ENVIRONMENTAL REMEDIATION AND UTILITY SERVICE FEE

Board of County Commissioners · 2026-07-21 · ordinance

The document is a legislative item for an ordinance relating to environmental remediation and utility service fee. It establishes a loan program for environmental remediation of certain properties for drinking water supply protection. The ordinance amends Section 24-34 of the Code of Miami-Dade County, Florida. The file number is 261035. The status is withdrawn. The ordinance was introduced on 6/2/2026. It was adopted on first reading by the Board of County Commissioners on 7/21/2026, and set for a public hearing before the Infrastructure, Innovation & Technology Committee on 9/10/2026. The sponsor is Raquel A. Regalado. The document does not state a specific project site, address, parcel, acreage, or applicant. The loan program criteria include properties that are 10 acres in size or greater, County-owned or Former County Properties (owned by the County as of January 1, 2025). Eligible applicants include County departments, tenants on County-owned properties, and fee-simple owners of Former County Properties. Loans to non-County entities are repaid from the sixth year in annual installments of one percent of the principal, with balance due in not more than 35 years, at zero percent interest. Loans to County departments are repaid within not more than 35 years, with no interest. The loan fund is funded by legally available, unencumbered funds in the Utility Service Fee Fund as of September 30, 2026, and beginning in fiscal year 2026-2027, all legally available, unencumbered utility service fee monies collected each fiscal year, with at least 20 percent of the Fund Balance and Annual Collection remaining unavailable for the Loan Fund. The document does not state any public comment or stakeholder sentiment.