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Commission adds major cruise-terminal amendment to next agenda; South Dade neighborhood voices support for overlay
Summary
County attorneys added item 3H — a third amendment to the cruise terminal agreement with NCL Bahamas LTD that the attorney said carries an estimated $851,092,213 positive fiscal impact — and the chair said she will place the item on the next agenda; a Homestead resident spoke in support of a South Dade thematic overlay district (item 2B).
County attorneys announced a late addition to the committee agenda: item 3H, described as the third amendment to the third amended and restated cruise terminal agreement and the second amendment to the terminal transfer rider with NCL Bahamas LTD. The attorney said the amendment carries an estimated positive fiscal impact to Miami-Dade County of $851,092,213 and would authorize the county mayor or the mayor’s designee to execute the amendment and exercise related rights.
Commissioner Steinberg was listed as the prime sponsor for item 3H when the addition was read into the record. The motion to set the agenda that included the announced addition was moved and seconded and later adopted by voice vote as the committee proceeded through its agenda.
Earlier the committee briefly reopened reasonable opportunity to be heard so residents could address item 2B, a proposed thematic overlay district for South Dade. A resident identifying themselves as representing Concerned Citizens of South Dade and giving an address in Homestead said, “We’re here in full support of the item,” and told commissioners the group had been working with the commissioner for months on the proposal.
At adjournment the chair asked staff to place item 3H on the "very next" agenda; she said she would ask the chair’s office to schedule it. The transcript does not record committee debate on the contents or terms of the cruise-terminal amendment at this meeting; the item was announced and then slated for future consideration.
What happens next: Item 3H will be placed on the next committee agenda for full consideration. The transcript notes Commissioner Steinberg as prime sponsor but contains no recorded motion or vote on the amendment itself during this meeting.
Clarifying details: attorney announced the fiscal impact figure ($851,092,213) and identified NCL Bahamas LTD as the counterparty; no vote on item 3H occurred at this meeting.
