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Miami-Dade County

committee

Wednesday, June 10, 2026

What happened

Statura summary

The real mover was money: the committee forwarded the Southeast Overtown Park West CRA budget at $280,997,692 for FY 2025 to 2026. That is not a housekeeping vote. It is the formal release valve for a very large redevelopment spending plan under the County City interlocal and state law, which means anyone doing business around Overtown and Park West should read it as the committee clearing the fiscal runway, not debating whether the CRA should be active. The other item with real downstream consequences was the fee overhaul at Regulatory and Economic Resources and Environmental Resources Management. The County is rewriting permit and regulatory fees across building, zoning, environmental, and planning work to comply with HB 803 and HB 399, and the summary makes clear the important shift: percentage based charges are being eliminated. That changes how project costs hit applicants, especially for larger deals that used to scale with construction value. Also forwarded was a directive to file a CDMP amendment on text amendments that facilitate urban land uses outside the Urban Development Boundary. That is not the land use change itself, but it opens the next fight by putting the administration on the clock to bring back language. Opa Locka's amended CRA budgets were approved after amendment, which mostly cleans up prior year and current year spending authority. The debris removal MOU is practical storm logistics for municipalities that want into the County's contractor bench. The landline phase out and payroll charity list were minor policy items, and the fare collection rejection was withdrawn after procurement objections exposed RFP ambiguity.

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

Key decisions

  1. Approving the fiscal year 2025 to 2026 budget for the Southeast Overtown Park West Community Redevelopment Agency and redevelopment area
    Forwarded

    Forwarded a $280,997,692 CRA budget required by state law and the County City of Miami interlocal agreement, clearing the formal path for a major redevelopment spending plan in Overtown and Park West.

  2. Directing the Mayor to file a CDMP amendment on text amendments that facilitate urban land uses outside the Urban Development Boundary
    Forwarded

    Forwarded a directive to prepare and file a Comprehensive Development Master Plan amendment, moving the UDB fight from rhetoric into a formal application process.

  3. Amending implementing orders 4 42, 4 63, and 4 111 to modify regulatory fees
    Forwarded

    Forwarded countywide fee changes for building, zoning, environmental, and planning permits to comply with HB 803 and HB 399, including elimination of percentage based charges that had scaled with project value.

  4. Approving amended fiscal year 2023 to 2024 and fiscal year 2024 to 2025 budgets for the Opa Locka Community Redevelopment Agency
    Amended

    Approved, as amended, revised Opa Locka CRA budgets totaling $7,013,081 and $7,392,025, ratifying updated spending authority funded primarily through tax increment revenues.

  5. Approving a standard MOU with municipalities for debris removal, staging, long range hauling, and monitoring services
    Forwarded

    Forwarded a template agreement that lets municipalities outside the County solid waste service area opt into the County's pre established debris contracting system instead of procuring separately after storms.

  6. Directing elimination of obsolete County landlines and related equipment
    Forwarded

    Forwarded an order to identify unused landlines, phase out County funded desk phone service that is no longer operationally necessary, and dispose of surplus equipment to cut deadweight telecom costs.

  7. Rejecting all proposals for the fare collection application for Transportation and Public Works
    Withdrawn

    The planned rejection of all bids for the fare collection software procurement was withdrawn after objections revealed ambiguities in the RFP, signaling a reset rather than an award.

  8. Adding Friends of the Miami Dade Public Library and Parks Foundation of Miami Dade to the employee giving list
    Amended

    Approved, as amended, the addition of two nonprofits to the County employee charitable contribution program, a policy change with little operational effect outside payroll giving.