The Miami-Dade Board of County Commissioners held a regular meeting on July 21, 2026, beginning at approximately 9:30 AM with presentations, followed by public hearings and discussions on a wide range of fiscal, land use, and policy items. The meeting adjourned after 5 PM. Commissioners present: 9 (quorum achieved). Key topics included approval of bond issuances totaling over $2.1 billion, a debate on commercial vehicle storage regulations, and discussions on the county's electric vehicle fleet and State Senate Bill 1134 regarding diversity initiatives.
Good, good. Well, this is the presentation portion of the agenda. I am Commissioner Oliver Gilbert, our chairman Anthony Rodriguez is approaching our mayor Daniela Lavincava is on her way down. Um we have presentations today. Now, what we do in these presentations is we recognize extraordinary people, extraordinary organizations at times who who've done things that go above and beyond. Um today we have some presentations, but first I give the microphone to the chairman. You all give him a round of applause. Anthony Rodriguez. Oh, I mean, yeah, thank you, guys. All right. I don't know why you're handing me this. This isn't what I need right now. All right. Um, Madam Mayor. Powerful Red. All right, good morning, good morning. All right, so we got all the puppies. All right, I love it. I should have brought my daughter to work with me today. If I knew that y'all were gonna bring the dogs. I probably didn't know that, and I still didn't bring her. Hey. Um, all right, we're gonna start. We're not gonna start with you guys, we're gonna wait a second to see to get a few. We're gonna start with some other very important folks that are here today. Um we have this morning uh some very distinguished guests and uh members of the consulate corps of Canada. Right? We have the Council General of Canada, the honorable Sylvia Cesarado Cesarado, more or less. All right, I'll let you I'll let you correct me in a second. Um and and Miss Shannon Eisenhout. All right, I think I said that okay. Um the US State Department Regional Director for the Office of Foreign Missions. So it is my privilege to recognize two outstanding leaders whose dedication to diplomacy and international collaboration has strengthened our global partnerships. And today we are honored to present certificates of appreciation to the honorable Sylvia Cesarado and Consul the Council General of Canada and Miss Shannon Eisenhoot, the regional director of the U.S. Department of State, State's Office of Foreign Missions. Um, one of the things that's really special about our interaction with the rest of the world is the council council of court here in Miami Dave County. It's a very large council core. And it's it's kind of symbolical symbolic of the idea that we are an international city. We're an international city in every way, fifty-three percent of the people who live here were born in different countries. We're international in the sense that we are the gateway to the Americas and to South and Central America and the Caribbean. Um, we we're the first people they see when they come in the country. We're the last people they see before they leave if they're in this part of the hemisphere. And so we have great working relationships that actually foster not just cultural connections but business connections. And that happens through our wonderful partners in Canada and also through the State Department who's doing an excellent job at keeping us connected to other folks. And so it's our honor, our privilege to actually honor you all today and to recognize you and recognize your public service because people will never actually see you all. They'll see like the Prime Minister and the Secretary, and they'll see the presidents, and they'll see all these other ambassadors. They don't see the people that come every day and sit down with business leaders and show them how to make connections and help people through their immigration problems. They don't see those people. You're the people who do that work. And so, on behalf of all those people who you service, all those businesses you enable, I say thank you, Miami Dade County says thank you.