What happened
Statura summaryThe biggest move was the County’s approval of the Southeast Overtown/Park West CRA budget, a $280,997,692 operating plan for FY 2025-26. That is not just bookkeeping. It locks in the redevelopment agency’s spending authority for a large urban renewal area, which means the money flow for that district is now set and the County has signed off on the mechanism that keeps the CRA operating under the interlocal framework. For anyone tracking downtown-adjacent development, this is the clearest fiscal signal on the agenda. The other consequential items were more structural than dramatic. The Board moved a CDMP directive that starts the process for text amendments to facilitate urban land uses outside the Urban Development Boundary, which is the kind of step that does not change zoning today but does move the policy fight to the next filing and hearing stage. It also advanced fee changes across regulatory and environmental permitting to conform with HB 803 and HB 399, which strips out percentage based fee structures and shifts the cost burden into a new compliance framework for applicants. On the operational side, the County approved a standard debris removal MOU for municipalities outside the solid waste service area, a practical procurement template that broadens access to County disaster services. The Opa Locka CRA budget amendments were ratified, the obsolete landline cleanup directive moved forward, and the charitable contribution list was expanded. The fare collection RFP rejection was withdrawn, which tells you the procurement is being reset rather than decided.
Statura-generated summary of the official agenda and minutes. Verbatim per-item votes and dollar figures are in the Agenda & votes tab.
Key decisions
- Southeast Overtown Park West CRA FY 2025 2026 budgetForwarded
Approved the $280,997,692 operating budget for the redevelopment agency, locking in spending authority for the district under the County City interlocal structure.
- CDMP amendment application for text amendments affecting urban land uses outside the Urban Development BoundaryForwarded
Directed staff to file a comprehensive plan amendment application, starting the policy process for text changes that would open the door to urban uses outside the UDB.
- Implementing Orders fee amendments for Regulatory and Economic Resources and Environmental Resources ManagementForwarded
Updated regulatory fee schedules to comply with HB 803 and HB 399, replacing percentage based fee structures and changing what applicants pay for permits and reviews.
- Amended Opa Locka CRA budgets for FY 2023 2024 and FY 2024 2025Amended
Ratified amended CRA budgets totaling $7,013,081 and $7,392,025, which resets prior year redevelopment spending authority and the associated tax increment funding.
- Standard MOU for debris removal, staging, hauling, and monitoring servicesForwarded
Approved a template agreement that lets municipalities outside the solid waste service area tap County disaster debris services through a pre established procurement framework.
- Eliminate obsolete telephone lines and phase out county funded landline servicesForwarded
Directed staff to remove unused landlines and sell surplus equipment, a cost cutting cleanup that reduces ongoing County telecom overhead.
- Reject all proposals for fare collection application RFP EVN0001148Withdrawn
Pulled the rejection item after objections exposed ambiguities in the solicitation, resetting the fare collection procurement for a revised RFP.
- Add Friends of the Miami Dade Public Library and Parks Foundation of Miami Dade to employee contribution listAmended
Expanded the County employee charitable deduction list to include two additional nonprofits, changing which organizations can receive payroll contributions.
Agenda items
9 items on the agenda, 8 with recorded outcomes.
- Resolutionpending$281MForwarded 4–0RESOLUTION APPROVING THE FISCAL YEAR 2025-2026 BUDGET IN THE TOTAL AMOUNT OF $280,997,692.00 FOR THE SOUTHEAST OVERTOWN PARK WEST COMMUNITY REDEVELOPMENT AGENCY AND THE SOUTHEAST OVERTOWN/PARK WEST COMMUNITY REDEVELOPMENT AREASponsors: Office of Management and Budget · Moved by: Danielle Cohen Higgins · Seconded: Roberto J. Gonzalez
- Resolutionpending$7.4MAMENDED 4–0RESOLUTION APPROVING THE AMENDED FISCAL YEAR 2023-2024 AND AMENDED FISCAL YEAR 2024-2025 BUDGETS FOR THE OPA-LOCKA COMMUNITY REDEVELOPMENT AGENCY AND THE OPA-LOCKA COMMUNITY REDEVELOPMENT AREA TOTALING $7,013,081.00 AND $7,392,025.00, RESPECTIVELYSponsors: Office of Management and Budget · Moved by: Danielle Cohen Higgins · Seconded: Roberto J. Gonzalez
- ResolutionpendingAMENDED 4–0RESOLUTION AMENDING RESOLUTION NO. R-1026-23, AS AMENDED BY RESOLUTION NO. R-635-24, TO ADD FRIENDS OF THE MIAMI-DADE PUBLIC LIBRARY, INC., AND PARKS FOUNDATION OF MIAMI-DADE, INC., TO THE LIST OF CHARITABLE ORGANIZATIONS THAT SHALL BE ELIGIBLE RECIPIENTS OF EMPLOYEE CONTRIBUTIONS THROUGH PAYROLL DEDUCTIONMoved by: Danielle Cohen Higgins · Seconded: Roberto J. Gonzalez
- ResolutionpendingForwarded 4–0RESOLUTION APPROVING AND AUTHORIZING EXECUTION OF A STANDARD FORM OF MEMORANDUM OF UNDERSTANDING BETWEEN MIAMI-DADE COUNTY AND MUNICIPALITIES FOR THE PROVISION OF DEBRIS REMOVAL, STAGING AND REDUCTION, LONG-RANGE HAULING, AND MONITORING SERVICESSponsors: Solid Waste Management Department · Moved by: Danielle Cohen Higgins · Seconded: Roberto J. Gonzalez
- ResolutionpendingForwarded 4–0RESOLUTION RELATED TO IMPLEMENTING ORDER NOS. 4-42, 4-63, AND 4-111; AMENDING SAID IMPLEMENTING ORDERS TO MODIFY CERTAIN FEES ASSOCIATED WITH REGULATORY ACTIVITIES WITHIN THE DEPARTMENT OF REGULATORY AND ECONOMIC RESOURCES AND DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL RESOURCES MANAGEMENT, IN RESPONSE TO CHANGES IN STATE LAWSponsors: Regulatory and Economic Resources · Moved by: Danielle Cohen Higgins · Seconded: Roberto J. Gonzalez
- ResolutionpendingForwarded 4–0RESOLUTION DIRECTING THE COUNTY MAYOR OR COUNTY MAYOR’S DESIGNEE TO FILE, AT THE APPROPRIATE TIME, AN APPLICATION TO AMEND THE COMPREHENSIVE DEVELOPMENT MASTER PLAN TO ADDRESS THE USE OF TEXT AMENDMENTS THAT MAY FACILITATE URBAN LAND USES ON PROPERTY OUTSIDE THE URBAN DEVELOPMENT BOUNDARYSponsors: UDB · Moved by: Roberto J. Gonzalez · Seconded: Danielle Cohen Higgins
- ResolutionpendingForwarded 4–0RESOLUTION DIRECTING THE COUNTY MAYOR OR COUNTY MAYOR’S DESIGNEE TO ELIMINATE OBSOLETE TELEPHONE LINES AND RELATED EQUIPMENT; TO DEVELOP AND IMPLEMENT A PLAN TO PHASE OUT COUNTY-FUNDED LANDLINE SERVICES THAT ARE NO LONGER OPERATIONALLY NECESSARY; TO IDENTIFY AND SELL OR OTHERWISE DISPOSE OF UNUSED OR SURPLUS DESK TELEPHONES AND RELATED EQUIPMENT; AND TO PROVIDE A REPORT TO THE BOARD REGARDING THE SAMEMoved by: Danielle Cohen Higgins · Seconded: Roberto J. Gonzalez
- ResolutionwithdrawnWithdrawnRESOLUTION REJECTING ALL PROPOSALS RECEIVED IN RESPONSE TO REQUEST FOR PROPOSALS NO. EVN0001148, FARE COLLECTION APPLICATION, FOR THE DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION AND PUBLIC WORKSSponsors: Strategic Procurement
- 6AReportpendingOutcome not recordedAPPROVAL OF THE CLERK�S SUMMARY OF MINUTES FOR THE INTERGOVERNMENTAL AND ECONOMIC IMPACT COMMITTEE MEETING(S) [AVAILABLE FOR REVIEW IN THE OFFICE OF THE CLERK OF THE BOARD DEPARTMENT]: � FEBRUARY 4, 2026 � MARCH 11, 2026Sponsors: Clerk of the Board
Attendance
- Present:
- Danielle Cohen Higgins, Roberto J. Gonzalez, Vicki L. Lopez, Natalie Milian Orbis
- Excused:
- Sen. Rene Garcia