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Miami-Dade County

Board of County Commissioners

Tuesday, June 9, 2026

What happened

Statura summary

The June 9 County Commission agenda was dominated by land-use and code work tied to BrowardNext and a broad summer pipeline of public hearings. The biggest policy items were a pair of high-priority motions to publish notice for August 20 hearings on proposed Broward County Land Use Plan amendments, followed by a major public hearing item to transmit BrowardNext text amendments (PCT 26-4 through 26-8) to state review agencies as Comprehensive Plan changes. The board also teed up or considered related planning actions, including a Fort Lauderdale Uptown Activity Center text amendment, transportation and capital improvements element amendments, and a deepwater port comprehensive-plan text change. On the regulatory side, the agenda included code updates on development review committee procedures, Port Everglades business permits, elevator outages, motor carriers, ethics, tree-preservation and building-code administrative provisions, and building-code fee schedules. Economic-development and procurement items were substantial even without final action data. The headline incentive package was Project Orange Blossom, combining a $210,000 Strategic Job Creation Incentive with a $1 million direct cash/job-creation incentive. Other notable business items included up to $9 million for elderly home- and community-based services, a $5.9 million budget transfer for inmate inpatient care invoices, a Next Generation 911 agreement with Motorola, shore-power electrification design work at Port Everglades with AECOM, CEI services for the Sheridan Street Bridge vertical-clearance project, and a summer-recess delegation allowing the County Administrator to execute listed contracts and amendments between June 10 and August 19. Ceremonial and housekeeping items were also on the agenda. Because the agenda data provided here lists nearly every item as pending and includes almost no attendance or vote detail, the clearest takeaway for business readers is pipeline rather than outcome: Broward is moving a dense package of land-use, port, transportation, and code matters toward later hearings and implementation. Watch for the BrowardNext and related ordinance items returning at the August 20, 2026 meeting.

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. Publish notice for August 20 public hearing on proposed Broward County Land Use Plan amendment
    Pending

    Sets an August 20, 2026 public hearing to consider a proposed amendment to the Broward County Land Use Plan, advancing a major land-use item into the formal adoption process.

  2. Publish notice for August 20 public hearing on a second proposed Broward County Land Use Plan amendment
    Pending

    Schedules another August 20, 2026 hearing on a proposed Land Use Plan amendment, signaling a broader package of countywide planning changes moving forward together.

  3. Transmit BrowardNext Land Use Plan text amendments PCT 26-4 through PCT 26-8 to state review agencies
    Pending

    Would send a multi-part BrowardNext text amendment package to state agencies for review as proposed amendments to the Broward County Comprehensive Plan.

  4. Deepwater Port comprehensive plan text amendment
    Pending

    Would enact a Broward County Comprehensive Plan text amendment related to the deepwater port, a potentially important policy change for Port Everglades operations and growth.

  5. Fort Lauderdale Uptown Activity Center text amendment (PCT 26-9)
    Pending

    Would transmit to state review agencies a proposed Land Use Plan text amendment revising the City of Fort Lauderdale Uptown Activity Center in Commission Districts 4 and 8.

  6. Project Orange Blossom incentives
    Pending

    Would approve a $210,000 Strategic Job Creation Incentive and a $1 million direct cash/job-creation incentive for Project Orange Blossom under the county's economic-development program.

  7. Land Development Code amendment on development review procedures
    Pending

    Would amend Article IX of Chapter 5 of the county code, updating development review committee and related land-development procedures that affect project approvals.

  8. Port Everglades business permits ordinance
    Pending

    Would amend Broward County code provisions governing Port Everglades business permits, potentially changing permitting requirements for firms operating at the port.

  9. Next Generation 911 system agreement with Motorola Solutions Connectivity
    Pending

    Would approve a technology products agreement for the county's NG911 system for the Office of Regional Communications and Technology, a major public-safety infrastructure procurement.

  10. Shore power electrification design services for Port Everglades
    Pending

    Would approve a deliberately phased agreement with AECOM Technical Services for engineering design services supporting shore power electrification at Port Everglades.