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Miami-Dade County

Recreation, Tourism & Resiliency Committee

Tuesday, June 9, 2026

What happened

AI summary

The Recreation, Tourism, and Resiliency Committee met June 9, 2026 with three of five members present — Bastien, McGhee, and Steinberg — as Regalado was absent and Garcia excused. The session moved efficiently through eight items, all forwarded 3-0 to the full BCC, with McGhee moving and Bastien seconding every item on the agenda. The headlining fiscal item was a $383,600 Tourist Development Council grants package covering 33 organizations in Q3 FY2025-2026, funding cultural, sports, and film/TV events aimed at marketing Miami-Dade as a tourist destination. The committee also advanced a $925,000 donation acceptance from four conservation nonprofits — including the Center for Biological Diversity and Tropical Audubon Society — earmarked for Environmentally Endangered Lands acquisitions or management, and approved up to $650,000 from the Biscayne Bay Environmental Enhancement Trust Fund for offshore reef mooring buoys. On the regional policy front, the committee forwarded a renewed four-county interlocal agreement committing Miami-Dade to $285,000 over FY2027-2029 for the Southeast Florida Regional Climate Change Compact. A pilot program directing the County Mayor to explore selling sewer-collected fats, oils, and grease (FOG) as biofuel was also advanced. Ceremonial and housekeeping items included Tourist Development Council appointments and a 10-year historic preservation tax exemption for a Coral Gables property. All items now proceed to the full Board of County Commissioners for final action; no items were deferred to a specific future date.

AI-generated summary of the official agenda and minutes. Verbatim per-item votes and dollar figures are in the Agenda & votes tab.

Key decisions

  1. $383,600 in Tourist Development Council Grants — Q3 FY2025-2026
    Pending

    Forwards to the full BCC approval of $383,600 in TDC Room Tax grants to 33 organizations funding cultural, sports, and film/TV events that promote Miami-Dade tourism; forwarded 3-0, moved by McGhee.

  2. $285,000 Southeast Florida Regional Climate Change Compact Interlocal Agreement
    Pending

    Commits Miami-Dade to $285,000 over FY2027-2029 as part of a renewed four-county interlocal agreement sustaining the Southeast Florida Regional Climate Change Compact alongside Broward, Monroe, and Palm Beach counties; forwarded 3-0, moved by McGhee.

  3. $925,000 Conservation Nonprofit Donation to Environmentally Endangered Lands Trust Fund
    Pending

    Authorizes formal acceptance of a $925,000 donation from the Center for Biological Diversity, Miami Pine Rocklands Coalition, South Florida Wildlands Association, and Tropical Audubon Society, restricted to EEL Program land acquisition or management; forwarded 3-0, moved by McGhee.

  4. $650,000 Biscayne Bay Mooring Buoy Program
    Pending

    Releases up to $650,000 from the Biscayne Bay Environmental Enhancement Trust Fund to install and maintain mooring buoys protecting offshore reefs in coastal commission districts; forwarded 3-0, moved by McGhee.

  5. FOG-to-Biofuel Pilot Program
    Pending

    Directs the County Mayor to design a pilot program for monetizing fats, oils, and grease collected from the county sewer system as biofuel or other productive uses, and to report findings back to the Board; forwarded 3-0, moved by McGhee.

  6. Historic Preservation Ad Valorem Tax Exemption — 4125 Santa Maria Street, Coral Gables
    Pending

    Grants a 10-year historic preservation ad valorem tax exemption on a Coral Gables property, exempting approximately $9,872 annually in countywide operating millage taxes under Florida Statutes Section 196.1997; forwarded 3-0, moved by McGhee.

  7. Pelican Harbor Seabird Station Management Agreement — Competitive Bidding Waiver
    Pending

    Waives competitive bidding by two-thirds vote to continue a sole-source programming partnership and management agreement with Pelican Harbor Seabird Station nonprofit to operate a county seabird rehabilitation facility through April 2028; forwarded 3-0, moved by McGhee.

  8. Tourist Development Council Member Appointments
    Pending

    Reappoints Olga Ramudo and Vice-Mayor Robert Stephens III and appoints new member Milan Patel to the Tourist Development Council; forwarded 3-0, moved by McGhee.