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Blasting Advisory Board schedules municipal workshop, forms subcommittee and OKs outreach materials
Summary
The Town of Miami Lakes Blasting Advisory Board set a community-municipal workshop for Feb. 27 and formed a workshop subcommittee that will meet Feb. 6 and Feb. 13 to finalize materials and invitations. The board also voted to incorporate a member-produced informational leaflet into its outreach collateral.
The Blasting Advisory Board for the Town of Miami Lakes voted to schedule a community-municipal workshop and to form a subcommittee to prepare for the event.
Board members agreed the municipal workshop will be held at the town council chambers on Feb. 27 at 6:30 p.m., with printed materials to be prepared and distributed by town staff. The board also created a workshop subcommittee to complete logistics and messaging; the subcommittee will meet Thursday, Feb. 6 at 3 p.m. with a backup meeting on Feb. 13 if needed.
The decision follows several months of outreach planning and a recent trip by board members to Tallahassee to raise awareness at the state level. Board members said the workshop will invite affected municipalities (Doral, Miramar, Hialeah Gardens among others) to present municipal perspectives, provide a technical background on blasting and vibration issues, and open the floor to public comment. Town staff confirmed they will provide basic printing at no cost; any outside printing would require additional funding.
The board also voted to incorporate a leaflet produced by board member Francesca into the board’s official outreach collateral. The motion to add Francesca’s document to the board materials was seconded and approved; members agreed the leaflet would be posted on the board’s page on the town website and used at the workshop.
During discussion, members emphasized goals for the workshop: explain technical background for residents, show how to file complaints through official channels, and give municipalities a platform to describe local impacts. The board asked members and participating municipalities to confirm presenters and to forward final materials to the town liaison for printing.
The board instructed staff to post the workshop date and to begin invitations once the agenda and printed materials were confirmed. The newly formed subcommittee was given authority to draft the event agenda and coordination items and report back to the full board at its next regular meeting.
Votes at a glance: The motion to incorporate Francesca’s document into board collateral and the motion to form the workshop subcommittee and set the subcommittee meeting dates were approved by the board during the session.
The board scheduled the subcommittee’s working sessions so the full workshop agenda and printed materials will be ready before the Feb. 27 evening event.
