The Miami-Dade Housing Committee met on July 8, 2025, at 2:00 PM (local time) in Commission Chambers, chaired by Commissioner Marleine Bastien. The committee considered a robust agenda of 12 items, including land conveyances, affordable housing development agreements, grant acceptance, and contract amendments. All items were forwarded to the full Board of County Commissioners (BCC) with favorable recommendations.
Wave the short prayer. And then we have a young leader representing District Two, Mr. Joshua Tilor. Yes, who will lead us in the Pledge of Allegiance. A lot of our brothers and sisters lost loved ones. And then this prayer is for all of them. Dear God, unite our hearts, and reveal to us your great purpose. Help us, dear Lord, in all of our endeavors. Grant us to the strength, the courage, the wisdom, the compassion, and the love to serve. We know, dear Lord, that the people of Texas, including a lot of parents, mothers, fathers, aunts, sisters. They are going through some of the worst challenges in their lives. Dispel their collective grief by your bounty, your generosity, your love, your guidance. Lessen their pain, dear Lord, and banish their anguish through your sovereignty and your might. Oh you, thou lord. You are the Lord of all being, the overshadowers of all things visible and invisible. At a time when sours overwhelmed their hearts. Give them the strength to endure and send them your light, your wisdom, your compassion. For you are the all-knowing, the all-loving, the compassionate. We ask this the Lord, this Lord, dear Lord, in your name, as we all say, Amen. I pledge allegiance. And to the Republic, which it stands. One nation, under God, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all. And then we also have other young leaders from the different districts in the in the room. So I'd also would like you to recognize them. Please stand up, all of you, all of you, please stand up and be recognized. Oh, not all of them are here. Okay. All right. You're the only one here. Where's the rest of you guys? Oh, they're working. They go into different things. Okay, all right. Thank you so much, Mr. Attorney, Madam Attorney, Mr. Attorney. I think it's time to open the reasonable opportunity for the public to be heard. Right? Yes, um, Madam Chair, before you open the reasonable opportunity, I just wanted to make sure that uh the board has received the two additional items that are gonna be added to your agenda, item 3i and item 3J. If you've not um received them yet, then you haven't received them. Okay. All right, then um, Madam Chair, you can open the reasonable opportunity for all the items on your agenda, with the exception of the two that will be added on when um when they're brought to you, then uh then I guess you're gonna open up reasonable opportunity again on the two items. All right, thank you. Um, I'd like to find out why at this late hour, why why did we receive these items now? Can anyone answer to that? What happened? I would I would defer to the administration, perhaps I can ask. Is there anyone who can answer that question? I mean, I'm gonna include them, but we were um, I think we were working with Commissioner Hardman's office and for uh for sponsorship. We were trying to these items, um my understanding is required sponsorship, and we finally got that, I believe, yesterday, and um to be able to add them on.