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CITY OF MIAMI
2013 STATE LEGISLATIVE PRIORITIES
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PROPOSED FDOT AMENDMENT TO PARKING METER REVENUE, SECTION
337.408, FLORIDA STATUTE
OPPOSE legislation amending Section 337.408, Florida Statutes authorizing the installation of
parking meters in the right of way of a state road only by FDOT permit while requiring counties
and municipalities to provide fifty percent (50%) of the revenue generated by said meters to
FDOT.
On January 15, 2013, FDOT presented its 2013 Legislative proposal to the Florida House of
Representatives. Included in their packet was a proposal to amend Section 337.408, Florida
Statues. Currently, within the right of way limits of state roads under FDOT's jurisdiction, there
are parking meters or parking control devices that generate revenue to the City and the County.
Under the proposed FDOT legislative changes, the statute would be amended to authorize
installation of parking meters in the right of way of a state road only by FDOT permit and would
require counties and municipalities to provide fifty percent (50%) of the revenue generated by
said meters to FDOT.
There are numerous roads within the City of Miami, which generate significant amounts of
revenue that would directly be affected if this legislation is passed. Biscayne Boulevard, alone,
generated $2.5 million in revenue during FY 2012, fifty percent (50%) of which would have to
be given to FDOT if this legislation passes. In an effort to justify their proposed legislation,
FDOT claims that current parking revenues generated from use of state-owned transportation
right of way roads are collected solely for the benefit of local jurisdictions and are not available
in any amount for state transportation purposes.
NATIONAL FORECLOSURE SETTLEMENT FUNDS
SUPPORT legislation directing $300 million from the landmark national foreclosure settlement
agreement to be used for existing local government affordable housing and anti -blight initiatives
through the State Housing Initiative Program (SHIP). All local governments and the State
through the Florida Housing Finance Corporation currently have the necessary infrastructure in
place to manage these funds thus eliminating the need to create additional bureaucracy to be to
for its management.
Predatory lending and servicing practice by lending institutions are to blame for many of the
foreclosures. In February 2012, 49 state attorneys general were a party with the country's five
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and will hamper their ability to identify fingerprints from crime scenes. In summary all local
agencies will have to upgrade or not be able to perform further searches. The impact would be
felt by the residents, the various municipalities and in the end the county or state who would
have to perform the workload for the local agencies that cannot.
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.
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.
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.
PENSION REFORiM
MONITOR legislative developments regarding pension/retirement reform during the 2013
Florida Legislative Session.
UNFUNDED MANDATES
OPPOSE all unfunded mandates.
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
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business taxes.
IMPACT FEES
OPPOSE legislation to prohibit local governments from imposing impact fees.
HOME RULE
SUPPORT the preservation of local home rule arid OPPOSE any effort to preempt local
authority.
WAGNER CREEK / SEYBOLD CANAL
REQUEST funds up to S8 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 S8 million for the City of Miami to conduct this FDEP permitted project.
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Submitted into the public
record in connection with
items DI.3 on 01-24-13
Todd B. Hannon
City Clerk