MIC musings

Went to the MIC site and found it very interesting. From the looks of it around 50-60% of that land is already designated for the MIC, with additional land earmarked for "additional development". Wonder who will own that land once its developed? The State? The developers? Who? there MUST be somebody who knows the answer to these questions, right? Who is it? The County? The state? Its still a relatively small piece of property with a LOT of questions attached that wont be answered anytime soon. If, as the City Manager said, the County has been "losing hundreds of thousands of dollars for years" on area 9, why would want it? We already have PLENTY of money-losing projects in our boundaries now- CC addition, the bathrooms, the pool, paid utilities for Santana, and the golf course, to name a few of the more egregious recent disasters. Each debacle mentioned cost us AT least 100k in cost overruns, change orders, and questionable judgements; some cost as much as 400k. None were brought in anywhere close to deadline (by YEARS) and ALL were AT least 300-800 % over usual and customary Dade County construction costs. SOMEBODY has to be held accountable for these series of ongoing disasters and that someone is the City Manager, as they ALL happened on his watch and under his theoretical supervision.

area 9 concerns, part 2

What ARE the exact boundaries of area 9? I am under the impression that the MIC will bring NO taxable value to the owners, is that correct? If so, and the car rental places, train and bus terminals will be IN the MIC, what will be left? Warehouses? What are the development plans for that area? does anybody know? Residential? Condos? Low-income housing? Office buildings? Parking garages? Are there pollution concerns there? Who will keep zoning control? County planners should let us know BEFORE we vote, not after. The MS Council SHOULD ask, if they were really doing any due diligence. Apparently they think "due diligence" somehow doesnt fall into their job description because they havent done any recently. Billy is ruling by decree, HIS decree, and somehow doesnt need to look at all the possibilities BEFORE deciding. He summarily ruled out refurbishing as an option for the gym and has NOW decreed that pollution, zoning, mitigation fees, and accurate revenue numbers are irrelevent to him, as they could possibly hinder his vanity-filled legacy projects.