FOR ORGANIZATIONS
Resolution
The “Hold the Line” campaign objects to current attempts to
move the Urban Development Boundary (UDB), and acknowledges Miami-Dade
County residents are best served when their money reinvigorates existing
infrastructure, creates housing and job opportunities along mass transportation
routes, and protects the drinking water supply.
Development in Miami-Dade County has negatively impacted the quality of
life for our residents and families. Local communities, like ours, already
feel the impacts of frustrating traffic congestion, over-crowded schools,
lack of affordable housing choices, limited employment opportunities,
and the loss of fish and wildlife habitat in Biscayne Bay and the Everglades.
We recognize the unacceptable costs all residents pay when new infrastructure
is built outside the UDB without first addressing the current needs within
our existing communities.
We urge Miami-Dade County decision-makers to "Hold the Line,"
the Urban Development Boundary that separates urban areas from environmental
and agriculture lands, and fund solutions inside the UDB that improve
our quality of life, our communities, and our environment. |