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The county presented the proposal as necessary to keep RER — which the presenters said operates largely as an enterprise fund — competitive with municipal peers and able to sustain digitization, timely plan review and inspections. RER Director Lourdes Gomez said many RER fees have not been raised in “7 to 17 years” and that state law narrowed how permitting fees can be adjusted, prompting the request now.

Gomez told commissioners the department reviewed comparable rates across Miami-Dade municipalities and that, even with the proposed increases, the county would remain “at or below our peers.” She emphasized a “very generous list of permit exemptions” for homeowners on RER’s website and repeated that RER offers free, personalized assistance to homeowners navigating permitting. “Your permit fee includes not only plan review and resubmittal as needed, but inspection and reinspection,” Gomez said.

Deputy Building Official Sergio Asuncuense described the department’s 2023 code updates and exemptions for small repairs, giving examples: a kitchen-cabinet replacement needs no permit, and small roof repairs under $2,000 are exempt. He said the proposal also simplifies some trade fees — for instance, a window-replacement permit will be a single flat $147 fee under the new schedule rather than a fee that scaled by square footage.

Industry speakers and developers expressed support. Truly Burton, executive vice president of the Builders Association of South Florida, told the committee the building trades face sharp cost volatility — citing recent steel and concrete price jumps — and urged the county to ensure permitting timeliness and predictable fees to allow projects to proceed.

Several commissioners raised concern that even modest increases could trickle down to homeowners. Commissioner Steve Steinberg (first reference in the transcript) said he would not vote to raise fees on homeowners and urged staff to explore ways to place a greater share of any increase on commercial developers. Commissioners and staff discussed alternatives including a tiered approach (flat-fee option versus a percentage-based fee tied to job cost) or charging for the free homeowner assistance program rather than increasing permit fees for homeowners.

After extended discussion, a commissioner moved to forward the item to the full BCC “without a recommendation.” The committee approved that motion by voice vote.

The committee record shows RER committed to working with commissioners’ offices on potential adjustments before the BCC hearing, including providing a link and list of permit exemptions for homeowner outreach and meeting with commissioners who oppose homeowner fee increases to explore options.

The committee and RER repeatedly framed the proposal as aimed primarily at making the department self-sustaining and competitive with municipalities that have already raised fees and use fee revenue to staff plan review and inspections.

Next steps: the item will appear before the full Board of County Commissioners for final consideration; RER staff said they will meet with commissioners’ offices and stakeholders beforehand to refine fee structure and outreach materials.

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Ordinances: The committee approved ordinances amending code sections to authorize the NW 70th Street Corridor Community Redevelopment Agency and the NW Seventh Avenue Corridor Community Redevelopment Agency to employ staff, agents and legal counsel in accordance with Section 163.356 of the Florida Statutes. Committee members recorded unanimous support.

Other items: The committee approved item 2E (details in committee packet) after a request to pull it for discussion; staff and the sponsoring commissioner agreed to follow up on the specifics. No substantive opposition was recorded in committee.

Dispositions and public comment: The committee heard a public comment on agenda item 3F from Jerry Proctor, an attorney representing an adjacent property owner seeking to purchase a 25-foot strip of county-owned land in North Miami Beach. Proctor said his client agreed with the staff recommendation and sought committee support; the committee pulled 3F for a brief question-and-answer but the transcript does not record a final committee vote on 3F.

Votes at a glance:
- Items 2A and 2B — Ordinances amending code for the NW 70th Street Corridor and NW Seventh Avenue Corridor Community Redevelopment Agencies to permit employment of staff and counsel (cites: Section 163.356, Florida Statutes). Motion passed unanimously in committee.
- Item 2E — Pulled for questions; motion to approve passed in committee by voice vote.
- Item 3F — Public comment from the adjacent property owner’s representative; staff recommendation supported by the speaker. Transcript does not record final committee action on 3F.

Several commissioners asked staff to supply additional budget or line-item detail on some items and to meet with constitutional offices where shared services and cost reimbursement arrangements are pending.

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Commissioner Kionne McGee presented the item, identified in committee papers as item 1G1. McGee said the annexation concerns territory in his district. Committee members noted that a survey circulated to residents in the affected area returned 31 responses — 17 opposed and 14 in favor — out of 88 registered voters in the residential area, a turnout the committee described as low.

Henry Iler, city planner for Florida City, told the committee the city had not received letters or significant outreach protesting the annexation at city hall and that staff had scheduled meetings for property owners. He confirmed the low survey response and said the city anticipates some property owners will face higher millage rates after annexation; the city will meet individually with owners who request meetings.

The agenda item is a public-hearing resolution under Miami-Dade County Code Section 20-7B directing the county attorney to prepare the ordinance and interlocal agreement to effectuate the annexation or to deny or defer it following the public hearing. After a short public comment period with no additional speakers, the committee voted in favor and instructed county attorneys to prepare the implementing documents and bring the matter to the full Board of County Commissioners.

Next steps: county attorneys will draft the ordinance and interlocal agreement and the item will be scheduled for BCC consideration.

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