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File ID: #17295
Date: 02/27/2025
Commission Meeting Date: 03/13/2025
Requesting Department: Office of Resilience
and Sustainability
Sponsored By: Christine King
District Impacted: District 5
Type: Resolution
Subject: Accept Grant - NFWF Legion Park Shoreline
Purpose of Item:
Resolution authorizing the City Manager to negotiate and execute an agreement with
the National Fish and Wildlife Foundation to accept a grant in the total amount not to
exceed $707,727.23 for the execution of design and permitting of a living shoreline at
Legion Park and the adjacent end -of -road on NE 64th Street. Further authorizing the
City Manager to negotiate and execute all other necessary amendments, extensions,
and modifications, after consultation with the City Attorney to implement the acceptance
and compliance with the grant award for said purposes.
Background of Item:
The National Fish and Wildlife Foundation's (NFWF) National Coastal Resilience Fund
has awarded the City of Miami a reimbursement grant in the amount of $707,727.23 to
design and attain permits for a living shoreline at Legion Park and the adjacent end -of -
road on NE 64th Street. This will protect the inland from storm surge and tidal flooding,
reduce erosion, improve water quality, and create habitat. To support this project, the
City has committed $458,300.00 of in -kind match funding in the form of staff salaries.
Office of Capital Improvements will be accepting the grant funds into a new Special
Revenue Account, to be created, and appropriated to a new CIP Project, to be created,
named "Legion Park Living Shoreline Design and Permitting."
City of Miami's Legion Park has a soft shoreline that provides protection to the inland
from high tides and storm surge, but it faces risks of erosion and flood vulnerability due
to rising sea levels. This funding will allow for the City to develop a final design and
secure permits for an innovative living shoreline design for Legion Park that will include
marsh grasses, native trees for shade and bird habitat, tide pools, oyster reefs, and a
berm with a soft shell trailway. The enhanced living shoreline will reduce flooding and
erosion, support habitat for juvenile fish and nearby roosting birds such as the state
threatened Tricolored Heron and treat stormwater runoff entering the Bay which can
help prevent harmful algae blooms that have caused fish kills. This project will be the
first to utilize the Resilient Waterfront Enhancement Plan, previously funded by NFWF,
providing proof -of -concept for both the Bayfront park and Bayfront end -of -road
typologies. City staff will learn about locally appropriate nature -based solutions (NBS)
and innovative coastal resilience concepts; build relationships with permitting agencies
to streamline future NBS projects; and improve the City's ability to communicate about
benefits of living shoreline designs to reduce resistance to NBS projects. In the process
the City of Miami will engage with neighboring residents' groups, regulatory agencies,
and technical experts like the University of Florida and the Biscayne Bay Marine Health
Coalition.
Budget Impact Analysis
Item is an Expenditure
Total Fiscal Impact:
Total Fiscal Impact: $ 707,727.23
Special Revenue Account No: To be created
Reviewed B
Office of Resilience and Sustainability
Review Completed 02/27/2025 10:01 AM
Office of Grants Administration Lillian P Blondet
Office of Management and Budget
Office of Management and Budget
Office of Management and Budget
City Manager's Office
City Manager's Office
Legislative Division
City Manager's Office
Office of the City Attorney
Office of the City Attorney
City Commission
Office of the Mayor
Office of the City Clerk
Office of the City Clerk
Mabel Betancourt
Lai -wan McGinnis
Marie Gouin
Asael Marrero
Natasha Colebrook -Williams
Valentin J Alvarez
Arthur Noriega V
Jihan Soliman
George K. Wysong III
Nicole Ewan
Mayor's Office
City Clerk's Office
City Clerk's Office
Sonia Brubaker
Department Head
Grant Review Completed
Budget Analyst Review Skipped
Budget Analyst Review Completed
Budget Review Completed
Assistant City Manager Review Completed
Deputy City Manager Review Completed
Legislative Division Review Completed
City Manager Review Completed
ACA Review Completed
Approved Form and Correctness Completed
Meeting Completed
Signed by the Mayor Completed
Signed and Attested by the City Clerk Completed
Rendered Completed
02/28/2025 10:11 AM
03/03/2025 11:49 AM
03/04/2025 2:04 PM
03/04/2025 2:35 PM
03/04/2025 3:54 PM
03/04/2025 7:33 PM
03/04/2025 7:48 PM
03/04/2025 8:09 PM
03/04/2025 8:44 PM
03/04/2025 8:52 PM
03/13/2025 9:00 AM
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03/19/2025 3:01 PM
City of Miami
Legislation
Resolution
Enactment Number: R-25-0102
City Hall
3500 Pan American Drive
Miami, FL 33133
www.miamigov.com
File Number: 17295 Final Action Date:3/13/2025
A RESOLUTION OF THE MIAMI CITY COMMISSION, WITH ATTACHMENT(S),
ACCEPTING A GRANT FROM THE NATIONAL FISH AND WILDLIFE FOUNDATION'S
("NFWF") NATIONAL COASTAL RESILIENCE FUND FOR AN AMOUNT NOT TO
EXCEED $707,727.23 FOR THE PURPOSES OF DEVELOPING A 100% DESIGN
AND COMPLETE ENVIRONMENTAL RESOURCE PERMITTING FOR A LIVING
SHORELINE AT LEGION PARK AND THE ADJACENT END -OF -ROAD ON NE 64TH
STREET; AUTHORIZING THE CITY MANAGER TO ALLOCATE AND APPROPRIATE
THE GRANT FUNDS AND CREATE A NEW CAPITAL PROJECT TO IMPLEMENT
THE GRANT PURPOSES; FURTHER AUTHORIZING THE CITY MANAGER TO
NEGOTIATE AND EXECUTE ANY AND ALL NECESSARY DOCUMENTS,
INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO, AGREEMENTS, AMENDMENTS, EXTENSIONS,
RENEWALS, AND MODIFICATIONS, ALL IN FORMS ACCEPTABLE TO THE CITY
ATTORNEY, FOR THE ACCEPTANCE OF THE GRANT FUNDS, ADMINISTRATION,
IMPLEMENTATION, AND COMPLIANCE OF ALL APPLICABLE LAWS, RULES, AND
REGULATIONS, FOR SAID PURPOSE.
WHEREAS, the City of Miami's ("City") Office of Resilience and Sustainability
successfully applied to the National Fish and Wildlife Foundation ("NFWF") National Coastal
Resilience Fund and secured a grant in the amount $707,727.23 ("Grant") for the 100% Design
and Complete Environmental Resource Permitting for a living shoreline at Legion Park and the
adjacent end -of -road on Northeast 64th Street ("Project"); and
WHEREAS, the Project's goal is to develop a final design and secure permits for an
innovative living shoreline design for Legion Park that may include marsh grasses, native trees
for shade and bird habitat, tide pools, oyster reefs, and a berm with a soft shell trailway; and
WHEREAS, the intent of the Project is to reduce flooding and erosion, support habitat for
juvenile fish and nearby roosting birds such as the state threatened Tricolored Heron and treat
stormwater runoff entering the Bay which can help prevent harmful algae blooms that have
caused fish kills; and
WHEREAS, the Project will help the City learn about locally -appropriate nature -based
solutions ("NBS") and innovative coastal resilience concepts; build relationships with permitting
agencies to streamline future NBS projects; and, improve the City's ability to communicate
about benefits of living shoreline designs; and
WHEREAS, the Project will be the first to utilize the Resilient Waterfront Enhancement
Plan, funded by NFWF, providing proof -of -concept for both the Bayfront park and Bayfront end -
of -road typologies; and
WHEREAS, the Project will help the City to implement Goal 3 of the Miami Forever
Climate Ready Strategy, which aims to reduce the City's risk of coastal and riverine flooding
though a combination of nature -based and structural means; and
WHEREAS, the Project aligns with the following goals of the Resilient 305 Strategy:
expand nature -based infrastructure, integrate resilience into parks and open space, preserve
and restore Biscayne Bay, safeguard urban systems, and strengthen resilience planning; and
WHEREAS, the Project helps the City meet Objective 2.3.1 of the City's Strategic Plan:
Reduce the severity, duration, and impact of coastal and riverine flooding on shorelines and
surrounding communities; and
WHEREAS, the Office of Capital Improvements will be accepting these funds and
overseeing the development of the 100% design and permitting package as a new Capital
Project, project number to be assigned;
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 Manager is authorized' to accept, allocate, and appropriate the
Grant funds from the NFWF to implement the Project, corresponding to the services provided to
the Grant by the City's Chief Resilience Officer, and to appropriate the City's matching funds
and/or contributed goods and services.
Section 3. The following new Special Revenues Project may be established, and
resources may be appropriated as described below:
FUND TITLE: Final Design and Permitting for
Legion Park Living Shoreline
RESOURCES: National Fish and Wildlife Foundation Up to $707,727.23
APPROPRIATIONS: Up to $707,727.23
Section 4. The City Manager is authorized' to create and add a new capital project
without the need for further City Commission approval.
Section 5. The City Manager is further authorized' to negotiate and execute any and all
other necessary amendments, extensions, and modification, all in forms acceptable to the City
Attorney, to implement the administration, acceptance, and compliance with the Grant, subject
to budgetary approval, if needed.
Section 6. This Resolution shall become effective immediately upon its adoption and
signature of the Mayor.2
1 The herein authorization is further subject to compliance with all legal requirements that may be
imposed, including but not limited to, those prescribed by applicable City Charter and City Code
provisions.
2 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.
APPROVED AS TO FORM AND CORRECTNESS:
g III, C y`attory J 3/4/2025