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File ID: #7305
Date: 03/17/2020
Commission Meeting Date: 04/23/2020
Requesting Department: Office of Resilience
and Sustainability
Sponsored By: Francis Suarez, Ken Russell
District Impacted: All
Type: Resolution
Subject: Execute - MOU City Energy Project
Purpose of Item:
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 NOT an Expenditure
Item is NOT Related to Revenue
Item is NOT funded by Bonds
Total Fiscal Impact:
N/A
Reviewed B
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
Legislative Division
Office of Zoning
Office of the City Attorney
Office of the City Attorney
City Commission
Office of the City Clerk
Legislative Division
Office of Zoning
Office of the City Attorney
Office of the City Attorney
Arthur Noriega V
Valentin J Alvarez
Daniel Goldberg
Barnaby L. Min
Victoria Mendez
Nicole Ewan
City Clerk's Office
Valentin J Alvarez
Daniel Goldberg
Barnaby L. Min
Victoria Mendez
Jane Gilbert
Budget Analyst Review
Budget Review
Asssitant City Manager Review
City Manager Review
Legislative Division Review
ACA Review
Deputy City Attorney Review
Approved Form and Correctness
Meeting
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Deputy Attorney Review
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Department Head
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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 NEWYORK 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:
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4/14/2020
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1 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.