What happened
Statura summaryThe biggest move was the County signing off on the Southeast Overtown Park West CRA budget, a $280,997,692 package that keeps the redevelopment agency funded for FY 2025-26 under the County-City interlocal framework. That is not just bookkeeping: it preserves the CRA’s spending authority at a very large scale, which means the redevelopment machine in that district keeps running and the County keeps its seat at the table. The vote was unanimous, so there was no visible appetite to reopen the basic deal. The other consequential action was the regulatory fee cleanup tied to HB 803 and HB 399. Miami-Dade is changing fee schedules across building, zoning, environmental, and planning work, and the key detail is the removal of percentage-of-cost style charges. That shifts the cost structure for regulated projects and takes some discretion out of the old fee model. The Board also advanced a CDMP directive on text amendments that could facilitate urban land uses outside the Urban Development Boundary, which is the kind of procedural step that does not change land use today but clearly tees up the next fight over where urban development can go. Opa-Locka’s amended CRA budgets were also approved, while the debris-removal MOU template, the obsolete landline cleanup, and the charitable contribution list change were all administrative or housekeeping moves.
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 a $280,997,692 CRA budget for FY 2025-26, preserving the redevelopment agency’s operating authority under the County-City interlocal structure.
- Implementing Orders fee amendments for regulatory activitiesForwarded
Amended fee schedules in Regulatory and Economic Resources and Environmental Resources Management to comply with HB 803 and HB 399, including eliminating percentage-of-cost style charges.
- CDMP amendment directive on text amendments outside the Urban Development BoundaryForwarded
Directed staff to file a future comprehensive plan amendment on whether text amendments can facilitate urban land uses outside the UDB, setting up the next land use fight rather than resolving it now.
- 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, keeping the Opa-Locka redevelopment financing structure in place.
- Standard MOU for debris removal, staging, hauling, and monitoring servicesForwarded
Approved a template MOU letting municipalities outside the current solid waste service area opt into County debris services through a pre-established competitive contract structure.
- Eliminate obsolete telephone lines and phase out unnecessary County landline servicesForwarded
Directed staff to remove unused landlines and equipment and sell or dispose of surplus phones, a cost-cutting housekeeping move with no policy expansion.
- Reject all proposals for fare collection application RFP EVN0001148Withdrawn
Rejected all bids for the fare collection software procurement after objections exposed ambiguities in the RFP, forcing a revised solicitation.
- Add Friends of the Miami-Dade Public Library and Parks Foundation to employee contribution listAMENDED
Expanded the approved charitable payroll deduction list to include two nonprofits, changing only which organizations employees can support through County payroll.
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 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
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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