City of Coral Gables

File #: 17-6345    Version: 2 Name:
Type: Resolution Status: Adopted
File created: 8/1/2017 In control: City Commission
On agenda: 8/29/2017 Final action: 8/29/2017
Enactment date: 8/29/2017 Enactment #: 2017-226
Title: A Resolution by the City Commission of Coral Gables, Florida, Authorizing City Staff to Consider Sea Level Rise Adaptation in their Discretionary Decisions, Directing Staff to Initiate the Process for Amending the City’s Comprehensive Plan as Necessary to Contemplate the Anticipated Implications of Sea Level Rise, and Encouraging Community Associations, Institutions, and Governments to Develop, Adopt, and Fund Sea Level Rise Preparedness Policies and Programs. (Sponsored by Mayor Valdes-Fauli)
Sponsors: Mayor Valdes-Fauli
Attachments: 1. Signed Resolution 2017-226, 2. Cover Memo - Sea Level Rise AC, 3. RESO - Sea Level Rise AC, 4. CCMtg August 29 2017 - Agenda Items Mayors Comments - C-1 thru C-4

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A Resolution by the City Commission of Coral Gables, Florida, Authorizing City Staff to Consider Sea Level Rise Adaptation in their Discretionary Decisions, Directing Staff to Initiate the Process for Amending the City’s Comprehensive Plan as Necessary to Contemplate the Anticipated Implications of Sea Level Rise, and Encouraging Community Associations, Institutions, and Governments to Develop, Adopt, and Fund Sea Level Rise Preparedness Policies and Programs.

(Sponsored by Mayor Valdes-Fauli)

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In furtherance of prior Commission action relating to the concerns surrounding sea level rise, this resolution directs City Staff to incorporate sea level rise concepts and considerations in approval processes and also to incorporate them into the City’s Comprehensive Plan.

 

This follows Resolution No. 2016-223 where the Commission formally approved a white paper that laid out an overview of various sea level rise adaption policy options as well as some legal considerations and implications surrounding those policy options.