Resolutions
The following resolutions were set forth by the City Commission in order to conduct a comprehensive review of Miami 21 and recommend possible changes:
R-19-0523
R-20-0015
Study Areas
The scope of the Task Force study areas included the following topics. Each meeting focused on one of the topics in the order set forth below.
1. Affordability
- Accessibility, availability, and incentives for applicants to provide affordable housing.
- Discrepancy between City and County AMI impact on affordable units.
- How AMI impacts supply and demand to effect market rate housing.
- Gentrification and Displacement
- Effects on Income inequality
- ADU’s
Resources include:
City of Miami Affordable Housing Masterplan
ULI Recommendations
2. Climate change and resiliency
3. Quality of Life
- Comprehensive review of M21 Atlas evaluating development direction of city neighborhoods.
- Improper abutting transects.
- Preservation of single-family neighborhoods
- Review of accepted and adopted masterplans and neighborhood plans
- Development impact on minority and local communities.
- SAP issues
- Parking requirements
4. Prosperity
- Incentivizing technology-based economy
- Effects on Education
- Opportunity Zones
- Create activity nodes at major thoroughfare intersections
- Effects on Transportation
5. Service
- Process and length of permits
- Noticing and conducting quasi-judicial hearings
- Navigability and usability of M21 code by stakeholders.
- General Miami 21 Issues
6. Assessment, (Internal)
- Has M21 created more mixed-use and transitional zones on a city-wide basis.
- Interaction with MCNP
- M21 Atlas reflecting Gov. owned properties (They don’t play by our rules)
- Number of approved developments since M21 has been in effect
Task Force Members
Alisa Cepeda
Board Member/Dist. 5
Natalie Duran
Board Member/Dist. 3
Iris Escarra
Board Member/Dist. 5
Kobi Karp
Board Member/Dist. 1
Bernardo Fort-Brescia
Board Member/Dist. 1
Andrew Frey
Board Member/(Mayor)
Vicky Leiva
Board Member/Dist. 4
Melissa Tapanes Llahues
Board Member/Dist. 4
Juan Mullerat
Board Member/(Mayor)
Adam Old
Board Member/Dist. 2
Nathanial Robinson
Board Member/Dist. 2
Thorn Grafton
Board Member/Dist. 3
Agendas & Notes
The agenda from the June 10, 2020 meeting can be found here.
The agenda from the January 22, 2021 meeting can be found here(PDF, 84KB).
The agenda from the March 8, 2021 meeting can be found here.
The agenda from the March 29, 2021 meeting can be found here.
The agenda from the April 26, 2021 meeting can be found here(PDF, 124KB).
The agenda from the May 24, 2021 meeting can be found here(PDF, 167KB).
The agenda from the June 28, 2021 meeting can be found here.
The agenda from the July 12, 2021 meeting can be found here.
The agenda from the July 26, 2021 meeting can be found here.
The agenda from the August 16, 2021 meeting can be found here.
The agenda for the September 20, 2021 final meeting can be found here.