2005-022
RESOLUTION NO. 2005-22
A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COMMISSION OF THE CITY
OF AVENTURA, FLORIDA URGING THE MIAMI-DADE
BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS TO OPPOSE ANY
EXTENSION TO THE URBAN DEVELOPMENT BOUNDARY
AT THE PRESENT TIME, AND TO ENCOURAGE INFILL
DEVELOPMENT AND ADHERENCE TO THE COUNTY
DEVELOPMENT MASTER PLAN AS CURRENTLY ADOPTED,
INCLUDING THE ADOPTED 2003 EVALUATION AND
APPRAISAL REPORT; AND PROVIDING FOR AN EFFECTIVE
DATE.
WHEREAS, the City Commission of the City of Aventura recognizes that the City
of Aventura and its neighboring communities are impacted significantly by Miami-Dade
County's Planning, Zoning and County Comprehensive Development Master Plan
(CDMP) policy; and
WHEREAS, the City of Aventura wishes to work with its sister municipalities and
Miami-Dade County in a regional manner for fair, wise and mutually beneficial policies;
and
WHEREAS, the City of Aventura is aware that Miami-Dade County is under
increasing pressure to extend the Urban Development Boundary (UDB) further south
and west in order to allow greater and sometimes more intense, development activity to
occur; and
WHEREAS, the extension of the UDB at this time will have significant negative
impacts in Miami-Dade County, including increased traffic, inadequately funded or
unfunded increased costs for the provision of potable water, wastewater, stormwater,
schools, parks and open space, and county and municipal services, including police,
fire and social services; and
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WHEREAS, Miami-Dade County's adopted 2003 Evaluation and Appraisal
Report (EAR) of the CDMP recommends against extending the UDB and reports infill
housing land to be in adequate supply through at least the year 2020, therefore
eliminating the need to extend the UDB at this time; and
WHEREAS, municipalities in Miami-Dade County are still engaged in their own
state-mandated EARs and should have adequate time to finish their reports without the
proposed major amendment to the County's CDMP hanging in the balance; and
WHEREAS, the South
Miami-Dade Watershed
Study and
Plan,
a
comprehensive study underway jointly by the South Florida Regional Planning Council,
the South Florida Water Management District and Miami-Dade County, will not be
complete until late 2005, and is intended to provide data essential to any consideration
of moving the UDB or amending the CDMP and should not be preempted; and
WHEREAS, Miami-Dade County is legally obligated to participate with state and
federal efforts to restore the Greater Everglades Ecosystem, which could be
significantly impacted if the UDB is moved, and proper analysis of those impacts is not
complete and should not be preempted; and
WHEREAS, the City Commission of the City of Aventura urges Miami-Dade
County to oppose any extension of the UDB at this time and, alternatively, urges the
County to adopt policy to encourage infill development in accordance with the currently
adopted CDMP and EAR.
NOW THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE CITY COMMISSION OF THE
CITY OF AVENTURA, FLORIDA:
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Section 1:
That the City of Aventura hereby advises Miami-Dade County and
its Board of County Commissioners that it opposes any change to the Urban
Development Boundary at this time, and urges Miami-Dade County to do the same, for
the reasons outlined above.
Section 2:
The City of Aventura further advises Miami-Dade County and its
Board of County Commissioners that it supports county policy that encourages infill
development and adherence to the CDMP, as currently adopted, including the adopted
2003 EAR.
Section 3:
That the City Manager is hereby authorized and requested to take
all necessary and expedient action to carry out the aims of this Resolution.
Section 4:
This Resolution shall be effective immediately upon its adoption.
The foregoing resolution was offered by Commissioner Diamond, who moved its
adoption. The motion was seconded by Commissioner Joel and upon being put to a
vote, the vote was as follows:
Commissioner Bob Diamond
Commissioner Billy Joel
Commissioner Harry Holzberg
Commissioner Michael Stern
Commissioner Luz Urbáez Weinberg
Vice Mayor Zev Auerbach
Mayor Susan Gottlieb
yes
yes
yes
yes
yes
yes
yes
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PASSED AND ADOPTED this 3rd day of May, 2005.
ATTEST:
APPROVED AS TO LEGAL SUFFICIENCY:
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CITY ATT RNEY