Resolution 2019-31066 RESOLUTION NO. 2019-31066:
A RESOLUTION OF THE MAYOR AND CITY COMMISSION
OF THE CITY OF MIAMI BEACH, FLORIDA, ACCEPTING
THE RECOMMENDATION OF THE FINANCE AND
CITYWIDE PROJECTS COMMITTEE, AT ITS OCTOBER 25,
2019 MEETING, TO ALLOCATE FUNDING IN AN AMOUNT
NOT TO EXCEED $20,000.00 TO FUND UNIVERSITY OF
MIAMI'S LABORATORY FOR INTEGRATIVE KNOWLEDGE
("ULINK") PILOT PROJECT ON ARTIFICIAL REEFS.
WHEREAS, at the May 16, 2018 City of Miami Beach City Commission meeting,
the Mayor and City Commission referred a discussion regarding artificial reefs to the
Sustainability and Resiliency Committee ("SRC"); and
WHEREAS, at the November 28, 2018 SRC meeting, the University of Miami's
Laboratory for Integrative Knowledge ("ULINK") Coastal Resilience Team presented a
partnership project with the City of Miami Beach to develop and test coastal resilience
strategies that combine grey and green infrastructures to reduce the vulnerability of
coastal communities (the "Project"); and
WHEREAS, phase 1 of the Project, which consisted of developing and testing
restoration strategies that combine gray (cement-based) and green (nature-based)
defenses to protect our coast, has been completed; and
WHEREAS, phase 2 of the Project, which consists of completing a vulnerability
and physical modeling to move the project into implementation and deployment, is
currently in progress; and
WHEREAS, City staff has been working with the ULINK Coastal Resilience team
in order to implement the second phase of this project; and
WHEREAS, the pilot will test the performance of coral fragments mounted onto
modules under natural conditions and then, coral survivorship and growth will be
monitored at pilot sites; and
WHEREAS, the ULINK Coastal Resilience team used their one-of-a-kind wave
tank at the SUSTAIN lab to test different man-made reef designs under simulated storm
wind and wave conditions in order to determine the best structures to be placed during
the pilot; and
WHEREAS, along with the model being tested at the SUSTAIN lab, the ULINK
team will be able to compare the results under the modelling and under natural
conditions; and
WHEREAS, the goal is to have a pilot installed offshore within the next 12
months, but the construction is currently unfunded and ULINK is seeking funding; and
WHEREAS, at the October 25, 2019 Finance and Citywide Projects Committee
meeting, the Committee approved and recommended that the City allocate an amount
not to exceed $20,000.00 to fund the ULINK pilot project.
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 accept the recommendation of the Finance and Citywide Projects
Committee, at its October 25, 2019 meeting, to allocate funding in an amount not to
exceed $20,000.00 to fund University of Miami's Laboratory for Integrative Knowledge
("ULINK") pilot project on artificial reefs.
PASSED AND ADOPTED this 30th day of October, 2019.
ATTEST: , Mayor Dan Gelber
Rafael E. Granado, City lerk
(Sponsored by Commissioner Ricky Arriola)
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MIAMI BEACH
COMMISSION MEMORANDUM
TO: Honorable Mayor and Members of the City Commission
FROM: Raul J.Aguila, City Attorney •
DATE: October 30, 2019
SUBJECT:A RESOLUTION OF THE MAYOR AND CITY COMMISSION OF THE CITY
OF MIAMI BEACH, FLORIDA, ACCEPTING THE RECOMMENDATION OF
THE FINANCE AND CITYWIDE PROJECTS COMMITTEE, AT ITS
OCTOBER 25, 2019 MEETING, TO ALLOCATE FUNDING IN AN AMOUNT
NOT TO EXCEED $20,000.00 TO FUND UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI'S
LABORATORY FOR INTEGRATIVE KNOWLEDGE ("ULINK") PILOT
PROJECT ON ARTIFICIAL REEFS.
RECOMMENDATION
Pursuant to the request of Commissioner Ricky Arriola, the above-reference Resolution is
submitted for consideration by the Mayor and City Commission at the October 30, 2019
Commission meeting.
Applicable Area
Not Applicable
Is this a Resident Right to Does this item utilize G.O.
Know item? Bond Funds?
No No
Legislative Tracking
Office of the City Attorney
Sponsor
Vice-Mayor Ricky Arriola
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