AREA:
6.5 square
miles
GOVERNMENT:
Town of
Miami Lakes
Mayor: Wayne
Slaton
Town Hall:
6853 Main Street Miami Lakes, Florida 33014
Office Phone (305) 364-6100
LOCATION:
Northwest
Miami-Dade County (see
map)
PARKS/RECREATION AREAS
30 lakes
94 "tot-lot" parks
6 lake parks
2 picnic parks,
18-hole golf course
Royal Oaks park coming soon!
POPULATION
Approx.
24,000
LAND USE:
Residential:
52%
Commercial or
Industrial: 23%
Lakes: 12%
Parks: 5%
Undeveloped
land (zoned): 8%
TOWN'S 2003/04
BUDGET:
$19.8 million
TOWN'S 2003/04
OPERATING BUDGET:
$13.2 million
MILLAGE RATE:
2.87 (5th lowest municipality rate in Miami-Dade
County)
NUMBER OF POLICE
OFFICERS: 45
Average number
of police Officers on duty:
12 on day shift and 9 on night shift
CRIME RATE:
Down 17%
ARREST RATE:
Up 150%
SCHOOLS:
Barbara
Goleman Senior High
Hialeah-Miami Lakes Senior High
Miami Lakes Christian Academy
Miami Lakes Elementary School
Miami Lakes Middle School
Miami Lakes Technical Education Center
Montessori Childrens House of Miami Lakes
Our Lady of the Lakes Elementary School
The Enrichment Center of Miami Lakes
UTILITIES:
Cable: AT&T, BellSouth
or Comcast
Electric: Florida Power& Light
Telephone: BellSouth
Water & Sewer: Miami-Dade County Deptartment of
Water & Sewer Authority.
WORSHIP:
Congregation Tifereth Jacob
Miami Lakes Baptist Church
Miami Lakes Congregational Church
Our Lady of the Lakes Catholic Church
St. Margaret's Episcopal Church
Sunrise Presbyterian Church
Miami Lakes United Methodist Church |
