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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 29, 2020 | | | |
| | SUBJECT: | RESILIENCY CODE - UPDATE ON SCHEDULING AND FUNDING. |
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| | | | | | | | RECOMMENDATION
| | Endorse the two year schedule for the drafting of the Resiliency Code, inclusive of the public input process and the reallocation of approved funding mechanisms. |
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| | | | | | | | BACKGROUND/HISTORY
| | In 2019, the Matrix Group and Keith & Schnars (now KCI), consulting firms that reviewed the development processes for the City, recommended that the land development regulations (LDR's) of the city code be updated. Pursuant to these recommendations, and to incorporate necessary resiliency elements into the simplification of the code, the City Commission directed the administration to issue an RFP for a new Resiliency Code. The drafting of this code, using a form-based approach, would also be a long-needed update of our current land development regulations. |
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| | | | | | | | ANALYSIS
| The FY20 adopted budget includes a $400,000.00 line item for the Resiliency Code, as well as a separate one-time enhancement of $300,000.00 for Historic District survey work, including elevation certificates and a lifting analysis. This survey work would assess and plan for the potential impacts of flooding and sea level rise, as well as complete guidelines and regulations for property renovations, including raising and/or repurposing historic structures in low-lying areas of the City.
The Buoyant City Report by Shulman and Associates addresses and creates guidelines for the raising and repurposing of structures within historic districts. At this time, the administration believes that assessing potential impacts of flooding and sea level rise city-wide, in the context of the LDRs, would be better analyzed during the review process for the Resiliency Code. As such, the administration recommends that the aforementioned $300,000 one-time enhancement be utilized towards funding the development of the Resiliency Code. This analysis has been incorporated into the scope of services and will serve to inform the consultant’s recommendations and proposed Resiliency Code.
As previously directed by the City Commission, the administration has negotiated a scope of services with the top ranked firm, Perkins and Will, and the contract is ready to be executed. The actual scope of services is approximately 2 years, and includes extensive public participation. The total cost of the Resiliency Code is approximately $1.2 million dollars. As noted above, $700,000 has already been budgeted for FY 2020. An additional one-time enhancement of $200,000 will be sought for the FY 2021 budget, which will increase the planned $300,000 second year cost to $500,000.
Prior to formal execution of the scope of services, the administration wanted to advise the City Commission of the progress to date. |
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| | | | | | | | CONCLUSION
| | The administration recommends that the City Commission endorse the two year schedule for the drafting of the Resiliency Code, inclusive of the public input process and the reallocation of approved funding mechanisms. |
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| | | | | | | | | Is this a "Residents Right to Know" item, pursuant to City Code Section 2-14? | | Does this item utilize G.O. Bond Funds? | | | Yes | | No | |
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