MIAMI-DADE COUNTY, Fla. \u2014 Miami-Dade County commissioners on Tuesday voted 12-1 to pursue eminent domain to acquire just under 10 acres of land on Fisher Island.<\/p>\n
The land holds the fuel facility that supplies PortMiami. <\/p>\n
Commissioner Raquel Regalado was the only dissenting vote. <\/p>\n
Ahead of the vote, she expressed concern that with eminent domain, they would be inheriting a \u201cdinosaur,\u201d due to the aging facility. <\/p>\n
Commissioner Oliver Gilbert, on the other hand, said he believes it will be less costly to upgrade the existing site than it would be to build a new one. <\/p>\n
\u201cLast fall, the board of county commission authorized the administration to enter into negotiations for this property and should those negotiations not be successful to enter into eminent domain proceedings,\u201d Miami-Dade Deputy Mayor Roy Coley told Local 10 News after the vote. \u201cSince that time, and the mayor has determined the negotiations to not be successful, it has been identified that the legal description of the property could be reduced to a slightly smaller footprint than our original resolution. And so, it\u2019s really a cleanup item that reauthorizes what\u2019s already been authorized with a more accurate legal description.\u201d<\/p>\n
The fuel bunker on the exclusive Fisher Island has been the subject of several lawsuits and a high-profile dispute over its future.<\/p>\n
Miami-Dade County Mayor Daniella Levine Cava said the county\u2019s goal is to ensure a reliable fuel supply for PortMiami\u2019s operations.<\/p>\n
As for the next steps in the related federal case, Coley said the county will now pursue eminent domain and Florida law \u201crequires negotiations.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cThere\u2019s a 30-day statutory negotiation period where we hope we can sit down with the new property owners, the developers, and negotiate out a final deal that the mayor can support,\u201d he said. <\/p>\n
Coley said he wouldn\u2019t be able to say whether the plaintiffs who have filed suit will have a seat at the negotiating table.<\/p>\n
\u201cWell, Fisher Island has sued us, as you know, and they\u2019ve also sued the developers,\u201d he said. \u201cAnd so, any negotiations would be confidential in nature, just like all the negotiations up to now that we\u2019re talking about are confidential by requirement. So whether or not everyone\u2019s willing to sit down at the table together, we\u2019ll find out after we file our eminent domain.\u201d <\/p>\n
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