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COMMISSION MEMORANDUM

TO:Honorable Mayor and Members of the City Commission 
FROM:Jimmy L. Morales, City Manager 
DATE:June  6, 2018
 



SUBJECT:DISCUSSION REGARDING THE WEST AVENUE PROJECT BEING SELECTED FOR THE 100 RESILIENT CITIES AND THE CENTER FOR RESILIENT CITIES AND LANDSCAPES AT COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY’S RESILIENCE ACCELERATOR.

ANALYSIS

The Resilience Accelerator is a partnership between 100 Resilient Cities and the Center for Resilient Cities and Landscapes at Columbia University. The Greater Miami and the Beaches partnership was selected to participate in the Resilience Accelerator and the City specifically was selected for the West Avenue Project. By bringing together multi-disciplinary experts and key stakeholders our goal is to advance and improve project strategy and the projects’ design. Representatives will be in town the week of June 4 conducting interviews with staff and participants in preparation for the event that will be held at the end of July.


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