ENVIRONMENTAL REMEDIATION AND UTILITY SERVICE FEE

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

This is a legislative item for an ordinance relating to environmental remediation and utility service fee, amending Section 24-34 of the Code of Miami-Dade County, Florida. The ordinance establishes a loan program for environmental remediation of certain properties for drinking water supply protection. The program is limited to properties currently owned by the County in fee-simple (including those with long-term leases) or properties previously owned by the County as of January 1, 2025. Eligible properties must be 10 acres in size or greater. Eligible applicants include any County department or agency, any tenant on a County-owned property, any fee-simple owner of Former County Properties, and any tenant on a Former County Property. Loans to non-County entities are zero percent interest, repaid from the sixth year in annual installments of one percent of the principal, with balance due within 35 years, secured by a second priority lien and mortgage. Loans to County departments are repaid within 35 years, 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 ordinance was introduced on 6/2/2026, adopted on first reading on 7/21/2026, and set for a public hearing before the Infrastructure, Innovation & Technology Committee on 9/10/2026. The status is Withdrawn, with a note to see substitute file 261589. No specific project site, address, parcel, or applicant is stated.