ENVIRONMENTAL REMEDIATION AND UTILITY SERVICE FEE

Infrastructure, Innovation & Technology Committee · 2026-09-10 · ordinance

Ordinance relating to environmental remediation and utility service fee, amending Section 24-34 of the Code of Miami-Dade County, Florida, establishing a loan program for environmental remediation that meets existing requirements of Section 24-34, without changing said requirements, creating requirements, parameters, and procedures for said loan program, providing severability, inclusion in the code, and an effective date. File Number 261035, File Type Ordinance, Status Withdrawn, Introduced 6/2/2026. Legislative history: County Attorney assigned 6/2/2026, referred to Infrastructure, Innovation & Technology Committee 7/20/2026, Board of County Commissioners adopted on first reading 7/21/2026, Infrastructure, Innovation & Technology Committee deferred 9/10/2026. Prime Sponsor Raquel A. Regalado. The ordinance establishes a loan program using utility service fee monies for environmental remediation of certain properties for drinking water supply protection. Eligible properties must be currently owned by the County in fee-simple (including long-term lease) or previously owned by the County as of January 1, 2025, and must be 10 acres in size or greater. Loans to non-County entities: repaid from sixth year in annual installments of one percent of principal, balance due not more than 35 years, zero percent interest, secured by second priority lien and mortgage. Loans to County departments: repaid within not more than 35 years, no interest. Loan Fund funded by unencumbered funds in Utility Service Fee Fund as of September 30, 2026, and annual collections, with at least 20 percent remaining in the Utility Service Fee Fund. No specific project site, address, parcel, acreage, or applicant is stated in the document. No public comment or stakeholder sentiment is stated in the document.