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Vicki L. Lopez
Commissioner
District 5
Miami-Dade County, FL
October 14, 2026
Last heard
Voting patterns
Derived only from verified roll-call votes (19 counted); voice votes are not included.
0.0%
Dissent rate · 19 votes
100.0%
With majority · 19 votes
Voting record
Roll-call votes parsed verbatim from meeting transcripts; motion wording is transcript text. Follow the meeting for full context.
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Second it. Second it with the-
— Motion passes unanimously.
YEA
I'll second it. It's been moved by Commissioner Garcia, seconded by Commissioner Lopez.
— Motion passes unanimously.
YEA
Um, so what we're going to do, we do need a second on the, so Mr. Commission. I had a second for, um, Commissioner Lopez.
— Motion passes unanimously.
YEA
Second Did we have a second
— Motion passes unanimously
YEA
Do I have a motion on 1G1 and any discussion? So I have a motion by Commissioner Cohen-Higgins, a seconded by Commissioner Gonzales.
— Motion passes unanimously.
YEA
Motion
— Motion passes unanimously.
YEA
Second. It's been seconded by Commissioner Cohen-Higgins.
— Motion passes unanimously.
YEA
Seconded by Commissioner Bastien.
— Motion passes unanimously.
YEA
Move by. Second.
— Motion passes unanimously.
YEA
Alright, sounds good with that. I'll entertain a motion on the two non-bifurcated items, which is 4A and 4D. So moved by Commissioner Bastien, seconded by Senator Garcia. Are you, yep, good with it?
— Motion passes unanimously.
YEA
All right, do I have a motion on 4A? Moved and moved by Commissioner Bastien, seconded by Commissioner Regalado.
— Motion passes unanimously.
YEA
Second. So, public hearing is open, and it is closed, and the balance of the agenda has been moved by Commissioner Gilbert, seconded by Commissioner Lopez.
— Motion passes unanimously.
YEA
Do I have a motion to move the item? So I have a motion by Commissioner Cohen-Higgins, seconded by Vice Chairwoman Milian Orbis.
— Motion passes unanimously.
YEA
We need a second. We need a second. No, we need a second.
— Motion passes 421.
YEA
Seeing none, do I have a motion for the remainder of the items? It's been moved by Commissioner Gilbert, seconded by Commissioner Cohen Higgins.
— Motion passes unanimously.
YEA
So moved. Second. Second from Commissioner Cohen-Higgins.
— Motion passes.
YEA
So with that, we do have a motion. We do have a second.
YEA
The motion is separate. 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.
— Motion passes unanimously.
YEA
Do I have a motion? So moved. Second.
— Motion passes unanimously.
Statements in public meetings
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at 13:11This amendment adds a public hearing for the county's consolidated annual performance and evaluation report, giving residents another opportunity to share their views on housing and community development programs.
at 13:24The additional hearing creates a more accessible opportunity for residents in low income communities to express their needs, raise concerns and help shape the programs that affect their neighborhoods, which is extremely important.
at 50:43Because it sounds to me like what we're doing here is we've already got Motorola, Hexagon's coming on board, and this one's going to be with us for at least five years, if not seven, because we have a two-year option to renew.
at 51:04And we heard it this morning, and I'm telling you we're hearing it now, and at some juncture, there will be a need for us to look at all of our softwares and how they interface and what is the purpose of them, and are they as innovative as you yourself, Chairman, said this morning?
at 34:35So if we could continue that practice of making sure that this board is distributed with talking points and a summary of the legislative agenda and also to prioritize connecting with you in Tallahassee because you always have the most up-to-date information as to where things are trending and where the winds are blowing.
at 46:54One is about the consent decree and water quality issues as it relates to permitting and building moratoria and whether your office has any interchange with the county as they enforce various building moratoria around the county in both incorporated areas and unincorporated areas.
at 2:56:37Thank you. And for the record, at this particular time, public hearing is open for both items, for both 7B and AC2.
at 2:56:51I'll also have Tracy Salvin, please come to the podium as part of public hearing at this particular moment to make your remarks.
at 0:24Thank you, Madam Clerk. Good morning, everybody, and welcome to the Intergovernmental and Economic Impact Committee of Miami-Dade County.
at 1:09We also want to pray for everyone who suffered so much on September 11th, which we have tomorrow, keeping all of our victims in mind and praying for their rest and their families and everything that our nation went through on that day.
at 1:06:16is it commensurate to you know Miami-Dade County versus Liberty County for instance
at 1:09:40is there anything that that requires a landowner of a mobile home park to to do right
at 25:06I noted on the bottom of page MDC 005, it says, uh, that meetings of the agency shall be held at and alternate between the following locations or such other location designated by the co-chairs together or chair if applicable.
at 1:40:29No, I was just going to make mention of the fact that the unincorporated CRAs are slightly different than the incorporated CRAs, and we needed to make that distinction that, you know, not with a broad stroke.
at 2:00:18Um, this is not it, um, anyone who's ever done accounting and budgeting, and I don't know who prepared this budget, but I'm assuming that if the CRA is paying the office of the, uh, you know, to have administrative services, then clearly the chief should have a template, uh, that reflects how this would absolutely be done in the real world of accounting.
at 2:00:42So, I don't know who did this, and if it was, if it was our poor executive director who may, may or may not have, uh, budgeting experience or experience in accounting, but you do, your office does, that should be provided so that we don't have to go through this, because I'm telling you, this was a waste of my time.