The Miami Herald

Posted on Thursday, April. 20, 2006

URBAN DEVELOPMENT BOUNDARY

How they voted

Four of the five applications to move the urban development boundary were denied by the Miami-Dade County Commission on Wednesday, after a year of political fighting between camps on both side of the issue.

Only one application -- the conversion of a former landfill annexed by the City of Hialeah into an office park - was approved.

Here is how the votes stacked up:

Approved: The city of Hialeah's plan for an industrial park and office space on a site that includes a former landfill; roughly 1,100 acres between Northwest 97th Avenue and the Turnpike.

Voting against: Commissioner Katy Sorenson

Voting in favor: Commissioners Bruno Barreiro, Jose ''Pepe'' Diaz, Audrey Edmonson, Carlos Gimenez, Sally Heyman, Barbara Jordan, Joe Martinez, Dennis Moss, Dorrin Rolle, Natacha Seijas, Rebeca Sosa, Javier Souto.

Denied:

• Doral West Commerce Park, 2.5 acres west of the Turnpike and east of Northwest 122nd Avenue near Northwest 22nd Street.

Final vote: 13 commissioners unanimously voted to deny.

• A Lowe's Home Centers store on 51.7 acres near theoretical Southwest 138th Avenue and north of the Tamiami Canal Area.

Voting against: Gimenez, Heyman, Moss, Sorenson, Sosa.

Voting in favor: Barriero, Diaz, Jordan, Martinez, Rolle, Seijas, Sosa, Souto.

• An office and business project on 42 acres south of Kendall Drive, west of Southwest 167th Avenue. Applicants are David Brown, Steven Brown and Victor Brown.

Voting against: Gimenez, Heyman, Moss, Sorenson, Sosa, Souto.

Voting in favor: Barreiro, Diaz, Edmonson, Jordan, Martinez, Rolle, Seijas.

• Businesses and offices on 14.7 acres southeast of Southwest 142nd Avenue and 312th Street. Applicants are Pedro Talamas, Juan J. Valdes and Nadia A. Valdes.

Voting against: Edmonson, Gimenez, Heyman, Martinez, Moss, Rolle, Sorenson, Sosa, Souto.

Voting in favor: Barreiro, Diaz, Jordan, Seijas.