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DISTRICT 2 NEWS • JEAN MONESTIME CHAIRMAN • MIAMI-DADE COUNTY • DISTRICT 2 COMMISSIONER JEAN MONESTIME DISTRICT NEWS JUNE 2015 Message from the Chairman Lake Carmen residents save their urban oasis Greetings! I am honored to serve as developer’s plan to fill a North Miami your representative. Please know that I lake to make way for a housing complex am here to work on your behalf and feel has been stopped in its tracks thanks to free to contact my office with questions A a group of local homeowners who took or concerns you may have. Together, we the initiative to bring the issue to the attention of can build a better community. Chairman Jean Monestime. In October 2014, RRRZ Developer purchased Mensaje del Presidente de the lake, located in the Little River neighborhood, la Junta de Comisionados and began filling it with the goal of building 45 single-family homes. Little River homeowners, Saludos, me siento honrado de servir alarmed at the prospect of losing their lakefront filled-in portions of the lake and to address the como su representante. Quiero que sepa views and seeing their property values decline, uplands areas impacted by solid waste or contami- que estoy aquí para trabajar en su nom- reached out to Chairman Monestime for help. nated soil. Water quality analysis of the lake did not bre. Por favor, no dude en llamar a mi Chairman Monestime immediately involved the indicate any impacts from contaminants. However, a oficina si tiene preguntas o inquietudes. County’s Department of Regulatory and Economic Florida Department of Health representative, during Juntos podemos construir una comuni- Resources (RER) which conducted thorough inves- a Homeowners Association meeting on March 31, dad mejor. tigations of the alleged onsite activities. As a result, 2015, recommended a no-fish and no-swim advisory the property owner was issued various citations due to the lake’s classification as non-recreational. Mesaj Prezidan Komisyon an and Notices of Violation. Visual inspections along Site cleanup activities have since been initiated with soil and water assessment conducted by RER at the property and the County continues to mon- Bonjou! Se yon onè pou’m sèvi kòm indicated that the material used to fill portions of the itor soil and groundwater quality to determine if reprezantan w. Mwen vle w konnen lake and upland areas of the site had been impacted further cleanup is needed. RER officials have been se pou ou m’ap travay, kidonk pa ezite with solid waste and elevated levels of arsenic and meeting regularly and will continue to meet with kontakte biwo mwen pou nenpòt kes- petroleum based compounds. The property owner the Little River Homeowners Association to keep tyon oswa sousi ou ta genyen. Ansanm, was ordered to remove all impacted soils from the residents informed. nou va bati yon pi bon kominote. Transit building renamed Miami-Dade County Comm ission Chairman Jean Monestime helped rededicate the Miami- Dade Transit building located at 3401 NW 31st Street as the Katrena Williams Materials Downtown Office Management Building on Thursday, March 26. Stephen P. Clark Center Sadly, on May 21, 2014, Katrena Williams, 111 N.W. 1st Street, Suite 220 42, and her two children, Makayla Williams, 12, Miami, Florida 33128 and Vincent Williams Jr., 3, died of smoke inha- T. 305-375-4833• F. 305-375-4843 lation after a fire broke out in their northwest Miami-Dade home while they were sleeping. District Office Williams, a Miami-Dade Transit employee for 17 900 N.E. 125th Street, Suite 200 years who was known for her kind and caring “Katrena Williams made an impact on every- North Miami, Florida 33161 demeanor toward her colleagues, worked as a one who worked with her. As we mourn her T. 305-694-2779 • F. 305-694-2781 bus stock clerk at the building that will bear her tragic death and that of her two children, we [email protected] name. She is survived by her husband Vincent also honor her memory,” said Chairman Jean facebook.com/MonestimeD2 Williams Sr., who works for Miami-Dade Transit Monestime, who sponsored the resolution to as a rail structural repair worker. rename the transit facility.\ @JeanMonestime JEAN MONESTIME • DISTRICT 2 NEWS MPO Governing Board gets new committee structure The Miami-Dade Metropolitan diate opportunities to increase the Plann ing Organization (MPO) plays a integration and utilization of existing crucial role in planning the County’s mass transit services. The com- transportation system and ensuring mittee will be asked to forward receipt of federal funds for tran- recommendations to improve the sit and highway improvements. To connectivity of the current mass help increase the MPO’s efficiency transit providers (municipal circu- and facilitate its important mission, lators, jitney services, Miami-Dade Chairman Jean Monestime recent- Transit and Tri-Rail). The TSC also ly restructured the MPO Governing will be responsible for identifying our community. To the extent solu- Board into two committees. gaps in service and offering solu- tions require additional dollars for The two committees — the Transit tions to expand transit access for capital investments for new inter- Solutions Committee (TSC) and the residents and employers throughout modal facilities, bus rapid transit, or Fiscal Priorities Committee (FPC) – light rail, the TSC will identify and will each be comprised of seven recommend to the MPO potential MPO Governing Board Members, “I believe this new funding sources. allowing members to focus their efforts on specific areas in order to committee structure will The Fiscal Priorities Committee expedite solutions. (FPC) – made up of Daniella Levine facilitate decision-making Cava as chair, Oliver G. Gilbert III as The Transit Solutions Committee vice-chair, Juan C. Zapata, Audrey (TSC) – made up of Dennis C. Moss to move forward the Edmonson, Carlos Hernandez, Phillip as chair, Francis Suarez as vice- Levine and Jeff Porter – will concen- chair, Bruno A. Barreiro, Barbara transportation agenda for trate on the programming of trans- Jordan, Jose “Pepe” Diaz, Maurice Miami-Dade County.” portation dollars to better reflect the Ferre and Smith Joseph – will be immediate priorities of the commu- responsible for identifying imme- —Chairman Jean Monestime nity. It will thoroughly evaluate the staff recommendations embedded in the planning documents routinely submitted to the MPO for approval and will be responsible for realign- ing the allocation of dollars within each of these planning documents to respond to the claims our citi- zens are placing on elected officials throughout Miami-Dade County. Until additional funding sources are available, the FPC will be expected to make the difficult recommenda- tions to advance and defer projects in order to respond to the needs of our current demographic-employ- ment commuting trends. “There is a renewed sense of urgen- cy to improve transit mobility options and increase the capacity of our public transportation infrastructure, and I believe this new committee structure will facilitate decision-mak- A motorist heads south on the flyover at the Golden Glades Interchange on I-95, a vital part of ing to move forward the transporta- Miami-Dade County’s transportation infrastructure that has been the subject of multiple planning tion agenda for Miami-Dade County,” studies by the Miami-Dade MPO. Chairman Monestime said. 2 DISTRICT 2 NEWS • JEAN MONESTIME Chairman Monestime kicks off Black History Month Miami-Dade County Commission Black History Month but throughout Chairman Jean Monestime kicked the year, and to emulate history’s off the County’s month-long cel- great black leaders by advocating ebration of Black History Month for justice throughout their lives. on Feb. 5 at a musical and cultural “Let’s follow in their footsteps extravaganza in the Stephen P. so we can help create a better life Clark Center in downtown Miami. for the people we serve so tomor- The event featured traditional row your children and grandchil- African dress, a rousing perfor- dren will celebrate you,” Chairman mance by “The Singing Angels,” Monestime said. and a libation ceremony by Chief The County’s Black History Month Joseph Obadeyi Loki Abejoyi of celebrations are sponsored by the Chairman Monestime, joined by members of the Igbori of Nigeria. Office of Chairman Monestime, the Black Affairs Advisory Board, cuts the ribbon at Chairman Monestime invited resi- Black Affairs Advisory Board and the Kinad Inc. African American exhibition in the dents to celebrate the contributions the Miami-Dade Parks, Recreation Stephen P. Clark Center to kick off the County’s of African-Americans not only during and Open Spaces Department. Black History Month celebrations. Chairman Monestime honors famed singer Betty Wright In honor of Black History Month, neur, she remains one of the few Miami-based soul and R & B singer black female musicians to produce a and songwriter Betty Wright received gold record on her own vanity label. a proclamation from Miami-Dade She was signed to her first label in County Commission Chairman Jean 1966 at the age of 12 and released Monestime at the Feb. 18 Board of the singles “Thank You Baby” and County Commissioners meeting. “Paralyzed”, which won Mrs. Wright Betty Wright won fame in the 1970s local fame in Miami. with hits such as “Clean Up Woman” Mrs. Wright has worked with many and “Tonight Is the Night”. A pioneer- artists including Marvin Gaye, Stevie ing singer-songwriter and entrepre- Famed singer Betty Wright receives proclamation. Wonder, Gloria Estefan and Beyoncé. Chairman Monestime attends Walmart grand opening The grand opening of the new and and merchandise, along with a full long-anticipated Northside Miami service pharmacy. Walmart became a reality on Jan. “Today, we are witnessing the begin- 21, and Chairman Monestime was ning of the transformation of the 79th there to celebrate this milestone.