Call today: Final chance to preserve the Urban Development Boundary and protect our drinking water

PLEASE MAKE YOUR CALL BY 5PM TUESDAY, JAN 21ST
1. Use the script below to oppose changes to the Urban Development Boundary (contact information for Commissioners follows the script).
2. After making your call, please fill out this tracking form so we can monitor our support and ensure each commissioner is contacted.
3. More background information and sources are available from the Hold the Line Coalition's One Pager including links to primary sources, media reports, and the Task Force’s majority report.

Call Script:

Good morning/afternoon,

My name is ______ and I am a constituent from ______. I am very concerned about the proposed changes to the Urban Development Boundary during the vote scheduled for January 23rd. I support the Urban Expansion Area Task Force’s majority opinion that preserves the current Urban Development Boundary without modifications, and ask that you vote in favor of applications 4, 5, 6, and 7 submitted by the County staff. The proposed expansion pushed by special interest groups encourages sprawl and traffic congestion, and would jeopardize our drinking water, divert resources from existing communities, endanger jobs in our County’s agricultural economy and further degrade sensitive Everglades habitat. Additionally, the proposed expansion areas are only a few feet above sea level, and new development would be prone to both naturally occurring flooding and increasing future risk from sea level rise.

For these reasons, I strongly urge Commissioner ___________________ to support Applications 4, 5, 6, and 7 on January 23rd.

Thank you for your leadership and commitment to preserving our water, our environment, and our agricultural economy on the 23rd. ****END***

Don’t forget to fill out the tracker form!

Commissioner Contact Information:

District 1- Barbara B. Jordan
305-474-3011
Ask to speak with:
Larry Gardner, Community Liaison
Mairenny Alexis, Commission Aide

District 2- Jean Monestime
305-694-2779
Ask to speak with:
Melonie Burke, Community Liaison
Nancy Dominique, Commission Aide

District 3- Audrey Edmonson, Chairwoman
305-636-2331
Ask to speak with:
Gordon Bello, Legislative Aide/Community Liaison
Akeem Brutus, Legislative Aide/Community Liaison

District 4- Sally A. Heyman
305-787-5999
Ask to speak with:
Heather Needelman, Esq., Policy and Legislative Advisor
Danielle Mejia, Commission & Legislative Aide

District 5- Eileen Higgins
305-375-5924
Ask to speak with:
Nancy Jackson, District Director
Daniel Reyes, Constituent Advocate

District 6- Rebeca Sosa, Vice Chairwoman
305-267-6377
Ask to speak with:
Natasha Santos, Constituent Relations
Liliana Ramos, Constituent Relations Commissioner

District 7- Xavier L. Suarez
305-669-4003
Ask to speak with:
Roger C. Pou, Esq., Legislative Aide
Yvonne Maffia, Commission Aide

District 8- Daniella Levine Cava
305-378-6677
Ask to speak with:
Sean McCrackine, Chief of Policy and Planning
Maria Elena Levrant, Chief of Constituent Affairs

District 9- Dennis C. Moss
305-234-4938
Ask to speak with:
Samuel Wilson IV, Director of Legislation
Dallas Manual, Commission Aide

District 10- Javier D. Souto
305-222-2116
Ask to speak with: Aldo Gonzalez, Senior Assistant

District 11- Joe A. Martinez
305-552-1155
Ask to speak with:
Arcadio Martell, Senior Commission Aid

District 12- Jose "Pepe" Diaz
305-599-1200
Ask to speak with:
Rebecca Miranda, Director of Policy & Legislation
Olga Hernandez, Director of Community Affairs (Constituents)

District 13- Esteban L. Bovo, Jr.
305-820-8424
Ask to speak with:
Carlos Fleites, Commission Aide
Mark Gomez, Commission Aide

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