A Miami‑Dade County committee on (date not specified) voted to defer consideration of item 2A, a proposed resolution to waive sewer‑connection requirements for certain affordable housing sites, after members said staff lacked enough information about which sites could connect to existing sewer lines.

Chairman Gilbert announced the deferral after Commissioners moved and seconded the motion to postpone the item to the next committee meeting. The committee began the meeting with five members present and a quorum, and the motion to defer carried by voice vote.

Commissioner Regalado, who presented concerns about the waiver she introduced, said the committee should avoid placing affordable housing developments on septic systems when a sewer connection may be feasible. “The last thing you wanna do is give someone that has affordable housing a septic tank, because it's really expensive and it's very complicated,” Regalado said, urging staff to confirm which properties can be connected.

Regalado noted that some properties currently under consideration could be connected to sewer within several months. “A lot of these some of these properties can be connected, which they obviously they should, but, there's also a large part of them that could be connected in the next, like, 8 to 9 months,” Regalado said. She recommended using the permitting process — specifically the tie‑down period — to make a final determination about whether sites should be required to connect when construction reaches that milestone.

Regalado asked the county’s technical staff to complete a "feasible distance" analysis for all affected parcels and to obtain information from North Miami Beach about local connectivity before the committee takes further action. She said: “I would like to give Durham more time to do their feasible distance analysis and time for Wasee to get information from North Miami Beach to see about the connectivity of those sites.”

Committee members voted to defer item 2A to the next committee meeting so staff could complete the requested analyses. Earlier in the meeting the committee set the agenda and adopted the remaining items reported favorably from the committee, with the exception of item 2A. The meeting concluded after the deferral and a motion to adjourn.

The resolution text for item 2A and specific site lists were not read into the record during this portion of the meeting; staff and a later agenda packet were referenced as sources of additional information but were not provided during the discussion.