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Environmental groups, residents press board for stronger stormwater maintenance, boat safety and monitoring
Summary
Public commenters urged the advisory board to broaden eligible RAP projects to include asset-management and maintenance programs, increase monitoring recognition, step up stormwater maintenance and street sweeping, and support boater-safety outreach and derelict trap removal events.
Speakers from Miami Waterkeeper, Everglades Law Center, Friends of Biscayne Bay and other community groups used the public comment segment to press the advisory board and county staff on stormwater maintenance, monitoring, boating safety and community cleanup efforts.
Mariana Aziz (Environmental Policy Specialist, Miami Waterkeeper) thanked the board for work on the Reasonable Assurance Plan and urged the county to include asset-management systems as eligible projects under the RAP,…
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