Miami-Dade Infrastructure, Innovation & Technology Committee Meeting – May 13, 2026
Miami-Dade Infrastructure, Innovation & Technology Committee Meeting – May 13, 2026
The Infrastructure, Innovation & Technology Committee of the Miami-Dade Board of County Commissioners met on May 13, 2026, to consider several items including the creation of a Solid Waste Advisory Board, a boundary amendment for a sanitary sewer benefit area, and contracts for environmental cleanup and fuel station maintenance. All items received favorable recommendations to the full Board of County Commissioners. (Note: The agenda listed the meeting start time as 2:00 PM, while the user-provided timestamp indicates 09:15 AM UTC; this discrepancy is noted.)
Consent Calendar
- Item 3A (Resolution No. 260756): Approved a contract (GC191) with the Florida Department of Environmental Protection for petroleum contamination cleanup site management, totaling an estimated $13,009,610 over five years. The resolution authorizes the County Mayor to execute the contract and extensions. Moved and seconded, passed unanimously by acclamation.
- Item 3B (Resolution No. 260759): Authorized a five-year extension with $3,801,964 in additional expenditure authority for Prequalification Pool No. FB-01793P (Fuel Service Station Maintenance, Repair, and Services), bringing the total modified cumulative pool amount to $10,609,052. The resolution also requires board ratification for any single award exceeding $5,000,000. Moved and seconded, passed unanimously by acclamation.
Public Hearings
- Item 1G1 (Ordinance No. 260132): Public hearing held on an ordinance to create the Miami-Dade County Solid Waste Advisory Board (Article CLXXII). Prime sponsor Sen. Rene Garcia, co-sponsor Marleine Bastien. The ordinance had been deferred from April 15, 2026. The committee forwarded it to the Board of County Commissioners with a favorable recommendation (vote 4-0). A fiscal and social equity statement and mayoral report were also submitted.
- Item 1G2 (Ordinance No. 260518): Public hearing held on an ordinance amending the boundaries of the Ojus Sanitary Sewer Special Benefit Area (OSSSBA) by adding one property and ratifying the non-ad valorem assessment roll, rates, and assessments for fiscal year October 2026–September 2027. Prime sponsor Micky Steinberg, co-sponsor Sen. Rene Garcia. Adopted on first reading earlier (12-0). The committee forwarded it to the BCC with a favorable recommendation (vote 4-0).
Discussion Items
- Commissioner Comment: A commissioner (unidentified in transcript, likely Sen. Rene Garcia) noted that an item brought forward by Commissioner Regalado in the Intergovernmental Committee needed clarification regarding co-sponsorship. The commissioner requested to be listed as prime co-sponsor for item "3L" (agenda reference unclear) to reflect a prior sunshine discussion. The committee acknowledged the request.
Key Outcomes
- All agenda items (1G1, 1G2, 3A, 3B) received favorable recommendations from the committee (all votes 4-0 or unanimous) and will proceed to the full Board of County Commissioners.
- The committee noted a co-sponsorship clarification request for an item in another committee.
Meeting Transcript
Chairwoman Steinberg? Yes. Motion passes unanimously. All right. On to the other items. We have 3A and 3B. I move them. Do we have a second move by Commissioner Cohen Higgins? Seconded by Commissioner Gonzalez. All in favor? Aye. Seeing none opposed, please show it passed by acclamation. Do we have any other questions or comments? Attorneys, are we finished? All right. With that, we oh we have a comment or uh Yeah, thank you. Thank you, Madam Chair. Uh Madam Chair, there was an item that was brought in a different committee. I just wanted to put in in the sunlight about one of the items that Commissioner Regalado brought up, and I want to be listed as a prime co-sponsor. It's three three L as co-sponsor. We had we talked about it in the sunshine meeting, but it didn't show up on the item. So we just wanted to clarify it. From a prior committee. It's intergovernmental committee. But he's saying it in the sunshine. Yep. Okay, understood. Thank you. And with that, yes, we wanted to go to the BCC with the two of us on there, so there's no questions. Thank you.
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