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Committee accepts draft sea-level rise adaptation plan as planning tool; staff to seek grants and implement pathways
Summary
The committee reviewed a draft Sea Level Rise Adaptation Plan funded by the Resilient Florida grant that ranks city assets, describes five adaptation themes and identifies pathway-based strategies; the committee recommended forwarding the draft to the full commission.
The Land Use and Sustainability Committee on April 15 reviewed a draft Sea Level Rise Adaptation Plan that frames adaptation around five themes: keeping water out, living with water, nature-based protections, strategic relocation and updates to plans and policy.
"This is a draft adaptation plan," said Commissioner Laura Dominguez, the sponsor, and Amy Knowles, Chief Resiliency Officer, presented the draft and a short slide summary. Knowles said the work began in winter 2022, was funded by the Resilient Florida grant program and included a vulnerability assessment that scored roughly 67,000 city assets for…
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