A referendum was held on January 21, 2018, in which all six special taxing districts voted to transfer their management from the County to the Town. Last fiscal year, Miami-Dade County (the “County”) initiated the process of transferring the management of six special taxing districts with an effective transfer date of October 1, 2018.

To that end, the Town had meetings during the summer with the members of the HOAs in these areas. However, it became apparent that they county had failed to create a formal feedback mechanism that encompass all of the residents living inside of the districts. There is a district that has multiple HOAs within its boundaries (MLS1) and two districts that have areas not represents by the HOAs, ROE and RS1.

I am recommending that the Town Council creates a seven-member advisory committee for each of these three districts. All members must reside in and own property within the respective special taxing district that they represent.

The committee will be charged with providing input and recommendations for service level improvements from residents located in each district and make a presentation to the Town Council in June of each year, as to the proposed service level and structure. All committee meeting will be in the sunshine and members will be subject to all committee rules.

ROE and RS1

There is one HOA inside those two districts, however, many people who lived within that district do not belong to that HOA. Therefore, I recommend that three of the seven members be appointed by the HOA, and that at least three of the other members are from outside the HOA areas. Furthermore, to ensure continuity and in recognition of their work to date, I recommend that the following people get included in the original committee membership.

Royal Oaks East:
Gustavo Millan
Juan Carlos Fernandez
Homero Cruz

Royal Oaks Section One:
Manuel Lopez
Abel Fernandez
Anibal Perez

MLS1

This district has seven different HOAs that encompass the whole district. For this reason, I recommend that each HOA is given the opportunity to appoint a member to this committee.