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MIAMI BEACH
OFFICE OF THE CITY MANAGER
NO. LTC# 326-2020 LETTER TO COMMISSION
TO : Mayor Dan Gelber and Members of the City Commission
FROM: Jimmy L. Morales, City Manager
DATE: September 17, 2020
SUBJECT: Resilience Vision Campaign Update
I'm pleased to provide an update regarding a developing resilience vision campaign for sea level
rise in Miami Beach. On March 18, 2020, the City Commission unanimously approved Item C7
AE Resolution 2020-31217, Sponsored by Vice Mayor Samuelian, (Attachment 1) directing the
administration to develop an inspirational resilience vision campaign to envision what Miami
Beach will look like in thirty years or longer considering the need to plan and adapt to sea level
rise. The resolution specified that the campaign should illustrate the City's resilience efforts, the
fight against sea level rise, and the planned mitigation and adaptation measures the City envisions
for the future.
Developing a visionary campaign through the collaboration of artists, educators, and students
was recommended through the Urban Sustainability Directors Network training in 2019.
Additionally, the Urban Land Institute 2018 Advisory Services Panel Report recommended that a
vision depict and promote a 'living with water' concept.
As a first phase, inspirational resilience visions are currently being developed for an Architecture
Course 6356 led by FIU Professor John Stuart entitled "Historic Preservation, Sea Level Rise,
and Inspirational Resiliency Visions for Miami Beach in 2070." (Attachment 2) The course
will focus on the Flamingo Park Historic District from Meridian Avenue from Lincoln Road south
to Espanola Way. The course includes:
• Part 1: Historic Contexts
Students will develop detailed historic contexts for the building of their choice.
• Part 2: Designing for 2070 Resilience
Students will study the City's resilience-building guidelines including Buoyant City:
Historic Preservation Adaptation Guidelines and resources available on the Miami
Beach Rising Above website. They will use sea level rise projections and data to
outline ways the buildings can be preserved, including green, blue, and gray
infrastructure, and technological innovations.
• Part 3: Inspirational Resiliency Visions: Miami Beach 2070
Students will develop models and renderings of daily life that showcases
inspirational visions for how the historic district has been preserved just as it has
been transformed into a more resilient neighborhood for 2070.
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Additionally, Florida International University (FIU) provided a concept proposal for an inspirational
global vision campaign competition and the item was discussed at the July 21, 2020 Land Use
and Sustainability Committee. Staff is working to develop the vision campaign with the FIU Office
of Engagement with support from the Extreme Events Institute, Sea Level Rise Solution Center,
and Miami Beach Urban Studios. Overall, the proposal is for an inspirational long-term vision
campaign that will be a global competition of alternative visualizations looking out 50+ years that
will engage local, regional national and international stakeholders in public discussion. FIU
proposes to raise funding to assist with the campaign and the award.
I look forward to sharing progress on this initiative in the coming months. Planning discussions
will continue through the remainder of 2020, and the interdisciplinary staff team includes Amy
Knowles, Chief Resilience Officer; Tonya Daniels, Marketing and Communications Director; and
Elizabeth Wheaton, Environment and Sustainability Director.
Please contact me or Amy Knowles with any questions regarding the developing resilience vision
campaign.
JLM/ ALK
Attachment 1 : Resolution 2020-31217
Attachment 2: FIU Architecture Course 6356 Syllabus
RESOLUTION NO. 2020-31217
A RESOLUTION OF THE MAYOR AND CITY COMMISSION OF THE
CITY OF MIAMI BEACH, FLORIDA, DIRECTING THE CITY
ADMINISTRATION TO DEVELOP AND LAUNCH AN INSPIRATIONAL
RESILIENCY VISION CAMPAIGN, CONSISTENT WITH THE GUIDANCE
SET FORTH IN THIS RESOLUTION, WHICH WILL ENVISION HOW THE
CITY OF MIAMI BEACH WILL LOOK LIKE IN THIRTY YEARS OR
LONGER, AND FURTHER DIRECTING THE CITY ADMINISTRATION TO
PRESENT A RECOMMENDED APPROACH TO THE RESILIENCY
VISION CAMPAIGN BEFORE THE LAND USE AND SUSTAINABILITY
COMMITTEE AT ITS MAY 26, 2020 MEETING.
WHEREAS, the City of Miami Beach (the "City") is comprised of a number of
islands with approximately 70 miles of shoreline along numerous canals and waterways,
the Atlantic Ocean, and Biscayne Bay Aquatic Preserve, all of which support a wide
variety of flora and fauna; and
WHEREAS, as a coastal barrier island, the City is extremely vulnerable to
environmental threats such as rising sea levels and coastal flooding; and
WHEREAS, City's elected officials and Administration have shown an impressive
commitment in the last few years to addressing these environmental concerns, such as
planning to invest over $658 million to raise roads to a 3.7-foot NAVD and improve
stormwater drainage in the most vulnerable areas, focusing on green infrastructure,
elevating roads and public seawalls, and establishing a Tree Preservation Program; and
WHEREAS, the City also developed and adopted a comprehensive strategy,
known as the Strategic Plan Through the Lens of Resilience (the "Strategic Plan"), which
will focus on the City's needs in both near- term and long-term time horizons by
strategically building resilience through policies, projects and services; and
WHEREAS, while the City's Strategic Plan and its commitment to taking a
proactive approach to resiliency have already positioned it as a world leader in the climate
adaptation space, the City's efforts could be further recognized through an inspirational
resiliency vision campaign detailing how the City will look like in the next thirty years or
longer; and
WHEREAS, Urban Sustainability Directors Network, which consists of local
government practitioners dedicated to accelerate and enhancing urban sustainability in
U.S. communities, recommended that the City develop and launch a visionary campaign
through collaboration with artists, educators, and students to create a vision and/or art of
what the City will look like in the future.(see Attachment A); and
WHEREAS, the Resiliency Vision campaign should illustrate the City's resiliency
efforts, the fight against sea level rise, and planned mitigation and adaptation measures
the City envisions for the future; and
WHEREAS, the Resiliency Vision campaign should also address and depict open
questions on sustainability, such as: (1) long-term land planning, including potential
expansions through land redistribution; (2) long-term zoning and building codes; (3)
evolution and preservation of historic properties and neighborhoods; (4)the future role of
water transport and which roads could become future waterways; (5) the future role of
floating homes and where they might be located; (6) the future role of aerial supply and
human transport; and (7) whether road spending to support private car transport should
take lower priority to resilience investments for non-private vehicle and non-car transport;
and
WHEREAS, per the recommendation of the Urban Land Institute's 2018 Advisory
Services Panel Report, the Resiliency Vision campaign should also depict and promote
a "living with water" concept; and
WHEREAS, the "living with water" approach entails not only the use of different
technologies to manage water, but also different attitudes about convenience, mobility,
health, and aesthetics, such as embracing green and blue infrastructure that can manage
water using natural systems; and
WHEREAS, University of Miami graduate, Isaac Stein, developed a futuristic
Visionary Plan for the City of Miami Beach as part of his architecture senior capstone
project, where he embraced the concept of"living with water"; and
WHEREAS, Mr. Stein's project, which included visual depictions of restoring and
replanting native storm surge-reduction flora such as mangroves, building large sand
dunes between the ocean and waterfront properties, reducing reliance on cars by bringing
back trolleys, widening bike paths, and building raised walkways through natural
ecosystems and water canals, is just one of the many examples on how to visualize the
way the City will look like in the future (see Attachment B); and
WHEREAS, consistent with recommendations from the Urban Sustainability
Directors Network and the Urban Land Institute, the Mayor and City Commission direct
the City Administration to work in collaboration with artists, educators, students, and
businesses to create and launch a Resiliency Vision campaign, depicting how the City
will look like in thirty years, incorporating the guidance set forth herein.
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 direct the City Administration to develop and launch an inspirational
Resiliency Vision campaign, consistent with the guidance set forth in this Resolution,
which will envision how the City of Miami Beach will look like in thirty years or longer, and
further direct the City Administration to present a recommended approach to the
Resiliency Vision campaign before the Land Use and Sustainability Committee at its May
26, 2020 meeting.
PASSED and ADOPTED this f' day of March, 2020.
ATTEST:
Dan Gelber, Mayor
Rafael E. Granado, City Clerk
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sponsored by Commissioner Mark Samuelian)
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FOR EXECUTION
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City Attorney Date
Resolutions -C7 AE
MIAMI BEACH
COMMISSION MEMORANDUM
TO: Honorable Mayor and Members of the City Commission
FROM: Raul J.Aguila, City Attorney
DATE: March 18, 2020
SUBJECT:A RESOLUTION OF THE MAYOR AND CITY COMMISSION OF THE CITY
OF MIAMI BEACH, FLORIDA, DIRECTING THE CITY ADMINISTRATION
TO DEVELOP AND LAUNCH AN INSPIRATIONAL RESILIENCY VISION
CAMPAIGN, CONSISTENT WITH THE GUIDANCE SET FORTH IN THIS
RESOLUTION, WHICH WILL ENVISION HOW THE CITY OF MIAMI BEACH
WILL LOOK LIKE IN THIRTY YEARS OR LONGER, AND FURTHER
DIRECTING THE CITY ADMINISTRATION TO PRESENT A
RECOMMENDED APPROACH TO THE RESILIENCY VISION CAMPAIGN
BEFORE THE LAND USE AND SUSTAINABILITY COMMITTEE AT ITS MAY
26, 2020 MEETING.
RECOMMENDATION
Pursuant to the request of Commissioner Mark Samuelian, the above-referenced Resolution is
submitted for consideration by the City Commission at the March 18, 2020 Commission
meeting.
Applicable Area
Not Applicable
Is this a"Residents Right Does this item utilize G.O.
to Know" item. pursuant to Bond Funds?
City Code Section 2-14?
No No
Legislative Tracking
Office of the City Attorney
Sponsor
Commissioner Mark Samuelian
ATTACHMENTS:
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Description
Resolution
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1 Recommendation: Develop Terminology Toolkits and Protocol
Eliminate technical terms ti
Require vetted communications teams with all hired consultants
2 Recommendation: Implement Public Safety Framing
All Resilience efforts brought under public safety umbrella
3 Recommendation: Revise Community Engagement
Utilize 3rd party to facilitate public meetings and Change format of public meetings
Partner with Appreciative Inquiry or other group on co-designed projects
4 Recommendation: Launch Vision Campaign
Work with artists , educators, students to create art of what MB will look like in the future
5 Recommendation: Ensure Confident Communications by City Officials
find unity in policy implementation so that city staff can engage the community confidently and with
conviction
6 Recommendation: Collect and Amplify Positive Testimonials
elevate and share positive stories
7 Recommendation: Establish Systems for Cross-Departmental Communications
set up systems for frequent cross-departmental communications and information sharing
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Beach's efforts to reconcile its building boom with alarming forecasts of sea-level
rise,I met a young man named Isaac Stein who had already given the subject plenty
of thought.While he was still an undergraduate at the University of Miami,majoring
in architecture,Stein,now 24 years old and with the urban-design and landscape
architecture firm West 8,devoted his senior thesis project to an impressive,
ambitious plan for Miami Beach to survive through the next five feet of sea-level rise.
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protects residences for up to six feet of sea-level rise.At the moment, it's not legal to build
higher in historic buildings, but eventually, as the ground floors of residences are
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can be integrated into these natural barriers. The 'sand motor' is a man-made peninsula
built of sand that will be brought in from off-site.As the waves hit it, the sand will be
spread across the shoreline by the ocean's currents.This reduces the amount of time that
the beach needs to be closed off to the public for sand-replenishment purposes, and also
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FIU A R C H I T E C T U R E
ARC 6356 D E S I G N 10 FALL 2 0 2 0
Professors: John Stuart
Class Times: T/R 2:00-6:15, Remote through Zoom
Office Hours: T/R 12–2PM or by appointment;
Telephone: 305.535.1460 or 305.535.1463; Email: stuartj@fiu.edu
COURSE SYLLABUS
HISTORIC PRESERVATION, SEA LEVEL RISE,
AND INSPIRATIONAL RESILIENCY VISIONS FOR MIAMI BEACH IN 2070
Course Description and Purpose
Architectural project emphasizing design development, preparation of details, and design documents for buildings of
intermediate complexity.
Overview
This course takes the standpoint that the historic districts in Miami Beach are unique, architecturally-based economic
drivers in ways that few other cities in the nation share. But history is itself a process of dynamic change, with many of the
buildings on Miami Beach being the first structures on their respective sites. Nearly every historic building that we will study
was at one point a dynamic change for the site and neighborhood.
This course helps student to connect the dynamism inherent in the historic architecture and its preservation on Miami
Beach, current predictions of future sea level rise, existing resiliency strategies, our changing society, and our newest
technologies (like AI) to tease out and articulate through images inspirational resiliency visions for Miami Beach in the year
2070.
Course Organization
To facilitate the investigation this semester, the course is divided into three parts: 1) A deep dive into the history and
existing conditions of an individual building; 2) a vision for how that building might become more resilient given its
elevation, building type and land use; and 3) an extrapolation from this research on an individual building and its resiliency
strategy to visions of streetscapes, aerial views of the neighborhood, or other larger community views that provide an
inspiration for the recommended resiliency strategies.
Part 1: Historic Contexts
After the course introduction, in this first part of the course—or the deep historical dive—students will construct a detailed
history of their building by engaging information provided by the City of Miami Beach on the building cards, and cross-
referencing that material with information gleaned in newspaper.com, ancestry.com, and realtor.com, and published
references of any sort.
After selecting a building of choice among those with available building cards and located in the study area along Meridian
Avenue from Lincoln Road south to Española Way. Students will create narratives (stories or histories) about their
selected building that includes reference to the people who were engaged with it. These include designers/architects;
owners; builders/contractors; and tenants/condo owners. It will also look at the history of race, and religious and ethnic
diversity on Miami Beach. At the end of this part of the course, students should be able to present historic documents and
found or redrawn building plans, sections and elevations. Students should know the historic "style" of their building in all of
its details and provide a SWOC (strengths, weaknesses, opportunities, challenges) of the building's resilience.
Part 2: Designing for 2070 Resilience
In the second part of the course, students will study the city's resiliency building guidelines in "Buoyant City" and other
resources related to green and blue infrastructure found on the City of Miami Beach's Rising Above website. They will also
use current sea level rise projections, finished first floor levels (where known) and other details to outline ways in which the
buildings can be preserved as it comes into alignment with sea level rise and other climate change predictions. Students
should consider taking into account changes to zoning, like building heights, FAR, allowable uses, as they balance those
with the necessity to continue to maintain the historic fabric of the district. By the end of this part of the studio, students will
have developed, drawn and visualized a resiliency concept design for an individual building or building site in the historic
district.
Part 3: Inspirational Resiliency Visions: Miami Beach 2070
Students collectively pull together their individual models into one virtual site model. They will participate in a "test-run" for
an international design competition for "Inspirational Resiliency Visions" to be hosted by the City of Miami Beach and FIU
and launched in 2021. Students will be in contact with many of the individuals responsible for the development of the
international competition. By the end of this third and final part, students will have developed models and renderings of
daily life in the historic district in and around their building site that showcases inspirational visions for how the historic
district has been preserved just as it has been transformed into a more resilient neighborhood for 2070.
Note: The instructor reserves the right to implement changes to this schedule as required.
Course Objectives
Upon completing this course, students will be able to:
• Identify new sources of historic research in architecture and environmental shocks and stressors that will impact
that historic research
• Compare historic buildings, building fabrics, and environmental conditions in detail.
• Evaluate the efficacy of resilience measures past, present and future, zoning and programs.
• Create visions of resilient daily life in 2070 for the historic district study area that build upon your detailed historical
research, green/blue/gray technological innovations, and your responses to predictions for climate change that
can inspire new policies that make them happen.
Course Schedule
Week 1 Tuesday 08/25 Presentation and Design 10 Lottery in PCA 135. Thursday 08/27 Design studio introduction and
Google Maps site walk-through
Week 2 Monday 08/31 Last Day to Add/Drop Classes. Tuesday 09/01 Debbie Tackett (Head of Historic Preservation for
the City of Miami Beach) intro to Historic Preservation on Miami Beach (2:30-3:30PM). Thursday 09/03 Aris Papadopoulos
(FIU Organizer, Inspirational Resiliency Vision Competition) intro to the Inspirational Resilient Vision Competition (2:30-
3:30).
Week 3 Tuesday 09/08 Part 1: Dynamic Research / Historic Conditions (HPB Meeting, 9AM-2PM or longer). Thursday
09/10 Part 1: Dynamic Research / Historic Conditions.
Week 4 Tuesday 09/15 Part 1: Dynamic Research / Historic Conditions. Thursday 09/17 Part 1: Dynamic Research /
Historic Conditions
Week 5 Tuesday 09/22 Part 1: Designing History for Resilience. Thursday 09/24 Part 1: Designing History for Resilience.
(UM Architecture Professor Allan Shulman talk 2:30-3:30PM)
Week 6 Tuesday 09/29 Part 1: Designing History for Resilience. Thursday 10/01 Part 2: Designing for Resilience. (City of
Miami Beach Inspirational Resiliency Vision Campaign team: Amy Knowles, Elizabeth Wheaton, and Tonya Daniels. 2:30-
3:30PM).
Week 7 Tuesday 10/06 Review: The new past. Data that brings us to the present and into the future. Thursday 10/08
Part 2: Designing for Resilience: Shocks, Stressors, and Responses.
Week 8 Tuesday 10/13 Part 2: Designing for Resilience: Shocks, Stressors, and Responses (HPB Meeting, 9-2 or longer).
Thursday 10/15 Part 2: Designing for Resilience: Shocks, Stressors, and Responses.
Week 9 Tuesday 10/20 Part 2: Designing for Resilience: Shocks, Stressors, and Responses. Thursday 10/22 Part 2:
Designing for Resilience: Shocks, Stressors, and Responses.
Week 10 Tuesday 10/27 MIDTERM REVIEW: Toward an Inspirational Resiliency Vision for 2070 Thursday 10/29 Part
3: 2070 and beyond: Inspirational Resiliency Visions.
Week 11 Monday, 11/02 Last Day to Drop with DR Grade. Tuesday 11/03 Part 3: 2070 and beyond: Inspirational
Resiliency Visions. Thursday 11/05 Part 3: 2070 and beyond: Inspirational Resiliency Visions.
Week 12 Tuesday 11/10 Part 3: 2070 and beyond: Inspirational Resiliency Visions. (HPB meeting, 9-2PM and longer).
Thursday 11/12 Part 3: 2070 and beyond: Inspirational Resiliency Visions.
Week 13 Tuesday 11/17 Part 3: 2070 and beyond: Inspirational Resiliency Visions. Thursday 11/19 Part 3: 2070 and
beyond: Inspirational Resiliency Visions.
Week 14 Tuesday 11/24 PREFINAL REVIEW Thursday 11/26 NO CLASS Thanksgiving
Week 15 Tuesday 12/01 Part 3: 2070 and beyond: Inspirational Resiliency Visions. Friday 12/04 FINAL REVIEW
(Proposed)
Week 16 Tuesday 12/08 Semester review. Thursday 12/10 Semester review
Week 17 Saturday 12/12 End of Term
Important Information
Before starting this course, please review the following pages:
• Accessibility and Accommodation
• Academic Misconduct Statement
*The professor reserves the right to change or modify the syllabus at any time during the semester.
Co- and Prerequisites
Completion of Graduate Design 9.
Course Evaluation
Student evaluations will be based upon their articulation of their design process and the visual, written, and oral
presentation of their projects. While the student may pass the course by the completing all work required to the satisfaction
of the professor, individual initiative and investigation of design and research issues that extend beyond the basic
requirements are strongly encouraged. Student work will be evaluated during regularly scheduled critiques and juries.
There will be a midterm assessment of the student’s progress.
Print and Fabrication Access
Studio are paperless and physical modeless. A student wishes to print or sheets or models they may do so on a limited
appointment basis pending staff and facilities availability.
Class Standards
Attendance and class participation are required at all class meetings. Four (4) unexcused absences automatically result
in a failing grade for the course. In the event that you miss a class, you are responsible for all material covered. No late
work will be accepted. Absence from the final review will result in a failing grade. Grades will be distributed as follows:
Grade Points Per Credit Hour
A 4.00
A- 3.67
B+ 3.33
B 3.00
B- 2.67
C+ 2.33
C 2.00
D 1.00
F 0.00
Student Rights and Responsibilities
“Florida International University is a community dedicated to generating and imparting knowledge through excellent
teaching and research, the rigorous and respectful exchange of ideas, and community service. All students should respect
the right of others to have an equitable opportunity to learn and honestly to demonstrate the quality of their learning.
Therefore, all students are expected to adhere to a standard of academic conduct, which demonstrates respect for
themselves, their fellow students, and the educational mission of the University. All students are deemed by the University
to understand that if they are found responsible for academic misconduct, they will be subject to the Academic Misconduct
procedures and sanctions, as outlined in the Student Handbook."
It is the student’s responsibility to obtain, become familiar with, and abide by all departmental, college and university
requirements and regulations. These include but are not limited to:
– The Florida International University Catalog Division of Student Affairs Handbook of Rights and Responsibilities
– Departmental Curriculum and Program Sheets
– Departmental Policies and Regulations
Student Work
Student work submitted to the Department in satisfaction of course or degree requirements becomes the physical property
of the Department. However, students retain all rights to the intellectual property of such work. This work may include
papers, drawings, models and other materials. The Department assumes no responsibility for safeguarding such
materials. At its discretion, the Department may retain, return, or discard such materials. The Department will not normally
discard the materials of currently enrolled students without giving the students a chance to reclaim them.
Synchronous Remote Teaching
This class is being taught remotely with Canvas support. This class is being held synchronously at the class meeting times.
All students are to attend the class for its entire duration via Zoom or according to faculty instructions. During Zoom
meetings all students are to have their cameras on with muted microphones unless otherwise noted.
Office Hours
By appointment only. Contact faculty via Canvas message to set up meeting times. Faculty may set up waiting room zoom
meetings.
Zoom
https://zoom.us
Canvas
Assignments, announcements, grades, quizzes and other class items will be coordinated through Canvas. Each student is
to log on to Canvas prior to each class meeting to get the latest class information.
Student login in at:
https://canvas.fiu.edu
Canvas Support
https://fiuhelp.force.com/canvas/s/categories-student