R7 C July 24 2020 Commissioners Mtg - JACOBS, ITEM R7CBlue-Green Stormwater Infrastructure, Road Elevation Strategy & Neighborhood Project Prioritization
July 24, 2020
Commission Meeting
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Agenda
•Final results and recommendations for Commission approval
•Neighborhood Project Prioritization
•Road Elevation Strategy
•Blue-Green Stormwater Infrastructure Concept Plan
•Next Steps
•Integrate blue-green infrastructure into all designs
•Incorporate new road raising policy into standards
•Design Criteria Packages for neighborhood projects
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•This presentation compiles 10 months of work on blue-green infrastructure,
road raising, and neighborhood prioritization
•Work performed utilized existing City studies, plans, and analyses from the
past several years, which was updated and revised, as necessary
•Input for this work was received from a number of sources: Public Works Dept,
Managers Ready Team, public/residents, City Commission
•This final work product reflects Jacobs’ recommendations
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Introduction
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Neighborhood Prioritization
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•Capital projects were sourced from:
•Transportation Master Plan
•Water Master Plan
•Sewer Master Plan
•Fire Flow Projects
•Water & Sewer Renewal/Replacement Report
•City Capital Improvement Program
•GO Bond Program
•Blueways Master Plan
•Additional 64 road elevation projects
were developed based on updated Road
Elevation Strategy
•Two scenarios were evaluated: flood risk
and flood risk with water and sewer
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Rank Project Category
Project
Category
Weight Factor
(%)
1 Coastal Flood Risk Management 100
2 Potable Water Distribution / Fire Suppression System 100
3 Emergency (Critical) Facilities & Roads 90
4 Sanitary Sewer Service Delivery 85
5 Rain Driven Storm Water Management 85
6 Environmental Benefits 70
7 Economic Development 60
8 Pedestrian and Bicycle Mobility 50
9 Road Classification 40
10 Road Condition Maintenance 40
11 Aesthetics 35
Project Evaluation Categories and Weight Factors
560 City Capital Projects Were Reviewed and 401 Were
Selected for Inclusion and Prioritization
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Recommended Prioritization: Flood Risk with Water & Sewer*
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•Normandy Isles A
•Oceanfront A &
Oceanfront B
•Flamingo/Lummus
C & Flamingo/
Lummus G
•West Avenue and
Bay Road A –
already underway
Location of Top 5 DCPs
Recommended
First 5 DCPs
North
West Avenue and
Bay Road A
*Normalized by
Population Served
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Road Elevation Strategy
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Recommended Road Raising Strategy
•Based on updated SLR projects, frequency of sunny
day flooding, type of road & service life of road
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•Edge of road:
•Local and major roads: ≥ 3.9 ft
•Emergency roads: ≥ 4.8 ft
4.8 ft
Emergency
Roads
3.9 ft for
Major/Local
Minimum
Road Base
Elevation for
All Roads
Using IPCC Median curve, edge of road elevation of major/minor roads would 3.3 feet (a difference of ~7 inches), which would not significantly
reduce the need for harmonization and would increase flood risk, increase maintenance, decrease road service life, and increase overall costs
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Road Raising Strategy: Flexibility for Harmonization
Balancing Road Elevations, Driveway Slopes & Base Material*
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Driveways –Residential and Commercial Adjacent Structures
*Specific criteria established
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Updated Policy Tool With New Road Elevation Policy and
Updated Sea Level Rise Projections
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•Near-Term Level of Service: Based
on the recommended policy, 41 miles
(23% of roads in the City) currently
do not meet the required level of
flood risk reduction and are priority
road elevation projects for the next 5
years.
•Long-Term Level of Service: As sea
levels rise, more roads will need to
be raised; estimated to be an
additional 90 miles of road by 2050.
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Blue-Green Stormwater Infrastructure Concept Plan
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Blue-Green Stormwater Infrastructure Concept Plan
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•Compendium of Miami Beach-specific practices
•Benefits and limitations of blue-green
infrastructure
•Improve water quality in stormwater discharges to
Biscayne Bay
•Provide minimal flood reduction (up to 2-inch storms)
•Provide social, environmental & economic co-benefits
in locally relevant ways
•Protect freshwater lens
•Implementation of Blue-Green practices is limited in
highly urbanized areas
•12 key practices, 4 implementation scenarios
•Decision support for applicability and planning
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Blue-Green Stormwater Infrastructure
Integrated Into All Relevant Planning
•Recommended practices:
•Bioretention (ponds/swales)/Rain Gardens
•Blue-green roofs
•Constructed/floating wetlands
•Detention basins
•Enhanced tree planters
•Pumped injection
•Permeable pavement
•Rainwater Harvesting
•Stormwater planters
•Subsurface infiltration/storage
•Wet ponds
•Tree canopy
•Implementation scenarios: residential, commercial,
transportation & public spaces
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Consider Golf Courses for Blue-Green Implementation:
THE ART OF THE POSSIBLE
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•Retrofit: Add Blue-
Green Stormwater
Practices
•Repurpose: Keep 9
Holes and Use More
Space for Blue-Green
Practices
•Reimagine: 100%
Blue-Green Practices
with Economic
Development
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Community Input Was Key to Jacobs Final Recommendations
•Public meetings conducted for all three workstreams
•Feedback incorporated into all three work products
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Commission Approval Will Initiate
•Empower City to incorporate blue-green stormwater infrastructure practices into
master planning and capital improvement programs
•Incorporate new Road Elevation Policy into existing standards
•Develop design criteria packages (DCPs) for 56 neighborhood projects, starting
with Top 5 priorities: Flamingo/Lummus, Oceanfront and Normandy Isles
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Commission Action Needed
•Accept the Jacobs Engineering Miami Beach Integrated Water Management Plan and amend the
City's Stormwater Master Plan, consisting of three documents:
•Blue-Green Stormwater Infrastructure Concept Plan
•Road Elevation Strategy and Recommended Sea Level Rise/Tidal Flood Adaptation Projects
•Neighborhood Project Prioritization -Methodology and Results
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Blue-Green Stormwater Infrastructure, Road Elevation Strategy & Neighborhood Project Prioritization
July 24, 2020
Commission Meeting