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Resolution: R-20-0292
File Number: 7674
City Hall
3500 Pan American Drive
Miami, FL 33133
www.miamigov.com
Final Action Date: 9/24/2020
A RESOLUTION OF THE MIAMI CITY COMMISSION, WITH ATTACHMENT(S),
ADOPTING THE 2019 UPDATE OF THE UNIFIED SEA LEVEL RISE ("SLR")
PROJECTIONS FOR SOUTHEAST FLORIDA, ATTACHED AND
INCORPORATED AS EXHIBIT "A", PREPARED BY THE SOUTHEAST
FLORIDA REGIONAL CLIMATE CHANGE COMPACT FOR PURPOSES OF
SEA LEVEL RISE ADAPTATION PLANNING ACTIVITIES; REQUIRING THAT
ALL CITY OF MIAMI ("CITY") INFRASTRUCTURE PROJECTS CONSIDER
AND INCORPORATE SUCH SLR PROJECTIONS DURING ALL PROJECT
PHASES TO ENSURE THAT INFRASTRUCTURE PROJECTS WILL
FUNCTION PROPERLY FOR FIFTY (50) YEARS OR THE DESIGN LIFE OF
THE PROJECT, WHICHEVER IS GREATER; FURTHER REQUIRING THAT
THE CITY CONSIDER THE SLR PROJECTIONS IN UPDATES TO LAND USE
PLANS AND CODES.
SPONSOR(S): Commissioner Ken Russell
WHEREAS, in January 2010, Broward, Miami -Dade, Monroe, and Palm Beach
Counties united to form the Southeast Florida Regional Climate Change Compact
("Compact") as a way to coordinate climate change mitigation and adaptation activities
across county lines; and
WHEREAS, the Compact recognized the need to create a single Regionally Unified Sea
Level Rise ("SLR") projection ensuring consistency in adaptation planning, policy, and
infrastructure siting and design in the Southeast Florida four (4) county region; and
WHEREAS, the Compact released its first SLR Projection for Southeast Florida in
2011, its second update in 2015, and its third update in 2019; and
WHEREAS, the Southeast Florida Regional Climate Change Compact Sea Level Rise
Ad Hoc Work Group ("Work Group") developed the 2019 SLR projections, attached and
incorporated as Exhibit "A", based on information from the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate
Change Fifth Assessment Report, projections from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric
Administration (Sweet et al., 2017), and regional meteorological, hydrological, and geological
factors; and
WHEREAS, the guidance document provides a summary of the SLR projections,
publications reviewed and discussed by the Work Group, the methodology for deriving the
SLR projection, description of the recommended unified regional SLR projection, and
additional recommendations from the Work Group;
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE COMMISSION OF THE CITY OF
MIAMI, FLORIDA:
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File ID: 7674
Enactment Number: R-20-0292
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 adopts the updated 2019 SLR Projection of the
Compact, attached and incorporated as Exhibit "A", for purposes of sea level rise adaptation
planning activities.
Section 3. The City Commission directs the City Manager to consider and incorporate
SLR projections during all City of Miami ("City") infrastructure project phases, including, but not
limited to, planning, design, and construction in order to ensure that infrastructure projects will
function properly for fifty (50) years or the design life of the project, whichever is greater.
Section 4. The City Commission further directs the City Manager to consider these SLR
projections in updates to land use plans and codes to be submitted to the City Commission for
further consideration.
Section 5. This Resolution shall become effective immediately upon its adoption and
signature of the Mayor.'
APPROVED AS TO FORM AND CORRECTNESS:
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' If the Mayor does not sign this Resolution, it shall become effective at the end of ten (10) calendar days
from the date it was passed and adopted.
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