LTC 654-2019 Sustainability Committee MotionsMIAIBEACH
City of Miami Beach, 1700 Convention Center Drive, Miomi Beach, Florido 33139, www.miomibeochfl.gov
Jimmy L. Morales, City Manager
Tel: 305673-7010,Fax: 305-673-7782
654-2019
NO. LTC# LETTER TO COMMISSION
TO: Mayor Dan Gelber and Members of the City Commi ssio
FROM: Jimm y L. Morales, City Ma
DATE: December 16, 2019
SUBJECT: Sustainability Comm ittee Motions
The purpose of this Letter to Comm ission is to provide you with correspondence received from the
Sustainability Comm ittee regarding the motions made at the meeting held November 26, 2019.
Attachm ent: Sustainability Commi ttee Motions
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ABOVE City of Miami Beach Sustainability Committee
David Doebler, Chair
Members:
Jeremy Waks
Mohammed Islam
Chris Duggan
Luiz Rodrigues
Max Litt
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Mayor Dan Gelber and Members of the City Commission
David Doebler, Sustainability Committee Chair
November 26, 2019
Sustainability Committee Motions
Dear Mayor and Honorable City Commission,
The Sustainability Committee met on November 26, 2019 and passed the motions below: ,
• Motion supporting the inclusion of resilient elements in the design of the Miami Beach
Skatepark such as blue/green infrastructure, the use of recycled materials, water bottle
refill stations, bike racks, bike repairs stations, and shaded canopy trees.
• Motion supporting the Marine and Waterfront Protection Authority's resolution (LTC
534-2019) on the impacts suffered by coral reefs off the coast of Miami Beach as a result
of the PortMiami dredging project that took place from 2013 - 2015 and to request the
Mayor and City Commission send a letter to the Florida Department of Environmental
Protection, Miami-Dade County, and Miami Dade County DERM demanding such
agencies move forward with their overdue and legally mandated impact assessment and
mitigation plan to restore the reef.
• Motion requesting the city administration consider the following recommendations
within the West Avenue Renovation Project:
1) Have Jacobs Engineering or another 3rd party engineering firm that offers a water
quality/ environmental specialization review existing pump station designs (6th, 10th,
14th street and Dade Blvd), and newly proposed pump station designs (Lincoln Road
pump) to provide validation, feedback and/or suggested improvements on the pollution
control designs.
2) Have staff document in a memo what specific features or components from the Urban
Land Institute Stormwater Management Review, Jacobs Engineering Blue Green
Infrastructure report, Blueways Master Plan or other such approved plans have been
incorporated in each stormwater project.
3) Direct Public Works and Ric-man Engineering Firm to use the West Avenue
Renovation Project as a model to design and build in "Storm Drain Pollution Prevention
Technologies" such as storm drain filters or gratings that keep trash and debris out of the
stormwater system. Designing this into the system now eliminates the need for retrofits
at a future time.
Sincerely,
David Doebler,
Chairperson, Sustainability Committee