TO: Mayor and Commissioners
FROM: Missie Barletto, Assistant Public Works Director
THROUGH: Suzanne Fisher, Assistant City Manager
THROUGH: Neal de Jesus, Interim City Manager
DATE: November 19, 2019
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RESOLUTION NO. 192-19 TO AUTHORIZE THE INTERIM CITY MANAGER TO ENTER INTO AN INTERLOCAL AGREEMENT TO PARTICIPATE IN THE PALM BEACH COUNTY COASTAL RESILIENCE PARTNERSHIP AND CLIMATE CHANGE VULNERABILITY ASSESSMENT
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Recommended Action:
Recommendation
Approve Resolution No. 192-19 committing the City of Delray Beach to enter into an Interlocal Agreement (ILA) formalizing the Coastal Resilience Partnership (CRP) and becoming party to the Work Plan Agreement for the Community Climate Vulnerability Assessment (CCVA), which commits the city to a $57,399 as the proportional share of the overall $375,000 project cost.
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Background:
The Palm Beach County CRP began in 2017 as the ‘Inlet to Inlet’ group when neighboring municipalities met to discuss adaptive measures to withstand extreme weather events and prepare for future effects of sea level rise and climate change. CRP seeks to procure a Community Climate Vulnerability Assessment (CCVA) and acknowledges that a collaborative regional approach would be cost effective and would advocate a more coordinated implementation of policies across jurisdictional boundaries.
The City of Boynton Beach led the initial planning phase of the collaboration with a FY 18/19 Resilience Planning Grant of $72,000 from the Florida Department of Environmental Protection (FDEP)/Florida Resilient Coastlines Program. Boynton Beach contracted Corollo Engineering to develop a methodology and work scope for the CCVA and assess the status and availability of needed data to issue an RFP for the CCVA. The partnership was awarded a second (FY 19/20) Resilience Planning Grant of $75,000; however, Boynton Beach is unable to formally accept the Phase II grant money from the State until all the participating municipalities agree to an In...
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