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Dunedin updates 2026 legislative priorities: home rule, environment, infrastructure and housing among top items
Summary
City staff presented Dunedin's draft 2026 legislative priorities on Sept. 2 and requested commission direction on additions including sovereign-immunity and property-tax language.
City staff presented a draft of Dunedin's proposed 2026 legislative priorities at the Sept. 2 workshop and asked commissioners for direction on additions and framing ahead of committee season and the January 2026 session.
What was presented: The draft priorities retained consistent themes: defending home rule, supporting environmental resiliency and recovery, advancing transportation and infrastructure (including advocacy for the Dunedin Causeway bridge), and prioritizing municipal administration matters such as sovereign-immunity considerations and tracking property-tax proposals. The draft also included education and workforce items, support for arts and culture funding, and affordable housing initiatives.
Commission feedback: Commissioners agreed to keep home-rule language and asked staff to add consideration of sovereign immunity and property-tax protections under municipal administration. Several commissioners also requested language related to community redevelopment-area (CRA) policy, noting the topic's recurring importance and potential legislative attention.
Next steps: Staff will refine language, add the commission's agreed considerations (sovereign immunity, property tax, CRA-related phrasing and storm recovery funding for state parks), and coordinate outreach to the city's state delegation and lobbyists ahead of committee season in October.
