The County Commission sent the Ferro Application to move the Urban Development Boundary up to Tallahassee's Department of Community Affairs (DCA) a few months ago for review. The review is back and not looking too good. It appears the State Department didn't think much of the application, finding numerous inconsistencies with the Miami Dade County Comprehensive Master Plan, including that the UDB line should not be moved. The South Florida Water Management District also weighed in on the application. BTW the application is in the West wellfield protection area where our drinking water originates.Now the County Commission will do as it always does. The unreformable majority will totally ignore the State of Florida. Perhaps it will be a replay of last cycle, the county still is in a lawsuit with the State. Here are MORE of the DCA objections:
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It's good to see that the state of Florida knows that the UDB should not be moved! Hopefully the county will follow that advice.
If they pull that crap again - throw the bums out!
Hopefully, the next time they try to pull that crap Florida hometown Democracy will have passed and you can say no to the land use changes at the polls.
Don't worry. Pepe Diaz and Joe Martinez will have a better idea.
Martinez thought this was a great idea. Is he CRAZY? God save us all if he runs for Mayor or Congress
I don't even see how we could CONSIDER putting our water supply in jeopardy. How is that even an option on the table???
This money/development thirst is going to be the end of us...
Are they EVER going to realize the stupidity of moving the border?
There isn't an honest politician in all of Dade County... greed prevails.
Aren't the Hold the Line folks ever going to propose a more progressive planning solution that this annual fight? They're like Castro, they need a scapegoat to legitimize themselves. Hey HTL, is 400 square miles of 5-acre ranchettes a vision you want to hold onto? Why haven't you had a good idea in 5 years?
"Why haven't you had a good idea in 5 years?"
Because I'm busy fighting your idiocy. Just 'cause YOU keep getting ideas, doesn't mean they're good.
Thanks developer we love your feedback
HTL have been pushing infill and development along tansportation corridors for as long as I can remember. It just isn't as profitable. And yes 5 acre ranchettes are better in rural areas than multiple dwellings.
Clustering multiple dwellings leaving greenways, of course, would be better but Florida is not progressive enough for that. So lacking that -- ranchettes are better.
How about agriculture instead of ranchettes?
Unfortunately, when the master plan was developed as a result of the Growth Management Act the county decided 1 house/ 5 acres would be good for agriculture (the Dade County Farm Bureau wanted 1 house/ 1 acre).The county is concerned that an attempt to raise the acreage now would lead to many lawsuits, which it probably would. So, it ain't going to change, ever. Cluster zoning is not the answer to perpetuating agriculture. We need a moritorium! Then let Hometown Democracy have a say.
Especially since one of the "concessions" to clustering usually involves increased density for the landowners willing to do it.
Umm, any particular reason why clustering won't work? Or are you in the habit of never giving a reason for anything your say?
who are you talking to last poster...you are picking on anonymous people?
to Jill -- I understand the hope that Hometown Democracy will put a stop to this -- but -- be careful what you wish for! If the developers are as smart as I am afraid they are, the some voters who keep putting bad guys (and gals) in office may just give the developers a more direct route to approvals of very bad plans. Money talks ...
To Anonymous -
When money does the talking in a land use deal there is usually a foul odor hanging over the project.
I trust my fellow citizens to recognize when something does not smell right.
Besides, we will only get to vote on these changes after our elected officials approve them after the public hearing process. So my way of looking at this is, if they don't listen to us the first time during our three minutes at the microphone at commission meetings, we'll have a second time to speak at the polls.
I think Amendment 4 will force our representatives to represent us and not developers unless they want to be overturned by referendum and then elected out of office.
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