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HomeMy WebLinkAboutLegislation-SUBTHIS DOCUMENT IS A SUBSTITUTION TO ORIGINAL. BACKUP ORIGINAL CAN BE SEEN AT END OF THIS DOCUMENT. City of Miami Legislation Resolution: 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 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; 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. SPONSOR(S): Mayor Francis X. Suarez, Commissioner Ken Russell 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; City of Miami 7305 Legislation -SUB Page 1 of 2 File ID: 7305 (Revision: A) Printed On: 9/2/2020 File ID: 7305 THIS DOCUMENT IS A SUBSTITUTION TO ORIGINAL. BACKUP ORIGINAL CAN BE SEEN AT END OF THIS DOCUMENT. Enactment Number: R-20-0118 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: ndez, City ttor ey 4/14/2020 ria I 'ndeez City Att©r 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. City of Miami Page 2 of 2 File ID: 7305 (Revision: A) Printed on: 9/2/2020 City of Miami Legislation Resolution File Number: 7305 SUBSTITUTED City Hall 3500 Pan American Drive Miami, FL 33133 www.miamigov.co Final Action A RESOLUTION OF THE MIAMI CITY COMMISSION AUTHORIZING THE CI MANAGER TO NEGOTIATE AND EXECUTE A MEMORANDUM OF UNDERSTANDING ("MOU"), IN A FORM ACCEPTABLE TO THE CITY A ORNEY, BETWEEN THE CITY OF MIAMI ("CITY") AND NATURAL RESOURCE ► FENSE COUNCIL, INC., A NEW YORK NOT FOR PROFIT CORPORATION (" RDC"), FOR THE CITY ENERGY PROJECT ("CEP"), A JOINT PROJECT OF TH • NRDC AND THE INSTITUTE FOR MARKET TRANSFORMATION THAT PROVIDE OR RESEARCH, GUIDELINES, AND ASSISTANCE WITH COMMUNITY OUTRE H TO AID THE OFFICE OF RESILIENCE AND SUSTAINABILITY IN CREATI WATER AND ENERGY EFFICIENCY BENCHMARKING REGULATIONS F4R LARGE EXISTING BUILDINGS; FURTHER AUTHORIZING THE CITY MANA' R TO NEGOTIATE ANY AND ALL OTHER NECESSARY AMENDMENTS, EXTE IONS, AND MODIFICATIONS, ALL IN A FORM ACCEPTABLE TO HE CITY ATTORNEY, FOR SAID PURPOSES. ate: WHEREAS, on November 21, 2019, the City •mmission issued a directive to the City of Miami's ("City") Office of Resilience and Sus -inability to submit a comprehensive carbon mitigation plan ("Project") prior to Earth D- , which falls on April 22, 2020, to the City Commission; and WHEREAS, the Project is part of co ' mitted actions in the Resilient305 unified strategy with Miami -Dade County, Miami : -ach, and the City's Miami Forever Climate Ready strategy which was launched in nuary 2020; and WHEREAS, buildings accou► for the majority of a city's energy use and carbon pollution; and WHEREAS, a relativel small number of larger buildings represent the vast majority of a city's energy u -, and WHEREAS, ann -I benchmarking of energy and water consumption helps building owners, property man -gers, and facilities' staff establish energy performance baselines, monitor performanc over time, guide actions to cut waste, verify energy and water savings from inve ments, and mitigate carbon emissions; and WHE AS, benchmarking data provides summary information about public and private buil• gs, documenting trends in energy and water performance; and EREAS, benchmarking allows for a data -based approach to analyzing future energ needs, where improvements can be made, and how to reduce costs; NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE COMMISSION OF THE CITY OF IAMI, FLORIDA: SUBSTITUTED 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 Institut- for Market Transformation that provides for research, guidelines, and assistance with com ► nity outreach to aid the Office of Resilience and Sustainability in creating water and ener efficiency benchmarking regulations for large existing buildings. Section 3. The City Manager is authorized to negotiate and execute an . nd all other necessary amendments, extensions, and modifications, in a form accep .ble to the City Attorney, for said purposes. Section 4. This Resolution shall become effective immediately •on its adoption and signature of the Mayor.' APPROVED AS TO FORM AND CORRECTNESS: 1 nde" z, City Attar 4/14/2020 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.