Showdown vote coming for the Urban Development Boundary in South Miami-Dade County. Any opposition or support by any elected officials from Palmetto Bay, Pinecrest, Cutler Bay, Homestead or Florida City?

Thursday, September 9, 2021, may be another watershed moment in defending the UDB. Where do our current elected officials from the South Dade municipalities stand on this project. Are there any resolutions in support or opposition? (I honestly don’t know as Palmetto Bay has not posted any resolutions passed since December 2019) Will any of the South Dade elected officials appear today to either support or oppose this project. Do we stick to developing land within the current UDB?

There is an article in the Miami Herald that provides the background of this project. Miami Herald subscribers can review the article Showdown vote coming for the Urban Development Boundary in SouthMiami-Dade County, by Douglas Hanks, 9/08/2021.

Reporter Doug Hanks advises that the county’s Regulatory and Economic Resources Department states that South Miami-Dade already has enough vacant industrial land to accommodate new projects through 2040; that if the proposed South Dade Logistics and Technology District industrial park gets built, it would take more than 100 years for the market to absorb the new space.

Shouldn’t our local elected officials make the effort to show up and provide testimony, input as to the impact this project may have on our communities (good or bad). This is what representative government is all about, why we vote to elect people - to represent us.

Palmetto Bay was once a charter member of the “Hold the Line” campaign which opposed extending the UDB. See Palmetto Bay resolution 05-43.

We don’t know where the current administration stands. Maybe we will see our Village officials step forward and advocate in public, before the Board of County Commissioners. Or maybe once again it will be off the record, after the fact, targeted sound bites tailored to the specific audience or person they are addressing. I would also add that what each elected official says may be their opinion, but it is not actually the official policy of any government unless it is discussed in public, voted on and passed as a resolution or other official approved action.

Again, we are at yet another watershed moment for South Dade. Which elected officials will rise to provide South Miami-Dade residents a voice on the future of South Miami-Dade?

Population Growth Comparison - Palmetto Bay and Cutler Bay

I am posting here the Official Population Estimates (for April 1, 2017) prepared by the University of Florida, Bureau of Economic & Business Research. 

 Municipality      Change in Population     4/1/2010      4/1/2017
Cutler Bay                 +     4,936                      40,286         45,222
Palmetto Bay            +        730                       23,408         24,138

I am waiting on the population estimate relating to the Village of Pinecrest.  I will post those numbers here, once received.

Any challenge to these estimates must be filed by September 8, 2017. 

These figures become permanent and information for all applicable jurisdictions will be available on or close to October 17, 2017. 

CLICK HERE to view the official website for the University of Florida, Bureau of Economic & Business Research.


 
  

EYE ON MIAMI: Friends of West Kendall Have a Good Writer and Mucho Money To Stop a UDB Move. By Geniusofdespair

EYE ON MIAMI: Friends of West Kendall Have a Good Writer and Mucho Money To Stop a UDB Move. By Geniusofdespair:

Is now the time to sprawl westward? I think not and neither does the group who paid for a full page advertisement in the Miami Herald, calling themselves the “Friends of West Kendall”. Read the Eye On Miami Blog, a post Sunday, July 17, 2011, by Geniusofdespair.

As Genius states:
What gives? Environmentalists would kill to have enough money for this full page ad in the Miami Herald against Cemex/Shoma Homes' application to expand the UDB Line to rock-mine. I looked for the group "Friends of West Kendall". It says find us on Facebook. Not there. I looked it up in Corporate papers not there. Who are they?

Hey, I am glad that someone paid for this ad against moving the Urban Development Boundary (what is the cost of a full page Herald ad, $20,000?) and wrote the copy so well but I am curious where the money came from.

Follow the link at the top of this post to read the entire blog post.

Read Eye On Miami recent post - I Can't Express How I Feel With Words. By Geniusofdespair

Eye On Miami post of Saturday, May 7, 2011, provides insight from the environmentalist's view of the actions of the Florida Legislature for this 2011 session.  

"I have no words right now on the bloodbath in Tallahassee because I am so sad...and angry. If you need words...see what Gimleteye wrote below and read the Miami Herald's article Environmentalists are furious with Florida lawmakers for approving measures that would end decades of growth-management laws."

CLICK HERE to view the full Eye On Miami posting.

Read this post and then the Miami Herald article included by link, then contemplate the gutting of rational growth management laws as you enjoy your commute workday and weekend rush hours or over your next glass of tap water.