Miami Climate Resilience Committee endorses seven-item budget memo, members take symbolic straw vote to forward to Commission

The City of Miami Climate Resilience Committee on July 7 reviewed and tentatively endorsed a seven-item budget memorandum asking the City Commission to consider funding pilot programs, consultant work and staffing to advance resilience goals.

Because the committee lacked a quorum, members could not take a formal vote. The committee instead conducted a symbolic straw vote and agreed, 3–0, to forward the memorandum to the City Commission “subject to a quorum vote, hopefully in August, if not September,” a committee member said during the meeting.

The memorandum groups seven recommendations intended to be presented together to commissioners: a one‑year compost pilot (10 public sites, $45,000–$81,000 estimate); funding for a citywide zero‑waste plan consultant ($120,000); an electric leaf‑blower purchase program for residents and small landscapers ($150,000 total proposed split); a full‑time urban forester position ($125,000); a phased cost‑estimator for green vs. gray infrastructure for the Southwest Streetscape Master Plan ($75,000 phased); implementation funding for an inland street pilot tied to the Southwest Streetscape Master Plan (amount not specified in the memorandum summary); and…