Resolution 107-2005
RESOLUTION NO. #107-2005
A RESOLUTION OF THE BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS OF
MONROE COUNTY, FLORIDA, CALLING ON THE MIAMI-DADE BOARD
OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS TO OPPOSE ANY EXTENSION TO THE
URBAN DEVELOPMENT BOUNDARY, TO ENCOURAGE INFILL
DEVELOPMENT AND ADHERANCE TO THE MIAMI-DADE COUNTY
DEVELOPMENT MASTER PLAN AS CURRENTLY ADOPTED,
INCLUDING THE ADOPTED 2003 EVALUATION 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 annex certain property to Florida City, which could result in extension of 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 annexation leads to the UDB being 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 annexation of the property in question to Florida City, which could lead
to a change in the UDB, and alternatively to adopt policy to encourage infill development in
accord with the currently adopted CDMP and EAR:
NOW THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED 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 annexation of said property to Florida City and any
change to the Urban Development Boundary at this time.
Section 2. Monroe County urges Miami-Dade County to not allow annexation of said
property to Florida City, nor allow any change 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 infill 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.
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This resolution shall take effect immediately upon approval.
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DANNY L. KOL GE, CLERK
BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS
MONROE COUNTY, FLORIDA
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DIXIE M. SPEHAR, MAYOR
MONROE COUNTY ATTORNEY
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