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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: | October 14, 2020 | | | |
| | SUBJECT: | A RESOLUTION OF THE MAYOR AND CITY COMMISSION OF THE CITY OF MIAMI BEACH, FLORIDA, ESTABLISHING A POLICY TO PRIORITIZE AESTHETICS AS A PRIMARY CRITERION IN FUTURE CITY RESILIENCY PROJECTS. |
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| | | | | | | | RECOMMENDATION
| | The administration recommends that the City Commission adopt the attached Resolution. |
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| | | | | | | | BACKGROUND/HISTORY
| On March 18, 2020, at the request of Commissioner Mark Samuelian, the City Commission referred a discussion item to the Land Use and Sustainability Committee (Item C4Y), pertaining to aesthetic criteria for future resiliency projects. On June 30, 2020 the item was deferred to the September 22, 2020 LUSC.
On September 22, 2020, the LUSC discussed the item and recommended that a resolution be drafted for the City Commission that summarizes the City’s design efforts pertaining to resiliency and public infrastructure projects, including the Shulman proposal on landscaping. |
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| | | | | | | | ANALYSIS
| Currently the City of Miami Beach has a very robust and extensive aesthetics review process. In addition to the DRB and HPB processes, City staff in multiple departments are sensitive to and competent in a high aesthetic standard for the City. When the ULI performed a critical evaluation of the City resiliency efforts in 2018, one of the recommendations was to further expand this high level of aesthetic as a co-benefit. The City administration is committed to this high level of aesthetics, at all levels and function of City government. This is more than just large public projects and includes everything the City engages in that has a finished product.
The attached Resolution identifies the following mechanisms that can be utilized for an additional level of aesthetics within the City’s resiliency framework:
1. Public-Private Alliances.
2. Aesthetics in City Projects, including GO Bond projects and stormwater projects, shall include integrating a strong design component at the beginning of the design process. These aesthetic components include creative placemaking, green infrastructure, trees, and landscaping.
3. The use of natural landscaping in the form of green buffering and green screening for infrastructure components located above ground, in particular between elevated streets and sidewalks when sidewalks to remain at existing levels, as well as to improve water quality and reduce private property flooding.
4. Art in Public Places (AIPP).
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| | | | | | | | CONCLUSION
| | The administration recommends that the City Commission adopt the attached Resolution. |
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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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Planning |
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| | | | | | | | Sponsor
Vice-Mayor Mark Samuelian |
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