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Resolution: R-09-0238
File Number: 09-00544
City Hall
3500 Pan American
Drive
Miami, FL 33133
www.miamigov.com
Final Action Date: 5/14/2009
A RESOLUTION OF THE MIAMI CITY COMMISSION URGING GOVERNOR
CHARLIE CRIST TO VETO THE COMMUNITY RENEWAL ACT (SB 360);
EXPRESSING STRONG CONCERNS BECAUSE IT WOULD ADVERSELYAFFECT
GROWTH MANAGEMENT REGULATION BY MUNICIPALITIES AND WOULD NO
LONGER REQUIRE DEVELOPERS TO ADD ROAD CAPACITY IN NEARLY HALF
OF THE STATE'S MUNICIPALITIES, AND IN SEVERAL ENTIRE COUNTIES, AND
WOULD PROPOSE A STATE FEE, YET TO BE CALCULATED, WHICH FEE MAY
NOT BE PROVIDED TO THE LOCAL MUNICIPALITIES FOR IMPLEMENTATION;
DIRECTING THE CITY CLERK TO DISTRIBUTE A COPY OF THIS RESOLUTION
TO GOVERNOR CHARLIE CRIST, THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF THE
FLORIDA MUNICIPAL LEAGUE OF CITIES, AND TO THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR
OF THE MIAMI-DADE COUNTY LEAGUE OF CITIES.
WHEREAS, Florida Senate Bill SB 360 known as the Community Renewal Act (the "Act"),
revamping Growth Management and transportation concurrency in Florida, has been approved by
the Legislature and is awaiting the signature of Governor Charlie Crist; and
WHEREAS, the Act proposes that transportation concurrency exception areas ("TCEAs"),
including the City of Miami ("City") and Miami -Dade County, are automatically created in geographic
areas that are designated in a local plan for urban infill development, urban redevelopment,
downtown revitalization, or urban infill and redevelopment, and includes the definitions of "dense
urban land areas"; and
WHEREAS, if the Act is signed by Governor Crist, Florida will no longer require developers to add
road capacity in nearly half the state's municipalities and several counties; and
WHEREAS, the Act could strip away regional and state planning reviews of Developments of
Regional Impact ("DRIs") where local governments disregard transportation impacts and in effect
would eliminate reviews of DRIs that could affect our community, and undermine proper growth
management practices; and
WHEREAS, the Act would automatically allow developers in several of Florida's 67 counties, and
nearly half of its 410 municipalities to add more residents and traffic without expanding or adding
roads, and will instead allow payment of a "mobility fee," which the state has yet to decide how to
calculate; and
WHEREAS, the Act would provide a mechanism to designate urban areas where new
development impacts on roads could be overlooked, in favor of the developer; and
WHEREAS, by not forcing developers to deal with the traffic problems created by their projects,
the state will impose on local governments the costs of road widenings, traffic signals and other
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expensive byproducts of construction; and
WHEREAS, the Act removes transportation impacts as a factor in development approvals in cities
and counties averaging at least 1,000 residents per square mile; and
WHEREAS, passage of the Act would mean that less funds are available to the municipality to
address new infrastructure projects, as the local communities would have to absorb the developer's
transportation development costs; and
WHEREAS, passage of this Act also could have the effect of stopping infrastructure projects
already planned or being constructed, with further corresponding job losses; and
WHEREAS, studies have shown that reducing government spending by reducing fees and taxes
does not stimulate the economy and that the opposite is actually true; spending government funds
on needed infrastructure projects acts to stimulate the economy; and
WHEREAS, passage of the Act would result in reduced infrastructure projects and a loss of
construction jobs at a time when stimulus package are being proposed at the federal, state and local
levels to increase infrastructure funding and associated jobs; and
WHEREAS, the Mayor and the City Commission strongly oppose the Act and urge Governor Crist
to veto it;
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE COMMISSION OF THE CITY OF MIAMI,
FLORIDA:
Section 1. The recitals and findings contained in the Preamble to this Resolution are adopted by
reference and incorporated as fully set forth in this Section.
Section 2. The Miami City Commission urges Governor Charlie Crist to veto the Act (SB 360) and
expresses strong concerns because it would adversely affect Growth Management Regulation by
municipalities, and would no longer require developers to add road capacity in nearly half of the
state's municipalities, and in several entire counties, and would propose a state fee, yet to be
calculated, which fee may not be provided to the local municipalities for implementation.
Section 3. The City Clerk is directed to transmit a copy of this Resolution to Governor Charlie
Crist, the Executive Director of the Florida Municipal League of Cities, and to the Executive Director
of the Miami -Dade County League of Cities.
Section 4. This Resolution shall become effective immediately upon its adoption and signature of
the Mayor.{1 }
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