Res. No. 038-05-12017RESOLUTION NO. 38-05-12017
A RESOLUTION OF THE MAYOR AND CITY COMMISSION
OF THE CITY OF SOUTH MIAMI, FLORIDA, CALLING ON
THE MIAMI -DADE BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS
TO OPPOSE ANY EXTENTION TO THE URBAN
DEVELOPMENT BOUNDARY AT THE PRESENT TIME, TO
ENCOURAGE INFILL DEVELOPMENT AND ADHERENCE TO
THE COUNTY DEVELOPMENT MASTER PLAN AS
CURRENTLY ADOPTED, INCLUDING THE ADOPTED 2003
EVALUATION AND APPRAISAL REPORT; PROVIDING AN
EFFECTIVE DATE.
WHEREAS, the Mayor and City Commission of the City of South Miami
recognize that The City South Miami is impacted significantly by Miami -Dade
County's Planning, Zoning, and County Comprehensive Development Master Plan
(CDMP) policy; and,
WHEREAS, the City of South Miami wishes to work with its sister
municipalities and Miami -Dade County, in a regional manner, for fair, wise, and
mutually beneficial policies; and,
WHEREAS, the City of South Miami is aware that Miami -Dade County is
under increasing pressure to extend the Urban Development Boundary (UDB)
further south and west in order to allow greater, and sometimes intense,
development activities to occur; and,
WHEREAS, the City of South Miami is concerned that the proposed
extension of the UDB will result in significant negative impacts for both the city
and the entire region, including increased traffic; inadequately funded or unfunded
increased costs for the provision of potable water, waste water, storm water,
schools, parks and open space; and county and municipal services, including, but
not limited to police, fire, and social services; and,
WHEREAS, the County's adopted 2003 Evaluation and Appraisal Report
(EAR) of the CDMP recommends against extending the UDB, and reports infill
housing land to be in adequate supply through at least year 2020, which finding
contradicts the need to extend the UDB at this time, and moreover, supports
elimination of the current UDB expansion plan; and,
WHEREAS, the city, like other municipalities within Miami -Dade County,
is currently engaged in its own state - mandated EAR; and
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WHEREAS, the city and the other municipalities should be provided
adequate time to complete their state- mandated EAR processes prior to the County
issuing a major expansion of the UDB or a major revision to the county's existing
CDMP; and,
WHEREAS, the South Miami -Dade Watershed Study and Plan, a
comprehensive study underway jointly by the South Florida Regional Planning
Council, the South Florida Water Management District, and Miami -Dade County,
will not be completed until late 2005, is intended to provide data essential to any
consideration of moving the UDB or amending the CDMP, and should not be
preempted; and,
WHEREAS, Miami -Dade County is legally obligated to participate with
state and federal efforts to restore the Greater Everglades Ecosystem, which could
be significantly impacted if the UDB is moved, and proper analysis of those
impacts has not been completed and should not be preempted; and,
WHEREAS, the Mayor and City Commission call upon Miami -Dade
County to oppose any extension of the UDB at this time, and alternatively, call
upon the County to adopt a policy encouraging inf ll development in accord with
the existing adopted CDMP and EAR:
NOW THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED BY THE MAYOR AND
CITY COMMISSION OF THE CITY OF SOUTH MIAMI, FLORIDA;
Section 1. The above - referenced whereas clauses are incorporated by
reference into this resolution.
Section 2. The City of South Miami hereby advises the Board of County
Commissioners in and for Miami -Dade County that the city opposes any change to
the Urban Development Boundary at this time, and urges Miami -Dade County to
do the same, for the reasons outlined above.
Section 3. The City of South Miami hereby advises Miami -Dade County
and its Board of County Commissioners that it supports county policy that
encourages infill development and adherence to the CDMP as currently adopted,
including the adopted 2003 EAR, currently being drafted into code.
Section 4. The City Clerk shall provide executed copies of this
resolution to the Mayor of Miami -Dade County, each member of the Miami -Dade
Board of County Commissioners, as well as each municipal City Clerk in Miami -
Dade County for the purpose of distributing copies to members of their respective
governing councils.
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Section 5. This resolution shall take effect immediately upon approval.
PASSED AND ADOPTED this k day of , 2005.
ATTEST:
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Y CLERK
APPROVED AS TO FORM:
"! IT"
Commission Vote:
4-0
Mayor Russell:
Yea
Vice Mayor Palmer:
absent
Commissioner Wiscombe:
Yea
Commissioner Birts- Cooper:
Yea
Commissioner Sherar:
Yea
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Menendez, Maria
From: Mary Scott Russell [msr1 @bellsouth.net]
Sent: Wednesday, March 09, 2005 4:12 PM
To: maria davis
Cc: Menendez, Maria (Menendez, Maria)
Subject: FW: UDB resolution
For agenda March 15«' please
Mary Scut Russell
305.401.0370 mobile
msrl@bellsouth.net
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From: Mary Scott Russell [mailto:msri @bellsouth.net]
Sent: Wednesday, March 09, 2005 4:01 PM
To: mary scoff russell
Subject: FW: UDB resolution
ORGANIZATIONS THAT SUPPORT THE COALITION
• Audubon of Florida
• Bay Harbor Islands Citizens Coalition
• Communities United
• Continental Park HOA
• Dade Heritage Trust
• Earth Ethics Institute
+ Environmental & Land Use Law Center
• Everglades Agricultural Preservation Association, Inc.
• Friends of the Everglades
• Friends of Redland
• Human Services Coalition of Dade County, Inc.
• Keystone Point HOA
* Lakes of the Meadow HOA
* National Parks Conservation Association
North Miami Beach Civic Association
• North Miami Beach Citizens Coalition
• FANM Ayisem Nan Miyami, Inc (Haitian Women of Miami)
* Redland Citizen Association
• Redland Edge Inc
a Richmond Heights HOA
• Sierra Club Miami Group
• Tropical Audubon Society
• Urban Environment League of Greater Miami
• Venetian Causeway Neighborhood Alliance
3/9/2005