Our very own El Portal Police Chief, Mr. David Magnusson, is an official signee of this document, due to his very important position as the ‘COVID-19 Committee Chairperson for the Miami-Dade County Association of Chiefs of Police.

There is no question Miami-Dade has made great progress tackling coronavirus – but recent trends show clearly that the pandemic is not over. With new, more contagious, and more dangerous COVID variants on the rise, particularly the Delta variant, the positivity rate is steadily increasing again – now up to 8.3% from 3.6% less than a month ago – as are hospitalizations.

The facts are clear: the vast majority of those who end up in the hospital due to COVID are unvaccinated. In the last three weeks, the number of COVID-positive inpatients at Jackson Health System has increased 178 percent. Nearly all of them, a whopping 95 percent, are unvaccinated, and more than 40 percent are younger than age 50. The Delta variant is especially dangerous for young people, as we see a growing number of otherwise perfectly healthy patients in their 20s and 30s hospitalized with worsening symptoms…

To mark a loved one or report them missing, please call 305-614-1819 or visit www.miamidade.gov/emergency.

If you know of anyone willing to donate, the Coral Gables Community Foundation, Key Biscayne Community Foundation and Miami Foundation have set up an emergency fund, strictly for the Town of Surfside. To make a donation, please visit https://supportsurfside.org/.

If you know of anyone willing and able to help with grief counseling in the coming days, please have them email Michelle Theurer at michelle.theurer@miamidade.gov and Jessica Sandoval at jessica.sandoval@miamidade.gov.

Appointed to Serve on Florida League of Cities Legislative Policy Committee

Christia E. Alou, Esq. appointed to the Municipal Administration Committee

HELP US PROTECT OUR STORMWATER AND DRINKING WATER FROM POLLUTION

Disposing of Household Waste is Easy!

Stop Using so much Fertilizers and Pesticides!

Help Us Keep our Storm Drains Clean and Working Properly!

Important Messages for the Village of El Portal Community

Pet Waste is Pollution! • Low Impact Development • Septic Tanks in El Portal

FEMA Proposes Changes to Flood Maps to affect El Portal and Miami Dade County.

The FEMA Region IV project team anticipated issuing preliminary maps for the Miami-Dade County Coastal Physical Map Revision (PMR) in December 2019. However, around that same time, the project team learned that the Miami-Dade County Cooperating Technical Partner (CTP) was submitting updated hydrologic and hydraulic modeling and floodplain mapping data for the C-8 and C-9 canal basins.

Administration, Mayor and Council 2021