Photo Caption: Commissioner Dennis C. Moss (left) with Major Kyle Meralla of SOCSOUTH.

Currently, SOCSOUTH occupies several temporary office trailers located within HARB, but it has outgrown these facilities. The unit’s long term plan is to move its operations and build new offices serving as its headquarters on land owned by Miami-Dade County adjacent to HARB, with construction beginning in the next three years. In the interim, Commissioner Moss’ proposal stipulates that the County lease a 3,000 square-foot office building and storage space already existing on County-owned land at HARB, as well as additional land for more temporary office trailers. Eventually, SOCSOUTH plans to expand its personnel from 200 to 400 members with the expansion of its headquarters. The lease should be finalized by the end of June 2008 in order to keep SOCSOUTH’s construction timeline on schedule.