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File ID: #14660
Date: 09/15/2023
Commission Meeting Date: 09/14/2023
Requesting Department: City Commission
Sponsored By: Sabina Covo
District Impacted:
Type: Resolution
Subject: Parks Resiliency Pilot Program - Third Wave Volunteers
Budget Impact Analysis
Total Fiscal Impact:
Reviewed B
City Commission Maricarmen Lopez Meeting Completed 09/14/2023 9:00 AM
Legislative Division Valentin J Alvarez Legislative Division Review Completed 10/02/2023 12:59 PM
Office of the City Attorney Thomas M. Fossler ACA Review Completed 10/18/2023 5:22 PM
Office of the City Attorney Victoria Mendez Approved Form and Correctness Completed 10/19/2023 11:42 AM
Office of the City Clerk City Clerk's Office Rendered Completed 10/20/2023 7:04 PM
City of Miami
Legislation
Resolution
Enactment Number: R-23-0415
City Hall
3500 Pan American Drive
Miami, FL 33133
www.miamigov.com
File Number: 14660 Final Action Date:9/14/2023
A RESOLUTION OF THE MIAMI CITY COMMISSION DIRECTING THE CITY
MANAGER TO NEGOTIATE AND COORDINATE, IN A FORM ACCEPTABLE TO THE
CITY ATTORNEY, A RESILIENCY PILOT PROGRAM FOR THE CITY OF MIAMI
OWNED PARK AND ADJACENT EASEMENTS LOCATED AT 1876 SOUTH
BAYSHORE LANE, MIAMI, FLORIDA 33133, IN PARTNERSHIP WITH THIRD WAVE
VOLUNTEERS INC., A FLORIDA NOT FOR PROFIT CORPORATION.
WHEREAS, the parcel located at Folio no. 01-4115-021-0500 ("Property"), owned by the
City of Miami ("City"), has been identified as a potential location for a resiliency pilot program
(the "Program"); and
WHEREAS, the land to the east of South Bayshore Drive in Coconut Grove has a low
elevation of mostly less than eight feet; and
WHEREAS, a Miami Foundation Grant was awarded for the proposal to utilize the
Property to protect the neighborhood from future storm events; and
WHEREAS, additional flood protection measures assists in downgrading the FEMA
Flooding Score for the City, possibly lowering the cost to residents to procure property
insurance; and
WHEREAS, an earthen berm barrier is a similar concept to the ideas proposed for the
Miami -Dade Back Bay Coastal Storm Risk Management Feasibility Study; and
WHEREAS, creating this Program on the Property as a pilot project will familiarize the
community with an earthen berm barrier while protecting this vulnerable neighborhood; and
WHEREAS, in accordance with Section 2-33(f) of the Code of the City of Miami, Florida,
as amended ("City Code"), the City Commission, by a majority vote, hereby deems this
Resolution to be of an emergency nature;
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE COMMISSION OF THE CITY OF
MIAMI, FLORIDA:
Section 1. The recitals and findings contained in the Preamble of this Resolution are
adopted by reference and incorporated as fully set forth in this Section.
Section 2. The City Manager is hereby directed to negotiate and coordinate with Third
Wave Volunteers, Inc. to develop the Program.
Section 3. This Resolution shall become effective immediately upon its adoption.
APPROVED AS TO FORM AND CORRECTNESS:
Pursuant to the resolution, this item became effective immediately upon adoption by the Commission.