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COMMITTEE MEMORANDUM | | | |
| | | | | | | | | TO: | Sustainability and Resiliency Committee |
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| Jimmy L. Morales, City Manager
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| | DATE: | September 26, 2018
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| | SUBJECT: | DISCUSSION REGARDING CITY OF MIAMI BEACH STREET RAISING RESILIENCY POLICY |
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| | | | | | | | RESPONSIBLE DEPARTMENT:
Public Works |
| | | | | | | | LEGISLATIVE TRACKING:
Item R9L - June 06, 2018 Commission Meeting |
| | | | | | | | SPONSORED:
Commissioner Mark Samuelian |
| | | | | | | | BACKGROUND:
Commission and Committee discussions have taken place with regards to the policy of the minimum crown of roads being 3.7 NAVD, including that of the July 11, 2018 Sustainability and Resiliency Committee, that inquired about additional policy and potential road raising alternatives.
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| | | | | | | | Analysis
The City's Stormwater Management Master Plan (SWMMP) was adopted, Resolution No. 2012-28068, on November 14, 2012.
The SWMMP was intended to be a guide for improving the City's stormwater management system performance for the next 20 years, while taking into consideration potential sea level rise over the next 20-years and the impacts sea level rise would have on the City's stormwater infrastructure.
Since its adoption in 2012, the SWMMP has been amended to better suit the recent projections of sea level rise. In 2016, the City passed Resolution No. 2016-29454 to incorporate AECOM's recommendations to define "Future Grade" and "Future Crown of the road," and set a minimum future crown of road at an elevation of 3.7 feet NAVD.
In 2016 the City of Miami Beach partnered with the City of Miami and Miami Dade County to join the 100 Resilient Cities Network, pioneered by the Rockefeller Foundation. This unique three party governmental partnership is in the process of developing an overall Resilience Strategy for the region, Greater Miami & the Beaches (resilient305.com).
Through 100 RC funding and support in 2018, the City sought the Urban Land Institute’s expertise and accepted the group’s recommendations as it relates to long-term integrated sea-level rise mitigation and stormwater management.
On July 27, 2018, the Procurement Department issued a Request for Qualifications (RFQ) 2018-312-KB, for a Master Design Consultant for Integrated Water Management to firms with successful experience in developing sea level rise and stormwater mitigation strategies.
Through this RFQ, the City seeks to include a review of the City's current road elevation raising policy and recommend any changes deemed appropriate. Additionally, the City seeks to select a firm to:
1) Provide subject matter expertise to the City on multidisciplinary design approaches inclusive of civil engineering, landscape architecture, urban planning, water quality, drinking water distribution systems, and wastewater collection and conveyance systems;
2) Take the existing engineering and modeling work completed to date by AECOM and City staff, and integrate urban planning, aesthetics, placemaking and other sustainability and quality of life elements so as to develop a dynamic long-term multi-disciplinary and integrated sea-level rise mitigation and stormwater management plan;
3) Act in the capacity of Design Criteria Package (DCP) Professional for future design-build solicitations; and
4) Act in the capacity of Owner’s Representative on various projects as deemed appropriate by the City.
The integrated master plan seeks to build upon the engineering work completed to date and evolve into a more multi-disciplinary and integrated plan that optimizes co-benefits and includes urban planning, aesthetics, placemaking and other sustainability and quality of life elements important to the residents of Miami Beach.
The audience for the master plan would not only be technical engineering City staff, but also elected officials, residents, business owners and other city departments. It would not only lay out the plan moving forward, but also to reasons and rationale for each recommended project.
It will take a few months to award a contract for the aforementioned service and one of the deliverables will be to determine the potential road raising alternatives.
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| | | | | | | | CONCLUSION:
The following is provided to the members of the Sustainability and Resiliency Committee for discussion and further direction. | | |
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