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Recreation and Tourism Committee adds 40 tourism grants and Coral Gables horse‑stall agreement to agenda; agenda set by acclamation
Summary
The Miami‑Dade County Recreation and Tourism Committee voted to set its agenda as amended, adding a resolution to fund 40 tourism grants and a proposed agreement with the City of Coral Gables for use of horse stalls at Tropical Park. The committee also noted a request to move several items to the July 16 Board of County Commissioners meeting.
At a Monday meeting, the Miami‑Dade County Recreation and Tourism Committee voted to set its agenda as amended, adding a resolution to fund 40 grants to promote Miami‑Dade tourism and a proposed agreement with the City of Coral Gables for use of horse stalls at Tropical Park.
The change was announced during the committee’s review of the changes memo. A staff member told the committee the memo adds item 3C, a resolution approving funding of 40 grants to promote Miami‑Dade tourism, and item 3D, a resolution approving an agreement with the City of Coral Gables for use of horse stalls at Tropical Park for the city’s mounted patrol unit. The staff member also said Senator Garcia requested to sponsor items 3A, 3B and 3C and asked that those items be placed on the July 16 Board of County Commissioners meeting agenda once approved.
Vice Chairwoman Steinberg, who presided as chair in Commissioner Garcia’s absence, said there were no public speakers at the reasonable‑opportunity public comment period. Commissioner Bastien moved to set the agenda as presented; Commissioner Regalado seconded. The motion passed by acclamation with the three members present.
The committee opened the meeting with a moment of silence for victims of the flooding in Texas. Commissioners McGee and Senator Garcia were noted as absent at the start of the meeting.
No votes on the added resolutions or the Coral Gables agreement were recorded at this session; the meeting record shows only the procedural vote to set the agenda. Committee staff indicated items 3A–3C would be scheduled for the July 16 Board of County Commissioners meeting after committee approval, but that scheduling request was presented as a staff/sponsor request rather than a formal committee directive recorded in this transcript.
The committee adjourned its agenda‑setting business without public comment and without further debate recorded on the proposed grants or the Tropical Park horse‑stall agreement.
