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HomeMy WebLinkAboutExhibit 1 SUBzubs.kiviz icier" i.t ca/IN 6e SBA ,%- god' 0 .(.. cio c. rr t CITY OF MIAMI 2012 STATE LEGISLATIVE PRIORITIES ALF MONITORING AND SECURITY SUPPORT legislation that requires assisted living facilities (ALF) or community residential homes, located within an area zoned residential, that serve residents with severe and persistent mental illness and/or substance abuse disorder to implement effective monitoring and security measures to ensure the safety of its residents and the residents living in the surrounding residential neighborhoods. LOCAL OPTION FUEL TAX SUPPORT legislation that eliminates the ambiguity in conflicting Attorney General Opinions concerning the Local Option Fuel Tax and to align the state statute with the common operations of cities across the state. It is the position of the City of Miami and other municipalities that Subsection (7) of Section 336.025, Florida Statutes, should be amended and broadened to include: Roadway and right-of-way drainage, "installation, operation and maintenance." Street lightning, "installation, operation and maintenance," Traffic signs, traffic engineering, signalization, and pavement markings, "installation, operation and maintenance." TRANSIT SURTAX SUPPORT legislation that clarifies the effect of the FY10 Florida transit surtax legislation on existing interlocal agreements between cities and counties and in particular the percentage allocation to municipalities. UASI SUPPORT legislation that amends Florida Statue 943.0313 "Domestic Security Oversight Council" (DSOC) to allow the Urban Area Security Initiative (UASI) representative who sits on the DSOC to have a vote. The current statute must be amended by adding the UASI representative to the section that lists the voting members. The DSOC took a vote this past June in support of the UASI rep becoming a voting member, but the DSOC said we would need to get a legislator to advance amending the Statute to make it happen. The DSOC serves as an advisory council, pursuant to Florida Statute 20.03(7), to provide guidance to the State's regional domestic security task forces and to make recommendations to the Governor and the Legislature regarding the expenditure of funds and allocation of resources related to counter -terrorism and domestic security efforts. kL6-#//—C?cf7 1 The UASI was created in 2003, in response to the terrorist attacks of 9/11 to provide funds to selected urban areas to assist them in building an enhanced and sustainable capacity to prevent, respond to, and recover from threats or acts of terrorism. Initially there were seven (7) UASIs that were provided direct funding from DHS and thirty additional UASIs were later funded through their State from the Emergency Wartime Supplemental Appropriations Act of 2003. The UASI Grant Program addresses the unique equipment, training, planning, and exercise needs of large high threat urban areas. Program activities must involve coordination by the identified city, counties, and the respective State Administrative Agency (SAA). There are currently 30 UASIs in the Country with 3 in Florida (Miami/FLL, Tampa and Orlando). FPL TRANSMISSION LINES SUPPORT legislation to amend Florida Statute Chapter 403 to allow undergrounding of transmission lines to be considered an alternate corridor under the statute in order to address the health concerns, ameliorate the visual blight and environmental and aesthetic impacts in highly dense, built out, and urban cities pertaining to overhead transmission lines. In addition, the City of Miami requests the Public Service Commission (PSC) to revisit its decisions which called for the costs associated with the undergrounding of transmission lines to be paid directly by the municipality requesting such undergrounding, and for the PSC to consider a cost sharing scheme among all rate payers in Florida for undergrounding transmission lines for significant projects with more than 10 miles of transmission lines in highly dense; urban and built out communities, but most particularly, for those projects radiating directly out of nuclear facilities or in those projects associated with the upgrade of nuclear facilities. Florida Power & Light has proposed a corridor for overhead high voltage transmission lines through the City of Miami specifically on U.S. 1 between Turkey Point and Downtown Miami. An alternate corridor for the overhead transmission lines has also been proposed through the areas of Flagami and Allapattah within the City. The FPL corridor and alternate corridor will negatively impact the densely populated City of Miami, including residents, businesses, quality of life, and public health, along the proposed routes. Many experts claim overhead transmission lines may be dangerous to the public due to the electromagnetic fields surrounding the lines. STREET NAMING SUPPORT the co -designation of (1) Southwest 27t1' Avenue from Southwest 8th Street to Southwest 13th Street, Miami, Florida, as "Reverend Max Salvadore Avenue" and (2) Southwest 8th Street from Southwest 10th Avenue to Southwest 12th Avenue, Miami, Florida, as "BRIGADA 2506 STREET, Carlos Rodriguez Santana" and (3) Coral Way / S.W. 22nd Street between 24th Avenue and 26th Avenue, Miami, Florida as "Miami Medical Team Way." FUNDING FOR SOCIAL SERVICES FOR SENIORS SUPPORT funding of social services for seniors, in the State's budget, equal to or greater than last year's funding level. 2 WAGNER CREEK / SEYBOLD CANAL REQUEST funds up to $8 million from the State of Florida for environmental cleanup of Wagner Creek / Seybold Canal. The project area is located in Miami along a 2.5-mile (8,800- foot) tributary to the Miami River, which includes Wagner Creek and Seybold Canal. In combination, Wagner Creek and Seybold Canal represents a major tributary to the Miami River, providing drainage for a sizable portion of the City. Wagner Creek is a tributary of the Miami River via the Seybold Canal that connects to Biscayne Bay. Biscayne Bay is a South Florida Water Management District (SFWMD) priority water body. Also, Seybold Canal is a navigable waterway and allows small craft access to both residential and industrial landowners. The purpose of this project is to remove accumulated sediments and dioxins (a hazardous chemical that are bound to the sediments) and subsequently restore stormwater capacity in both Wagner Creek and Seybold Canal. Flooding caused by future hurricanes and storm events can lead to severe infrastructure damage and water quality degradation within the projects drainage basin and this project will reduce flood conditions in the surrounding neighborhoods caused from typical storm events. As a result, the City of Miami has placed great importance on the completion of this dredging project in an effort to help mitigate flood damage and increase public safety. The State of Florida owns the submerged land in Seybold Canal from which the Miami -Dade Department of Environmental Resource Management (DERM) is legally requiring the removal of its contaminated sediments, including dioxin. Safely removing and disposing of this highly contaminated State owned submerged land, located in the Seybold Canal, is estimated to cost $8 million. The Seybold Canal / Wagner Creek Maintenance Dredging and Environmental Clean - Up Project will remediate what is known as the most polluted waterway in the State of Florida, and will save 4 existing marine industrial businesses, which generate numerous jobs. Therefore, we respectfully recommend the Florida Department of Environmental Protection's (FDEP) proposed budget submittal, for approval by the Florida Legislature in the 2012 Legislative Session, include $8 million for the City of Miami to conduct this FDEP permitted project. GAMING MONITOR legislation intended to create Las Vegas -style casinos in Florida and in particular Miami -Dade and Broward counties with the goal of injecting as much as $6 billion into the local economy and creating thousands of jobs in the area. JOB CREATION LEGISLATION SUPPORT legislation sponsored by the Miami -Dade County Legislative Delegation to create a meaningful economic in Enterprise Zones that will create much -needed jobs. Currently, there are some 59 Enterprise Zones throughout the State. There are many current incentives, such as elimination of sales tax on construction materials, but they are small and do not act as effective incentives. The proposed legislation would incentivize major capital investment and be paid out of proceeds generated by the project itself. 3 RED LIGHT CAMERAS OPPOSE legislation to repeal or curtail legislation passed in 2010 allowing all municipalities in the state to use red light cameras on all state-owned right-of-ways and fine drivers who run red lights. CLAIMS BILL OPPOSE legislation providing for an appropriation to compensate Melvin and Alma Colindres in connection to a wrongful death action brought against the City of Miami concerning the death of Kevin Colindres. LOCAL BUSINESS TAXES OPPOSE legislation to prohibit or diminish a local government's authority to impose to local business taxes. COMMUNITY REDEVELOPMENT AGENCIES MONITOR legislation (HB547 and SB840) which currently provides a county the authority to terminate any community redevelopment agency operating or located in its boundaries, under certain conditions and withhold approval of a community redevelopment agency's budget. IMPACT FEES OPPOSE legislation to prohibit local govermnents from imposing impact fees. PENSION REFORM SUPPORT legislation that provides comprehensive municipal pension reform. REDISTRICTING MONITOR redistricting as the Florida Legislature proposes new boundary lines for Florida's Congressional, State House, and State Senate districts. Everyl0 years, the U.S. Constitution (Article I, Section 2) mandates a headcount of everyone residing in the United States. These population totals determine each state's apportionment of Congressional representation. Data from the 2010 Census is the foundation for reapportionment and redistricting in all states. Redistricting" is the process of dividing the population of the state by the number of seats in each chamber of the state legislature. Both are constitutional requirements, and both the Florida Constitution and the U.S. Constitution require this process to commence every ten years, after the census. Article 1, Section 4 of the Constitution of the United States grants to each State Legislature the exclusive authority to apportion the seats designated to that state, by providing legislative bodies of the states with the authority to determine the times, place, and manner of holding elections for senators and representatives. 4 GUN SAFETY SUPPORT legislation banning any person from openly carrying a handgun or carrying a concealed weapon or firearm into a public park or public playground and/or any public community center. 5 ,i/1 /„ �1rt (I 1,? CITY OF MIAMI 2012 STATE LEGISLATIVE PRIORITIES ALF MONITORING AND SECURITY SUPPORT legislation that requires assisted living facilities (ALF/or community residential homes, located within an area zoned residential, that serve reside fts with severe and persistent mental illness and/or substance abuse disorder to implement of fictive monitoring and security measures to ensure the safety of its residents and the residents living in the surrounding residential neighborhoods. LOCAL OPTION FUEL TAX SUPPORT legislation that eliminates the ambiguity in 6onflicting Attorney General Opinions concerning the Local Option Fuel Tax and to align the tate statute with the common operations of cities across the state. It is the position of the Cif y of Miami and other municipalities that Subsection (7) of Section 336.025, Florida Statut s, should be amended and broadened to include: Roadway and right-of-way drainage, "installation, operation and maintenance." Street lightning, "installation, operation and mainter nce." Traffic signs, traffic engineering, signalization, and pavement markings, "installati 1, operation and maintenance." TRANSIT SURTAX SUPPORT legislation that clarifies the effe,t of the FY10 Florida transit surtax legislation on existing interlocal agreements between ci ies and counties and in particular the percentage / allocation to municipalities. / SUPPORT legislation that amends 1 rida Statute 943.0313 "Domestic Security Oversight Council" (DSOC) to allow the Urban Area Security Initiative (UASI) representative who sits on the DSOC to have a vote. The � urrent statute must be amended by adding the UASI representative to the section that his the voting members. The DSOC took a vote this past June n in support of the UASI rep becomig a voting member, but the DSOC said we would need to get a legislator to advance amending tie Statute to make it happen. The DSOC serves as an advi oory council, pursuant to Florida Statute 20.03(7), to provide guidance to the State's regiona� domestic security task forces and to make recommendations to the Governor and the Legislature regarding the expenditure of funds and allocation of resources related to counter -terrorism and domestic security efforts. UASI 1 The UASI was created in 2003, in response to the terrorist attacks of 9/11 to provide funds to selected urban areas to assist them in building an enhanced and sustainable capacity to prevent, respond to, and recover from threats or acts of terrorism. Initially there were seven (7) UASIs that were provided direct funding from DHS and thirty additional UASIs were later funded through their State from the Emergency Wartime Supplemental Appropriations Act of 2003. The UASI Grant Program addresses the unique equipment, training, planning, and exercise/feeds of large high threat urban areas. Program activities must involve coordination by the identified city, counties, and the respective State Administrative Agency (SAA). There are cu�yfently 30 UASIs in the Country with 3 in Florida (Miami/FLL, Tampa and Orlando). FPL TRANSMISSION LINES SUPPORT legislation to amend Florida Statute Chapter 403 to allow a dergrounding of transmission lines to be considered an alternate corridor under the statute in rder to address the health concerns, ameliorate the visual blight and environmental and aesth tic impacts in highly dense, built out, and urban cities pertaining to overhead transmission lin . In addition, the City of Miaini requests the Public Service Commission (PSC) to revisit its ecisions which called for the costs associated with the undergrounding of transmission lines o be paid directly by the municipality requesting such undergrounding, and for the PSC to co` cider a cost sharing scheme among all rate payers in Florida for undergrounding transmissio y�i lines for significant projects with more than 10 miles of transmission lines in highly dense; urban and built out communities, but most particularly, for those projects radiating directly ou/of nuclear facilities or in those projects associated with the upgrade of nuclear facilities. / Florida Power & Light has proposed a corridor for overhead high voltage transmission lines through the City of Miami specifically on U.S. 1 betwe fi Turkey Point and Downtown Miami. An alternate corridor for the overhead transmission 1' ies has also been proposed through the areas of Flagami and Allapattah within the City. T 6FPL corridor and alternate corridor will negatively impact the densely populated City of Mini, including residents, businesses, quality of life, and public health, along the proposed rout Many experts claim overhead transmission lines may be dangerous to the public due to the electromagnetic fields surrounding the lines. STREET NAMING SUPPORT the co -designation of (1) Sotlt�liwest 27"' Avenue from Southwest 8`'' Street to Southwest 13th Street, Miami, Florida, as/keverend Max Salvadore Avenue" and (2) Southwest 8'h Street from Southwest 10th Avenue to Southwest 12`h Avenue, Miami, Florida, as "BRIGADA 2506 STREET, Carlos R driguez Santana" and (3) Coral Way / S.W. 22nd Street between 24`h Avenue and 26`h Avenue/Miami, Florida as "Miami Medical TeamWay." FUNDING FOR SOCIAL SERVICES FOR SENIORS SUPPORT funding of social series for seniors, in the State's budget, equal to or greater than last year's funding level. 2 WAGNER CREEK / SEYBOLD CANAL REQUEST funds up to $8 million from the State of Florida for environmental cleanup of" Wagner Creek / Seybold Canal. The project area is located inMiami along a 2.5-mile (8,�0- foot) tributary to the Miami River, which includes Wagner Creek and Seybold Can�l... In combination, Wagner Creek and Seybold Canal represents a major tributary to the Miai YRiver, providing drainage for a sizable portion of the City. Wagner Creek is a tributary of 5e Miami River via the Seybold Canal that connects to Biscayne Bay. Biscayne Bay is a S th Florida Water Management District (SFWMD) priority water body. Also, Seybold Canal 's a navigable waterway and allows small craft access to both residential and industrial landow.s. The purpose of this project is to remove accumulated sediments and di )(ins (a hazardous chemical that are bound to the sediments) and subsequently restore stone ater capacity in both Wagner Creek and Seybold Canal. Flooding caused by future hurricanes ./ storm events can lead to severe infrastructure damage and water quality degradation wi 5in the projects drainage basin and this project will reduce flood conditions in the surrounding eighborhoods caused from typical storm events. As a result, the City of Miami has plat great importance on the completion of this dredging project in an effort to help mitiga flood damage and increase public safety. The State of Florida owns the submerged land in Seybold anal from which the Miami -Dade Department of Envirommental Resource Management (DE ) is legally requiring the removal of its contaminated sediments, including dioxin. Safely moving and disposing of this highly contaminated State owned submerged land, located in th Seybold Canal, is estimated to cost $8 million. The Seybold Canal / Wagner Creek Maintop ce Dredging and Environmental Clean - Up Project will remediate what is known as the mos polluted waterway in the State of Florida, and will save 4 existing marine industrial businesse , which generate numerous jobs. Therefore, we respectfully recommend the Florida Depart lent of Environmental Protection's (FDEP) proposed budget submittal, for approval by t�6 Florida Legislature in the 2012 Legislative Session, include $8 million for the City of Miami to conduct this FDEP permitted project. GAMING MONITOR legislation intended to treat Las Vegas -style casinos in Florida and in particular Miami -Dade and Broward counties with he goal of injecting as much as $6 billion into the local economy and creating thousands of jobs in the area. JOB CREATION LEGISLATION SUPPORT legislation sponsored the Miami -Dade County Legislative Delegation to create a meaningful economic in Enterpr}ise Zones that will create much -needed jobs. Currently, there are some 59 Enterprise Zones tir.oughout the State. There are many current incentives, such as elimination of sales tax on co9'struction materials, but they are small and do not act as effective incentives. The proposed le i'slation would incentivize major capital investment and be paid out of proceeds generated by the/project itself. 3 • RED LIGHT CAMERAS OPPOSE legislation to repeal or curtail legislation passed in 2010 allowing all municipalitie in the state to use red light cameras on all state-owned right-of-ways and fine drivers who r}a n red lights, PENSION REFORM MONITOR proposed changes to public pension reform legislation passed dyfing the 2011 Florida Legislative Session. REDISTRICTING MONITOR redistricting as the Florida Legislature proposes new boun nary lines for Florida's Congressional, State House, and State Senate districts. Everyl0 year, the U.S. Constitution (Article I, Section 2) mandates a headcount of everyone residing in he United States. These population totals determine each state's apportionment of Congressional representation. Data from the 2010 Census is the foundation for reapportionment d redistricting in all states. Redistricting" is the process of dividing the population of the star by the number of seats in each chamber of the state legislature. Both are constitutional re g irements, and both the Florida Constitution and the U.S. Constitution require this process t, commence every ten years, after the census. Article 1, Section 4 of the Constitution of th United States grants to each State Legislature the exclusive authority to apportion the seats/ esignated to that state, by providing legislative bodies of the states with the authority to determine the times, place, and manner of holding elections for senators and representatives. 4