LTC 197-2024 GrantsMIAMI BEACH
OFFICE OF THE CITY MANAGER
LTC# LETTER TO COMMISSION
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Honorable Mayor Steven Meiner and Members of the City Commission
Rickelle Williams, Interim City Manager ~w
May 23, 2024
Miami Beach is Awarded $963,000 in Grants for the North Beach Living
Shoreline Neighborhood Resilience Project from Congresswoman Frederica
S. Wilson, Florida District 24
The purpose of this Letter to Commission {L TC} is to report that the City has been awarded a grant
totaling $963,000 for the North Beach Living Shoreline Neighborhood Resilience Project from
Florida District 24 Congressional Fiscal Year 2024 Community Project Funding.
The funding will be used for the North Beach Living Shoreline Neighborhood Resilience Project,
which will construct three sections of living shorelines together with adjacent seawall restorations
and enhancements, to adapt the North Beach area to sea level rise.
Resilience planning to protect our community has been essential to position our projects for
funding. The grant funds are in the current Fiscal Year 2024 budget and the United States
Department of Commerce (USDOC)/National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA)
anticipates that the City will receive grant agreements later this year.
I would like to thank the Mayor and Commission for your leadership. I would also like to thank the
Grants Management Division and Environmental and Sustainability Department for their devoted
and successful work on this grant.
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May 15, 2024
Via email: jasongreene@miamibeachft.gov
Jason Greene, CFO
City of Miami Beach
1700 Convention Center Drive
Miami Beach, FL 33139
Dear Mr. Greene,
Congratulations! I am pleased to inform you that your organization will receive $963,000 for the
North Beach Living Shoreline Neighborhood Resilience Project from Florida District 24
Congressional Fiscal Year 2024 Community Project Funding due to the application I submitted on
your behalf. Use this information as you plan and develop your budget. Additional information
from the agency funding your grant is listed at the end of this letter and we will share more as it
becomes available.
The funding will be used for the North Beach Living Shoreline Neighborhood Resilience Project,
which will construct three sections of living shorelines together with adjacent seawall restorations
and enhancements, to adapt the disadvantaged and vulnerable community of North Beach to sea
level rise.
Please feel free to reach out to my staff at (305) 690-5905 with any questions or to share any further
concerns.
Sincerely,
Frederica S. Wilson
Member of Congress
INSTRUCTIONS FROM FUNDING AGENCY:
Subcommittee: Commerce Justice Science
Agency: USDOC/National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
Bureau: Operations, Research, and Facilities
Account: Coastal Zone Management
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NOAA is in receipt of your FY2024 Congressional Directed Spending I Community Project and
currently working to review the full slate of projects. In the coming weeks, we will initiate
outreach to project leads in your State/District to provide guidance on the grant application
process.
In order for organizations to receive the specified funding, the recipient must complete and
submit required grant forms which must be approved by NOAA. Once approved, a partnership
between the recipient and DOC/NOAA is established and the slated funding is awarded.
As we advance through the grant award process, we will be sure to provide interim updates.
Dr. Melanie Jackson Osborn
melanie.jackson@noaa.gov