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AN ORDINANCE OF THE MIAMI CITY COMMISSION AMENDING CHAPTER
2/ARTICLE XI/DIVISION 18/SECTION 2-1272 OF THE CODE OF THE CITY OF
MIAMI, FLORIDA, AS AMENDED, TITLED "ADMINISTRATION/BOARDS,
COMMITTEES, COMMISSIONS/CLIMATE RESILIENCE
COMMITTEE/COMPOSITION; APPOINTMENT AND TERMS OF OFFICE OF
MEMBERS; FILLING OF VACANCIES," TO REQUIRE AT LEAST TWO (2) MEMBERS
BE CITY OF MIAMI RESIDENTS FROM THE YOUTH POPULATION OF EIGHTEEN
TO TWENTY-FIVE (18 — 25) YEARS OLD WITH A STRONG INTEREST AND
BACKGROUND OR EDUCATION IN CLIMATE RESILIENCE; CONTAINING A
SEVERABILITY CLAUSE; AND PROVIDING FOR AN EFFECTIVE DATE.
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City of Miami
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Ordinance
Enactment Number: 14067
File Number: 11746 Final Action Date: 5/12/2022
AN ORDINANCE OF THE MIAMI CITY COMMISSION AMENDING CHAPTER
2/ARTICLE XI/DIVISION 18/SECTION 2-1272 OF THE CODE OF THE CITY OF
MIAMI, FLORIDA, AS AMENDED, TITLED "ADMINISTRATION/BOARDS,
COMMITTEES, COMMISSIONS/CLIMATE RESILIENCE
COMMITTEE/COMPOSITION; APPOINTMENT AND TERMS OF OFFICE OF
MEMBERS; FILLING OF VACANCIES," TO REQUIRE AT LEAST TWO (2) MEMBERS
BE CITY OF MIAMI RESIDENTS FROM THE YOUTH POPULATION OF EIGHTEEN
TO TWENTY-FIVE (18 — 25) YEARS OLD WITH A STRONG INTEREST AND
BACKGROUND OR EDUCATION IN CLIMATE RESILIENCE; CONTAINING A
SEVERABILITY CLAUSE; AND PROVIDING FOR AN EFFECTIVE DATE.
WHEREAS, on September 12, 2019, the City of Miami ("City") consolidated the
functions of the Waterfront Advisory Board and the Sea Level Rise Committee into a newly
formed Climate Resilience Committee ("CRC'); and
WHEREAS, climate resilience is an increasingly important matter, especially for the City;
and
WHEREAS, pursuant to Section 2-1271 of the Code of the City of Miami, Florida, as
amended, ("City Code") the CRC recommends changes to the City Code and policies necessary
to help the City, its residents, businesses, institutions, and natural systems adapt to, prepare
for, and thrive in the various stresses related to climate change, including but not limited to
emissions of greenhouse gases, increasing flood risks, increasing groundwater levels, more
intense storms resulting in high tides and storm surges, increasing high heat days, salt water
intrusion, drought, extreme weather events, and water and vector -borne illnesses; and
WHEREAS, the CRC further has the responsibility to review and evaluate issues
related to the use, disposition, and/or development of City -owned waterfront property and
shall provide advice to the City Commission concerning those issues and such other matters
as are referred to it by the City Commission in regard to City or public land abutting water; and
WHEREAS, the current membership of the CRC consists of nine (9) individuals with
various expertise, including climatology, coastal management, oceanography, community and
real estate development, emergency management, infrastructure, economics, and advocacy
for vulnerable low-income communities; and
WHEREAS, it is essential that the youth population is engaged in formal political
processes related to climate resilience; and
WHEREAS, the CRC recommended to the City Commission to add two (2) additional
voting members to the CRC between the ages of eighteen and thirty (18-30) years old; and
WHEREAS, the City Commission finds that it is in the best interest of the City and its
residents to amend Section 2-1317 of the City Code to require that at least two (2) members of
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the CRC be City residents from the youth population of eighteen to twenty-five (18 — 25) years
old with a strong interest in and background or education in climate resilience including but
not limited to impacts on infrastructure, water supply and quality, ecosystem health, housing,
socioeconomics, or advocacy for vulnerable low-income communities;
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COMMISSION OF THE CITY OF
MIAMI, FLORIDA:
Section 1. The recitals and findings contained in the Preamble to this Ordinance are
adopted by reference and incorporated as if fully set forth in this Section.
Section 2. Chapter 2 of the City Code is hereby amended in the following particulars:'
"CHAPTER 2
ADMINISTRATION
ARTICLE XI. BOARDS, COMMITTEES, COMMISSIONS
DIVISION 18. CLIMATE RESILIENCE COMMITTEE
Sec. 2-1272. - Composition; appointment and terms of office of members; filling of vacancies.
Members of the committee formerly known as the sea level rise committee serving at the time
of the establishment of the committee shall be appointed to serve as members of the
committee subject to the terms contained herein.
(a) Composition and qualifications. The committee shall consist of nine voting members
who shall be city residents, work in the city, own a business in the city, or own real
property in the city. All voting members shall be invested in the city and serve without
compensation. In addition:
(1) At least one member shall possess an expertise in civil engineering or
architecture with a focus on infrastructure;
(2) At least one member shall possess an expertise in community and real estate
development;
(3) At least one member shall possess an expertise in one or more of the following
areas: climatology, geophysics, coastal management, oceanography, or coastal
ocean science;
(4) At least one member shall possess an expertise in emergency management;
' It is recommended that the words and/or figures stricken through be deleted, the underscored words
and/or figures be added, and the remaining provisions remain unchanged. Asterisks indicate omitted and
unchanaed material.
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(5) At least one member shall possess an expertise in economics; and
(6) At least one member shall possess an expertise in advocating for vulnerable
low-income communities.
7) At least two (2) members shall be eiahteen to twentv-five (18 — 25) vears of aae
and possess a strong interest in and background or education in climate
resilience including but not limited to impacts on infrastructure, water supply
and quality, ecosystem health, housing, socioeconomics, or advocacy for
vulnerable low-income communities. Members appointed pursuant to this
subsection may, but are not required to, satisfy one of the above categories.
Notwithstanding any language to the contrary, the members appointed pursuant
to this subsection shall be City residents.
(b) Appointment of voting members. The nine members shall be appointed to the
committee as follows:
(1) Each of the five city commissioners shall appoint one voting member to be
ratified by majority vote of the city commission;
(2) The mayor shall appoint one voting member to be ratified by majority vote of
the city commission;
(3) The city manager shall appoint one voting member to be ratified by majority
vote of the city commission;
(4) The city commission at -large shall appoint two members; and
(5) No alternates shall be appointed.
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Section 3. If any section, part of a section, paragraph, clause, phrase, or word of this
Ordinance is declared invalid, the remaining provisions of this Ordinance shall not be
affected.
Section 4. This Ordinance shall become effective immediately upon final reading and
adoption thereof.2
APPROVED AS TO FORM AND CORRECTNESS:
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2 This Ordinance shall become effective as specified herein unless vetoed by the Mayor within ten (10)
days from the date it was passed and adopted. If the Mayor vetoes this Ordinance, it shall become
effective immediately upon override of the veto by the City Commission or upon the effective date stated
herein. whichever is later.
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