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LTC 404-2016 100 Resilient Cities Agenda Setting Workshop MIAMI BEACH OFFICE OF THE CITY MANAGER NO. LTC # 404-2016 LETTER TO COMMISSION TO Mayor Philip Levine and Members of the City Commission FROM: Jimmy L. Morales, City Manager �// DATE: September 30, 2016 SUBJECT: 100 Resilient Cities Agenda Setting Workshop I am pleased to advise that the public process for developing the Greater Miami & the Beaches (GM&TB) Resilience Strategy took place on September 29, 2016 and it is off to a great start. As you know, the City of Miami Beach joined forces with the City of Miami and Miami Dade County last fall to apply for the 100 Resilient Cities (100 RC) network membership. After a very competitive process, more than 1000 applications over a three year cycle, this unique city/county collaboration caught the attention of the funders and we were chosen to enter the network. 100 RC is in 45 countries with 29 different languages. The Agenda Setting Workshop was the most well-attended meeting of the 60 workshops held around the world to date. With more than 200 attendees, this showed our community commitment and dedication to making us a truly resilient community. Mayor Levine and Chief Resiliency Officer (CRO) Susanne Torriente participated and represented the city in the program. Miami Beach Commissioner Aleman, staff, residents, businesses attended and participated. 11 .....0.- - Iw \-\ t? - 1 4 ' ci A ' i Over the next few months our staff will work to develop a strategy for the region and specifically for Miami Beach. This is not a community master plan, but rather an action- oriented prioritization process. It will leverage and integrate other plans, and ultimately inform our policy and budget decision making process. Our CRO will continue provide regular updates at the Sustainability and Resiliency Committee and the Mayor's Blue Ribbon Panel on Sea Level Rise. ( ' 10011 -- laillier 5 W IVY^ ( a F :-L' 4.,, ! .. 4 -, i li l : r I want to thank and recognize not only Susy and her Deputy CRO Amy Knowles, but all Directors and Resilience Team members in the many departments supporting this coordinated citywide effort. We are aggressively doing, planning, and learning daily to become a truly resilient city. Attached is a two page fact sheet about the 100 RC and GM&TB partnership. Thank you for your continued support. Attachment JLM/SMT/ALK F:\cmgr\$ALL\SUSY\100 Resilient Cities\LTC Agenda Setting Workshop.doc . 100 RESILIE \ T CITIES U . „:„ X W W = Q ~ W 0 I- .- z -+-- W -- - FA C °` J -. 4 ! qKK 'r i fit k &%{ l t, ' ' '"9 Latimemii z�. WHO IS GREATER MI r Greater Miami & the B-•ches is a unique collaboration WHAT RESILIENCE? Urban resilience is the IS UREA among Miami Dade County, City of Miami Beach and City of Miami created to respond to global trends major metropolis' face: urbanization, globalization and capacity of individuals, climate change. Last spring, after a highly competitive communities, institutions, process, Greater Miami and the Beaches was selected businesses and systems within � i * F. ;�+? to join 100 Resilient Cities. Y© city to survive, adapt, and ,4 . ?:4 t� grow no matter what kinds a of chronic stresses and acute t�S • v 100 Resilient Cities, also referred to as 100RC, is an shocks they experience. ail; s * = organization pioneered by the Rockefeller Foundation. Gzvv�Y`' 100RC is dedicated to helping cities around the world Resilience planning is a•out become more resilient to the physical, social and making a city better, in both economic challenges that are a growing part of the good times and bad, for the 21st century. 100RC will provide expert consultant support to develop a Resilience Strategy for Greater benefit of all its residents and visitors, particularly the poor an. II-Miami and the Beaches. 100RC Cities will have access to $200 million in solutions through consultant services .. a j over the next two-years as well as access to the network p of peer cities. U 09.27.1 b cn W The Resilience Strategy will be designed to address Greater Miami and the Beach's key shocks and 4% w stresses. Acute shocks are sudden and sharp events that threaten a city. Chronic stresses weaken 5 ® the fabric of a city on a day-to-day or cyclical basis. W W 1- _ Q 1. W O CC Q RAINFALL LACK OF FLOODING AFFORDABLE HOUSING I- Z W J COASTAL PRONOUNCED N FLOODING W POVERTY CC SHOCKS STRESSES INFRASTRUCTURE UNRELIABLE FAILURE TRANSPORTATION SYSTEM RISING SEA LEVEL HURRICANE AND COASTAL Ls/ EROSION f AGENDA SETTING RELEASE AND APPLICATION ORIENTATION WORKSHOP IMPLEMENT NOV 2015 JUNE 2016 SEPT 2016 1BD • • • • • • • SELECTION MIAMI CRO PRELIMINARY MAY 2016 SELECTION ASSESSEMENT PENDING I-Mi CONTACT THE CHIEF RESILIENCE OFFICE• : • James Murley is the Chief Resilience Officer for Miami-Dade County: murleyj @miamidade.gov o • Susanne M. Torriente is the Chief Resilience Officer for the City of Miami Beach: rs oc SusanneTorriente @miamibeachfl.gov 2'�� ° • The Chief Resilience Officer for the City of Miami will be selected. . v e v 411,/, * F wt FOR MORE INFORMATION PLEASE VISIT: WWW.100RESILIENTCITIES.ORG el r' .' ' ' . . ,_ J. r I! I:1 I . iII "it I' i[I"_i Ili i 111