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Resolution R-17-0146
File Number: 1969
City Hall
3500 Pan American Drive
Miami, FL 33133
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Final Action Date: 3/23/2017
A RESOLUTION OF THE MIAMI CITY COMMISSION RECOMMENDING THAT
THE CITY OF MIAMI FORMALLY JOIN THE SOUTHEAST FLORIDA REGIONAL
CLIMATE CHANGE COMPACT ("COMPACT") AS A MUNICIPAL PARTNER;
ENDORSING THE MAYORS' CLIMATE ACTION PLEDGE, THEREBY
AFFIRMING SUPPORT FOR THE COMPACT, AGREEING TO CONSIDER
IMPLEMENTING THE REGIONAL CLIMATE ACTION PLAN, IN WHOLE OR IN
PART, AND URGING ALL THE MAYORS OF MIAMI-DADE COUNTY TO
SUPPORT AND ENDORSE THE MAYORS' CLIMATE ACTION PLEDGE.
WHEREAS, Florida is considered one of the most vulnerable areas of the country to the
consequences of global climate change with Southeast Florida being at the frontline to
experience the impacts of a changing climate, especially sea level rise; and
WHEREAS, the City of Miami ("City") is generally at sea level and abuts Biscayne Bay,
the Miami River, and Little River along a considerable length of its borders, and sea level rise
will have broad impacts related to the City's infrastructure, storm surge, public health, insurance
rates, the availability of potable water, and socioeconomics; and
WHEREAS, the City must adapt to and mitigate the adverse effects of sea level rise and
other climate -related impacts within its jurisdiction; and
WHEREAS, in recognition of the need for immediate, coordinated, and visionary action
to address the impacts of a changing climate and provide for economic and environmental
resilience in Southeast Florida, in 2010, the counties of Palm Beach, Broward, Miami -Dade, and
Monroe ("Compact Partners") entered into the Southeast Florida Regional Climate Change
Compact ("Compact"); and
WHEREAS, in accordance with the Compact's commitment and through a two (2) year
collaborative process involving nearly one hundred (100) subject matter experts representing
public and private sectors, universities, and not-for-profit organizations, the Compact Partners
developed the Regional Climate Action Plan ("RCAP"); and
WHEREAS, recognizing that there are more than one hundred (100) municipalities within
the region that will play an important role in the implementation of the RCAP, the Compact
Partners included municipalities in the development of the RCAP; and
WHEREAS, municipalities individually have been working to achieve sustainability, and
the RCAP presents an opportunity to align these individual local efforts with the regional
framework and vision; and
WHEREAS, the RCAP offers recommendations that provide the common integrated
framework for a stronger and more resilient Southeast Florida; and
WHEREAS, in November 2016, the City's Office of Resilience & Sustainability and the
City's Departments of Planning & Zoning, Public Works, and Capital Improvements participated
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in the Compact's third annual Resilient Redesign Workshop in partnership with the University of
Miami's School of Architecture to identify adaptations necessary to reduce the risk, damage,
and economic losses associated with climate change for the highly flood -vulnerable Shorecrest
neighborhood; and
WHEREAS, the Resilient Redesign Workshops were developed as part of a series of
regional convenings around priority recommendations from the RCAP; and
WHEREAS, on January 4, 2017, the Sea Level Rise Committee ("SLRC") recommended
that capital projects should be developed with considerations made for anticipated sea level rise
using the United States Army Corps of Engineers High or National Oceanic and Atmospheric
Administration High curve calculator for sea level rise projections, which are included in the
Compact's 2015 Unified Sea Level Rise Projection Report; and
WHEREAS, on February 27, 2017, the SLRC unanimously passed a resolution
recommending that the City formally join the Compact, endorse its Mayors' Climate Action
Pledge, and affirm support for the RCAP; and
WHEREAS, the Office of Resilience and Sustainability believes that joining the Compact
is important for increasing the City's resilience to climate -related impacts;
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 recommends that the City join the Southeast Florida
Regional Climate Change Compact as a municipal partner.
Section 3. The City Commission endorses the Mayors' Climate Action Pledge, and
affirms its support for the Compact, agrees to consider implementing the Regional Climate
Action Plan, in whole or in part, and urges all the Mayors of Miami -Dade County to support and
endorse the Mayors' Climate Action Pledge.
Section 4. This Resolution shall become effective immediately upon its adoption and
signature of the Mayor.'
APPROVED AS TO FORM AND CORRECTNESS:
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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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