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FYI Miami: September 1, 2022

Written by on August 30, 2022
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Below are some of the FYIs in this week’s edition. The entire content of this week’s FYIs and Insider sections is available by subscription only. To subscribe click here.

ELECTRIC BUS JOLT: Miami-Dade County will share in $68 million will be divided among 13 Florida counties moving from diesel to electric buses, the Florida Department of Environmental Protection said this week. The money, coming from Florida’s share of a 2016 settlement between Volkswagen and the US Department of Justice over emissions violations, is expected to cover the costs of 227 electric buses in all. The state previously announced that money from its $166 million share of the $14.7 billion Volkswagen settlement would go to school districts in Miami-Dade, Broward, Manatee, Orange, Palm Beach, Pinellas and Sarasota counties to buy 218 electric school buses.

HOMES PLAN: Miami-Dade Mayor Daniella Levine Cava announced this week an $85 million HOMES Plan to immediately relieve persons struggling to pay rent, homeowners behind on bills, the homeless, small landlords, and developers building housing. The plan is to be voted by the county commission this month as part of the 2022-23 proposed budget and is an extension of the Building Blocks Program, launched this year. In a press conference Monday, the mayor said the program is to give direct relief payments of up to $1,500 to thousands of struggling homeowners. She also launched a Development Inflation Adjustment Fund to support affordable housing projects delayed due to supply chain issues. “We’re talking about $10 million simply to provide to landlords as an incentive to reduce the rent,” said Commissioner Kionne l. McGhee. Details are pending budget approval.

SEWER EXPANSION: Miami-Dade was to break ground this week on the Ojus Sanitary Sewer Expansion as part of the county’s Connect 2 Protect. The program, launched in January, aims to extend sanitary sewer service with septic systems. Data from the county reveal that about 12,000 properties are served by septic systems, of which some 9,000 are vulnerable to compromise or failure under current underground conditions. 

GUATEMALA PACT: Miami-Dade commissioners are being asked today (9/1) to direct the county’s International Trade Consortium to create a sister agreement with a consortium of seven Guatemalan cities with a total population of 2.3 million. The legislation by Commission Chairman Jose “Pepe” Diaz notes that in a sister relationship is a long-term cooperative agreement between two entities in different parts of the world to foster cultural, art, educational, business and technical exchanges. An agreement with the Commonwealth Great City of the South of the Department of Guatemala would promote the county as the “Gateway to the Americas.” 

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