Item N6
BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS
AGENDA ITEM SUMMARY
* ADD-ON*
Meeting Date: Wed., March 16,2005
Division: BOCC
Bulk Item: Yes
No XX
Department: Commissioner David Rice, District 4
Staff Contact Person: Tamara Lundstrom
AGENDA ITEM WORDING: Approval of Resolution calling upon the Miami-Dade Board of
County Commissioners to oppose any extension to the urban development boundary. To
encourage in-fill development and adherence to the Miami-Dade County Development Master
Plan as currently adopted, including the adopted 2003 Evaluation and Appraisal Report.
ITEM BACKGROUND:
PREVIOUS RELEVANT BOCC ACTION:
CONTRACT/AGREEMENT CHANGES:
STAFF RECOMMENDATIONS:
TOTAL COST:
BUDGETED: Yes
No
COST TO COUNTY:
SOURCE OF FUNDS:
REVENUE PRODUCING: Yes
No
AMOUNT PER MONTH Year
APPROVED BY: County Atty _ OMBIPurchasing _ Risk Management _
DIVISION DIRECTOR APPROVAL:
(David P. Rice, Commissioner)
DOCUMENTATION:
Included
Not Required_
DISPOSITION:
AGENDA ITEM #
Revised 2/05
RESOLUTION NO.
A RESOLUTION OF THE BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS OF
MONROE COUNTY, FLORIDA, CALLING ON THE !\.1IAMI-DADE BOARD
OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS TO OPPOSE ANY EXTENSION TO THE
URBAN DEVELOPMENT BOUNDARY, TO ENCOURAGE INFILL
DEVELOPMENT AND ADHERANCE TO TIlE MIAMI-DADE COUNTY
DEVELOPMENT MASTER PLAN AS CURRENTLY ADOPTED,
INCLUDING THE ADOPTED 2003 EV ALUATION AND APPRAISAL
REPORT; PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE DATE.
WHEREAS, the Board of County Commissioners of Monroe County, Florida recognize
that Monroe County is impacted significantly by Miami-Dade County's Planning, Zoning, and
County Comprehensive Development Master Plan (CDMP) policy; and,
WHEREAS, Monroe County wishes to work with Miami-Dade County, in a regional
manner, for fair, wise, and mutually beneficial policies; and,
WHEREAS, Monroe County 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 activity to occur; and,
WHEREAS, Monroe County considers extension of the UDB at this time to have
significant negative impacts for both itself and the region, including increased traffic,
inadequately funded or unfunded increased costs and collateral effects for the provision of
potable water, waste water, storm water, schools, parks and open space, county services
(including police, fire, and social services), and hurricane evacuation; and
WHEREAS, Miami-Dade 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, eliminating the need to extend the UDB at this
time; 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 complete 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 is not complete and should
not be preempted; and,
WHEREAS, the Board of County Commissioners of Monroe County call upon Miami-
Dade County to oppose any extension of the UDB at this time, and alternatively to adopt policy
to encourage infill development in accord with the currently adopted CDMP and EAR
NOW THEREFORE BE IT RESOL YED BY THE BOARD OF COUNTY
COMMISSIONERS OF MONROE COUNTY, FLORIDA;
Section 1. Monroe County hereby advises Miami-Dade County and its Board of
County Commissioners that it opposes any change to the Urban Development Boundary at this
time.
Section 2. Monroe County urges Miami-Dade County to not move the Urban
Development Line.
Section 3. Monroe County advises Miami-Dade County and its Board of County
Commissioners that it supports a county policy that encourages irrfilI development and adherence
to the CDMP as currently adopted, including the adopted 2003 EAR, currently being drafted into
code.
Section 4. The Clerk shall provide executed copies of this resolution to the Miami-
Dade Mayor, 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.
Section 5.
This resolution shall take effect immediately upon approval.
PASSED AND ADOPTED this ~ day of
,2005.
(SEAL)
ATTEST:
BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS
MONROE COUNTY, FLORIDA
By:
By:
DANNY L. KOLHAGE, CLERK
DIXIE M. SPEHAR, MAYOR
MONROE COUNTY ATTORNE '(
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~ JOHN R, COLLINS
CO~NiY-PTTOR~Y
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