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LTC 171-2018 Urban Land Institute Advisory Services PanelMIAMIBEACH OFFICE OF THE CITY MANAGER NO. LTC # LETTER TO COMMISSION 171-2018 TO: Mayor Dan Gelber and Members of the Cit Comission - FROM: Jimmy L. Morales, City Manager DATE: April 3, 2018 SUBJECT: Urban Land Institute Advisory Services Panel I am pleased to provide more detail about the upcoming Urban Land Institute Advisory Services Panel review of our stormwater management program. ULI has assembled a diverse and talented team of professionals from around the world to convene in Miami Beach and provide expert opinion, please see summary biographies attached. Also included here is a two-page overview of the panel scope and agenda. Please note that there are two public meetings scheduled as follows: Tuesday, April 17 Panel Meet and Greet: 5:30 p.m. to 6 p.m. Outside Commission Chambers Public Listening Session: 6 p.m. to 7 p.m. Commission Chambers (Televised) Thursday, April 19 Panel Report Presentation: 3 p.m. to 4 p.m. Commission Chambers (Televised) We encourage all interested parties to attend and share thoughts and experiences, as well as listen to the preliminary findings at the end of the week. A final report will be provided by ULI by summer, 2018 informing the city on its status and best practices in regard to its decision making process and stormwater program. The findings will inform the Greater Miami and the Beaches Resilience Strategy scheduled for release in early 2019. This expert panel review is made possible thanks to the generous support of the 100 Resilient Cities Network, pioneered by the Rockefeller Foundation. 100 RC is dedicated to helping cities around the world become more resilient to the physical, social and economic challenges that are a growing part of the 21st century. Miami Beach joined the 100 RC network in 2018 in partnership with the City of Miami and Miami Dade County. JLM/SMT Joyce Coffee — President, Climate Resilience Consulting & Panel Chair Joyce Coffee, LEED AP, is the founder and President of Climate Resilience Consulting, and an accomplished organizational strategist and visionary leader with over 20 years of domestic and international experience in the corporate, government and non-profit sectors implementing resilience and sustainability strategies, management systems, performance measurement, partnerships, benchmarking and reporting. Joyce is a Senior Sustainability Fellow at the Global Institute of Sustainability, where she advises various high level resilience groups, including the Global Adaptation and Resilience Investment work group and the National Science Foundation's Urban Resilience to Extremes Sustainability Research Network. She received a B.S. in biology, environmental studies and Asian studies from Tufts University and a Masters in city the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. planning from Jeff Hebert — Vice President for Adaptation and Resilience, The Water Institute of the Gulf Jeff Hebert serves as the Institute's first Vice President for Adaptation and Resilience where he is leads the interdisciplinary work being done to help communities better adapt to changing environments. In addition, Hebert is an adjunct faculty member in the graduate sustainable development program at the Tulane School of Architecture. Prior to joining the Water Institute, he served as Deputy Mayor and Chief Administrative Officer of the City of New Orleans, and as New Orleans' first Chief Resilience Officer, where he developed the city's first climate action strategy. Prior to joining the City of New Orleans, he served as the Director of Community Planning for the Louisiana Recovery Authority following the devastation from hurricanes Katrina and Rita. Jeff holds a bachelor's degree from New York University, a master's degree in City Planning from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, and is a graduate of the Achieving Excellence in Community Development program at Harvard University's Kennedy School of Government, where he was a Ford Foundation Fellow. Walter Meyer— Founding Principal, Local Office Landscape Architecture & Adjunct Professor, Parsons The New School Walter Meyer is an adjunct professor at Parsons The New School for Design and founding Principal of Local Office Landscape Architecture. Operating between infrastructure, urbanism, and territory, the firm has won awards from across the disciplines of architecture, landscape architecture, public policy, science and art. Prior to founding the firm in 2006, Wafter worked in urban and landscape design at Cooper Robertson and Wallace Roberst & Todd. Walter received his bachelor's degree in Landscape Architecture from the University of Florida and his master's degree from the Harvard University Graduate School of Design. Greg West — President & CEO, ZOM & Chair, ULI Southeast Florida/Caribbean Greg West the President and Chief Executive Officer of ZOM Holding Inc. and is responsible for all of the Company's real estate activities. Since joining ZOM in 1997 he has since been involved with all aspects of the development process including identifying new opportunities, compiling due diligence and underwriting parameters, and has been directly responsible for over $3.5B of development. Prior to joining ZOM, he worked in a development capacity for Paragon Group, where he implemented new multifamily developments and repositioned existing projects in the Midwest and Florida. Greg received a Bachelor of Arts in Accounting from Southern Methodist University and has received two Masters of Science degrees from Texas A&M Development and Construction Management. He serves on the Board of Directors of the Multifamily Housing Council and sits on the Advisory Board and Management Committee of the ULI Southeast Florida District Council. University in National Land Greg Lowe—Global Head of Resilience and Sustainability, Aon Greg Lowe is Global Head of Resilience and Sustainability at Aon plc, the leading provider of risk, retirement, and health solutions. Greg heads Aon's Weather and Climate Risk Innovation platform that brings together industry leading capabilities in alternative risk transfer to non-traditional climate risks. Strategically responding to the capital efficiency gap and climate finance needs, Greg leads dialogues with clients, investors, and regulators on climate risk disclosure, urban resilience, financial institution exposure to physical risk, and lowering the cost of capital for the energy transition. Partnering with start-ups, he's collaborated with organisations as varied as the United Nations, OECD, and Urban Land Institute. He is also responsible for Aon's strategy on addressing its own environmental impacts. Prior to working at Aon, Greg was an Executive Director at Willis Towers Watson, having begun his career in investment banking at UBS. Greg holds and MSc in Environment and Development from the London School of Economics and a BA in Political Economy from the University of Maryland Baltimore County. Philip Kash — Principal, HR&A Advisors Phillip Kash is a principal at HR&A Advisors specializing in climate adaptation and housing affordability for cities. He has led the evaluation of climate risks for cities, developed adaptation strategies and supported the implementation of adaption projects. Most notably, Philip developed the climate change adaptation plan for the City of Boston, is supporting the implementation of a "resilience district" in the Gentilly neighborhood of New Orleans, and advised on the development of 100 Resilient Cities. Phillip also leads HR&A's housing affordability work to help cities create neighborhood, city, and regional housing plans; develop new affordable housing programs and policies; and redevelop public housing. Prior to joining HR&A, Phillip was a Director at Enterprise Community Partners and lead multiple technical assistance engagements focused on disaster recovery, resilience and affordable housing. Juanita Hardy—Senior Visiting Fellow, ULI Center for Creative Placemaking Juanita Hardy is the ULI Senior Visiting Fellow for Creative Placemaking, where she supports the Institute's Building Healthy Places Initiative. As the SVF, Hardy has done extensive writing and research on creative placemaking, and has worked with ULI District Councils on programming and capacity building activities. Hardy has over 43 years of business experience, including 31 years with IBM, and over 35 years in the arts as a nonprofit leader, trustee, collector, and patron of the arts. After retiring from IBM in 2005, she founded Tiger Management Consulting Group, a global training and business consulting firm. She is the former Executive Director of CulturaIDC, where she worked closely with developers to integrate arts and culture into development projects across the Washington, D.C. area. She currently serves as an executive coach with Right Management, and on many nonprofit art boards in the region. Mark Osler—Vice President, Michael Baker International Mark Osler serves as an Associate Vice President of Michael Baker International and leads the firm's Coastal Science and Engineering practice, where he focuses on the analysis of coastal hydrodynamics, impacts of sea level rise, and resilient coastal design. He has provided management and technical leadership for a range of coastal resiliency projects, from rural community settings to urban, State and Nation-wide studies, encompassing considerations of riverine and coastal flood risk, changing precipitation patterns and tsunami risk. Following Superstorm Sandy, Mr. Osler lead the flood risk vulnerability study and resultant flood mitigation design at the World Trade Center, as well as analyses of climate change impacts to JFK, LaGuardia and Newark airports. Osler serves on the National Institute of Building Sciences Scientific Resolution Panel, an independent group that reviews the accuracy of FEMA's flood analysis and mapping. Mr. Osler holds a Bachelor's Degree from Lehigh University and a Master's degree from the University of Delaware's Center for Applied Coastal Research. Christian Nielsen — Director, Climate Adaptation and Landscape, Ramboll Water Christian Nielsen is the Senior Director for the Global division for Climate Adaptation, Landscape and Flood Risk Management at Ramboll Water. He has more than 20 years' experience in stormwater management and engineering and extensive experience with project management of large scale projects within infrastructure planning, urban development and resiliency planning, including flood risk management for cities, regions, infrastructure -owners etc. Christian's international expertise in the field of climate adaptation and flood risk management has been developed and implemented on numerous projects on a global scale, including the screening of Megacities in Asia for the Asian Development Bank, Cloudburst Pilot in New York City for NYCDEP, Storm surge protection planning for Washington DC, Low Impact Developments in Copenhagen and the detailed flood protection plans for Copenhagen and Gothenburg. Jacob Macomber—Senior Lecturer of Finance, Harvard Business School John Macomber is a Senior Lecturer in the Finance unit at Harvard Business School. His professional background includes leadership of real estate, construction, and information technology businesses. At HBS, Mr. Macomber's work focuses on the urban impacts of private finance and delivery of public infrastructure projects in both the developed and emerging worlds. His teaching combines infrastructure finance (including public-private partnerships), economic development, and urban planning with the impact of new technologies and the onset of new exposures including sea level rise. Prior to joining HBS, Mr. Macomber spent several decades in the real estate and construction industries, and he remains a principal in numerous commercial real estate assets. With ULI, Mr. Macomber has been active in climate adaptation and resilience work. Mr. Macomber is a graduate of Dartmouth College and Harvard Business School and is a former member of the YPO Young Presidents Organization International Board of Directors. IN Urban Land Institute Advisory Services Program Overview: Advisory Assistance Panel Stormwater Management & Climate Adaptation Assessment Miami Beach, FL 1 April 16-19, 2018 Overview, Scope & Agenda Three-day ULI Technical Assistance Panels are intensive, on-site engagements conducted by volunteer panelists that provide strategic advice to governments and organizations on a wide variety of land use challenges. These panels provide objective, candid advice from outside senior practitioners from a variety of real estate and land use disciplines, and have been credited with accelerating and improving the development/design processes used by communities in their land planning efforts. Panel Scope: 1. Are on the right track in our approach to mitigate for flooding caused by tidal and rain events? Are we on the right track in term of elevating roads, harmonization, placemaking and aesthetics? 2. Refer to the neighborhood/project boundary map and question the rationale for the drawing of project boundary lines. Also, test the logic used for project prioritization and sequencing. 3. What other investments in public infrastructure improvements could occur where construction is already underway? 4. How can the City best communicate with residents and stakeholders about potential solutions and costs, and otherwise engage the community in the on-going stormwater management program? 5. How can the City ultimately advance climate adaptation in private development, including residential and commercial development, including perhaps adaptation strategies such as raising buildings.? What strategies could be used to involve the private sector and/or public- private partnerships in the design, funding and delivery of stormwater management and flood mitigation strategies? 6. How might the City use its upcoming Business Case analysis to advance future climate adaptation/stormwater management decision-making? Monday. April 16th: Arrival and Orientation Throughout the day ®Urban Land Institute Advisory Services Program Advisory Assistance Panel Stormwater Management & Climate Adaptation Assessment Miami Beach, FL 1 April 16-19, 2018 Tuesday. ADril 17th: Briefing, Tour, and Interviews City of Miami Beach Offices: 1700 Convention Center Dr, Miami Beach, FL 33139 8:00 am Panel Briefing Session 10:00 am Tour of Study Area 12:30 - 1:30 pm Working Lunch: Interview Preparations 2:00 - 5:00 pm Stakeholder Interviews 5:30 - 6:00 pm Panel Meet & Greet - City Hall, third floor, outside Chamber 6:00 - 7:00 pm Public Listening Session, Commission Chambers - televised 7:30 pm Working Dinner for panelists, location TBD Wednesday. April 18th: Work Day (Deliberations and Report Preparation) 8:00 am 12:00 pm 1:00 pm 7:00 pm Panelist workday -group discussion/deliberation, small group brainstorming, preparation of report materials Working Lunch Panel Work Session continued Working Dinner for panelists Thursday. April 19th: Presentation of the Panel's Findings 8:00 am Final Panel Work Session 12:00 pm Working Lunch 12:30 pm Panelists rehearse presentation 3:00 pm Report Presentation - City Commission Chamber - televised 4:00 pm Question & Answer Session 4:45 pm Closing Remarks 5:00 pm Adjourn A final written report will be provided by June 30, 2018. This report will inform the City of Miami Beach decision making process and stormwater program. Findings will also inform the Greater Miami & the Beaches Resilience Strategy scheduled for release winter 2018-2019. Thank you!