County Commissioner Lynda Bell Betrayed The Solemn Oath. By Geniusofdespair

Heard this is going to be heard AGAIN. They want more residential!!! Someone fill us in.

From Miami Today - It is always about Bell's family members. She sees everything through the eyes of her family not through the eyes of what is best for the citizens she is representing. Small minded thinking.

Thank you Commissioners Sally Heyman and Dennis Moss for honoring a  30 year covenant (Barreiro and Souto were absent). The rest of you -- betrayal.

I wrote about this issue May 23rd.  I also wrote about it January 12th: It is BACK!! Like a bad case of the runs. 

 This issue is about land OUTSIDE the UDB line. The developer promised NO RESIDENTIAL imposing a 30 year Covenant on the land in 2007. He got the UDB line moved based on the covenant. Now the vote is in. Just 5 years later, the 30 year covenant is gone. 9 Commissioners voted in favor of this. Commissioners Jean Monestime, Rebeca Sosa, Audrey Edmonson and Xavier Suarez: What were you thinking? A 30 year covenant is a solemn promise in my book. Now they want even more housing and I heard that Codina is building it? Don't know what is going on but the parcel was in litigation for years with environmentalists.  (see Brown history).

It is good to see Lynda Bell doesn't give a hoot about a 30 year covenant. If her daughter can't find a house in this market, she either doesn't have enough money, has bad credit or is incompetent. Anyway, why is a commissioner making a decision for over 2 million people based on a family member? To hell with the good of the community. Lynda Bell is no Katy Sorenson and never will be. I hereby induct Lynda Bell in the 'unreformable majority' on the county commission.

Kendall Commons is undeveloped residential. The property that had the 30 year covenant is to the North of Kendall Commons (on the curve). Why do we need more residential if they never developed Kendall Commons?

Commissioner Lynda Bell is One of The Unreformable Majority.

From Miami Today

Thank you Commissioners Sally Heyman and Dennis Moss for honoring a  30 year covenant (Barreiro and Souto were absent). The rest of you -- betrayal.

I wrote about this issue May 23rd.  I also wrote about it January 12th: It is BACK!! Like a bad case of the runs. 

 This issue is about land OUTSIDE the UDB line. The developer promised NO RESIDENTIAL imposing a 30 year Covenant on the land in 2007. He got the UDB line moved based on the covenant. Now the vote is in. Just 5 years later, the 30 year covenant is gone. 9 Commissioners voted in favor of this. Commissioners Jean Monestime, Rebeca Sosa, Audrey Edmonson and Xavier Suarez: What were you thinking? A 30 year covenant is a solemn promise in my book.

It is good to see Lynda Bell doesn't give a hoot about a 30 year covenant. If her daughter can't find a house in this market, she either doesn't have enough money, has bad credit or is incompetent. Anyway, why is a commissioner making a decision for over 2 million people based on a family member? To hell with the good of the community. Lynda Bell is no Katy Sorenson and never will be. I hereby induct Lynda Bell in the 'unreformable majority' on the county commission.

Kendall Commons is undeveloped residential. The property that had the 30 year covenant is to the North of Kendall Commons (on the curve). Why do we need more residential if they never developed Kendall Commons?

A Covenant Appears to be Worthless in Miami Dade County Unless the County Commission Steps Up. By Geniusofdespair

Will the County Commission Betray Our Trust?

A covenant was recorded May 30th 2008 with the term above.
Because of the covenant, the County Commission moved the Urban Development Boundary
for the applicant. Now, 4 years later, on a 30 year covenant,
the owners are trying to get the covenant lifted.
You can Read the entire covenant at this link.

I looked up various definitions of Covenant from different sources:

A covenant is a solemn agreement to engage in or refrain from a specified action; A binding agreement; a compact; A formal sealed agreement or contract; A usually formal, solemn, and binding agreement.

A promise was made in 2008 that there would be no residential on this property if only the County Commissioners would move the Urban Development Boundary.  The Commissioners listened to this plea and they moved the Urban Development Boundary only if the developers would put a covenant on the property that it would NOT be residential. The developer complied and registered a 30 year covenant. The Urban Development Boundary was thus moved.

Now the Brown's are back only 4 years later and they want residential on this same property.  Are they kidding?  Is this what the public trust is about? The Planning Advisory Board incredibly said okay to this request.  Now let's see what the County Commission does.  I would be shocked if they ok this request.  They can't  ever be trusted if they do.

Victor and David Brown were the main investors in this Charles E. Bloom property. The Browns must have had an option to buy as they were pushing the UDB move even though the Blooms owned it.  The Blooms sold the property to the Browns et al for $15,000,000 12/31/2009. The Blooms are holding a $12,750,000 mortgage on the property and they registered the covenant.