire the work that they do and that is indicative of a great leader so i want to thank you your your work your service to our community will leave a lasting legacy in miami-dade county thank you for always supporting our initiatives thanks to your help and your staff we launched project pink to help many many women across miami-dade county with breast exams and i'm very thankful for your support with that so congratulations i hope you'll stick around and keep working with us and helping us out don't go on vacation because we'll be calling you i'm sure so thank you for your service congratulations and we thank you for everything you've done for jackson in our community there's you know i think every we all the sentiments that have been said we echo we wish you a farewell a heartfelt farewell for the sincere thanks for your leadership your dedication your service and what you've done for this community at large because jackson is part of our community and every person and every patient and every employee that has been serviced under your leadership it has been and as someone said i mean you ushered us through some of the toughest times with covid and you you really haven't stopped and we want to you know basically at this point we just want you to stay in touch help guide us and continue doing what you're doing because i know you're not going to just do nothing right we wish you the best of success in whatever your future endeavor is going to be but i know it's not going to be retirements you're gonna have to fill us in soon and congratulations carlos we've been friends for decades i want to thank you first for your friendship and your support all along the way but i want to also say most people don't really realize how you have fought as a fearless advocate in tallahassee i personally was able to help you you have sat in my office begging to make sure that what tallahassee was doing would not impact negatively our public health system i am grateful to you your team for having had the courage it's not easy and yet you never gave up and so great i'm grateful for the fact that you always have fought for miami-dade county and for what's best for us but in this case what is best for our public health system so congrats on a incredible journey uh that has brought you throughout all of all of your uh roles and responsibilities but honestly i know that as as my colleagues have said i know you're not retiring you couldn't possibly your brain your brain trust is something that we all need so have some fun but i know you'll be back love you uh thank you i know we're all saying thank you um but you are an example of leadership mattering and what one individual can do to change an entire community and i know it's not easy to pass the baton most people hold on to that baton far longer than they should and even the act that you are doing now and passing the baton is commendable on so many levels um but jackson is our public health hospital and for many many years particularly in the 80s frankly it was an embarrassment to our community and you came in and you transformed the hospital to being a world-class hospital that it is today that we can all be proud of and as you know carlos i was born at jackson my mom was an immigrant we didn't have any money and for immigrants in the 80s that didn't have any money and certainly didn't have health insurance jackson is where you received your health care and so growing up i remember telling people that i was born at jackson and being somewhat embarrassed because they're like oh my god you were born at jackson thank you for transforming our public hospital into a place where we and i can be proud to call our public hospital that is your work carlos magoya thank you so much commissioner cohen higgins you're absolutely right with that um jackson used to be the hospital for last resort and now it's a premier world-class hospital where we have uh transplant centers a children's hospital the world premier um trauma center the research that comes out of jackson carlos mr magoya thank you for the work that you did you really did this transformation and in in a short time and don't never forget that moment that we sat together in my office and i asked you a simple question you're a banker what are you going to do with jackson and brother was i wrong and uh it takes uh i was because i didn't think that he could do it and he absolutely did it and and together we've been through a lot of battles from the low-income pool to disproportionate share payments to to occupancy and beds and and everything all the battles we've had in tallahassee carlos i just want to commend you for the outstanding work that you've been able to accomplish not only for for the commissioners that are here but for our community think about what you've been able to do you've been able to transform a hospital where the underserved and the uninsured is sitting next to a bed with a millionaire and that says a lot about an institution it says a lot about who you are as a man it says a lot about your heart and we thank you very much for the work that you've done for transforming that hospital making sure that jackson is not only a hospital class resort there's a premier hospital for this community for everyone to be proud of so god bless you my friend thank you so very much this is an incredible opportunity mr magoia for me to say thank you for your public service i'm sorry what you've built we've all mentioned but i want to thank you for what you've built to continue the legacy the team that we have running jackson under your leadership is world class and that is your hand and as you pass the baton you're passing it to people you have complete confidence in we need to thank you as a community not just for building up jackson we're building up the future of jackson in the leadership that's coming and your hand will not be far from the continued upward progress of jackson but also so many other elements of our community will now have your touch as well i'm so excited to see what this next chapter brings and you continue to cultivate the world-class city that miami is should be and will become every day sir thank you for what you've done in every respect we honor you today you said be nice okay david should i be nice okay i'll be nice well we had lunch yesterday so i i was i said all the personal things yesterday you know i love you you're my friend that that goes without saying um what we've heard it's great he is an extraordinary leader but his leadership his his leadership and the brilliance of his leadership is that he built a system there are millions of people who jackson has served and he does not know their names we don't know their names they don't even know his he built a system that that had somebody who in their very worst moment could come someplace and get the very best care that system transforms lives you built a system that allowed children to be born that allowed people to have dignity instead of despair you built that system i appreciate that because i understand that our time in leadership all of our time in leadership is fleeing we're going to leave take the lesson from him to build a system that endures the system that endures serves the community that we love i appreciate you thank you carlos i know i know uh it wouldn't be a complete of the mayor the mayor still pending all right mayor damn it just kidding well one more so my relationship with jackson started before your tenure always as an advocate for the uninsured and the underinsured and i was skeptical like others when you came on board but what you have proven from the start is that you believed you could do both you could build a world-class hospital that was financially stable and continue the core mission of serving those who were uninsured and underinsured that is a miracle i also want to say i was given the easiest job of all to serve on the committee that did your annual appraisal and compensation i don't know how i got this job but every chair has given me this job what an easy job was that and to plan such a smooth transition to the wonderful dr sombrana that is a miracle too so i'll end with this to say we bonded through covid we bonded through reform of our correction system you know we'll never forget those times but mostly we've bonded over our grandchildren that's so very special thank you did i miss anybody thank you mayor did i miss anybody all right so before we officially do the uh the proclamation which of course this wouldn't be a presentation or recognition without one um i know it's cliche to say but dr sombrana you uh definitely have big shoes to fill and i trust that you will but i think it's taken decades to to get to where you are before i present this proclamation with my colleagues to you carlos i'd like to have join us someone that i know you would not have the success that you have without this person your work wife the rock of uh the public health trust esther please join us and while i know that today is of course recognizing mr migoya calido um i i mean it i i know esther thank you for for always taking the calls when migoya is skiing in aspen um he always answers the phone even if he's on even if he's on the on the slopes uh but but we all can attest uh working firsthand with you that uh migoya's success is only possible due to his entire team uh to a very supportive uh board at the health trust which most of which are here uh this morning and of course with the person that keeps them on time and check uh and i need the same thing someone that tells me what not to say but he could get away with it yeah but he could get away with it so while this is for for carlos migoya as he uh nears his uh and as ceo this is very much yours as well so would that be it resolved that the mayor of the county daniel levin cava to my right uh myself as chairman of the board and members of the board of county commissioners on behalf of miami-dade county and its 2.8 million plus minus residents do hereby proclaim today tuesday march 17th as carlos migoya day congratulations for those who know me well i know i don't i don't i don't do well in these kinds of things i don't like talking about myself i don't like hearing about myself except when it's negative thoughts um but seriously and by the way i'm starting a fundraising right now with 20 bucks for help the chair get a haircut i deserve that i deserve that but seriously um when i first came uh and when i first was interviewed for the job at jackson and they said well you're a banker well actually most people forgot that i was a banker you know they think about city manager i was there for a year but they they don't remember me being a banker but they said you're a banker what do you know about health care i said i don't know anything about health care but i know about people um and um in any major organization it's about people uh and getting the right people and um and you're right however when you say it's it's not about me it's not about any individual it's about creating a system that survives all of us and creates the kind of a level and the pride in every employee at jackson that becomes patient-centric and does it for the right reason of caring for the community jackson for me was not a career job um if it had been a career job i probably wouldn't have taken it because i didn't know whether i was going to you know i was going to succeed or not i took it because it needed to be done and someone needed to be do it and i thought it needed to be someone local that understood the need and the value of jackson and you all know a lot of my family reasons why i did the jackson job but i think right now i don't i don't look i don't i still don't look back what we've done uh david knows we talk about what needs to be done going forward uh which is a lot of stuff we've come a long way but we've got a long way to go and david's not filling my shoes he's got his own shoes and he will do a great job and for some people that say i'm going to retire and hey what are you going to do travel more i already travel plenty it's not about traveling it uh miami's my home i said if i got the job at jackson would be the biggest legacy i could leave the city and it has been i still think there's a lot more to be done for this city and you guys are a perfect example of what needs to be done for the city many of you have known well before you were commissioners and we have relationships that go a long way and maybe got part of being old but i i cherish all those relationships uh in very different ways um and i'm very honored that you did this i didn't i was not expecting this to happen especially from this guy over here who's uh he and i have a good personal relationship and enjoyed a lot of good times together but thank you very much mr chair madam mayor commissioners matter of mr vice chair um but seriously um miami miami has a lot of great things that we've done miami has a lot of great things that we need to be in the future and in order for us to continue to grow there's a lot of infrastructure things that we need to do to this community education transportation housing which is a big job a big thing for me and workforce housing you know that i care about workforce housing and education um and that's just some of the things that jackson will continue to do and i just provide health care but housing and education for the young people of this community who do in health care you'll hear more about that in the next few months but frankly um thank you for the key uh but i'm not going anywhere i'm going to stay right here and use that key because i'll be i'll be here i still have other places to go but i'll i'll be here and i'll and you'll see me plenty and if as long as david will have me i'll i'll be providing input for him and working with him and making sure that we continue to build jackson to where it is but thank you for this honor um and and thank you all appreciate it if the board can join us for a photo as well and can we get his award jasmine can we get with it and uh if carlos is if any of carlos's staff is here i know that we have esther but if carlos's staff is here please join us as well yes we're gonna have to double up how are you good all right everybody over here okay hold it can you guys clear back please watch out watch out guys at the phones back here we go here we go one more last one thank you all right Thank you. Thank you. Can we raise my microphone up there in the thing? Hire it. Raise might not be the right. That's a Cuban translation, right? Raise? Oh, wow. Who did that? That worked. All right. Commissioner Bastien, teacher. Albert, I was calling your name, man. You're busy talking to your supervisor. All right. If I can, is Commissioner, okay. I'm going to go ahead while Jackson is still here and take up items 14A1 through 14A5. Commissioner from District 8, you're the pulling commissioner on this, 14A1 through 14A5, which is the collective bargaining agreements. Thank you, Mr. Chair. I'm certainly supportive of the items. I pulled the items for the uncomfortable conversation that I think that we need to start having as a board as we move into negotiating new cost of living collective bargaining agreements here in Miami-Dade County. This one I know is at 4%. I understand, and if someone from Jackson can approach to confirm what my understanding is of these, that you are all in the kind of, for lack of a better terminology, the last of the grouping of collective bargaining agreements that are being negotiated at the 4%. This is not the start of a new collective bargaining agreement time period. And so I think that we need to have a conversation as a board on 4% and whether or not that's sustainable in Miami-Dade County, considering the tax cuts that we know are coming. I know the estimates currently are very rough at $990 million. There's no question that these cost of living adjustments are certainly deserved by our hardworking employees. But we are going to have to make very difficult decisions in the very near future as we negotiate new cost of living collective bargaining agreements. And I am not sure that the 4% is sustainable. And so to Jackson, is my understanding correct that you are all on the tail end of the collective bargaining agreement cycle, for lack of a better terminology, meaning that you are all, this is the last in line before the new negotiation period commences? Yes. Just like the county, we're on the same three-year term as the county is. This is our last one. Different from the county three years ago, where you agreed contractually to do a 3, 3, and a 4. I believe it was the exact 3% first year, 3% second year, and 4% the last year. We did, the first year, we did increases cost of living between 8% and 12% because at that time, it was right after COVID, it was the right thing to do for our employees. We did not have contractual agreements. We did pass last year at 3% just like you did and came to you for that approval. And we are doing the same thing this year at 4%. It's the right thing to do for the employees. It is still a very strong hardship for Jackson, but it's no different than what I said to you before about whether it's the tax cuts or the ACA subsidies or the direct payment programs. These are all part of the challenges that we have ahead of us, and now we continue efficiencies to be able to afford the kinds of increases that we have in front of us. Thank you so much. And did the realized savings that, I think it was $200 million that you were able to locate through contracting with an outside agency, did that help as far as supporting the 3, 3, 4 on these collective bargaining agreements? So the original intent was $200 million. At that time, we did $180. That $200 is now $314 million. I'm sorry, say that again. It's grown to $314 million, and if you look at the last three years with the overall increases that we have done, and the goal is to reduce $100 million a year for the next, so yes, that's how we are able to afford all the challenges, not just the cost of living adjustments for the employees, but all the different headwinds that we have in front of us. And we will most likely have to do more than that 3% or $100 million a year probably the next couple of years. And when you say that it's grown to $314, you mean $314 million in savings that it's grown? It's the $314 million is either reductions in expenses or revenue increases, one or the other. And what I mean by revenue increases, adjustments to our collections and how we collect and make sure that we get paid for the things that we should get paid and so forth. So, yes, there's revenue enhancements as well as expense reductions. Thank you. Thank you, Mr. Chair. Thank you. Commissioner from District 7. Thank you. And thank you for clarifying that. Carlos, I see that Martha's there in the back, and I know that the conversations with the unions has been very challenging, and I want to thank you for the item. I think we all recognize that it's difficult times, but as you mentioned, there is also an interesting dynamic. I remember when we were talking about the traveling nurses and how much it was costing Jackson and how difficult it was to keep our staff there. And I know that, you know, we've all been talking about difficult times different than some of our unions. When there were difficult times, there were times where the unions took absolutely nothing. So there was a point there where everyone kind of stood together to save Jackson, and I think it would be remiss if we didn't mention that part of Jackson's success and your success as a leader has been your amazing relationship with the unions and your ability to get them to do the difficult thing at a difficult time and your partnership with them. So I think moving forward, we definitely should talk about all of our union contracts that's going to come up. And obviously, this is the mirror of what we negotiated a little bit late, and I think there is the expectation that Jackson gets what the county negotiates. So I think the takeaway from this should be that as we negotiate our contracts, we should have Jackson at the table because there is that understanding, and you guys always come to it a little bit later, and I know that that's challenging. So I hope that the mayor does that. I know that you're in those conversations, and we usually have Jackson there a little bit later. Maybe it might be a good practice to have them there a little bit earlier moving forward, but I'm happy to move the item, Mr. Chair. All right. So the item moved by Commissioner Regalado, seconded by Commissioner Bastien. Commissioner Gonzalez, you have the floor. Thank you, Mr. Chair, and I just want to thank my colleague and fellow horseman, Danielle Cohen-Higgins, for bringing up this great conversation, and the conversation is really about the future of the bargaining agreements. It is well-suited that we move forward with this 4% increase, given that this is what was negotiated, and that's the primary reason why I wanted to not only support this, but put my name behind it and put it forward. But I think it is imperative that moving forward, we negotiate these contracts effectively. I know that the administration is very prone and focused on good negotiations. I've had great conversations with Carla Denise, and I have faith that we're going to get there. But we do need to keep in mind that these negotiations need to be good for the people but also need to be sustainable. And with that, Mr. Chair, we can go ahead and call the vote. All right. And I'll just add that, well, first of all, procedurally I understand how this works, and we do have to take this vote now, but it's a little slightly misleading, not entirely, just because this is something that was agreed to three-plus years ago. So us voting today is, while it's procedurally required, it's more of ratifying what was agreed to already in the last three years. But with that, I would definitely echo Commissioner, you know, some of my colleagues' words, and certainly Commissioner Cohen-Higgins' is, you know, we are, we've discussed for over a year now. The mayor has said it many, many times. I've said it, and most of my colleagues on the commission have said it. The difficult budget year was not just this fiscal year, the last budget that we approved. There will be more to come, and they may even be uglier than the last one that we approved. So we do have to keep that in mind, colleagues, really to my colleagues, because when the negotiations take place, I see Martha in the back. I love you guys. You guys know I've always been extremely supportive. But you all do your thing. You come and you work us individually, which is your job. It's your job. You're doing it. But, colleagues, we've got to be cognizant of the real challenges and fiscal restraints that we have in the next several years. With that, all in favor, signify by saying aye. All opposed nay. And that's for 14A through 14A5. 14A1 through 14A5. Show that passed. Thank you, guys. I'm going to call up 14A6. What is 14A6? 99-year ground lease. Is this District 9? Commissioner from District 9. You're recognized. Which is this one? Mr. Chair, this was on your pull list because it's a 14, but nobody's pulled the item. Okay. All right. So, oh, okay. I get it. All right. So, it's been moved by the Vice Chair, seconded by Commissioner Regalado. All in favor, signify by saying aye. All opposed nay. Show 14A6 passed. All right. Now, I'm going to go back to first reading, if that's in order, Madam Attorney. Yes, Mr. Chair. Item 4A is an ordinance relating to county boards amending section 2-11.38 of the code, requiring clerk of the board to notify county commissioners when any position on a county board becomes vacant, providing severability, inclusion in the code, and an effective date. 4B is an ordinance relating to Miami-Dade County Comprehensive Development Master Plan, providing disposition of application number CDMP 2025-4, located at the northeast corner of the intersection of North Miami Avenue and Northeast 165th Street, filed by Mikhail Shabanov in the January 2025 cycle to amend the county's Comprehensive Development Master Plan, providing severability, exclusion from the code, and an effective date. And 4C substitute is an ordinance granting petition of Miami Freedom Park LLC for establishment of a community development district, generally bounded on the north by Tamiami Canal, C4 Canal, on the east by Northwest 37th Avenue, on the south by Northwest 14th Street, on the west by Northwest 42 Avenue, Northwest Lejeune Road, creating and establishing Lejeune Gardens Community Development District, providing for name powers and duties, providing description and boundaries, providing initial members of board of supervisors, directing the county mayor and mayor's designee to collaborate with the district for the provision of periodic reports by the district and for the provision of the district 6 county commissioner to act as a liaison between the district and the county, and to execute an interlocal agreement with the district as necessary, and providing severability, exclusion from the code, and an effective date. Those are your first reading items. Do you have any bifurcations? I need to bifurcate 4C for the attorneys to read a motion. Commissioner Orbis is bifurcating 4C. If you can read the motion, and then we'll vote on them all. Mr. Chair, that's a procedural motion related to 4C to waive the four-week, six-week. So that would just be to suspend the board's rules of procedure and waive the four-week, six-week municipal notice requirement as to item 4C, amend item 15B1 to schedule the public hearing for item 4C at the April 21st, 2026 meeting of the board, direct the agenda coordinator to send the appropriate municipal notices, and direct the clerk of the board to publish all necessary notices relating to this item. So once 4A through 4C are approved, and this motion is approved, 15B1 will be amended accordingly. All right, 15B1. All right, with that, do I have a motion for 4A through 4C and 4C as amended? Motion. Second. And moved by the vice chair, seconded by Commissioner Orbis. Well, there's no discussion on first reading, so clerk, Jerry. Mr. Chair, yes, 4C, it's 4C substitute, and it's not as amended. The motion is separate. Okay, so I need to take up 4C separately? You can take the motion up separately when we're done with 4A through 4C substitute. All right, so 4A through 4C, it's been moved, it's been seconded. Clerk, please call the roll. Commissioner Bastien. Yes. Commissioner Bermudez. Commissioner Cohen-Higgins. Four. Senator Garcia. Commissioner Gilbert. Commissioner Gonzalez. Four. Commissioner Hardiman. Commissioner Lopez. Yes. Commissioner Emiliano Orbis. Commissioner Regalado. Commissioner Steinberg. Vice Chairman McGee. Yes. Chairman Rodriguez. I vote yes. Motion passes unanimously. All right, Commissioner Orbis moves her motion, seconded by Commissioner Lopez. All in favor of the motion signify by saying aye. All oppose nay. Show her motion passed. All right, before we get into public hearing items, guys, I want to recognize Commissioner Lopez to provide an update on her legislative report. And on that note, Commissioner Lopez and colleagues, I've asked the attorneys to do a deep dive into all the legislation that, or the little bit of legislation that did pass, because it was quite the, quite the ragging ball up there this session. Aren't you glad you left early? So glad. So I have asked the attorneys to do a deep dive, because from the few that did pass, some heavily affect us here locally. And I'm sure you may get into some of them, but I've asked the lawyers to also provide a memo, and I will be sharing that with everybody as to how that affects us all in our districts, in our daily lives, and in our roles as commissioners. With that, Commissioner Lopez, you're recognized. Thank you, Mr. Chairman. So we've been hearing a lot about Tallahassee today. So the Senate and the House adjourned their 2026 regular session on Friday of March 13th. The legislature did not end its work. They are expected to return to Tallahassee for a special session on congressional redistricting, which has been called by the governor on Monday, April 20th. The legislature could also take up the state budget and any related bills that week, or convene on the budget later. The timing of the budget special session will depend on how negotiations go between the House and the Senate's leadership on total budget amounts and allocations to major budget areas. I will add that that is the only item that is important, because they have a constitutional, the legislature has a constitutional responsibility to pass a balanced budget. That's the only thing they have to do. The tax package is likely to be taken up at the same time as the budget, and it relates to the state revenues available for the budget. So let's talk about property taxes for a minute. We've heard a lot about the November ballot and what might or might not be on there. The House passed a proposal on the floor, but it did not get the support of the Senate. So I think it's premature for us to even try to second guess what the legislature may or may not do. It is true that the House's proposal was in keeping with the original recommendation from the governor's office, which was to eliminate all homestead property taxes completely. I don't believe that there is the appetite to do that, but we won't know until they come back in either a special session. They can either take up the property tax issue during the session where they take up the budget, or they may be called into another special session just to address that. You're right, Mr. Chairman, only 233 bills passed this year, which is historically low. No bills have been sent to the governor as of yet, but he will have 15 days to sign them once he receives them. So let's talk just briefly about some of the issues or bills that we were looking at and some that we sent resolutions on. So I'll start with House Bill 697, which is the AIDS Drug Assistance Program. In the final days of the session, the legislature appropriated $30.9 million for the AIDS Drug Assistance Program. And that's just a bridge from March 1st to June 30th. When they come back in for the budget, they're going to have to figure out whether they fund this program or not. There are still some real issues that OMB actually has already begun to identify because it isn't a quick fix. And I think that that in and of itself is probably going to be problematic from a financial perspective. So we shall see what ends up happening in terms of this gap funding now. But it's important that we know that they're just kicking the can down the road. They're going to have to find somewhere between $150 and $200 million if they are to continue the program. One of the ones that really, I think, stands out for me is House Bill 145, which is sovereign immunity. So the legislature, House Bill 145, actually increased the caps that we are protected by from $200 to $350 for individual claims or judgments to $300 to $500,000 as an aggregate cap. So, and House Bill 145 says we cannot settle a claim in excess of those caps without further action from the Florida legislature. The other one that I think we all spoke about that was somewhat alarming was Senate Bill 1134, the local DEI preemption. A lot happened in the last two days of session vis-a-vis this bill. As you know, the bill, as amended and passed, first does not allow us to fund or promote or take any official action related to diversity, equity, or inclusion, or provide that any ordinances, resolution, rules, regulations, programs, or policies that we do have in place today would actually be null and void once the bill is signed. Provides that, of course, we remember this provision that any local official who does that in their official capacity would be committing misfeasance or malfeasance, which would subject them to removal from office. It also provides a provision for any civil action in circuit court to be brought by any resident that believes that we are not complying with the law. It provides a definition for acting in our official capacity. It prohibits us from allowing funds to be used by employees, contractors, or others to promote DEI initiatives. There's also a provision of law requiring a potential recipient of any funds, a grant, a contract, will not be able to use the county funds to require its employees, contractors, volunteers, or anyone to be instructed in using materials related to DEI. And it also then says that we cannot expend any funds to establish, sustain, support, or staff any DEI office, or employ, contract, or otherwise engage a person to serve as a DEI officer. All of these will come into effect on January 1st of 2027. It has a broad definition of DEI, and here is something that I think is really important to us. It says that it doesn't apply to a body composed of non-elected volunteers or to basic administrative support provided to a body composed of that. However, this is the catch. If a county or city employee's sole function is in the provision of administrative support to any volunteer board, then the law applies. So you all know that we have boards, and we do have a sole person in each of those boards providing administrative support. We would be in non-compliance with the law. So I just wanted to point that out to you all. So then there is an example. So I listened to the debate on the Senate floor, and this was really an interesting debate because there were so many questions. But the debate, actually, there was a question that said, you know, we're entering Pride Month. So it's an important question that was posed on the Senate floor. Can a local government celebrate or present a proclamation of Pride Month? And the answer from the bill's sponsor, Senator Yarbrough, was very clear. It said that if it's not included in any statute, either state or federal, then we would run counter to the bill. However, the events can still take place, but no public dollars can be used to support the event. All permits issued must be issued in a content-neutral manner, but it does allow for the provision of public safety services. So to keep the public safe and to keep order, that would be allowed. But no proclamation, no funds, no anything. That was one of the examples that was used on the floor. So, I mean, I feel like that's one of the ones that I know that we are asking the county attorneys to really do a deep dive into because we are unclear how that will affect, clearly, all of the items that we fund and that we support today. So, hopefully, we'll get a very extensive review by the county attorneys. I certainly am trying to find out what is allowed because there were exceptions that were allowed in the final days. There were amendments. For instance, Black History Month is, you know, identified as a either state or federal, you know, event. So, we can support that. What we can't support is anything, and this really is, I think, the basis or foundation. You can't support anything that is not in state or federal law today. And Senator Yarbrough said if there is an activity or an event that is not, you're welcome to bring it to the legislature to see if you can amend statutes to include it. So, the exceptions, though, are any official action by us in compliance with state or federal law, recognition of certain specified state and federal holidays, and patriotic and national observances. We can promote a nonprofit entity that provides single-sex programs for the homeless or education, counseling, and rehabilitation of trauma-involved or at-risk youth. There was a question on the floor, does this, would we continue to be able to support PACE Center for Girls or the AMI for Kids, you know, program? And the Senate sponsor said yes, because that falls under this exception. We can recognize and honor individuals and groups in monuments, memorials, and museums authorized by Chapter 265 or Chapter 267. And recognizing those events and individuals that form the basis for those monuments, memorials, and museums. We can also issue event permits in a content-neutral manner. And lastly, the use of equal opportunity or equal employment materials designed to inform individuals about federal and state prohibitions on discrimination. Those are the exceptions. So there's only two, four, six, seven exceptions. So we will see how this impacts every single thing that we do in the county. I want to also move to a net zero policies for governmental entities. As you all know, our port has engaged, and to some degree, our airport, in net zero policies. They have passed a law that prohibits any funds of any kind to any net zero policy. As used in the bill, net zero is defined as any policy, program, or initiative designed to achieve a balance between total amount of greenhouse gas emitted into the atmosphere with an equal amount removed from the atmosphere. So we can't, we're unable to, provide procurement or purchasing preferences, institute purchasing preferences, or use government funds to pay dues, membership fees, subscription fees, charitable contributions to any non-governmental agency or organization, including a trade association organization that adopts a net zero policy. We may not impose a tax, fee, penalty, charge, offset, or assessment to any of those following fees. And it prohibits the governmental entity from implementing, administering, or enforcing a program, or even joining any organization that has a net zero policy. So that is, that is the beginning of us having to take a look at current initiatives that we have, and how we're going to have to walk all of that back in some fashion. And then there was House Bill 399 that we all opposed. And I want to thank Senator Garcia for his leadership, as well as our three senators, Chevron Jones, Alexis Galatayud, and Ileana Garcia, for having amended the bill on the Senate floor to remove any kind of review or changes to the UDB line that was in House Bill 399. However, what it does do is a lot of different things that we should know about. It requires us to ensure that the development permit and application fees are reasonable, related to the cost of reviewing a project, rather the project's cost, a percentage of the project's cost, or construction costs. So they are addressing now whether or not our fees are reasonably related to the work that needs to be done by our county staff. So that's one. One, it would also require local comprehensive plans and land development regulations to include an objective criteria for determining whether residential uses are compatible with surrounding neighborhoods. It also does not permit us to deny projects on incompatibility grounds unless they can issue written findings explaining the specific conflicts. It would also direct local governments to identify potential incompatibilities early on and recommend the mitigation measures before rejecting a project outright. And then there are others in this big bill, such as allowing for manufactured housing on lots in recreational vehicle parks, as well as in residential communities. And it requires creating a regulatory parity for off-site constructed homes. So look to see a lot of land use regulations in this bill, and not the least of which is, of course, one that affects both Commissioner Steinberg and Mize District, which was the large destination resorts preemption. Now the Fountain Blue will, in fact, be able to place their resort without any review from the Historic Preservation Board or the City of Miami Beach. And that has a five-year sunset provision. As explained, large destination resort has been defined as a hotel with 500 guest rooms that has an average occupancy rate of at least 70% in the past years. And then there was more preemptions in House Bill 1389, the Affordable Housing Live Local Act, that really, I mean, there's so much in there. And I've asked, obviously, our county attorneys to do a deep dive in this to let us know. But the one thing that I think is important here is that it actually clarifies language around the prohibition against discriminating against affordable housing developments in land use decisions by local government. And it waives the sovereign immunity in cases based on such discrimination. So as noted, and this is something we have to take in effect because we do make decisions to deny affordable housing developments, if they can prove that we've done so in a way that discriminates, then the sovereign immunity caps are removed completely, meaning that a developer could come in here and sue us for $100 million. If they can prove the discrimination, which in some cases have already gone to court, showing that some people didn't want affordable housing in their neighborhoods. And that is a discrimination of affordable housing. So we have to be real careful with what's going on in the Live Local Act. And that's just a few of many. I feel like of the very short number of bills they passed, those they passed have a huge impact on the county. And so I cannot report any good news. And I will say this, having been a former budget chair, beware, because the budget is a beautiful place to put policy, I know very well, having done so, in implementing and conforming bills. So we are not done yet. This is just a preview of what might come in the future. But people say, well, that's it. The bills are dead. I said, oh, no, they are not. But there are many ways in which policy can be placed into a budget bill. And certainly those of us that served in the legislature know very, very well how that game has worked. So, Commissioner, can you, just because I know you didn't go much into it, can you speak for just 30 seconds as to the budget itself? I know that they had the sine died regular session without approving a budget. But what the proposals were from the House and the Senate, not the details, but just I know there was a big gap. There was. You know, people don't really understand that's a really big gap. There was almost a billion dollars, a little excess. So the House's budget, this is why we don't have a budget today, because the House has traditionally been much more fiscally conservative than the Senate. And the House decided we're holding the line, and we don't care how long it takes. We're not going to spend taxpayers' dollars, you know, without a lot of concern. And I think the House's budget, and I can say that as a former House member and a former House budget chairman, that, in fact, it's the right thing to do, especially in a time when we're trying to reduce property tax reform, right? So I have to say that while the Senate was preaching, and we're not sure, the wheels kind of came off in the Senate in the final days. But I do, I want to say that the Florida House really came in with a strong fiscal conservative budget that did not reduce services, but that reduced waste. And I'm really proud to have seen that work, because I started out that way, and then I had to hand it over to another chairman. But truly, the Senate has just continued to spend. And I think they're going to be forced into a special session, and I believe the House will hold the line, and I think that's a signal to all of us. We have to hold the line, because there's going to be a lot, there's going to be a lot of discussion regarding spending. And, you know, people always say we need to find more money. I say we need to spend less money, to the four horsemen. Thank you. Thank you, Commissioner Gonzalez. Thank you, Commissioner. I just think it's amazing how the Senate has really boasted and screamed louder than the House, for sure, about being fiscally responsible, and all this talk about eliminating property taxes. The Senate has been more vocal about that than the House. Yet their proposal is over a billion dollars more than the House's budget proposal. So that tells you, you know, the microphone might be loud, but as a friend in the House said, I can't hear what you're saying, because I see what you're doing. And that's what the Senate is doing. With that, I have Commissioner Gilbert. And I want to add one more thing is, thank you for your summary. The attorneys are still going to do a deep dive into what actually passed. I know a lot of what you stated were quotes from Senators and House members, but it's important that we see the final version of what actually passed in the bill before any of us take action or make any decisions. So I'd ask you all that may want to comment on her discussion item to take that into account. That we don't have the final details as to what we have to do, what we don't have to do yet. Attorneys are working on that. They themselves have not finalized that yet. So with that, Commissioner from District 1. Thank you, Mr. Chairman. Thank you, Commissioner, for your report. Just a couple of notes. The first thing I want to make a comment on is about affordable housing and not being able to deny someone based on affordable housing not wanted in that area. And I think it was an interesting concept, which on its face sounds like, hey, something that we could get behind or affordable housing needs to be spread out throughout the community. But in function, that's probably not how that's going to work because of price points, right? So the property in certain areas are worth so much that you can't actually build affordable housing there because the price points don't actually work. The practical effect of that legislation is going to put affordable housing in areas that already have affordable housing because you can't build it in areas where the land just costs too much. So I think that's something we ought to be mindful of because concentrating people with low income has never been a good idea. It's just not a good idea. So I just want to flag that for us because we will have to actually probably try to figure something out on that. The other thing I want to talk to, and I want to talk directly to our CBOs, the people from the art community, everybody who shows up in matching shirts to our budget hearings. Okay, this is to the matching shirt crowd. Go to Tallahassee right now. Talk to them right now. Call them right now. Because if they pass something that substantially hampers our ability to use money in the general fund, it will not matter if you come to our public hearing. So I've come to notice something that we're the easiest, we're local, so the closest are the people, I get it. But we don't make decisions in a vacuum. How we spend money, the money that we have to spend is in large part contextualized and determined by people in other places. So whether it's the federal government with CDBG, whether it's property taxes with the state of Florida, we will not have the money. So I appreciate all of the matching T-shirts. You don't have to match T-shirts for them. You can if you want to. I appreciate your advocacy. And most of the people on this dais, I think we all understand the sentiment because you're providing very needed services in our community to our residents. It's one of the things that makes us great. We appreciate that. I'm telling you now, though, if you don't use your voice now, if you don't use your advocacy now, if you don't actually change how this conversation ends, the conversation that they are having, it is very likely that we will be on a course that requires us to cut the funds that we give you. And so the mayor's been talking for three years about how we had to step back because we don't have the money. There will not be stepping back. There will be eliminations. And I think it's important to put that out there in very clear and certain terms so that all the CBOs who are going to come and say you hate kids and you hate seniors and you hate the poor. And no, we don't. We just don't have the money. We just don't have the money. So we probably need to step up that type of advocacy now. And then the other comment I would make about property tax reform is I understand I've read the proposals. I've read the suggestions. I've read all the articles and I understand to our first, you know, first, first responders, our police officers, our firefighters, they say it won't affect you. The devil is a liar. It will affect you. If you think that all you want is that cost of living every year, if you think that's all you want, then you all can sit quietly. But you all know that when we cut back on social services, crime goes up. It's going to affect you. And so we sit here and far too often, you know, we give passes out and you all don't have to say anything. But your voices, the voices of law enforcement, first responders, they matter when they're talking to people and they matter when they're talking to the legislators. You know that it will affect you. Say something. Just say something. Or if you choose not to say something, that's fine. But don't act like you were on the side of the community. No, you were thinking about yourself. Thank you. Thank you. Anyone else? All right. Commissioner from District 8. Thank you, Mr. Chair. And thank you, Commissioner Lopez, for that report. I know we get these reports in writing from Jess and from our lobby corps, but I think it's really helpful for you to put it on the microphone so that our residents and our team members at the county are informed in that manner. So thank you. And if you don't mind, can you repeat for me what the definition of diversity is in that bill that passed the House? And while you find that, Commissioner, you have several questions, too, before I- Yeah, I just have one question. Oh, you have it? Okay, go ahead. Yes, sorry, so it says manipulate or otherwise influence the composition of employees with reference to race, color, sex, ethnicity, gender identity, or sexual orientation other than to ensure that hiring is conducted in accordance with state and federal anti-discrimination laws. That is a sweeping definition. It is. Sweeping definition. And so to our attorneys, or to Commissioner Lopez, I'm just wondering, we're a majority-minority community in Miami-Dade County. And a lot, if not the vast majority, of our CBOs cater to different communities that are specifically mentioned in that definition. And so I just wonder if, you know, for example, the Hispanic Chamber or the Latin Builders Association or the, you know, the Haitian Bar Association, if they were to just change their name to not, to not Latin Builders Association, not Haitian Bar Association. I mean, I'm just wondering how we as a community are, right? I mean, I think that's authentically what our CBOs are likely going to do is change their names in order to conform with the language of that bill, in order to continue the mission and the work that they do in serving the residents of our community. Because I just can't imagine with a definition that broad and that sweeping in a community that is majority-minority like Miami-Dade County, how we as a body would not be able to put our dollars behind the values that we hold so high in our community and supporting different organizations that are doing great work. I know at levels, and we're getting hit from so many different directions, but I'm just extremely interested on how this bill moves through. Like you mentioned, it's not final. It's not done. It's done. It's done. Oh, this one is done? This is going. Oh, our attorney is nodding their head. Okay. No, no. It's in the, yes. Governor's going to sign it. He's signaled. He is excited about this. Oh, he's excited. This is done. Okay. Okay, great. So to the attorneys, and I understand that there's challenges with having these discussions, but I know that many of our CBOs in the county that rely on our CBO discretionary dollars year after year and come and speak to us during the budget season, whether it's, there's so many of them. Do you think that changing their name would make a difference? Commissioner, the CBO issue is just one of the important issues I know from a funding perspective you all will be grappling with for this upcoming budget, and I know that budget planning is well underway. We have already met internally. We're hopeful to be able to take as quick of a dive once we have the final bill language to be able to start at least giving you the best answers we can on some of these fundamental issues. Our goal is to try to interpret those things that we know absolutely are covered by the bill, tell you very quickly, to the greatest extent that we can, what is not. And then, so that would give you an opportunity to move forward with whatever policy decisions the board would have to make. But at this point in time, we just are unable to give you that answer today. May I, Mr. Chairman? So I think changing the name will not do it. It's the mission and activities, which has been very clearly debated. If you look at the legislative intent, it's not the name of the organization, it's what the organization does. That is, the activities is what we'll have to look at, not their name. Because I, too, had an issue. You know, I fund out of my own discretionary funds things like the Kiwanis, who provide a summer camp for children that live in Little Havana. Most, if not all of them, are Hispanic. So, you know, I'm having questions in my own mind, and I've shared them with the county attorney. And I do believe that they'll figure out what isn't, and then what may be, and then we are going to have to make decisions whether we take the risk of being accused of misfeasance or malfeasance, and then potentially being removed from office. Which then puts us in a position where we have to be uber conservative in the interpretation, right? Because any liberal interpretation of any of this could put us all at risk, individually or collectively. And I did want, Mr. Chairman, just to remind everyone, the billion-dollar difference, most of you may not know that the legislature, the leaders in the legislature, both the Speaker and the Senate President, have what's been known over the years as the sprinkle list, right? It's money that they just give out that has not been vetted appropriately in a committee. And that billion-dollar difference is the House has said no sprinkle, and the Senate's saying, no, we want a billion dollars in sprinkle. So I wanted to be clear to clarify that, because... A historic number. It's a historic number. I'm shocked by the billion that the Senate wants. But that is where the rubber hits the road. That is what's creating the tension in negotiations between the House and the Senate. Commissioner Gilbert, you recognize? Just to point out something, though. You know, organizations like the Haitian Lawyers Association, who provide services, they don't just provide to Haitian residents. And so I just wanted to point that out, because a lot of, yeah, a lot of the Jewish, yeah, they don't, so the name would seem to draw the ire of the statute. But if it's judged by mission, it might not. And a lot of the things that we formed in this county, we've necessarily moved away from those distinctions in mission a lot. It still captures the same group of people, but everyone actually is eligible and they actually are served. So when you have the Cuban Bar Association doing legal services for us, they don't just help Cuban people. And I think that's important for us to note, so when we start to grapple with these issues, we have to look to what the organizations actually do, and who they actually serve, and what they're actually promoting. And not just the name, not just the name. And so I don't want us to think that this will, I think a greater problem for us is the fact that we're not going to have money to give them, not that we can't have money to give them. Commissioner from District 2, you're recognized. Chair Rodriguez, I want to start by thanking you, Commissioner Lopez, for your presentation. I want to start by thanking you, Commissioner, for your presentation, and I want to make a comment about what you just said, Commissioner Gilbert. And I concur with the fact that now is the time for some of the community groups to go to Tallahassee. I know some that go, but more need to go. But I think more would go if they knew, if they understood. Look, I learned a lot from your presentation. Imagine people in the community who are so busy living, facing numerous challenges. They don't have time. They don't know what's going on in Tallahassee. What's going on? Tallahassee seems to be far-fetched for them because they are dealing with so much, which brought me back to the piece of legislation that I passed, or the civic education legislation that the mayor is implementing. And, Madam Mayor and staff, I think if there is a time where we could use some of the meetings that people attended in great numbers, that would be now. And my question is, I know that the mayor has planned, mayor and staff has planned to restart these meetings. I wanted to find out from Mayor Cava, where is that right now? You're recognized to answer the questioners. I do apologize. I was being asked a question by another commissioner. Could you repeat the question? Yes. No, I was saying that a lot of – I concurred with a comment that Commissioner Gilbert made about people going to Tallahassee. And I stated that most of the people are so busy leaving, the challenges, oftentimes they don't have time. So that's why it would be important for some of the meetings that we've had doing the implementation of the civic education legislation that I passed would be helpful. Yes. And I know they were well attended. We were all surprised by the number of people who came to learn about local government, about what we do on the dais. So I know that you have plans to continue the implementation. I wanted to have an idea of when that might be. Thank you, through the chair. Commissioner, we have had already meetings with nonprofits, not on the budget per se, but on ways that we can support them even outside of funds. And we always tell them that decisions being made in Tallahassee will affect our ability to provide funding to our CBOs. And we always tell them to get involved. I want to make a point here. It's not just our nonprofits that need to be in Tallahassee. It's all of us. And we have the window now. This is the time. We can't wait until an item is passed, and then we're precluded from directly lobbying an item that's on a ballot. That is a restriction, and I ask our attorneys to clarify that for us. Each of us has this window of time, just like Carlos Magoya was very, very clear today. And we have produced estimates of impacts. There's been a recent Miami Herald article with estimates of impacts. Those impacts, of course, will affect not just our nonprofits. They will affect transit, animal services, road repair, parks, really every general fund component of our budget. And as was said, we can't say that even police and fire will be protected because it would be stopped at the current level. So that doesn't allow for future growth, and it only compounds the issue that we would have for our other dollars, including libraries, which could potentially, of course, be affected as well. So we're talking about all the basic services that our community has come to rely upon, certainly wants, and in many cases vitally needs. So we just need to take it upon ourselves to be extremely active, and we have prepared a joint letter with cities to the legislature. I've published an op-ed, and I urge all of us to follow through with Jess, of course, McCarty, and also our contract lobbyists to be very active right now. Thank you, Mayor. With that, Senator Garcia, you're on cue. Thank you, Mr. Chairman. Look, we're having a great conversation here, but I think the only action that we really have right now in reference to the bill that Commissioner Lopez was talking about was urging the governor to veto it. I'm fine with putting, asking if you guys are willing to vote for it, vetoing 1134. That's the only course of action that we really have. I think that bill, well, I think it's well-intentioned, I think has gone a little further than where it should be, and it's causing so much consternation between all of us, and the uncertainty that it actually exists. So I'm willing to proffer a motion to have the county attorney's office draft a letter asking the governor to please veto House Bill 1134, if that's the House Bill number. All right. It's been moved by Senator Garcia, seconded by the vice chair. A letter? Excuse me. No, an urging. An urging. An urging, I'm sorry. A formal or urging passed by a vote count of the board, I think will carry greater weight, and I'm happy to co-sponsor that. Thank you, Senator. All right. Show it. Not to the governor, though. Not to the governor. So, Senator moves it. Vice chair seconds the motion. It's a strong urging from this body to the governor directly to consider vetoing this bill. With that, all in favor, signify by saying aye. Aye. I'll oppose nay. Thank you very much. Commissioner Lopez, thank you again for your report. Through the chair. Yes. We're still on the discussion item? Just really quick, a question to our attorneys. Okay. Commissioner Regalado, and then I'll end with you, Mayor. Thank you. Thank you. And then I echo some of the comments. I just want to logistically consider something. I mean, we know, as Commissioner Lopez says, the governor has said that he is excited about signing this. So, I'm glad we're sending something, but from a pragmatic point of view, one of the things that we've been following in this bill in particular is the very broad definition. And my question to our attorneys is, could we request, you know, the legislative record of that definition? I mean, I hate to be, like, ramping up for fight, but I think that that would probably be a better kind of start at this as we move forward to just start looking at that definition. I know they're going to get back to us with what our options are, but is there, can we request anything from the state in terms of their, I mean, I guess it would be the attorney general of the state, their interpretation, right, of this bill? I want to start knowing how the attorneys interpret this, because the remedy is removal from office. So, the sooner we start getting to what they think this really means, the better positioned we are to decide what is the path that we're going to take there. So, I don't know if we can formally request an opinion. I know that we have in the past. Jerry, I don't know if you feel comfortable with that. Commissioner, I think at this point, I mean, I just double-checked again, this bill has not been filed. We don't even have the final language of the bill. I think what we would recommend is to let us get the bill. We've already started trying to get whatever information we can, analyze it, and let us report back to each of you before you take any additional steps on how to move forward with this matter. Okay, thank you. All right, Madam Mayor, go ahead. Thank you, Mr. Chair. I want to thank our Commissioner, Vicki Lopez, for that very thorough review. I did want to make one additional point on the net zero bill, and when we get more details, you'll see I believe there's a significant exception for things that actually save money. So if it's an economic benefit, then, of course, we can do it, but that has to be demonstrated. I also just want to clarify that for the CBOs, this DEI language would force us not to be able to fund them, and I think that's very much to the point that Commissioner Gilbert was making. So it would affect not just the quantity of dollars that we have, but the selection of organizations that we could fund. Thank you. Thank you, Madam Mayor. Commissioner Gilbert, this will be your third bite at the apple here. Really quickly? Go ahead. All right, thank you for that. All right, with that, Mr. Attorneys, is there an order to move into public hearing at this time? Yep. All right. Can the attorneys read the public hearing items? Yes, sir. 5B is an ordinance granting petition of the Ocean Gate Community Development District to dissolve the Ocean Gate Community Development District. Generally bounded on the north by theoretical Southwest 346th Street, theoretical Southwest 2 Street. On the east by Southwest 177 Avenue, South Chrome Avenue, State Road number 997. On the south by theoretical Southwest 352 Street, theoretical Southwest 7th Street. Down the west by the transportation corridor, dissolving Ocean Gate Community Development District. Releasing declaration of restrictive covenants and authorizing the mayor or designee to take all action and execute any documents necessary for such release. And providing severability, exclusion from the code, and an effective date. 5C is an ordinance granting petition of Palm Gate Community Development District. Generally bounded as amended on the north by Southwest 340 Street, on the east by Southwest 167 Avenue, Tennessee Road. On the south by Southwest 352 Street, and on the west by Southwest 170 Avenue. Amending the boundaries of the district to expand its total acreage by approximately 54, 45 acres. Providing severability, exclusion from the code, and an effective date. 5D is an ordinance creating and establishing a special taxing district in the county, generally bounded on the north by Southwest 284 Street. On the east by Southwest 173 Avenue, on the south by Southwest 286 Street, and on the west by Southwest 177 Avenue, SR 997 Chrome Avenue. Known and described as the best multipurpose maintenance and street lighting special taxing district. Identifying services to be provided, authorizing and directing the mayor designate to cause to be maintained and operate of various public improvements and to provide for the installation of street lights. Approving a street lighting agreement with Homestead Energy Services. And authorizing the mayor or designee to execute the agreement. Waiving provisions of resolution number R13006 and providing for exclusion from the code and an effective date. And 5D1's a corresponding resolution approving, adopting, and confirming a preliminary assessment rule for the district. 5E's an ordinance creating and transferring a special taxing district in the county within the boundaries of the city of Homestead. Generally bounded on the north by Southwest 328 Street, North Canal Drive, Southeast 8th Street. On the east by Theoretical Southwest 152 Avenue, Theoretical Southeast 27 Drive. On the south by South Canal Drive, and on the west by Theoretical Southwest 154 Avenue, Theoretical Southeast 26th Avenue. Known and described as Keyes Gate, North Subdivision, Multi-Purpose Maintenance Special Taxing District. Identifying services to be provided, authorizing and directing the mayor, designee to cause to be maintained and operated various public improvements, and providing for exclusion from the code on an effective date. 5E1 is a corresponding resolution relating to the Keyes Gate, North Subdivision Special Taxing District. Located entirely within the boundaries of the city of Homestead and transferring the special taxing district to the city of Homestead. 5F is a resolution approving the plat of Palm Glades. Those are your public hearing items. Thank you, Madam Attorney. Seeing, are there any speakers at this particular moment? Public hearing is open. Seeing that we don't have any cards, public hearing is now closed. Is there anyone who wish to bifurcate any items? Seeing no bifurcation, seeing a move by Commissioner Gilbert, seconded by Commissioner Lopez. Madam Clerk, please call the roll. Commissioner Bermudez, Commissioner Cohen-Higgins, Senator Garcia, Commissioner Gilbert, Commissioner Gonzales, Commissioner Hardiman, Commissioner Lopez. Yes. Commissioner Emiliano Orbis. Yes. Commissioner Regalado. Yes. Commissioner Steinberg. Yes. Commissioner Bastien. Yes. Commissioner Bastien. Yes. Vice Chairman McGee. Yes. Chairman Rodriguez. Motion passes unanimously. Thank you very much. Madam Attorney, I do believe you have an announcement as it relates to some releases. Yes, I have a request from Commissioner Bastien just to be listed as a co-sponsor of 11A1 and Commissioner Cohen-Higgins was the only polling commissioner of item 1I1 and its substitute. So if you wish to approve that, I believe she wants to release it. A motion would be in order. I have a motion on 1I1. Seeing commission. Thank you, Mr. Vice Chair. I pulled 1I1 because typically our Miami-Dade Commission on Women give a presentation of their annual report. But it was just made, it was just brought to my attention that the presentation will take place during committee hearings and committee week. And so if the presentation is going to take place then, then I would prefer to reserve my comments for when the actual report is presented. So I'm happy to move it. Thank you, Mr. Vice Chair. Thank you. Senate moves, Senate second by Commissioner Gilbert. All in favor? All against? See the item passes. 3B2, looks like Commissioner from District 6. Thank you, Mr. Chair. Yes. So I pulled this item and I had some questions for pros, if you're here, and for the administration. So I pulled it because it's contracts on four bridges with FDOT. And it came to my attention that there was a contract for the Ludlam Trail bridges, very similar to these, that has been halted. And we haven't heard why. And it was my understanding that the funding was in place and it was earmarked for those projects. It's not to do with this specifically, but the Ludlam Trail bridges. So I wanted to request an update on that and if you had any information on why it was halted and what's the status of that project with FDOT. Sure. Good morning, Commissioners. Brian Eichler, Miami-Dade County Parks. Thank you. Ludlam Trail has certainly been getting a lot of attention. To date, we've completed our 30% schematic design for the trail, which notably includes the development of the project development and environmental study with the feds, which that's a big milestone that was completed. From that schematic design, we're creating pricing for potential developers and we're working towards a memo of agreement with FDOT for design, which includes the three bridges. That is needed, that MOA is needed for us to continue. And so that's our current status of the project. I believe it's four bridges. Correct. Three that FDOT specifically we're working with. Okay. So if you can, you know, provide me with an update as to, you know, you don't have to do it today, but I would like an update as to make sure that the funding is in place. Because my understanding is that if it's not all in place, then they would only be able to do one bridge. And of course, that's not what we want to do. And those bridges are instrumental to the completion of the trail. So I would request an update from your department at your earliest convenience so that we can get that moving. Absolutely, Commissioner. We'd be happy to do that. Thank you so much. Thank you. No further questions. I'm happy to move it. Commissioner, are you satisfied with everything? Thank you. Seeing that Commissioner Orbis moved the item, do we have a second? Second by Commissioner Gilbert. All in favor? All against? So this item passes. Commissioner from District 6, you also have 3B3. You released this one? So it's moved by Commissioner Bastien, second by Commissioner Gilbert. All in favor? All against? It shows item passes. 8P1, Commissioner from District 6. Yes, thank you. I have a question for the department. So in the contract here, on page 46, it says that the contractor will not manage the vendor teams directly, but will still be responsible for the overall success of the project. And maintaining accountability across all parties. So I wanted to ask, who is managing it if they are not? Through the Vice Chair. Thank you for that question. There are DTPW staff as well as CEI staff associated. This is to ensure the collaboration between the two contracts as well as provide documentation necessary for us to have training materials, et cetera, as we move forward. So they are collaborating with both contracts, but not necessarily oversight of the physical infrastructure that's the capital infrastructure that goes into the buses, in the ground, et cetera. So it's just a component of the oversight of the contracts. It is less than 1% of the cost of those two contracts. Okay. And of our employees that already work in the department and have knowledge on this, they are not able to do that oversight? They are not. Okay. All right. Thank you so much. Thank you. Thank you. And Stacy, just, and I know we've talked about it at length. And I just want to thank you for all the work that you guys are doing on this fair item. I know that it's complex. But in order to explain it a little bit better, right now, kind of the lesson learned from past fair issues has been to separate the three buckets. So we have best, we're getting the best in class hardware that's already been approved. This is the operation. And then the real headache is the software, right? So the software is still coming. So the idea here is to get best in class in all three buckets. And then what we're approving today are the humans that are going to make sure that the hardware works with the software. Correct. And it's important because you're not going to be tethered to either because that's been our problem in the past. It's important because the task has been that the people who are doing the operation have skin in the game. So they're not necessarily, you know, giving us the best advice in terms of the hardware and the software and how those things are working together. So thank you. Mr. Chair, I just wanted to add. My question was because, you know, it's a large expenditure for this contract. And I just want to make sure that before we spend that, that we don't have the expertise internally, right? That's why I wanted to confirm that with you because we do have a lot of employees that I know are very well versed in their expertise. So thank you for answering that. You're very welcome. Thank you. Are there any other questions? Can I get someone to move the item? Second. Moved by Commissioner Gilbert, seconded by Commissioner Regalato. All in favor, signaled by saying aye. All against. So this item passes. The next one we have is AP2, Commissioner from District 11. Thank you, Mr. Chair. And if I can get the director to come up for a second. Just a point of order, Mr. Chairman. AP2 is Commissioner Bastien's item and she's off the dates right now. Could we skip that and come back to it? Yes. That's a good point. There she is. Thank you. Thank you. And Director, thank you for coming up. So this past summer, we discussed extending the contract of a former program administrator. And I was quite critical at that time, given the state of the Section 8 program. And I voted against the extension. But today, I want to personally commend you for keeping your word. Because I think that it is very important to keep one's word. And you kept your word. You're recommending a new company to administer Section 8. I want to commend you. I want to commend the administration for positive steps forward to solving this issue. I would like to stay informed moving forward. And I'll be reaching out to your office so that we can stay informed. But it goes without saying that in order to solve issues, you need to make difficult decisions. And I commend you for what you're doing with the department. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you. And with that, I'll move the item. The item being moved by Commissioner Gonzalez, seconded by Commissioner Bastien. All in favor? All against? Shows item passes. Are we on the police or 15B? We are done with the poll list. At this time, if I can read some motions, Mr. Chair? Sure. Are we done with the poll list? We're done with the poll list. Right, that was great. All right, go ahead and read the motions. You can start. Mr. Chair, should I start with your motion? That works, yep. Chairman Rodriguez moves to amend the 2026 calendar of the Board of County Commissioners to cancel the regular CDMP zoning board meeting schedule for March 19, 2026. Yes, because the items have been requested to be deferred, but the way our rules work is we would have to all show up just to defer the item. So, we're just canceling the meeting. And then they automatically get deferred to the next one. And I save you all a trip downtown for no reason when all two or three have requested deferral. So, Commissioner Regalado. Thank you. Just because we have been sued on this point. I just want to make sure that then the notice, how do we get, do we have, we're going to re-notice everything, right? Of course. I mean, yes. Commissioner, we, our office will work with staff to ensure that any notice requirements are satisfied. And particularly on the zoning application, you know, I think we would urge, we will look at it cautiously, so. Thank you. Thank you, Mr. Chair. I mean, yes, I understand though. It's been moved, it's been seconded by Commissioner Orbis. Commissioner Orbis, all in favor signify by saying aye. Aye. All opposed nay. Congratulations, you have Thursday free. All right, next motion. Commissioner Milian Orbis moves to amend resolution number R-1228-25 to provide the county mayor, county mayor's designee with the additional authority to negotiate and execute agreements with the applicable constitutional offices and collective bargaining units to remove the one time only restriction on the use of the crosswalk provision and to expand the group of the employees who are eligible to use the crosswalk provision to include all employees who were employed by either the county or an applicable constitutional office on the January 7th, 2025 transition date. Mr. Chair, if I may? You may, you're recognized. Thank you so much. This request came at the, at the, uh, or this amendment came at the request of the administration. So if, I don't know if you want to answer any questions that we may have, but I'm doing this to comply with the request from the administration on the item that was already done. All right. Uh, come. Thank you for that commissioner. And thank you. Madam mayor. Uh, we'll just stand by if we have questions, but it's been moved. It's been moved. It's been seconded by commissioner Gilbert. Commissioner regular. Are you recognized? Um, thank you. I just, I just have a question. Cause I know that, um, not all the constitutional offices were interested. The property appraisers said that he wasn't interested. So is there a reason why we're doing it for all of them? Even though one of them has said he's not interested. You're recognized for an I've been flowing conversation through the chair. We actually went back and spoke with each of the constitutionals and the respective unions. This required the unions to concur. So it's consistent with what each constitutional and each union agreed to. All right. So just, it's the unions. Got it. Right. I think the, the constitutional offices can opt out if they wish. So it doesn't bind them to anything. Thank you. Sounds good. So we have a motion by commissioner or a second by Gilbert. All in favor of the motion signify by saying aye. All opposed nay. Shall the motion carry. All right. Next motion. Commissioner Milian Orbis moves to approve and authorize the county mayor. County mayors does a need to execute the first amendment to the lease agreement. Providing for a two year term, two year extension with a rental rate of 1,500,000 per year. To that certain 30 year lease of the west transfer station property. Folio number 34-4014-010-0010. From the city of Coral Gables approved pursuant to this board's resolution number R-804-78. With a term that expired on March 13, 2026. And also providing for the city of Coral Gables permitted use of certain county owned property. Folio number 30-6029-000-030 for hurricane debris staging. And exercise all provisions set forth in the lease. A copy of the lease amendment is with the clerk of the board. All right. It's been moved by Commissioner Orbis. Seconded by Commissioner Regalado. Any discussion? Seeing none. All in favor signify by saying aye. Aye. Show the motion carried. Next motion. Commissioner Steinberg moves to amend resolution number R-2225 approved by this board on January 22, 2025 to correct the Scrivener's error in the project description found in the executive summary of the mayor's memorandum. On page MDC002 by deleting the balance of the paragraph commencing from line five of the executive summary following the word causeway. Inserting a period after the word causeway and adding the following language immediately thereafter. The project involves the following short term improvements. Five bus shelter structures and yield to pedestrian signs at the four major intersections on 79th Street and coloring and restriping intersections. Commissioner Steinberg further moves to direct the clerk of the board to update resolution number R-22-25 to correct such Scrivener's error. It's been moved. It's been seconded by Commissioner Gilbert. Commissioner Hardiman in comments. I just want to understand, how is that a Scrivener's error if you're adding in all that language? Commissioner Steinberg. That's Steinberg. I'd have to ask the county. Yeah, that's Steinberg. How is that a Scrivener's error? The attorneys are right. What was the error? Commissioner, in the original item, the item itself, the contract, and the resolution were correct. In the mayor's memorandum, the description of the project inadvertently talked about converting two lanes into one. For lack of a better word, it's pretty clear that a cut and paste of a different grant application was inserted into that memorandum. What this says is correct what the project description, which is accurately reflected in the agreement itself. Thank you. Makes sense. We don't have to do that. Well, no, I just don't know that we needed a motion to correct it if the item was right but the memorandum was wrong because what's binding is the actual item. It's all part of the record. It says it though, right? So if it says it, I mean. Can you all get back with Commissioner Gilbert? Yeah, but I'll second it. I'll second the motion. It's been moved. It's been seconded. All in favor signify by saying aye. All opposed nay. Show the motion carried. Next. Commissioner Gilbert moves to extend the due diligence period of the amended and restated lease and development agreement between Miami-Dade County and Landmark QOZB Construction LLC. Approved by the board through resolution number R-974-24 from March 31st, 2026 to April 30th, 2026. And directs the county mayor or county mayor's designate to execute any amendments necessary to extend the due diligence period. Subject to review for form and legal sufficiency by the county attorney's office. Show it moved by Commissioner Gilbert. Seconded by Commissioner Orbis. Seeing no discussion. All in favor signify by saying aye. All opposed nay. Show that motion carries. Next. Board appointments and allocations, Mr. Chair. All right, do I have any board appointments? Do you have them with you or no? No? Any board appointments? Any allocations? I'm sorry, Mr. Chair, I have an appointment. Commissioner Orbis, you're recognized. Thank you so much. I move to appoint Yona Janowitz to the Parks and Recreation Citizens Advisory Committee. All right, it's been moved by Commissioner Orbis. Seconded. Seconded by Commissioner Lopez. All in favor signify by saying aye. All opposed nay. All right. Commissioner Gilbert on appointment. On appointments, Mr. Chairman, I just wanted to bring the board's attention. I'm sure you all have been made aware by the county attorney's office that when we pass the legislation regarding the CITT in the last meeting, it requires us to actually reappoint or make new appointments to our CITT designates. And so I just wanted to put it on your radar because I think we have 45 days or something. So I think that we need to probably just pay attention to that because that's why I was going to just pointing out that maybe we have- Anybody wants to reappoint their members? You can, yeah. I'll do it now. Commissioner Rigolato, you're recognized. Yes. I would like to appoint Meg Daly to the CITT. Commissioner Rigolato appoints Meg Daly. Seconded by Commissioner Gilbert. All in favor signify by saying aye. Aye. All opposed nay. Commissioner Gonzalez. Thank you, Mr. Chair. And I'd like to appoint Henry Hoffman. All right. Are you going to do that appointment as well? Hold on. So go ahead. Thank you, Mr. Chair. I'd like to keep my appointee, Mayor Peggy Bell. Okay. Aye. Steinberg. I would like to reappoint Robert Woolworth. All right. Show it moved by Commissioner Regolato, the three. Well, Gonzalez is the first one. Gonzalez. Seconded by Commissioner Regolato. All in favor of those three appointments signify by saying aye. Aye. All opposed nay. Any other appointments? Mr. Chairman, Miguel Murphy appointing Miguel Murphy. All right. Miguel Murphy moved. Seconded by Commissioner Lopez. All in favor signify by saying aye. Aye. All opposed nay. Any other appointments? Seeing none. Show us adjourned. Any other appointments? Seeing none. Show us adjourned.