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HomeMy WebLinkAboutAgenda Item Summary FormDate: 03/17/2020 AGENDA ITEM SUMMARY FORM File ID: #7305 Commission Meeting Date: 04/23/2020 Type: Resolution Subject: Execute - MOU City Energy Project Purpose of Item: Requesting Department: Office of Resilience and Sustainability Sponsored By: Francis Suarez, Ken Russell District Impacted: All A Resolution of the Miami City Commission with attachments, authorizing the City Manager to execute a memorandum of understanding ("MOU") between the City of Miami and the City Energy Project, a joint project of the Natural Resource Defense Council and the Institute for Market Transformation. City Energy Project will provide research, guidelines, and assistance with community outreach to aid the Office of Resilience and Sustainability in creating water and energy efficiency benchmarking regulations for large existing buildings. Further authorizing the City Manager to negotiate and execute a memorandum of understanding with City Energy Project and to negotiate and execute all other necessary amendments, extensions and modifications, after consultation with the City attorney for said purposes. Background of Item: The purpose of this is to help ensure a more resilient city in relation to existing buildings and address the mandate from the Miami City Commission to mitigate emissions of greenhouse gases. Energy benchmarking is a process whereby a building's annual energy consumption data is joined with its physical and operational characteristics to create a comparable energy efficiency rating for that building. This rating and other useful performance metrics allow a building owner to compare a property's energy performance against itself over time as well as against similar buildings locally, regionally, and nationwide. Annual benchmarking of energy and water consumption helps building owners, property managers, and facilities staff establish energy performance baselines, monitor performance over time, guide actions to cut waste, and verify energy and water savings from investments. Benchmarking data provides summary information about public and private buildings, documenting trends in energy and water performance, and is the foundation for information to share with stakeholders. Benchmarking allows for a data -based approach to analyzing future energy needs, where improvements can be made and how to reduce costs. Budget Impact Analysis Item has NO budget impact Item is NOT Related to Revenue Item is NOT funded by Bonds Total Fiscal Impact: N/A Reviewed By Office of Resilience and Sustainability Review Completed 03/17/2020 8:50 AM Office of Management and Budget Aniska Elliott Office of Management and Budget Christopher M Rose City Manager's Office Nzeribe Ihekwaba City Manager's Office Arthur Noriega V Legislative Division Valentin J Alvarez Office of the City Attorney Daniel Goldberg Office of the City Attorney Barnaby L. Min Office of the City Attorney Victoria Mendez City Commission Nicole Ewan Office of the City Clerk City Clerk's Office Legislative Division Valentin J Alvarez Office of the City Attorney Daniel Goldberg Office of the City Attorney Barnaby L. Min Office of the City Attorney Victoria Mendez Jane Gilbert Department Head Budget Analyst Review Completed 03/18/2020 12:02 PM Budget Review Completed 03/18/2020 5:15 PM Asssitant City Manager Review Completed 03/19/2020 4:18 PM City Manager Review Completed 03/20/2020 1:02 PM Legislative Division Review Completed 04/13/2020 9:28 AM ACA Review Completed 04/13/2020 9:29 AM Deputy City Attorney Review Completed 04/13/2020 10:00 AM Approved Form and Correctness Completed 04/14/2020 5:13 PM Meeting Completed 04/23/2020 9:00 AM Rendered Completed 04/27/2020 5:40 PM Legislative Division Review Completed 04/30/2020 10:18 AM ACA Review Completed 09/01/2020 5:38 PM Deputy Attorney Review Completed 09/02/2020 11:10 AM Approved Form and Correctness Completed 09/02/2020 4:15 PM City of Miami Legislation Resolution Enactment Number: R-20-0118 City Hall 3500 Pan American Drive Miami, FL 33133 www.miamigov.com File Number: 7305 Final Action Date:4/23/2020 A RESOLUTION OF THE MIAMI CITY COMMISSION AUTHORIZING THE CITY MANAGER TO NEGOTIATE AND EXECUTE A MEMORANDUM OF UNDERSTANDING ("MOU"), IN A FORM ACCEPTABLE TO THE CITY ATTORNEY, BETWEEN THE CITY OF MIAMI ("CITY") AND NATURAL RESOURCE DEFENSE COUNCIL, INC., A NEW YORK NOT FOR PROFIT CORPORATION ("NRDC"), FOR THE CITY ENERGY PROJECT ("CEP"), A JOINT PROJECT OF THE NRDC AND THE INSTITUTE FOR MARKET TRANSFORMATION THAT PROVIDES FOR RESEARCH, GUIDELINES, AND ASSISTANCE WITH COMMUNITY OUTREACH TO AID THE OFFICE OF RESILIENCE AND SUSTAINABILITY IN CREATING WATER AND ENERGY EFFICIENCY BENCHMARKING REGULATIONS FOR LARGE EXISTING BUILDINGS; FURTHER AUTHORIZING THE CITY MANAGER TO NEGOTIATE AND EXECUTE ANY AND ALL OTHER NECESSARY AMENDMENTS, EXTENSIONS, AND MODIFICATIONS, ALL IN FORMS ACCEPTABLE TO THE CITY ATTORNEY, FOR SAID PURPOSES. WHEREAS, on November 21, 2019, the City Commission issued a directive to the City of Miami's ("City") Office of Resilience and Sustainability to submit a comprehensive carbon mitigation plan ("Project") prior to Earth Day, which falls on April 22, 2020, to the City Commission; and WHEREAS, the Project is part of committed actions in the Resilient305 unified strategy with Miami -Dade County, Miami Beach, and the City's Miami Forever Climate Ready strategy which was launched in January 2020; and WHEREAS, buildings account for the majority of a city's energy use and carbon pollution; and WHEREAS, a relatively small number of larger buildings represent the vast majority of a city's energy use; and WHEREAS, annual benchmarking of energy and water consumption helps building owners, property managers, and facilities' staff establish energy performance baselines, monitor performance over time, guide actions to cut waste, verify energy and water savings from investments, and mitigate carbon emissions; and WHEREAS, benchmarking data provides summary information about public and private buildings, documenting trends in energy and water performance; and WHEREAS, benchmarking allows for a data -based approach to analyzing future energy needs, where improvements can be made, and how to reduce costs; NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE COMMISSION OF THE CITY OF MIAMI, FLORIDA: Section 1. The recitals and findings contained in the Preamble to this Resolution are adopted by reference and incorporated as if fully set forth in this Section. Section 2. The City Commission hereby authorizes' the City Manager to negotiate and execute a memorandum of understanding, in a form acceptable to the City Attorney, between the City and Natural Resource Defense Council, Inc., a New York not for profit corporation ("NRDC"), for the City Energy Project ("CEP"), a joint project of the NRDC and the Institute for Market Transformation that provides for research, guidelines, and assistance with community outreach to aid the Office of Resilience and Sustainability in creating water and energy efficiency benchmarking regulations for large existing buildings. Section 3. The City Manager is authorized' to negotiate and execute any and all other necessary amendments, extensions, and modifications, all in forms acceptable to the City Attorney, for said purposes. Section 4. This Resolution shall become effective immediately upon its adoption. APPROVED AS TO FORM AND CORRECTNESS: UAit6ria- rrndez, City RttoTey � 4/14/2020 �t6ria- r1�"ndez, City AttoTey � 9/2/2020 NOTE #1 Revision A has the Scrivener's amendment by law department and per legal opinion, it may be certified instead of the Original Revision. NOTE #2: Pursuant to the resolution, this item became effective immediately upon adoption by the Commission. ' The herein authorization is further subject to compliance with all requirements that may be imposed by the City Attorney, including but not limited to, those prescribed by applicable City Charter and City Code provisions.