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COMMISSION MEMORANDUM |
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| | | | | | | | | TO: | Honorable Mayor and Members of the City Commission | | | FROM: | Jimmy L. Morales, City Manager | | | DATE: | July 17, 2019 | | | |
| | SUBJECT: | A RESOLUTION OF THE MAYOR AND CITY COMMISSION OF THE CITY OF MIAMI BEACH, FLORIDA, URGING THE FLORIDA DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION (“FDEP”) TO DEVELOP A MANAGEMENT PLAN FOR MITIGATING CORAL REEF DISEASES, AND FURTHER URGING THE FDEP AND THE SOUTH FLORIDA WATER MANAGEMENT DISTRICT (“SFWMD”) TO IMPLEMENT ADDITIONAL STRATEGIES TO GREATLY REDUCE NUTRIENT LOADING FROM ALL HUMAN SOURCES AND PATHWAYS AS A MATTER OF URGENCY, AND DIRECTING THE CITY CLERK TO TRANSMIT THIS RESOLUTION AND THE COMMENTS SET FORTH HEREIN TO THE FDEP, THE SFWMD, AND TO ALL MUNICIPALITIES WITHIN MIAMI-DADE, BROWARD, MONROE, PALM BEACH, AND MARTIN COUNTIES. |
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| Adopt the resolution. |
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| | | | | | | | ANALYSIS
| At the Sustainability and Resiliency Committee meeting on June 26, 2018, Commissioners John Elizabeth Aleman and Mark Samuelian sponsored a resolution urging the Florida Department of Environmental Protection (“FDEP”) to develop a management plan for mitigating coral reef diseases, and further urging the FDEP and the South Florida Water Management District (“SFWMD”) to implement additional strategies to greatly reduce nutrient loading from all human sources and pathways as a matter of urgency, in order to protect the Southeast Florida Coral Reef Tract. |
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| The Administration recommends the Mayor and City Commission to approve the Resolution. |
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| | | | | | | | Legislative Tracking
Environment and Sustainability |
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| | | | | | | | Sponsor
Commissioners John Elizabeth Aleman and Mark Samuelian |
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