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RESOLUTION NO. 2005-25883
A RESOLUTION OF THE MAYOR AND CITY COMMISSION
OF THE CITY OF MIAMI BEACH, FLORIDA, URGING THE
MIAMI-DADE BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS TO
OPPOSE ANY EXTENSION TO THE URBAN
DEVELOPMENT BOUNDARY AT THE PRESENT TIME,
AND TO ENCOURAGE INFILL DEVELOPMENT AND
ADHERENCE TO THE COUNTY DEVELOPMENT MASTER
PLAN AS CURRENTLY ADOPTED, INCLUDING THE
ADOPTED 2003 EVALUATION AND APPRAISAL REPORT.
WHEREAS, the Mayor and City Commission of the City of Miami Beach recognize that
the City of Miami Beach and its neighboring communities are impacted significantly by Miami-
Dade County's Planning, Zoning, and County Comprehensive Development Master Plan
(CDMP) policy; and
WHEREAS, the City of Miami Beach 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 Miami Beach 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 more intense, development activity to occur; and
WHEREAS, the extension of the UDB at this time will have significant negative impacts
in Miami-Dade County, 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 police, fire, and social services; 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 the year 2020, therefore, eliminating the need to extend the
UDB at this time; and
WHEREAS, municipalities in Miami-Dade County are still engaged in their own state-
mandated EARs and should have adequate time to finish their Reports without the proposed
major amendment to the County's CDMP hanging in the balance; 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, and is
intended to provide data essential to any consideration of moving the UDB or amending the
CDMP, and should not be preempted; and
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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 Mayor and City Commission of the City of Miami Beach urge Miami-
Dade County to oppose any extension of the UDB at this time and, alternatively, urge the County
to adopt policy to encourage infill development in accord with the currently adopted CDMP and
EAR.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT DUL Y RESOLVED BY THE MAYOR AND CITY
COMMISSION OF THE CITY OF MIAMI BEACH, FLORIDA, AS FOLLOWS:
Section 1. The City of Miami Beach hereby advises Miami-Dade County and its
Board of County Commissioners that it 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 2. The City of Miami Beach 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.
Section 3. The City Clerk for the City of Miami Beach shall provide executed copies
of this Resolution to Miami-Dade County Mayor Carlos Alvarez, each member of the Miami-
Dade Board of County Commissioners, as well as to each municipal City Clerk in Miami-Dade
County for the purpose of distributing copies to members of their respective governing councils.
PASSED AND ADOPTED this
16th day of March
,2005
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City Clerk Robert Parcher
ATTEST:
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MURRAY H. DUBBIN
City Attorney
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COMMISSION MEMORANDUM
Mayor David Dermer and
Members of the City Commission
DATE: March 16, 2005
Murray H. Dubbin
City Attorney A ~ I
A RESOLUTIbN ~F THE MAYOR AND CITY COMMISSION
OF THE CITY OF MIAMI BEACH, FLORIDA, URGING THE
MIAMI-DADE BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS TO
OPPOSE ANY EXTENSION TO THE URBAN
DEVELOPMENT BOUNDARY, AND TO ENCOURAGE
INFILL DEVELOPMENT AND ADHERENCE TO THE
COUNTY DEVELOPMENT MASTER.
(305) 673-7470
(305) 673-7002
Pursuant to the request of Mayor David Dermer, the attached Resolution is
submitted for consideration by the Mayor and City Commission.
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