A hotel on U.S. 1 in Cutler Bay is still the best option for a homeless housing project that would serve mostly seniors, according to a memo from Miami-Dade Mayor Daniella Levine Cava that has Commissioner Danielle Cohen Higgins and Cutler Bay Mayor Tim Meerbott a little unhappy.

The plan by the Miami-Dade Homeless Trust to transform the La Quinta Inn & Suites, 10821 Caribbean Blvd., into 107 studio apartments with kitchenettes, permanent housing for homeless individuals, first came before the county commission last December. Cohen Higgins got her colleagues to support a delay while the mayor’s office sought alternative sites, citing no outreach to the Cutler Bay community and the area’s future development.

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Voters in the Town of Cutler Bay approved on Tuesday a General Obligation bond of up to $37 million to build a municipal complex with a community center and a park on 16 acres along Old Cutler Road purchased in by taxpayers in 2020.

The idea, according to town leaders who call it their version of New York City’s Central Park, is to convert the parcel into the heart of the community.

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Average homeowner could pay about $90 more in annual taxes

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