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LTC 224-2018 City Water Resilience FrameworkMJAMIBEACH OFFICE OF THE CITY MANAGER NO. LTC # 224-2018 L TTER TO COMMISSION TO: Mayor Dan Gelber and Members •f the Ci Commission FROM: Jimmy L. Morales, City Manag DATE: April 25, 2018 SUBJECT: City Water Resilience Framework I am pleased to share some news about another exciting learning opportunity for Miami Beach as part of the 100 Resilient Cities Network. The attached flyer is a brief overview of an engagement with Arup to develop a City Water Resilience framework. Miami Dade Water & Sewer is taking the lead on behalf of Resilient Greater Miami & the Beaches. The end result and goal is simple - it is about bringing together stakeholders and making better water related decisions for our region. Arup is an independent firm of designers, planners, engineers, consultants and technical specialists, working across every aspect of today's built environment. It was founded in 1946 and has offices and clients around the world. Arup will be visiting Greater Miami and the Beach in May and will be conducting stakeholder meetings and interviews. Our staff will be involved in this process. This is yet another opportunity to leverage our international, regional and local partnerships in making Miami Beach a resilient and sustainable community. Please contact ACM/CRO Susy Torriente if you have any questions. Thank you. JLM/SMT THE CITY WATER RESILIENCE FRAMEWORK RESILIENT GREATER MIAMI AND THE BEACHES THE CITY WATER RESILIENCE FRAMEWORK RESILIENT GREATER MIAMI AND THE BEACHES Water systems are the lifeblood of a city. They constitute a complex ecosystem - an interdependent web of physical and environmental assets, policy, institutions and social capital - whose health and balance are key to the resilience of cities and the communities that inhabit them. An urban water system cannot be thought of in isolation from the hydrological context within which it sits. The impact of these risks is further compounded in space and time at the city scale by the rapid urbanisation within the cities themselves. Tackling such risks, for example flood, drought, water stress, rising water costs and emerging contaminants requires taking a holistic approach that pushes the system boundary out beyond the administrative boundary of the city to that of the basin(s). Arup, with support from the Rockefeller Foundation, is taking a deep dive into understanding the water system of a city. Phase one of The City Water Resilience Framework (CWRF) will look to provide a common understanding of what the characteristics of a resilient urban water system are - a global standard for water resilience assessment. It will recognise the complexity and scale of any urban water system and build resilience - bringing stakeholders together from across the basin to make more resilient decisions and deliver better outcomes. Once established, the CWRF can be used by cities not only to diagnose resilience vulnerabilities but to support cities in making more robust, integrated planning and decision making based on that understanding. STAKEHOLDER ENGAGEMENT Engagement with our five partner cities is a vital component of our work in developing the CWRF. It is fundamentally important to us that the framework is grounded in the practical experiences of cities and its stakeholders. We are not only interested in hearing the perspectives of water managers and specialists, but from a diverse set of stakeholders; of citizens, business, environmental groups, etc. Of interest to us is exploring how the water system impacts on, and is impacted by other systems including energy, agriculture, industry, transport, digital communications, etc. PROJECT OVERVIEW & OUTPUTS w H • Interviews • Focus Groups • Workshops E N W • Community Leaders • Water Manage H • Specialists • .Environmental Groups • C'rize & usi _ sRe•res _ atve w H A T H 0 w Net ems water IIs1Yenee'leas I • Perceive' l,i,fries • Info 'd • Coping With .+ , or Stress • Planning & Decision Making Acro's's e Jurisdictions I. Map Review II. Field Visits f11. Interview Stakeholders IV. Focus Groups With Stakeholders V. Workshops City Water Resilience Framework "Of the more than 1,000 applications to the 100 Resilient Cities Network, more than 60% indicated challenges with water - too much or too little - as critical resilience risks. There is tremendous opportunity for the cities in this cohort to provide lessons and expertise to the many cities around the world grappling with water challenges." Andrew Salkin, Senior Vice President of City Solutions at 100 Resilient Cities We are calling on all stakeholders to examine the physical and governance structures of our water basin. Only by examining the characteristics and challenges facing all segments - drinking water, surface water, wastewater, stormwater and groundwater - can we assess the resilience of this vital resource. Operationalize Water Resilience Contributing Efforts .Resilience T. B MIAMI aleg • Regional Climate Action Plan Resilient Utility Coalition •Regional Scorecard • Urban Water Resilience l 7 ,.7 Blueprint 1J i1 Local, State & Federal 1 ii Government Q9•• •n • n •n • Regulations, Polio Lllll9i. IQ & Plans PARTNER CITIES Five cities, with a diversity in terms of size, geographic location, water challenges faced and because of their commitment to taking a strategic approach to water resilience, are partnering with Arup through the development of Phase 1 of the CWRF: Amman: Population 4 million, Drought, Water Supply, Flooding Mexico City: Population 21.3 million, Water Supply, Flooding, Subsidence 100 RC Member Cape Town 100 RC Member: Greater Miami and the Beaches Cape Town: Population 3.7 million, Drought, Rapid Urbanism Greater Miami: Population 2.7 million, Sea Level Rise, Flooding, Rising Ground Water Hull: Population 323,000, Sea Level Rise, Flooding "Miami is surrounded by water, nestled between the Everglades and Biscayne National Park, and our population has settled in the spaces between an intricate network of canals. These characteristics in combination with a porous limestone aquifer have resulted in the need for strong water management. Enhancing a common understanding and increased collaboration between all influencers will be essential in meeting water needs as we face increasing natural and man-made challenges." PARTNERS The development of the framework is being overseen by a Steering Group with representatives from The Rockefeller Foundation, 100 Resilient Cities, the World Bank, University of Massachusetts -Amherst, and The Resilience Shift. s, ;;:' ROCKEFELLER UMASS FOUNDATION AMHERST THE WORL,D BANK >oo CITIES For the development of the CWRF, Arup is partnered with the Alliance for Global Water Adaption and the Stockholm International Water Institute. ARUP SSS iOAGWA SIWI The Miami -Dade Water & Sewer Department is working to develop a CWRF with the Resilient Greater Miami & the Beaches partners, which includes Miami -Dade County, the City of Miami and the City of Miami Beach. GREATER MIAMI ft THE BEACHES MIAMI•DADE COUNTY L''K MiAMIBEACH F: RISING ABOVE *,..,11,11111 w .. YIIIIIIIIIIII Q,.