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The Hold The Line Coalition advocates for smart growth principles in Miami Dade County to protect our communities, economy, and environment.

05/29/2026

🚨 ACTION ALERT: VOTE NO ON KELLY TRACTOR 🚨
Protect the Everglades. Protect Biscayne Bay. Protect Impartial Rules. FINAL VOTE TUESDAY 6/2

Kelly Tractor is back with a new business plan, but the fundamental flaw remains. Businesses can’t be allowed to rewrite carefully balanced development guidelines that protect our environment and communities to increase their bottom line. This project has substantive harms to vital habitat, but the real danger is the precedent that lets private dbidineeses, not citizens and professional planners, decide what the rules are.

Our position has been consistent: When private entities want to build outside the UDB, they MUST submit a full application that conclusively demonstrates a need for new land and offers equivalent, enforceable mitigation for environmental damage done. That’s not our opinion, those are Miami-Dade’s standard requirements.

Commissioners should have never allowed this project to advance this far, but on Tuesday, they can still do the right thing, Call your Commissoner today and tell them to follow their own rules and Vote No on Kelly Tractor. Contact your Commissoner today.

🔗 in bio for more info and ways to take action.

District 1 - Oliver G. Gilbert, III: 305-474-3011
District 2 - Marleine Bastien: 305-694-2779
District 3 - Keon Hardemon: 305-636-2331
District 4 - Micky Steinberg: 305-787-5999
District 5 - Vicki L. Lopez: 305-375-5924
District 6 - Natalie Milan Orbis: 305-267-6377
District 7 - Raquel Regalado: 305-375-5680
District 8 - Danielle Cohen Higgins: 305-378-6677
District 9 - Kionne L. McGhee: 305-234-4938
District 10 - Anthony Rodriguez: 305-222-2116
District 11 - Roberto Gonzalez: 305-375-5511
District 12 - Juan Carlos “JC” Bermudez: 305-599-1200
District 13 - René Garcia: 305-820-8424

05/04/2026

🚨 URGENT: Tomorrow’s Vote on Kelly Tractor 🚨

Tomorrow, the County Commission will vote again on Kelly Tractor’s application and even now, new information is still surfacing.

Kelly recently submitted an updated needs analysis that relies on with long-term industry projections and jargon, but it still failed to answer a critical question:

Why must these proposed uses- including 500+ truck parking spaces- be located on high-quality wetlands outside the UDB?

Bottom line:
The application still does not meet the threshold of need required by the CDMP. From the start, this proposal has lacked justification and approving it would set a dangerous precedent by using a text amendment to bypass standard review.

📣 TAKE ACTION📣 Call your commissioner TODAY (it takes 1 minute):

Tell them to protect our water, wetlands, and uphold the CDMP.

Urge them to build inside the UDB, not outside it.

📞 Commissioner Contact List:

District 1 - Oliver G. Gilbert, III: 305-474-3011
District 2 - Marleine Bastien: 305-694-2779
District 3 - Keon Hardemon: 305-636-2331
District 4 - Micky Steinberg: 305-787-5999
District 5 - Vicki L. Lopez: 305-375-5924
District 6 - Natalie Milan Orbis: 305-267-6377
District 7 - Raquel Regalado: 305-375-5680
District 8 - Danielle Cohen Higgins: 305-378-6677
District 9 - Kionne L. McGhee: 305-234-4938
District 10 - Anthony Rodriguez: 305-222-2116
District 11 - Roberto Gonzalez: 305-375-5511
District 12 - Juan Carlos “JC” Bermudez: 305-599-1200
District 13 - René Garcia: 305-820-8424

04/22/2026

It's Earth Day! 🌎 🐆 🌳 🏔️ 🌊

The Hold The Line Coalition is committed to safeguarding Miami-Dade County's natural wonders and our planet all year round. We're grateful for our members and partners who share our vision.

From Biscayne Bay to the Great Barrier Reef, and from the Amazon to the Everglades, our world is a treasure. Take a moment to appreciate it, and then take action to protect it. Take 5 minutes today to show your appreciation for our planet's unwavering support.

🔗 in bio.

04/16/2026

Take action today! Use the 🔗 in our bio to conserve precious wetlands, uphold impartial development approval rules, and protect taxpayers.

The Kelly Tractor application is back, and it is not better. Same request for special treatment. Same inadequate wetland mitigation. And now, the project has beef with another expensive infrastructure project, and that could cost taxpayers big time. 💸💸💸

Last week GMX, the group building the 836 Extension or “Kendall Parkway” highway, sent a letter opposing Kelly’s expansion. The highways right of way crosses directly through Kelly’s site. If Kelly’s project is approved, it could raise the acquisition cost for the property, sticking taxpayers with a bigger bill. Miami-Dade already approved the highway, but you can’t have two projects in the same place.🛣️

The entire process has been unusual. Of 15 applications to build outside the UDB since 2021, Kelly Tractor is the ONLY one asking to use a format that lowers voting requirements and doesn’t require concrete plans.

Next Thursday, the BCC will discuss and vote on Kelly’s proposal. In February, Mayor Levine Cava rightly vetoed approval due to the lack of scrutiny in the application format and unacceptable environmental damage. Tell Commissioners to uphold the Mayor’s veto and reject this project to protect our wetlands... and our wallets.

03/10/2026

🚨 Action needed: The Florida Legislature is threatening local control again. SB 208 included a “study” that could undermine Miami-Dade’s Urban Development Boundary and override decisions made by local communities.

It’s bad when state lawmakers interfere with local decision making. It’s worse when it duplicates work already happening at the county level that rises the expertise of local stakeholders, not Tallahassee butreaucrats. MDC is already reviewing growth rules to ensure the proper balance of affordability, economic growth, and natural resource conservation.

This bill is unnecessary, duplicative, and opens the door to state interference in local planning.

📣 Tell Florida Senators: Respect local voters. Protect local control. Vote NO on SB 208.

Link in bio

03/01/2026

🚨Red Alert For Home Rule! 🚨

HB 399 & SB 208 would begin to eliminate Miami-Dade’s Urban Development Boundary — the guardrail that has protected us from sprawl and environmental collapse since the 1980s. The UDB safeguards our drinking water, reduces flooding, and protects the Everglades for future generations.

We’ve moved the line before — but only with a hard-earned supermajority of accountable elected officials and strong community support. That’s how responsible growth works.

But now, a bill in Tallahassee would force Miami to make it easier for developers to expand the UDB, reducing the number of votes needed to approve sprawl.

Growth must be managed for our quality of life and the health of our environment. The UDB isn’t an obstacle, it’s protection and community control. Tell members of the Miami-Dade Delegation, hands off Home Rule! Preserve the UDB, defend local control.

02/17/2026

One last push to protect Miami-Dade wetlands and uphold an unbiased planning rules! Call Commissioners and tell them to uphold Mayor Cava's veto!

More info and a script here https://linktr.ee/holdthelinecoalition

02/02/2026

🎉 HUGE NEWS! You spoke out, and Mayor Levine Cava listened.

Earlier today, the Mayor vetoed Kelly Tractor’s application to build outside the UDB on threatened wetlands. This important decision sends the plan back to the BCC where it needs a 2/3 supermajority vote for final approval. The previous vote was 9 in favor with 2 against (TY Commissioners and !) and two assent commissioners.

If all commissioners are present, it will take 5 votes to uphold the Mayor’s veto and defeat this misguided and dangerous application. Join us on our Monday 5PM strategy call for next steps. 🔗 in bio and see you on the call. Thank you to everyone who took action and let’s finish the job! 💪

01/30/2026

🚨 Call for a Mayoral Veto to Protect Our Wetlands 🚨

Despite public outcry, the County Commission approved a corporate headquarters and industrial equipment center on 162 acres of wetlands outside the Urban Development Boundary—ignoring long-standing requirements and failing to require local wetlands mitigation. This decision would destroy one of the largest remaining contiguous wetland areas and sets a dangerous precedent: bending county rules for individual applicants instead of applying them fairly in the public interest.

The Mayor’s veto is a critical safeguard. We’re urging Mayor Daniella Levine Cava to use her veto authority to uphold Miami-Dade’s planning rules, protect our wetlands, and defend Biscayne Bay at a time of growing climate, flooding, and water-quality risks. Add your voice today and help us Hold The Line.

01/21/2026

Big decision on land use coming up at Thursday’s CDMP! Click the link in bio to learn more and contact Commissioners.

The Kelly Tractor Company is pushing to develop 160 acres of wetlands- the largest single tract threatened by development in recent memory-outside the Urban Development Boundary…without expanding the boundary itself.

How? By asking Commissioners to change the rules just for them, which would undermine environmental protections and put Biscayne Bay at risk. Even worse, by getting special treatment they can avoid paying for infrastructure upgrades, leaving taxpayers with the bill. The last straw? There is no clear explanation of how they will comply with mandated mitigation for destroyed wetlands.

Commissioners need to hold everyone to the same standards, not rewrite the rules that protect our neighborhoods and Biscayne Bay for private gain.

Use the link in our bio to send letters to Commissioners and join our town hall meeting this Wednesday at 5pm.

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