R23-114 1 RESOLUTION NO. R23-114
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3 A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY OF BOYNTON BEACH, FLORIDA,
4 APPROVING AND AUTHORIZING THE MAYOR TO SIGN A FLORIDA
5 DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION RESILIENT FLORIDA
6 GRANT PROGRAM APPLICATION TO DEVELOP AN ADAPTATION PLAN
7 REQUESTING $300,000 IN FUNDING, EXECUTE ALL DOCUMENTS
8 ASSOCIATED WITH THE GRANT, ACCEPT THE GRANT, AND EXECUTE
9 THE GRANT AGREEMENT SUBJECT TO THE APPROVAL OF THE CITY
10 ATTORNEY; AND PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE DATE.
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13 WHEREAS, Florida Department of Environmental Protection (FDEP) Resilient Florida
14 Planning Grant Program is a state funded program; and
15 WHEREAS, the Legislature recognizes that the state is particularly vulnerable to
16 adverse impacts from flooding resulting from increases in frequency and duration of rainfall
17 events, storm surge from more frequent and severe weather systems, and sea level rise; and
18 WHEREAS, the City of Boynton Beach has multiple infrastructure, climate and
19 resiliency planning initiatives and is requesting a Planning Grant to develop an Adaptation
20 Plan; and
21 WHEREAS, the requested grant funding for the project is $300,000 and local match
22 for planning projects is not required.
23 NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE CITY COMMISSION OF THE CITY OF
24 BOYNTON BEACH, FLORIDA, THAT:
25 Section 1. The foregoing "Whereas" clauses are hereby ratified and confirmed as
26 being true and correct and are hereby made a specific part of this Resolution upon adoption
27 hereof.
28 Section 2. The City Commission approves and authorizes the Mayor to sign a
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29 Florida Department of Environmental Protection Resilient Florida Grant Program application
30 to develop an Adaptation Plan requesting $300,000 in funding, execute all documents
31 associated with the grant, accept the grant, and execute the grant agreement subject to the
32 approval of the City Attorney, a copy of which is attached hereto and incorporated herein as
33 Exhibit "A".
34 Section 3. This Resolution shall become effective immediately upon passage.
35 PASSED AND ADOPTED this 5th day of September, 2023.
36 CITY OF BOYNTON BEACH, FLORIDA
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The City of Boynton Beach
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OFFICE OF THE MAYOR
Mayor Ty Penserga
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August 24,2023
Florida Department of Environmental Protection
3900 Commonwealth Boulevard
Tallahassee, Florida 323 99-3 000
Re: RESILIENT FLORIDA GRANT 2023 CYCLE—PLANNING PROJECTS
Dear Florida Department of Environment Protection Resilient Florida Program Staff,
The City of Boynton Beach has multiple infrastructure, climate and resiliency planning
initiatives and is requesting a Planning Grant to develop an Adaptation Plan. This would also
include a component newly authorized this year in the Resilient Florida program: a feasibility
study and the cost of permitting for nature-based solutions that reduce the impact of flooding and
sea level rise.
This proposed Adaptation Plan is based on a previously completed statutory and compliant
multi jurisdictional Vulnerability Assessment as a pre-requisite. This project type is also
contemplated in Section 380.093(3)(b)l.c. of the Florida Statutes for the development of
projects, plans, and policies that allow communities to prepare for threats from flooding and
sea level rise.
The City Commission supports this grant application as this project bridges the gap between
planning in a vulnerability assessment and identifying actual project priorities and conceptual
cost estimates.The Adaptation Plan builds on the critical asset inventory previously completed,
identifies project priorities, incorporates existing and future capital planning priorities and
helps create a very specific path to adapt critical assets to flood risk. It also removes barriers to
implementation through strategy recommendations in an Adaptation Strategy that will include
removing policy barrier for adaption projects.
Respectfully,
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2. Project Information
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Will the vulnerability assessment include any state managed lands such as National Estuarine Research
Reserves (NERRs) or Aquatic Preserves (APs)? No, none.
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Total Population 80,859
Percent of Population 100%
3. Project Work Plan 75 Words
Project Summary This project builds from the City's participation in the Coastal Resources Partnership(CRP),the first mull:i-
jurisdictional Vulnerability Assessment(CCVA)found in compliance with Vulnerability Assessment criteria. The CRP included
8 jurisdictions meeting all modeling requirements in Section 380.093(3), F.S. The City currently lacks an adaptation plan that
takes the prioritized assets of the CRP based on risk and exposure and identifies adaptation projects and strategies. This need
would be filled by this project.
Project Description 300 Words
The City of Boynton Beach has multiple infrastructure, climate and resiliency planning initiatives and was a leader in
forming the 8-jurisdiction Coastal Resources Partnership in Palm Beach County. The group created the first multi-
jurisdictional Vulnerability Assessment compliant with the State's Vulnerability Assessment criteria in 2022 and serves as a
model for multi-jurisdictional collaboration setting a very high bar for technical analysis and modeling (including rainfall)
for vulnerability assessments statewide.The City wishes to continue that leadership by completing an Adaptation Plan that
will help harmonize the various infrastructure,climate and resiliency planning initiatives because now the City is uniquely
positioned to move beyond planning into implementation of adaptation projects.
The Adaptation Plan will be comprised of two major elements: 1)a prioritized Adaptation Project list and 2) an Adaptation
Strategy. The project will utilize existing CCVA data and harmonize that threat and exposure information to 1)create
conceptual project information to implement Adaptation Projects. The primary source of data will be based upon the list of
critical assets and regionally significant assets developed in the 2022 update to the CCVA. This data set will be further
reviewed for prioritization ranking and serve as the basis for a preliminary project list. That effort will be supplemented
with existing and in process capital improvements and budgeting priorities to arrive at a concise final prioritized
Adaptation Project list that can drive future funding and implementation priorities. Additionally,the Adaptation Plan will
include an Adaptation Strategy that may require program and policy modifications to facilitate the Adaptation Project list's
implementation. This may include items such as Comprehensive Plan and/or Code modifications necessary to change
infrastructure design policies and standards. It will also include recommendations on the implementation of the
Adaptation projects and integration with capital planning and programming overall throughout the City. Finally, it also
evaluate the feasibility of nature-based features for implementation associated with various recommended projects.
4. Project Need and Benefit
Explain the demonstrated need, which the project addresses.
The demonstrated need is that the City is one of the very few jurisdictions in the State will a fully compliant Vulnerability
Assessment meeting at Section 380.093(3), F.S. criteria that is able to take the next steps necessary to create an
Adaptation Plan. The City needs to harmonize multiple capital and resiliency planning initiatives and harmonize them
into one defined Adaptation Project list and remove any barriers to adaptation project implementation that may exist in
various policy frameworks such as the Comprehensive Plan and Code. The City has multiple capital planning processes, is
currently completing a CRS-based Watershed Management Plan (that will provide stormwater project priorities to
address future flood risk)and the City is also already aggressively pursuing other related capital projects that will
address needed adaptation, hardening and create water quality improvement co-benefits. This Adaptation Plan will bring
those efforts under one cohesive planning process to continue the City's groundbreaking momentum towards becoming a
more resilient community.
Explain how the proposed project fits into one or more of the Project Types. This proposed project is to complete an
Adaptation Plan based on a previously completed statutory and compliant multi-jurisdictional Vulnerability Assessment as
a pre-requisite. This project type is also contemplated by Section 380.093(3)9b)1.c.for the development of projects, plans,
and policies that allow communities to prepare for threats from flooding and sea level rise.
If the project is a Vulnerability Assessment for Peril of Flood compliance or other, please describe how the
project will meet the outlined requirements for a Vulnerability Assessment under s. 380.093, F.S. No, although
comprehensive plan policy recommendations may be a strategy recommendation.
If applicable, explain how the proposed project adapts critical assets to the effects of flooding and sea level rise
as defined in s. 380.093, F.S. The project clearly adapts critical assets to the effects of flooding and sea level rise
because it bridges the gap between planning in a vulnerability assessment and identifying actual project
priorities and conceptual cost estimates. The Adaptation Plan builds on the critical asset inventory previously
completed, identifies project priorities, incorporates existing and future capital planning priorities and helps
create a very specific path to adapt critical assets to flood risk. It also removes barriers to implementation
through strategy recommendations in an Adaptation Strategy that will include removing policy barrier for
adaption projects.
Discuss how the project is feasible and can be completed by the grant period deadline. Because so much work
has already been completed in the previous CRP's Climate Change Vulnerability Assessment and much data about
assets (including a prioritized asset list) already exists,this project will be streamlined to be completed in one year.
Has the applicant entity(ies) performed a prior vulnerability assessment, separate from what is being proposed
in this application? Yes
Please list which entities have a prior VA. The City of Boynton Beach was a leader in the formation of the
Coastal Resources Partnership, a Palm Beach County-based multi-jurisdictional Vulnerability Assessment
found in compliance by DEP in 2022.
Would you be willing to share this work with DEP? Yes
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Two Tasks:
Task 1: Public Education (BUDGET: $30,000 CONTRACTUAL SERVICES ONLY)
Title Other: Adaptation Plan Public Meetings
Work Performed by: Contactor
Task Description: Two public meetings will be held with the public to: 1)describe the previous Climate Change Vulnerability
Assessment work to date,the data sets available and the process to develop the Adaptation Plan and 2)provide a draft of
the Adaptation Plan for elected official and community input. This will focus on prioritization of projects.
Goal: Gain community and elected official support for the priority recommendations in the Adaptation Plan.
Time to completion: 12 months
Deliverables:
• A summary report from each workshop or meeting, including attendee feedback and outcomes,and a copy of all
materials created at each workshop or meeting.
• Meeting agenda and sign-in sheets indicating location,date,and time of meeting
Task 2: Data Collection or Study(BUDGET: $270,000 CONTRACTUAL SERVICES ONLY))
Title Other: Final Adaptation Plan
Work Performed by: Contactor
Task Description: The Adaptation Plan will be comprised of two major elements: 1)a prioritized Adaptation Project list and
2)an Adaptation Strategy.
Goal: A Final Adaptation Plan will be produced with prioritized projects,cost estimates and a strategy for implementation.
Time to completion: 12 months
Deliverables:
• Final report or study to include the process and methodology and any data gaps.