Hold The Line...UDB Line that is. By Geniusofdespair

Mayor Carlos Gimenez' Victory Party in June

In March County Commissioner Xavier Suarez has a resolution that will be  heard in Committee to hold the Urban Development Boundary (UDB). His resolution calls for a 3 year moratorium on line moves. There is one application trying to move the line right now: Ferro. Suarez is leaning towards approving the Ferro application.

In other good news for the UDB line, County Mayor Gimenez told the Miami Herald that he supports a 3/4 vote of the County Commission to pass changes to the UDB instead of 2/3's vote now required. The Miami Herald said about Gimenez:

And he called on commissioners to make it more difficult to move the urban development boundary that limits westward sprawl. Instead of requiring a two-thirds majority — nine of 13 commissioners — to sign off on any measure that would move the line, the mayor pushed for a recommendation from the county’s 2008 Charter Review Task Force to require a three-fourths majority, or 10 commissioners.

“Once and for all, this ensures that future commissions and future mayors have the strictest standards for making any changes to the line...”

Mayor Gimenez gave his State of the County speech yesterday. I should have gone to get all my lobbyist trading cards signed. I was busy looking into the preacher man (see yesterday's post).