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ULI OBSERVATIONS: “Acted with courage to fix sunny day and stormwater flooding”
“Applied good practice for initial pump rollout – engineering and prioritization, initiated street elevations, designed for mid-level climate risk, raised funds through fees, crafted thoughtful communications… collaborated… implemented multiple levers including policy changes, examining cost/benefits…”
April 2018
URBAN LAND
INSTITUTE (ULI)
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Introducing the
ULI Panel… VISION
•Integrate stormwater management into the larger resilience strategy
•Enhance trust, trust the public, increase transparency
•Elevate aesthetics and function to perpetuate city’s cultural relevance
•Actively use green and open spaces for sponge function
•Increase long term financial and comprehensive protection
•Go big on the resilience brand – distinguish yourself from your coastal competitors
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ULI Advisory Services Panel
ULI
Recommendations
•Maintained urgency,
•incrementalism & evaluation,
•transparency,
•ecological health,
•financial pragmatism,
•co-benefits,
•social equity,
•cultural identity,
•living with water,
•long-term and regional perspective
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STORMWATER & CLIMATE ADAPTATION
PRINCIPLES
Infrastructure:
•Blue/green infrastructure
•Water quality enhancements
•Enhanced, integrated and multi-
risk modeling
•Living with water pilot projects
•Level of service
•Income generating solar power
•Blue corridor
ACTIONS TO DATE
•READY Team (convened April 2018)
•100 RC Resilience Accelerator for West Avenue
(August 2018)
•RFQ for a Comprehensive & Integrated
Stormwater Master Plan and Design Criteria
Professional (underway)
•Integrated Water Modeling Market Research
(underway)
•Dr. Charles Rowney Water Quality Analysis
(complete)
•Street Tree Management Plan (underway)
•Amending Land Use Regulation (Policy discussion)
ULI
Recommendation 1
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Design Typologies:
•Golf course as underused
greenspaces
•Enhance road permeability
•Solar and renewable
opportunities
ULI
Recommendation 2
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ACTION: Under staff review
Creative placemaking:
•Partner with local arts and
culture stakeholders
•Incorporate public art into
stormwater strategy
•Involve artists in design
ACTION
•Resilience Artist in Residency (underway)
•West Lots Planning (underway)
•41st Street Master Plan (underway)
•Design Review Board-approved pump-station screening (underway)
•Further develop Miami Beach Rising Above Resiliency App (funding needed in FY 19/20)
ULI
Recommendation 3
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LANDSCAPED SCREENING
ARCHITECTURAL SCREENING MATERIAL
Design Review
Board-approved pump-station
screening (approved)
Governance:
•Identify, redirect or reorganize staff for:
•Rising Above Delivery Office
•Agency for Public Investment & Development in Resilience
•Risk Transfer Department
•Create a scientific advisory panel
•Create a Community Adaptation Fund
•Align for historic preservation & climate strategies
ACTION
•Negotiating contract with the
consultant to develop Design
Guidelines for Historic
Preservation in the face of
Climate Change (underway)
•Other recommendations under
staff review
ULI
Recommendation 4
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“New adaptation and mitigation tools
are needed to support communities as
they respond to the new normal.”
– The National Trust for Historic
Preservation
Financing:
•Assessment districts (BID, HOA)
•Incremental finance districts – community
reinvestment areas
•Risk management function should be
driven a total cost of risk approach (TCOR)
•Engage private financial stakeholders
•Adjust stormwater fees based on runoff
•Community adaptation fund for low
interest adaptation loans
•Insurance as a form of risk transfer
•Integrate finance into communications
strategy
ACTION
•Business case analysis first task order (underway)
•Exploring parametric insurance for resort taxes (underway)
•City’s Financial Advisor is engaged with rating agencies, reports on sea level rise risk, and the progress and continuous improvement of our stormwater program (June 2018)
•Exploring Special Assessment Districts for sea walls (underway)
ULI
Recommendation 5
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Regulations:
•Embed water management goals in the
development regulations
•Leverage and reform regulatory boards
•Establish specific measurable water
management goals at district level
•Adjust stormwater fees
•Create island-wide sea barrier through
some form of an assessment rather than
leaving this up to individual owners
•Continue to support elevation for new
construction
ACTION
•Build upon recent changes to land
use boards requiring a sea level rise
and resilience review of pending
developments (July 2017)
•Requires further policy/legislative
change
ULI
Recommendation 6
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•Promote Rising Above website as the primary resource
•Be bolder in communications strategy
•Build public trust through clarity and transparency
•Create a broad communications plan
•Increase diversity and robustness of communications
•Solicit community input
•Recognize achievements and successes
ACTION
•Developing tools for internal
integration and internal
communications (underway)
•Developing integrated external
communications plan for stakeholder
engagement (underway)
ULI
Recommendation 7
Integrated Communications Plan:
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“Designed to
increase message
consistency,
trusting
relationships, and
knowledge
sharing among
our government
and members of
the community”.
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IMPLEMENTATION
STRATEGY
•October City Commission for report acceptance
•Monthly updates at the Commission’s Sustainability and Resilience Committee (SRC) to develop legislative and policy actions items and to consider budget implications
•Bi-weekly review at the City Manager’s READY Team
•Develop and use recommendation tracking chart
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Next Steps
Thank you!
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