HomeMy WebLinkAboutSubmittal-Maji Ramos-Letter to CommissionersRE: FR.4 and PZ.12- Resiliency for density
Dear Commissioners,
Submitted into the puel
record for item(s) i2- 4- 2.12
on 1 - -Z City Clerk
As you are aware I've been a Miami realtor since 1993, 2nd gen realtor, Miami
native and sustainability ambassador. I am protecting our property values, our
economy and our future in the face of climate change. I am pro smart
comprehensive growth but this is neither.
WHY RESIDENTS ASK COMMISSIONERS TO VOTE NO ON FR.4 &
PZ.12
1. NO INDEPENDENT OVERSIGHT
This ordinance creates a new Resilience Trust Fund without:
• an independent auditor
• financial oversight
• a public -facing transparency dashboard
• safeguards against transfer into the general fund
Miami Forever Bond oversight was removed in a similar way, and residents still
lack clear accounting.
2. BROAD, EXPANDABLE PRECEDENT
Although marketed as "Edgewater -only," the mechanism becomes part of Chapter
62.
This allows it to be replicated across T4—T6 areas citywide with a simple
ordinance.
No neighborhood is protected from future expansion.
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3. NO INFRASTRUCTURE OR CAPACITY ANALYSIS
Before increasing density, the City has not provided:
• updated stormwater capacity data Subnettad into the pulitic
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• sewer load analysis on 1 t -Zo -ZS • City Ctertz
• traffic/concurrency evaluation
• emergency response capacity review
• flooding vulnerability review
• infrastructure funding plan
4. DOES NOT ADDRESS AFFORDABILITY
Miami's affordability crisis is driven by:
• wage mismatch
• investor speculation
• insurance escalation
• loss of older housing
• lack of deep subsidies
Doubling density does not fix these issues.
5. REAL RESILIENCE REQUIRES:
• independent oversight
• data -driven planning
• updated infrastructure analysis
• transparent public reporting
• strengthened tree protections (Chapter 17)
• protections for naturally affordable units
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Residents ask Commissioners to VOTE NO until a transparent, audited,
infrastructure -supported resilience plan is brought forward.
QUESTIONS:
1. Where is the independent audit requirement?
Why was financial oversight explicitly excluded?
2. Where is the public transparency dashboard?
Who will track deposits, expenditures, and project delivery? Independent
Committee and not City Manager.
3. What safeguards prevent the fund from being merged into the general
fund?
This has happened before — what prevents it here?
4. What prevents the City Manager from redirecting funds to non -resilience
uses?
What are the constraints?
5. Where is the concurrency analysis?
Has the City evaluated stormwater, sewer capacity, traffic load, school
capacity, emergency response impacts?
6. What infrastructure upgrades must exist before density increases?
Has that been documented or modeled?
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7. What prevents this density tool from being applied citywide?
Show the explicit legal language that blocks expansion to T4, T5, T6.
8. What protections exist for older, naturally affordable apartments that may
be demolished as a result of increased development pressure?
9. How does this plan address affordability when the drivers are wages,
speculation, and insurance —not unit count?
10. Who benefits financially?
Has anyone evaluated developer profit margins under the proposed bonus
structure?
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Maji Ramos,
Building value through resilience...
Maji Synergy I Maji Sold
305-519-7940 IMajiSynergy@gmail.com
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Morningside Resident since 2002 I Miami Realtor since 1993
2nd Generation Realtor I
Resiliency Ambassador