Resolution 2020-31318 2
RESOLUTION NO. O Z O 3 1 3 1 8
A RESOLUTION OF THE MAYOR AND CITY COMMISSION OF THE
CITY OF MIAMI BEACH, FLORIDA, ACCEPTING THE JACOBS
ENGINEERING NEIGHBORHOOD PROJECT PRIORITIZATION —
METHODOLOGY AND RESULTS (THE "PRIORITIZATION"), AND
INCORPORATING THE PRIORITIZATION AS AN AMENDMENT TO THE
CITY'S STORMWATER MASTER PLAN; PROVIDED, HOWEVER, THAT
THE APPROPRIATION OF FUNDS FOR EACH PROJECT SHALL BE
SUBJECT TO PRIOR APPROVAL OF THE CITY COMMISSION.
WHEREAS, Jacobs Engineering has worked with City staff to develop an
Integrated Water Management Plan, inclusive of three reports that further refine the City's
existing Stormwater Management Plan; and ;4f.
WHEREAS, these reports developed by Jacobs Engineering are: 1) the Blue-
Green Stormwater Infrastructure Concept Plan, dated February 28, 2020; 2) the Road
Elevation Strategy and Recommended Sea Level Rise/Tidal Flood Adaptation Projects,
dated February 28, 2020; and 3) the Neighborhood Project Prioritization — Methodology
and Results, dated April 1, 2020; and
WHEREAS, the development of these documents was necessary to set the basis
for the implementation of design criteria for City projects—these City projects may be
executed using different delivery methods such as Design-Build (DB) or the more
traditional Design-Bid-Build (DBB); and
WHEREAS, throughout the development of these three reports, Jacobs
Engineering has gathered feedback from the community, the Administration, and, most
recently, the City Commission at its Resilience Retreat on January 27, 2020; and
WHEREAS, all three reports support the City's Resilience Strategy by reducing
flood risks in ways that increase environmental protection and create social and economic
value for the residents of, and visitors to, the City; and
WHEREAS, the City Commission's approval of the Neighborhood Project
Prioritization—Methodology and Results will allow the City to begin incorporating the new
design criteria for the recommended 56 prioritized neighborhood projects; and
WHEREAS, at the July 24, 2020 meeting, the City Commission approved Jacob's
Engineering Prioritization-Methodology and Results, provided that funding appropriation
for each project shall be subject to prior approval of the City Commission.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE MAYOR AND CITY
COMMISSION OF THE CITY OF MIAMI BEACH, FLORIDA, hereby, accept the Jacobs
Engineering Neighborhood Project Prioritization — Methodology and Results (the
"Prioritization") and incorporate the prioritization as an amendment to the City's
Stormwater Master Plan; provided, however, that the appropriation of funds for each
project shall be subject to prior approval of the City Commission.
PASSED and ADOPTED this 24th day of July, 2020.
ATTEST:
DAN GELBER, MAYOR
RAFAEL E. GRANADO, CITY CLERK
APPROVED AS TO
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