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    Protecting Our Environment
    • Sponsored a resolution requiring that all new County buildings meet "green building" standards
    • Sponsored the "green building expedite" for private construction projects in unincorporated Miami-Dade County.
    • Sponsored an ordinance that created a solar energy job creation incentive for businesses locating or expanding in Miami-Dade.
    • Advocated for changes in Florida Law to provide new opportunities for renewable energy through new "net metering" rules, aggressive statewide renewable energy goals, and through tax incentives for residences and businesses.
    • Was instrumental in creating a solar water heater program for low income residences.
    • Sponsored a resolution requiring a plan for the implementation of biofuels in Miami-Dade and called for a study of crops that can be grown in the County for such a purpose.
    • Worked with the South Miami-Dade community and county agencies to create smart-growth town centers along the Miami-Dade Transit Busway to provide a more people-friendly model of development as an alternative to urban sprawl.
    • Called for a new curbside recycling program to improve the number and quantity of materials recycled in Miami-Dade.
    • Advocated for a second Home Chemical Collection Center in South Miami-Dade
    • Sponsored a resolution requiring a 20% reduction in fuel consumption within five years. The measure is expected to cut air pollution, lead to a significant fuel efficiency improvements in the County fleet, and cut global warming emissions by more than 10 million tons.
    • Sponsored resolution to redesignate Miami-Dade County as a Clean City by the United States Department of Energy, to develop and implement a program to enhance the utilization of alternative fuel in Miami-Dade County and urging the participation of the U.S. Department of Energy in placing alternative fuel vehicles in the Gold Coast.
    • Blocked the creation of a commercial airport at the Homestead Air Reserve Base which would have had a devastating effect on the South Dade environment.
    • Sponsored resolution urging state and federal action and response planning regarding global warming.
    • Directed County Manager to study feasibility of a computer recycling program to deter dumping of used computers in landfills. Also sponsored resolution classifying computer equipment surplus and authorizing its donation to the Migrant Services Council, Farmworker Disaster Relief Center.
    • Sponsored resolution directing County Manager to report on underground injection control wastewater wells at the county's South District Wastewater Treatment Plant.
    • Advocated for legislation creating $2 billion in state funding for Everglades restoration.
    • Strengthened manatee protection legislation.
    • Was instrumental in expanding the county's Restricted Hunting Area.
    • Sponsored a resolution renaming Sunset Drive (S.W. 72nd Street) Marjory Stoneman Douglas Drive in honor of her lasting achievements on behalf of South Florida's environment and the Everglades.
    • Created a Beach Re-nourishment Task Force to seek a dedicated funding source for beach re-nourishment.
    • Formed the Ad Hoc South Dade Tourism Group with the Greater Miami Convention and Visitor's Bureau to develop agri- and eco-tourism.
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