committee
What happened
Statura summaryThe committee pushed forward a major regulatory overhaul to align county fee structures with new state laws HB 803 and HB 399. By eliminating percentage of cost fee calculations across building, zoning, environmental, and planning permits, the county is shifting how development administrative costs are assessed. This change standardizes the fee structure, removing the variable premium previously charged on high value projects and establishing a more predictable, flat rate regulatory environment for local builders.
Statura-generated summary of the official agenda and minutes. Verbatim per-item votes and dollar figures are in the Agenda & votes tab.
Key decisions
- Amending Implementing Orders to modify certain fees associated with regulatory activities within the Department of Regulatory and Economic Resources and Department of Environmental Resources ManagementForwarded
This restructure eliminates percentage of cost fee calculations for building, zoning, and environmental permits to comply with state laws HB 803 and HB 399, shifting developers to a flat fee model.
- 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 AreaForwarded
This approval greenlights a $280.9 million operating budget funded through tax increment financing to drive redevelopment projects in the Overtown area.
- Directing the County Mayor to file 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 BoundaryForwarded
This directive initiates a policy review to restrict or regulate how text amendments can be used to bypass traditional boundary limits and allow urban development outside the UDB.
- Approving the amended Fiscal Year 2023-2024 and amended Fiscal Year 2024-2025 budgets for the Opa-Locka Community Redevelopment Agency totaling $7,013,081.00 and $7,392,025.00, respectivelyAMENDED
This action ratifies corrected, tax increment funded budgets for the Opa Locka CRA covering the past two fiscal years to ensure compliance with county oversight.
- 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 servicesForwarded
This establishes a pre-negotiated framework allowing external municipalities to quickly opt into the county's emergency debris clearance contracts during disaster recovery.
- Directing the County Mayor to eliminate obsolete telephone lines and related equipment; to develop and implement a plan to phase out county-funded landline servicesForwarded
This directive targets internal waste by auditing telecom infrastructure, phasing out unnecessary landlines, and liquidating surplus physical desk phones.
- Rejecting all proposals received in response to Request for Proposals No. EVN0001148, Fare Collection Application, for the Department of Transportation and Public WorksWithdrawn
The county withdrew this rejection resolution but will ultimately rewrite the solicitation for the transit fare system after vendor protests revealed fatal flaws in the original RFP.
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
- 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
- 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 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