LTC 385-2020 Village of Key Biscayne Resolution No. 2020-50MIAMI BEACH
OFFICE OF THE CITY CLERK
No. 385-2020
LETTER TO COMMISSION
TO:
FROM:
DATE:
SUBJECT:
Mayor Dan Gelber and Memb~h~ Commission
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October 28, 2020
VILLAGE OF KEY BISCAYNE RESOLUTION NO. 2020-50
Attached for your information is Resolution No. 2020-50, adopted by the Mayor and the Village
Council of the Village of Key Biscayne on August 25, 2020.
A RESOLUTION OF THE VILLAGE COUNCIL OF THE VILLAGE OF KEY
BISCAYNE, FLORIDA, DECLARING A CLIMATE EMERGENCY; URGING
MIAMI-DADE COUNTY, ALL MUNICIPALITIES IN MIAMI-DADE COUNTY,
THE STATE OF FLORIDA, AND THE UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT
TO DECLARE A CLIMATE EMERGENCY; REQUESTING LOCAL AND
REGIONAL COLLABORATION ON A PLAN FOR EMERGENCY
MOBILIZATION EFFORTS TO RESTORE A SAFE AND SUSTAINABLE
CLIMATE; PROCLAIMING A CALL TO ACTION FOR THE VILLAGE TO
CONTINUE EFFORTS TOWARDS ADAPTATION, MITIGATION, AND
RESILIENCY STRATEGIES; PROVIDING FOR TRANSMITTAL; AND
PROVIDING FOR AN EFFECTIVE DATE.
The Village of Key Biscayne Clerk has requested that a copy of this resolution be provided to the
Miami Beach Mayor and Commissioners.
If you have any questions, please contact the Office of the City Clerk at 305.673.7411.
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RE S O L U T I O N N O . 2020-50
A RESOLUTION OF THE VILLAGE COUNCIL OF THE
VILLAGE OF KEY BISCAYNE, FLORIDA, DECLARING A
CLIMATE EMERGENCY; URGING MIAMI-DADE
COUNTY, ALL MUNICIPALITIES IN MIAMI-DADE
COUNTY, THE STATE OF FLORIDA, AND THE UNITED
STATES GOVERNMENT TO DECLARE A CLIMATE
EMERGENCY; REQUESTING LOCAL AND REGIONAL
COLLABORATION ON A PLAN FOR EMERGENCY
MOBILIZATION EFFORTS TO RESTORE A SAFE AND
SUSTAINABLE CLIMATE; PROCLAIMING A CALL TO
ACTION FOR THE VILLAGE TO CONTINUE EFFORTS
TOWARDS ADAPTATION, MITIGATION, AND
RESILIENCY STRATEGIES; PROVIDING FOR
TRANSMITTAL; AND PROVIDING FOR AN EFFECTIVE
DATE.
WHEREAS, the planet is currently experiencing climate change in the fonn of rising
global temperatures due to the increased emission of greenhouse gasses, which can lead to severe
changes in the Earth's climate by amplifying the severity and rate of climatological events that
bann life, including, but not limited to severe droughts, hurricanes, flooding, and wildfires; and
WHEREAS, on April 22, 2016, world leaders from 175 countries recognized the threat of
climate change and the urgent need to combat it by signing the Paris Agreement, agreeing to keep
the increase in global average temperature to "well below 2ºC above pre-industrial levels," and to
''pursue efforts to limit the temperature increase to 1.5°C"; and
WHEREAS, the Village of Key Biscayne ("Village") has experienced the disruption and
destruction already wrought by climate change through hurricanes, flooding, water quality issues
and other climatic events, that are also evidenced nationwide and worldwide by increased and
intensifying wildfires, floods, rising seas, diseases, droughts, and extreme weather; and
WHEREAS, the ecological effects of climate change are driving an increased rate of
extinction of land and oceanic species, which could consequently devastate ecological stability
and much of the biological life on Earth for future generations; and
WHE RE AS, reaching zero greenhouse gas emissions around the globe will require a
drawdown or removal of all the excess carbon from the atmosphere, and to implement measures
to protect all people and other biological species, requiring a coordinated emergency mobilization
on a global scale; and
WHE RE AS, the Village is directly impacted by climate change through climatic events
of increased number and size and has engaged in a series of efforts on climate adaptation,
mitigation and resiliency initiatives; and
WHE RE AS, the Village has forged strategic relationships to build a broad coalition to
support strengthening the Village's adaptation, mitigation and resiliency initiatives; and
WHE RE AS, the Village is committed to pursuing policies and programs that are
ecologically sustainable, equitable and just for all such as prohibiting the use of plastic straws,
certain fertilizers, and polystyrene food service articles that negatively impact the Village's
environment; and
WHE RE AS, the Village wishes to act as a global leader by both converting to an
ecologically, socially and economically regenerative economy at emergency speed and by
catalyzing a unified and coordinated climate emergency mobilization effort; and
WHE RE AS, the Village commits to Village-wide climate emergency mobilization efforts
to reverse climate change, aiming, with appropriate financial and regulatory assistance from
Miami-Dade County (the "County"), the State of Florida, and Federal authorities, to decrease and
minimize Village-wide greenhouse gas emissions as quickly as possible to safely drawdown
carbon from the atmosphere and accelerate adaptation and resiliency strategies in preparation for
intensifying climate impacts; and
WHE RE AS, the Village further commits to educating its residents about the climate
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em erg en cy an d w orki ng to cata lyze clim ate em erg ency m obili zati on efforts on local, state,
nati ona l, an d global levels to pro vide maximum protecti on for its residents an d property own ers;
an d
WHEREAS, th e V ill age un derstan ds th e nee d fo r fu ll comm uni ty parti cipation, inclusion,
an d support an d re co gni zes th at V ill age re sidents, property own ers an d comm uni ty organi za tions
th at include faith, youth , labor, academ ic institu tions, condom inium as soc iations , an d a diver se
ran ge of civi l society ins titu tions w ill be in te gra l to an d in th e leadership of th e mobiliza tion effort;
an d
WHEREAS, th e V ill age furth er comm its to keeping th e concern s of vu ln erable
comm uni ti es centra l to clim ate em er gency m obiliz ation efforts an d inviting an d encour aging such
comm un iti es to ac tively parti cipate in order to advocate direc tly fo r th eir need s; an d
WHEREAS, th e V ill age C oun cil finds th at th is R esolution is in the best interest an d
w elfare of th e residents an d property own ers of th e V ill age.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOL VED BY THE VILLAGE COUNCIL OF THE
VILLAGE OF KEY BISCAYNE, FLORIDA, AS FOLLOWS:
Sectd on 1. Recitals. Th at each of th e above-stated recital s ar e hereby ad opted ,
co nfi rm ed , an d incorpo rated herein .
Section 2. Declaration of Climate Emergency; Call to Action. That th e Vill age
C oun cil hereby declar es a clim ate em erg ency; ur ges th e C oun ty , muni cipalities in M iam i-Dade
C oun ty , th e State of Florida, an d th e U ni ted States governm ent to declar e a clim ate em ergency;
an d requests local an d regional co llab oration on an imm ediate emergency m obiliza tion effort to
restore a safe clim ate. Th e V ill age C oun cil hereby declar es an imm ediate call to ac tion to m obili ze
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an d e n g a g e in c o n ti n u ed e ffo rt s to a c h ie v e a d a p ti o n, m iti g a ti o n an d resili e nc y in iti ati v es a im ed at
a d dre s s in g c li m a te im p a c ts .
Section3. Transmittal. That the Village Clerk is directed to send a copy of this
Resolution to: the Speaker of the United States House of Representatives; the Majority Leader of
the United States Senate; each Florida Senator and Representative in the United States Congress;
the County Mayor; the County Board of County Commissioners; all municipalities within the
County; all members of the South Florida Legislative Delegation; the Florida League of Cities;
and the Miami-Dade County League of Cities.
Section 4. Effective Date. This Resolution shall become effective immediately upon
adoption.
PASSED and ADOPTED this 25 day of August, 2020.
.DAVEY,
ATTEST:
JOCELYN B. OCH
VILLAGE CLERK
APPROVED AS TO FORM AND LEGAL SUFFICIENCY:
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WEISS SEROTA HELFMAN COLE & BIERMAN, P.L.
VILLAGE ATTORNEY
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