The rapid transit zone now lives within what is multiple jurisdictions. The brain controlled all the nerves and what they embedded in me at that initial discussion is that Dade County government had to be and maintain control of the development, the areas around the rapid transit zone, and with that in mind, I drafted the ordinances for Dade County, which gave supreme power, which we had under the home rule charter of the constitution, to take total control of all the land use decisions in the rapid transit stations and the rapid transit zone, which is the area in which the tracks would be a place within the County. Probably the most important thing that I gleaned from all of the discussions was they described the rapid transit system as the nerve system of a human body. The County attorney assigned me the job of working with the outside consultants, and also hired an outside law firm from Chicago to assist in the technical aspects of the system. ![]() At that time, it was known as Metropolitan Dade County. Several department heads and the County Manager were excited to learn that through the efforts of our congressional delegation, that we were granted a major award by the federal government to develop and to complete a rapid transit system in Dade County. PRICE: Well in 1977, I was an Assistant County Attorney for Dade County and I was called to a meeting with the mayor. So the rapid transit zone, why don't you walk us through how that came about and a little bit of history behind that. Today we will be discussing a very important topic around transit oriented developments, specifically the rapid transit zones that Stanley had a large part in developing. And I have the pleasure of being joined by Stanley Price, the Chair of our group. I'm Javier Aviñó, the Practice Group Leader of Bilzin Sumberg’s Land Development & Government Relations Practice Group. They conclude with laying out what they see as the future of transit-oriented development in Miami-Dade County.ĪVIÑÓ: Hello and welcome to Bilzin Sumberg's Lawcast. ![]() They address the economic, social, and political dimensions of mass transit in the County along with the system’s adjoining real estate developments (“Rapid Transit Zones”). Stanley Price, Chair of Bilzin Sumberg’s Land Development & Government Relations Group, and Javier Aviñó, Practice Group Leader for Bilzin Sumberg’s Land Development & Government Relations Group, discuss the historic evolution, current state, and future prospects of transit-oriented development in Miami-Dade County.
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