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RESOLUTION DIRECTING THE MAYOR OR MAYOR�S DESIGNEE TO FILE THE APPLICATION TO AMEND THE COMPREHENSIVE DEVELOPMENT MASTER PLAN FOR THE LUDLAM TRAIL CORRIDOR AS A COUNTY APPLICATION; DIRECTING THE MAYOR OR MAYOR�S DESIGNEE TO REVISE THIS APPLICATION TO REFLECT THE RESULTS OF THE CHARRETTES TO BE CONDUCTED FOR THE AREA

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WHEREAS, in the May 2014 cycle of applications to amend the Comprehensive Development Master Plan (�May 2014 CDMP Amendment Cycle�), filed pursuant to Section 2-116.1 of the County Code, Application No. 3 consisted of a private application requesting that a new land use category, entitled �Ludlam Trail Corridor,� be created for the area between NW 7 Street and SW 88 Street, (�6.2 miles long and �100 feet wide former FEC railroad corridor) generally along theoretical NW/SW 69 Avenue (the �Ludlam Trail Corridor Application�); and
WHEREAS, this Board first considered the Ludlam Trail Corridor Application on November 19, 2014, and then continued the hearing to December 4, 2014; and
WHEREAS, this Board determined that more time was needed for the consideration of the Ludlam Trail Corridor Application and that it would be appropriate to consider the application in another CDMP amendment cycle; and
WHEREAS, Section 2-116.1 permits this Board, by resolution, to direct the Mayor or Mayor�s designee to file an application to amend the CDMP; and
WHEREAS, at the December 4, 2014 CDMP hearing, the Board expressed its desire that the County take over the Ludlam Trail Corridor Application, and the original applicant, Florida East Coast Industries, offered to pay the actual costs of advertising such application; and
WHEREAS, the Board expressed its desire that the Ludlam Trail Corridor Application be part of the May 2015 CDMP amendment cycle; and
WHEREAS, applications to amend the CDMP filed in the May 2015 CDMP amendment cycle would come before the Board in November 2015 for transmittal and may come before the Board in early 2016 for adoption; and
WHEREAS, the property that is the subject of the Ludlam Trail Corridor Application is located in County Commission District 6 and District 7; and
WHEREAS, the Board directed that two charrettes for the Ludlam Trail Corridor property be conducted in the affected area, with one charrette being conducted in District 6 and one charrette being conducted in District 7; and
WHEREAS, it is the desire of this Board that the Ludlam Trail Corridor Application be updated in the May 2015 CDMP amendment cycle to reflect the results of such charrettes,
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS OF MIAMI-DADE COUNTY, FLORIDA, that:
Section 1. All matters set forth in the preamble are found to be true and are hereby incorporated by reference as if set forth verbatim and adopted.
Section 2. This Board hereby directs the Mayor or the Mayor�s designee to file, as a County application in the May 2015 cycle of applications to amend the CDMP, the Ludlam Trail Corridor Application, which had been originally been filed as Application No. 3 in the May 2014 CDMP Amendment Cycle.
Section 3. This Board hereby directs the Mayor or Mayor�s designee to revise the Ludlam Trail Corridor Application to reflect the results of the charrettes to be undertaken in the area, as discussed above.