2017-30127 ResolutionRESOLUTION NO. 2017-30127
A RESOLUTION OF THE MAYOR AND CITY COMMISSION
OF THE CITY OF MIAMI BEACH, FLORIDA, EXPRESSING
THE IMPORTANCE OF BEACH RENOURISHMENT
PROJECTS IN MIAMI BEACH, ESPECIALLY AFTER THE
SAND LOSS RESULTING FROM HURRICANE IRMA, AND
DIRECTING THE CITY CLERK TO TRANSMIT A COPY OF
THIS RESOLUTION TO MIAMI-DADE COUNTY AND THE
U.S. ARMY CORPS OF ENGINEERS.
WHEREAS, beaches and dunes serve as a vital buffer between coastal
infrastructure and the destructive forces of ocean waves and surge during storm events;
and
WHEREAS, beach renourishment adds sand to the coastal system, helps keep
the erosive power of strong waves from reaching dunes and structures, and buffers
against the effects of sea level rise and climate change, thereby protecting coastal
properties and the coastal environment; and
WHEREAS, beach renourishment has been an ongoing practice in Southeast
Florida since the late 1970s, as part of the Miami -Dade County Beach Erosion Control
and Hurricane Protection Project (the "Project"), providing essential economic,
environmental, and recreational benefits to coastal communities; and
WHEREAS, throughout the region, thirty-six federal and nonfederal beach
nourishment projects provide storm damage reduction to infrastructure, as well as
incidental recreational opportunities; and
WHEREAS, Miami -Dade County, the State of Florida, and the Federal
government are cost-sharing partners in the Project; and
WHEREAS, Miami -Dade County is running out of dependable, economical, and
environmentally practicable sand sources; and
WHEREAS, as part of the Project, beach renourishment in the City of Miami
Beach was completed in March 2017; and
WHEREAS, as part of the 2016/2017 Project, the Army Corps of Engineers
(ACOE) trucked 233,000 cubic yards of sand from an inland quarry in Central Florida to
renourish the City's beaches in the vicinity of 46th Street and 53rd Street; and
WHEREAS, on September 10, 2017, Hurricane Irma made landfall along the
Southwest Florida coast as a major category 3 hurricane; as the hurricane traveled
northward for the next 24 hours, hurricane force winds stretched from coast to coast;
and
WHEREAS, Hurricane Irma caused extensive beach erosion on the City's
beaches in areas including 22nd Street, 24th Street, 26th Street, 27th Street, 53rd Street,
55th Street, 57th Street, 63rd Street, 65th Street, and 79th Street; and
WHEREAS, the ACOE conducted a Project Information Study ("Study") in
December 2017 to determine if the Project was eligible for rehabilitation funds under the
Civil Emergency Management Program; and
WHEREAS, the Study found that more than one-third of the historically placed
sand has been lost and approximately 730,000 cubic yards of sand was lost between
the pre -storm to post -storm template; and
WHEREAS, the Study also found that the Project does not meet eligibility criteria
for financial assistance; and
WHEREAS, due to the significant erosion of beachfront in the City resulting from
Hurricane Irma, the City of Miami Beach wishes to express to Miami -Dade County and
the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers the importance of beach renourishment in the City,
especially after the sand loss resulting from Hurricane Irma, and that priority should be
given to beach restoration projects in Miami Beach.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT DULY RESOLVED BY THE MAYOR AND CITY
COMMISSION OF THE CITY OF MIAMI BEACH, FLORIDA, that the Mayor and City
Commission hereby express the importance of beach renourishment projects in Miami
Beach, especially after the sand loss resulting from Hurricane Irma, and direct the City
Clerk to transmit a copy of this Resolution to Miami -Dade County and the U.S. Army
Corps of Engineers.
PASSED AND ADOPTED this day of December 13, 2017.
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MIAMI BEACH
City of Miami Beach, 1700 Convention Center Drive, Miami Beach, Florida 33139, www.miamibeachfl.gov
Office of the City Clerk
Tel: 305-673-741 1
February 9, 2018
Honorable Mayor Carlos A. Gimenez
Stephen P. Clark Center
111 N.W. 1st Street
Miami, FL 33128
Dear Honorable Mayor Gimenez,
Attached please find a copy of City of Miami Beach Resolution No. 2017-30127:
A RESOLUTION OF THE MAYOR AND CITY COMMISSION OF THE CITY
OF MIAMI BEACH, FLORIDA, EXPRESSING THE IMPORTANCE OF
BEACH RENOURISHMENT PROJECTS IN MIAMI BEACH, ESPECIALLY
AFTER THE SAND LOSS FOLLOWING HURRICANE IRMA, AND
DIRECTING THE CITY CLERK TO TRANSMIT A COPY OF THIS
RESOLUTION TO MIAMI-DADE COUNTY AND THE U.S. ARMY CORPS
OF ENGINEERS.
This Resolution was unanimously passed and adopted by the Mayor and City Commission of
the City of Miami Beach on December 13, 2017.
Respectfully,
/
Rafael E. Granado
City Clerk
MIAMIBEACH
City of Miami Beach, 1700 Convention Center Drive, Miami Beach, Florida 33139, www.miamibeachfl.gov
Office of the City Clerk
Tel: 305-673-7411
February 9, 2018
Deputy Mayor Alina T. Hudak
Stephen P. Clark Center
111 N.W. 1st Street 29th Floor
Miami, FL 33128
Dear Deputy Mayor Hudak,
Attached please find a copy of City of Miami Beach Resolution No, 2017-30127:
A RESOLUTION OF THE MAYOR AND CITY COMMISSION OF THE CITY
OF MIAMI BEACH, FLORIDA, EXPRESSING THE IMPORTANCE OF
BEACH RENOURISHMENT PROJECTS IN MIAMI BEACH, ESPECIALLY
AFTER THE SAND LOSS FOLLOWING HURRICANE IRMA, AND
DIRECTING THE CITY CLERK TO TRANSMIT A COPY OF THIS
RESOLUTION TO MIAMI-DADE COUNTY AND THE U.S. ARMY CORPS
OF ENGINEERS.
This Resolution was unanimously passed and adopted by the Mayor and City Commission of
the City of Miami Beach on December 13, 2017.
Respectfully,
Rafael E. Granada
City Clerk
MIAMI BEACH
City of Miami Beach, 1700 Convention Center Drive, Miami Beach, Florida 33139, www.miamibeachfl.gov
Office of the City Clerk
Tel: 305-673-7411
February 9, 2018
Commissioner Barbara J. Jordan
Stephen P. Clark Center
111 N.W. 1st Street, Suite 220
Miami, FL 33128
Dear Commissioner Jordan,
Attached please find a copy of City of Miami Beach Resolution No. 2017-30127:
A RESOLUTION OF THE MAYOR AND CITY COMMISSION OF THE CITY
OF MIAMI BEACH, FLORIDA, EXPRESSING THE IMPORTANCE OF
BEACH RENOURISHMENT PROJECTS IN MIAMI BEACH, ESPECIALLY
AFTER THE SAND LOSS FOLLOWING HURRICANE RMA, AND
DIRECTING THE CITY CLERK TO TRANSMIT A COPY OF THIS
RESOLUTION TO MIAMI-DADE COUNTY AND THE U.S. ARMY CORPS
OF ENGINEERS.
This Resolution was unanimously passed and adopted by the Mayor and City Commission of
the City of Miami Beach on December 13, 2017.
Respectfully,
Rafael E. Granado
City Clerk
MIAMI BEACH
City of Miami Beach, 1700 Convention Center Drive, Miami Beach, Florida 33139, www.miamibeachfl.gov
Office of the City Clerk
Tel: 305-673-7411
February 9, 2018
Commissioner Jean Monestime
Stephen P. Clark Center
111 N.W. 1st Street, Suite 220
Miami, FL 33128
Dear Commissioner Monestime,
Attached please find a copy of City of Miami Beach Resolution No. 2017-30127:
A RESOLUTION OF THE MAYOR AND CITY COMMISSION OF THE CITY
OF MIAMI BEACH, FLORIDA, EXPRESSING THE IMPORTANCE OF
BEACH RENOURISHMENT PROJECTS IN MIAMI BEACH, ESPECIALLY
AFTER THE SAND LOSS FOLLOWING HURRICANE IRMA, AND
DIRECTING THE CITY CLERK TO TRANSMIT A COPY OF THIS
RESOLUTION TO MIAMI-DADE COUNTY AND THE U.S. ARMY CORPS
OF ENGINEERS.
This Resolution was unanimously passed and adopted by the Mayor and City Commission of
the City of Miami Beach on December 13, 2017.
Respectfully,
Rafael E. Granado
City Clerk
MIAMI BEACH
City of Miami Beach, 1700 Convention Center Drive, Miami Beach, Florida 33139, www.miamibeachfl.gov
Office of the City Clerk
Tel: 305-673-7411
February 9, 2018
Vice -Chair Audrey Edmonson
Stephen P. Clark Center
111 N.W. 1st Street, Suite 220
Miami, FL 33128
Dear Vice -Chair Edmonson,
Attached please find a copy of City of Miami Beach Resolution No. 2017-30127:
A RESOLUTION OF THE MAYOR AND CITY COMMISSION OF THE CITY
OF MIAMI BEACH, FLORIDA, EXPRESSING THE IMPORTANCE OF
BEACH RENOURISHMENT PROJECTS IN MIAMI BEACH, ESPECIALLY
AFTER THE SAND LOSS FOLLOWING HURRICANE IRMA, AND
DIRECTING THE CITY CLERK TO TRANSMIT A COPY OF THIS
RESOLUTION TO MIAMI-DADE COUNTY AND THE U.S. ARMY CORPS
OF ENGINEERS.
This Resolution was unanimously passed and adopted by the Mayor and City Commission of
the City of Miami Beach on December 13, 2017.
Respectfully,
Rafael E. Granado
City Clerk
MIAMI BEACH
City of Miami Beach, 1700 Convention Center Drive, Miami Beach, Florida 33139, www,miamibeachfl.gov
Office of the City Clerk
Tel: 305-6737411
February 9, 2018
Commissioner Sally A. Heyman
Stephen P. Clark Center
111 N.W. 1st Street, Suite 220
Miami, FL 33128
Dear Commissioner Heyman,
Attached please find a copy of City of Miami Beach Resolution No. 2017-30127:
A RESOLUTION OF THE MAYOR AND CITY COMMISSION OF THE CITY
OF MIAMI BEACH, FLORIDA, EXPRESSING THE IMPORTANCE OF
BEACH RENOURISHMENT PROJECTS IN MIAMI BEACH, ESPECIALLY
AFTER THE SAND LOSS FOLLOWING HURRICANE IRMA, AND
DIRECTING THE CITY CLERK TO TRANSMIT A COPY OF THIS
RESOLUTION TO MIAMI-DADE COUNTY AND THE U.S. ARMY CORPS
OF ENGINEERS.
This Resolution was unanimously passed and adopted by the Mayor and City Commission of
the City of Miami Beach on December 13, 2017.
Respectfully,
Rafael E. Granado
City Clerk
MIAMI BEACH
City of Miami Beach, 1700 Convention Center Drive, Miami Beach, Florida 33139, www.miamibeachfl.gov
Office of the City Clerk
Tel: 305-673-7411
February 9, 2018
Commissioner Bruno A. Barreiro
Stephen P. Clark Center
111 N.W. 1st Street, Suite 220
Miami, FL 33128
Dear Commissioner Barreiro,
Attached please find a copy of City of Miami Beach Resolution No. 2017-30127:
A RESOLUTION OF THE MAYOR AND CITY COMMISSION OF THE CITY.
OF MIAMI BEACH, FLORIDA, EXPRESSING THE IMPORTANCE OF
BEACH RENOURISHMENT PROJECTS IN MIAMI BEACH, ESPECIALLY
AFTER THE SAND LOSS FOLLOWING HURRICANE IRMA, AND
DIRECTING THE CITY CLERK TO TRANSMIT A COPY OF THIS
RESOLUTION TO MIAMI-DADE COUNTY AND THE U.S. ARMY CORPS
OF ENGINEERS.
This Resolution was unanimously passed and adopted by the Mayor and City Commission of
the City of Miami Beach on December 13, 2017.
Respectfully,
Rafael E. Granado
City Clerk
MIAMI BEACH
City of Miami Beach, 1700 Convention Center Drive, Miami Beach, Florida 33139, www.miamibeachfl.gov
Office of the City Clerk
Tel: 305-673-7411
February 9, 2018
Commissioner Rebeca Sosa
Stephen P. Clark Center
111 N.W. 1st Street, Suite 220
Miami, FL 33128
Dear Commissioner Sosa,
Attached please find a copy of City of Miami Beach Resolution No. 2017-30127:
A RESOLUTION OF THE MAYOR AND CITY COMMISSION OF THE CITY
OF MIAMI BEACH, FLORIDA, EXPRESSING THE IMPORTANCE OF
BEACH RENOURISHMENT PROJECTS IN MIAMI BEACH, ESPECIALLY
AFTER THE SAND LOSS FOLLOWING HURRICANE IRMA, AND
DIRECTING THE CITY CLERK TO TRANSMIT A COPY OF THIS
RESOLUTION TO MIAMI-DADE COUNTY AND THE U.S. ARMY CORPS
OF ENGINEERS.
This Resolution was unanimously passed and adopted by the Mayor and City Commission of
the City of Miami Beach on December 13, 2017.
Respectfully,
Rafael E. Granado
City Clerk
MIAMI BEACH
City of Miami Beach, 1700 Convention Center Drive, Miami Beach, Florida 33139, www.miamibeachfl.gov
Office of the City Clerk
Tel: 305-673-741 1
February 9, 2018
Commissioner Xavier L. Suarez
Stephen P. Clark Center
111 N.W. 1st Street, Suite 220
Miami, FL 33128
Dear Commissioner Suarez,
Attached please find a copy of City of Miami Beach Resolution No. 2017-30127:
A RESOLUTION OF THE MAYOR AND CITY COMMISSION OF THE CITY
OF MIAMI BEACH, FLORIDA, EXPRESSING THE IMPORTANCE OF
BEACH RENOURISHMENT PROJECTS IN MIAMI BEACH, ESPECIALLY
AFTER THE SAND LOSS FOLLOWING HURRICANE IRMA, AND
DIRECTING THE CITY CLERK TO TRANSMIT A COPY OF THIS
RESOLUTION TO MIAMI-DADE COUNTY AND THE U.S. ARMY CORPS
OF ENGINEERS.
This Resolution was unanimously passed and adopted by the Mayor and City Commission of
the City of Miami Beach on December 13, 2017.
Respectfully,
Rafael E. Granado
City Clerk
MIAMI BEACH
City of Miami Beach, 1700 Convention Center Drive, Miami Beach, Florida 33139, www.miamibeachfl.gov
Office of the City Clerk
Tel: 305-673-7411
February 9, 2018
Commissioner Daniella Levine Cava
Stephen P. Clark Center
111 N.W. 1st Street, Suite 220
Miami, FL 33128
Dear Commissioner Cava,
Attached please find a copy of City of Miami Beach Resolution No. 2017-30127:
A RESOLUTION OF THE MAYOR AND CITY COMMISSION OF THE CITY
OF MIAMI BEACH, FLORIDA, EXPRESSING THE IMPORTANCE OF
BEACH RENOURISHMENT PROJECTS IN MIAMI BEACH, ESPECIALLY
AFTER THE SAND LOSS FOLLOWING HURRICANE IRMA, AND
DIRECTING THE CITY CLERK TO TRANSMIT A COPY OF THIS
RESOLUTION TO MIAMI -DADS COUNTY AND THE U.S. ARMY CORPS
OF ENGINEERS.
This Resolution was unanimously passed and adopted by the Mayor and City Commission of
the City of Miami Beach on December 13, 2017.
Respectfully,
Rafael E. Granado
City Clerk
MIAMI BEACH
City of Miami Beach, 1700 Convention Center Drive, Miami Beach, Florida 33139, www.miamibeachfl,gov
Office of the City Clerk
Tel: 305-673-7411
February 9, 2018
Commissioner Dennis C. Moss
Stephen P. Clark Center
111 N.W. 1st Street, Suite 320
Miami, FL 33128
Dear Commissioner Moss,
Attached please find a copy of City of Miami Beach Resolution No. 2017-30127:
A RESOLUTION OF THE MAYOR AND CITY COMMISSION OF THE CITY
OF MIAMI BEACH, FLORIDA, EXPRESSING THE IMPORTANCE OF
BEACH RENOURISHMENT PROJECTS IN MIAMI BEACH, ESPECIALLY
AFTER THE SAND LOSS FOLLOWING HURRICANE IRMA, AND
DIRECTING THE CITY CLERK TO TRANSMIT A COPY OF THIS
RESOLUTION TO MIAMI-DADE COUNTY AND THE U.S. ARMY CORPS
OF ENGINEERS.
This Resolution was unanimously passed and adopted by the Mayor and City Commission of
the City of Miami Beach on December 13, 2017.
Respectfully,
Rafael E. Granado
City Clerk
MIAMI BEACH
City of Miami Beach, 1700 Convention Center Drive, Miami Beach, Florida 33139, www.miamibeachfl.gov
Office of the City Clerk
Tel: 305-673-741 1
February 9, 2018
Commissioner Javier D. Souto
Stephen P. Clark Center
111 N.W. 1st Street, Suite 320
Miami, FL 33128
Dear Commissioner Souto,
Attached please find a copy of City of Miami Beach Resolution No. 2017-30127:
A RESOLUTION OF THE MAYOR AND CITY COMMISSION OF THE CITY
OF MIAMI BEACH, FLORIDA, EXPRESSING THE IMPORTANCE OF
BEACH RENOURISHMENT PROJECTS IN MIAMI BEACH, ESPECIALLY
AFTER THE SAND LOSS FOLLOWING HURRICANE IRMA, AND
DIRECTING THE CITY CLERK TO TRANSMIT A COPY OF THIS
RESOLUTION TO MIAMI-DADE COUNTY AND THE U.S. ARMY CORPS
OF ENGINEERS.
This Resolution was unanimously passed and adopted by the Mayor and City Commission of
the City of Miami Beach on December 13, 2017.
Respectfully,
Rafael E. Granado
City Clerk
MIAMI BEACH
City of Miami Beach, 1700 Convention Center Drive, Miami Beach, Florida 33139, www.miamibeachfl.gov
Office of the City Clerk
Tel: 305-673-741 1
February 9, 2018
Commissioner Joe A. Martinez
Stephen P. Clark Center
111 N.W. 1st Street, Suite 320
Miami, FL 33128
Dear Commissioner Martinez,
Attached please find a copy of City of Miami Beach Resolution No. 2017-30127:
A RESOLUTION OF THE MAYOR AND CITY COMMISSION OF THE CITY
OF MIAMI BEACH, FLORIDA, EXPRESSING THE IMPORTANCE OF
BEACH RENOURISHMENT PROJECTS IN MIAMI BEACH, ESPECIALLY
AFTER THE SAND LOSS FOLLOWING HURRICANE IRMA, AND
DIRECTING THE CITY CLERK TO TRANSMIT A COPY OF THIS
RESOLUTION TO MIAMI-DADE COUNTY AND THE U.S. ARMY CORPS
OF ENGINEERS.
This Resolution was unanimously passed and adopted by the Mayor and City Commission of
the City of Miami Beach on December 13, 2017.
Respectfully,
Rafael E. Granado
City Clerk
MIAMI BEACH
City of Miami Beach, 1700 Convention Center Drive, Miami Beach, Florida 33139, www.miamibeachfl.gov
Office of the City Clerk
Tel: 305-673-741 1
February 9, 2018
Commissioner Jose "Pepe" Diaz
Stephen P. Clark Center
111 N.W. 1st Street, Suite 320
Miami, FL 33128
Dear Commissioner Diaz,
Attached please find a copy of City of Miami Beach Resolution No. 2017-30127:
A RESOLUTION OF THE MAYOR AND CITY COMMISSION OF THE CITY
OF MIAMI BEACH, FLORIDA, EXPRESSING THE IMPORTANCE OF
BEACH RENOURISHMENT PROJECTS IN MIAMI BEACH, ESPECIALLY
AFTER THE SAND LOSS FOLLOWING HURRICANE IRMA, AND
DIRECTING THE CITY CLERK TO TRANSMIT A COPY OF THIS
RESOLUTION TO MIAMI-DADE COUNTY AND THE U.S. ARMY CORPS
OF ENGINEERS.
This Resolution was unanimously passed and adopted by the Mayor and City Commission of
the City of Miami Beach on December 13, 2017.
Respectfully,
Rafael E. Granado
City Clerk
MIAMI BEACH
City of Miami Beach, 1700 Convention Center Drive, Miami Beach, Florida 33139, www.miamibeachfl,gov
Office of the City Clerk
Tel: 305-673-7411
February 9, 2018
Chairman Esteban Bovo, Jr.
Stephen P. Clark Center
111 N.W. 1st Street, Suite 320
Miami, FL 33128
Dear Chairman Bovo, Jr.,
Attached please find a copy of City of Miami Beach Resolution No. 2017-30127:
A RESOLUTION OF THE MAYOR AND CITY COMMISSION OF THE CITY
OF MIAMI BEACH, FLORIDA, EXPRESSING THE IMPORTANCE OF
BEACH RENOURISHMENT PROJECTS IN MIAMI BEACH, ESPECIALLY
AFTER THE SAND LOSS FOLLOWING HURRICANE IRMA, AND
DIRECTING THE CITY CLERK TO TRANSMIT A COPY OF THIS
RESOLUTION TO MIAMI-DADE COUNTY AND THE U.S. ARMY CORPS
OF ENGINEERS.
This Resolution was unanimously passed and adopted by the Mayor and City Commission of
the City of Miami Beach on December 13, 2017.
Respectfully,
Rafael E. Granado
City Clerk
MIAMI BEACH
City of Miami Beach, 1700 Convention Center Drive, Miami Beach, Florida 33139, www,miamibeachfl.gov
Office of the City Clerk
Tel: 305-673-741 1
February 9, 2018
Commanding General/Chief of Engineers Todd T. Semonite
U.S. Army Corps of Engineers
441 G Street NW
Washington, DC 20314
Dear Commanding General/Chief of Engineers Semonite,
Attached please find a copy of City of Miami Beach Resolution No. 2017-30127:
A RESOLUTION OF THE MAYOR AND CITY COMMISSION OF THE CITY
OF MIAMI BEACH, FLORIDA, EXPRESSING THE IMPORTANCE OF
BEACH RENOURISHMENT PROJECTS IN MIAMI BEACH, ESPECIALLY
AFTER THE SAND LOSS FOLLOWING HURRICANE IRMA, AND
DIRECTING THE CITY CLERK TO TRANSMIT A COPY OF THIS
RESOLUTION TO MIAMI-DADE COUNTY AND THE U.S. ARMY CORPS
OF ENGINEERS.
This Resolution was unanimously passed and adopted by the Mayor and City Commission of
the City of Miami Beach on December 13, 2017.
Respectfully,
Rafael E. Granado
City Clerk