“How do you envision this going? Are we going to have things coming back, like multiple options coming back to us, contracted, negotiated? Or are we going to have one contract and the administration says this is what we're going to?”

Seeking clarification on process and structure

“I'm very confused if we're going to have multiple contracts that you bring back or one contract that you bring back because we don't have a site, we don't have a lot, there are a lot of things in the air.”

Expressing confusion about structure of future proposals

“We're not bound by passing this today. This doesn't bind us to anything, correct?”

Seeking clarification on whether motion is binding

“We need to consider the financial implications and the environmental implications as well as we move forward.”

Expressing concern about comprehensive evaluation

“I did vote no in July because there were some concerns that I had and so I've been consistent on this and what I don't want to see us do is an exercise in futility right I don't want us to have this process go forward they try to meet I think the mayor has said she is requesting things that only a UDB application would require.”

Explaining his consistent opposition and concerns about futile process

“I would like to hear from the applicant directly because that is instructive to me. There needs to be some level of predictability based on the decisions that we make as a body on how you all decide to move forward. There are dollars attached to this. There are jobs attached to this.”

Requesting applicant testimony and expressing concern about predictability

“I just wanted to make a quick announcement that this morning, downstairs, our Miami-Dade Fire Rescue is down there for heart awareness and wellness checks. For the month of February, we really want to make sure that people are paying attention to heart health. They're going to be performing oxygen saturation, pulse checks, blood pressure, glucose checks, any sort of medication mitigation, general wellness, referral services, and help information booth downstairs.”

Public health announcement

“I think the work that they do are important. I think sometimes we get into that habit of characterizing the broader work of CRAs by the one or two instances where we disagree with them.”

Defense of CRA work and individual case-by-case evaluation

“I'm not in a position to vote on a moratorium right now, but I'm not necessarily against moratorium and I'm resistant to the argument that because something's in the pipeline, we have to allow it to go through the same way. If we were doing something wrong and we acknowledge that we were doing something wrong, should we just continue it?”

Discussion of CRA moratorium proposal

“Miami Garden CRA which is a limited use CRA to develop a performing arts center in the North State area. The reason why we're partnering with Miami Gardens is because the county didn't do anything like that in that area ever.”

Example of targeted CRA use for specific community needs

“I have no problem accepting report. I'm not in a position to vote on a moratorium right now, but I'm not necessarily against moratorium and I'm resistant to the argument that because something's in the pipeline, we have to allow it to go through the same way.”

Openness to moratorium despite pipeline concerns

“If you're gonna talk about those infrastructure, always keep in mind stormwater as well.”

Adding stormwater to considerations for CRA infrastructure

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Proclamation conclusion for Mount Sinai Hospital

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Continued proclamation remarks highlighting Mount Sinai's medical education role

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Proclamation remarks for Mount Sinai Hospital 75th anniversary

“while I always think detail is very important and transparency is very important, and I do think that I can tell you for the CRAs, for instance, that I represent, they do put that forward. But would that be opening up renegotiations of all of the different CRA interlocals”

raising concern about triggering renegotiations of CRA agreements

“This has to come back to us? The items that would actually create new CRAs, expand the areas, etc. would come back to the board, but this motion would establish a general policy that when those items come back to you, that the CRAs have provided or demonstrated whatever infrastructure.”

Explaining procedural nature of policy motion

“Theoretically I need to see what it actually looks like and take into account that not all areas are created equally and some needs may be different in some areas, so I don't know that I want to make it like, I would have to see the legislation.”

Expressing caution about standardized CRA policy

“This is helping, having a policy created that will come back to us for a vote. This is not the ultimate passage of this new policy, so this is why I'm trying to be clear about that.”

Clarifying the nature of Senator Garcia's motion on CRA policy

“I would not limit us in this instance. I'm not prepared to vote on a moratorium today because I need to be able to digest this, and I want to be able to talk more about it. But what I am unwilling to do is sacrifice the work that's happening in those communities.”

Final position on CRA moratorium

“We sit on this board and look at some of the decisions that prior commissions have made and think they're absolutely ridiculous. I can just start going down a list... they gave away hundreds of millions of dollars in property that we wouldn't have done.”

Justifying the need for different approaches than past decisions

“If we had a moratorium, it would prevent CRAs like that from occurring and being created. And I just fundamentally disagree with that because we're trying to remedy slum and blight. And so I think if we're going to be remedial, it might require us to do some things differently.”

Explaining why case-by-case approach is necessary for CRAs