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Miami-Dade Legislative Item
File Number: 130536

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File Number: 130536

File Type: Resolution

Status: Adopted

Version: 0

Reference: R-250-13

Control: Board of County Commissioners

File Name: VACANT COMMERCIAL AND INDUSTRIAL LAND DATABASE

Introduced: 3/20/2013

Requester: NONE

Cost:

Final Action: 4/2/2013

Agenda Date: 4/2/2013

Agenda Item Number: 11A1

Notes:

Title:

RESOLUTION DIRECTING THE COUNTY MAYOR OR DESIGNEE TO PREPARE GEOSPATIAL LAYER ANALYSIS AND DATABASE OF VACANT INDUSTRIAL AND COMMERCIAL PARCELS TO ASSIST BEACON COUNCIL AND OTHER ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT ORGANIZATIONS IN ATTRACTING BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT TO MIAMI-DADE COUNTY [SEE ORIGINAL ITEM UNDER FILE NO. 130315]

Indexes:

VACANT LAND

Sponsors:	Lynda Bell, Prime Sponsor
	Jose "Pepe" Diaz, Co-Sponsor
	Audrey M. Edmonson, Co-Sponsor

Sunset Provision: No

Effective Date:

Expiration Date:

Registered Lobbyist:

None Listed

Legislative History
Acting Body	Date	Agenda Item	Action	Sent To	Due Date	Returned	Pass/Fail

Board of County Commissioners	4/2/2013	11A1	Adopted				P

County Attorney	3/20/2013		Assigned	Dennis A. Kerbel		3/21/2013

Economic Development & Port Miami Committee	3/14/2013	2A Amended	Forwarded to BCC with a favorable recommendation with committee amendment(s)				P
REPORT:	Assistant County Attorney Maldonado read the foregoing proposed resolution into the record. Assistant County Attorney Maldonado read the following amendment into the record: The title on handwritten page 3 should read, “Resolution directing the County Mayor or designee to prepare geospatial layer analysis and database of vacant industrial and commercial parcels to assist Beacon Council and other Economic Development Organizations in attracting business development to Miami-Dade County”; and on handwritten page 4 to add the following language within the last clause to read: “…and other details relevant to the property to assist the Beacon Council and other Economic Development Organizations in its mission of attracting business development to the County. Commissioner Diaz requested to be listed as a co-sponsor to the foregoing proposed resolution. Commissioner Jordan inquired whether there was any cost associated with compiling the information. Mary Fuentes, Director, Information Technology Department (ITD) responded to Commissioner Jordan’s inquiry noting some of the information requested in the resolution existed within the county’s geographic information system, with the exception of broker representation; she noted staff would analyze the potential cost of obtaining information regarding broker representation for the properties. Commissioner Jordan requested that Ms. Fuentes forward committee members a copy of these costs before the resolution goes to the full Board. Responding to Commissioner Jordan’s inquiry regarding how the Beacon Council had promoted Miami-Dade County’s available land in the past, Ms. Fuentes stated that staff would develop a business portal that would include all of the information requested in this proposed resolution and the Beacon Council would have access to this information as well as all of the business community located within Miami-Dade County. Hearing no further questions or comments the Committee proceeded to vote.

Legislative Text

TITLE
RESOLUTION DIRECTING THE COUNTY MAYOR OR DESIGNEE TO PREPARE GEOSPATIAL LAYER ANALYSIS AND DATABASE OF VACANT INDUSTRIAL AND COMMERCIAL PARCELS TO ASSIST BEACON COUNCIL AND OTHER ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT ORGANIZATIONS IN ATTRACTING BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT TO MIAMI-DADE COUNTY

BODY
WHEREAS, Miami-Dade County has partnered with the Beacon Council to facilitate business investment and to promote Miami-Dade County as the ideal location for businesses to operate; and
WHEREAS, at the October 17, 2012 meeting of the Economic Development and Social Services Committee, the President of the Beacon Council requested that the County provide the Beacon Council with an inventory and analysis of vacant industrial and commercial parcels in Targeted Urban Areas, Enterprise Zones, Empowerment Zones, and Neighborhood Revitalization Strategy Areas; and
WHEREAS, Miami-Dade County seeks to provide a searchable countywide database of all developable properties in its most economically disadvantaged areas in Miami-Dade County in order to facilitate the marketing of these areas to induce private business investments; and
WHEREAS, Miami-Dade County and the Beacon Council recognize the availability and access of this analysis and database as a critical first step towards promoting development opportunities within Miami-Dade County that are in need of attracting job producing investments,
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS OF MIAMI-DADE COUNTY, FLORIDA, that the Mayor or Mayor�s designee is hereby directed to prepare a database and geospatial layer analysis of vacant industrial and commercial properties in Targeted Urban Areas, Enterprise Zones, Empowerment Zones, and Neighborhood Revitalization Strategy Areas within Miami-Dade County, including information about acreage, planning and zoning designations, ownership, broker representation (if applicable), assessed and appraised values, taxing, available infrastructure (sewer, fiber optics), road access, expected best use and development potential of the property, and other details relevant to the property to assist the Beacon Council >>and other economic development organizations<<1 in >>their<< [[its]] mission of attracting business development to the County.

1 Committee amendments are indicated as follows: words double stricken through and/or [[double bracketed]] shall be deleted, words double underlined and/or >>double arrowed<< constitute the amendment proposed