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Resolution R-18-0501
Legislation
City Hall
3500 Pan American Drive
Miami, FL 33133
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File Number: 4929 Final Action Date: 11/15/2018
A RESOLUTION OF THE MIAMI CITY COMMISSION DIRECTING THE CITY
MANAGER TO RESEARCH GENTRIFICATION THAT IS ACCELERATED DUE
TO CLIMATE CHANGE, IN AREAS THAT EXHIBIT LOW AREA MEDIAN
INCOME RATES AND HIGH TOPOGRAPHIC ELEVATIONS; FURTHER
DIRECTING THE CITY MANAGER TO RESEARCH METHODS TO STABILIZE
AD VALOREM PROPERTY TAX RATES IN ORDER TO ALLOW AS MANY
RESIDENTS WHO WISH TO REMAIN IN THEIR NEIGHBORHOODS TO DO
SO.
SPONSOR(S): Commissioner Ken Russell
WHEREAS, according to Keenan, Jesse M., et al. "Climate gentrification: from theory to
empiricism in Miami -Dade County, Florida." Environ. Res. Lett (2018), climate gentrification,
while not officially defined, is based on the proposition that the impacts of climate change
"make some property more or less valuable by virtue of its capacity to accommodate a certain
density of human settlement and its associated infrastructure"; and
WHEREAS, the impacts of climate change, in turn, affect housing prices for renters,
speculative investors, and buyers, which in turn reinforces patterns of "urban development that
lead to displacement (and sometimes entrenchment) of existing populations consistent with
conventional framings of gentrification"; and
WHEREAS, the result is that properties at higher elevations become more valuable,
while properties at lower elevations become less so; and
WHEREAS, increased property values in these, and other low to moderate income
neighborhoods close to the urban core, may also be driven by numerous other market
dynamics; and
WHEREAS, as prices rise, investors shift capital to these areas causing an increase in
property values and a corresponding increase in ad valorem tax rates, which may burden
current property owners with cost -prohibitive property taxes that result in tax liens,
foreclosures, and gentrification of the area; and
WHEREAS, on July 23, 2018, the City's Sea Level Rise Committee adopted a
resolution recommending that the City Manager examine the effects of climate change on
housing, in order to address impacts on our low to moderate income residents;
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.
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Section 2. The City Commission hereby directs the City Manager to research
gentrification that is accelerated by climate change, in areas that exhibit low Area Median
Income rates and high topographic elevations.
Section 3. The City Commission directs the City Manager to research methods to
stabilize ad valorem property tax rates in order to allow as many residents who wish to remain
in their neighborhoods to do so.
Section 4. This Resolution shall become effective immediately upon its adoption and
signature of the Mayor.'
APPROVED AS TO FORM AND CORRECTNESS:
ndez, ity Attor ey 11/5/2018
1 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. If the Mayor vetoes this Resolution, it shall become effective
immediately upon override of the veto by the City Commission.
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