Law and Governance Meet Climate Adaptation September 28, 2018 University of Massachusetts Club, Boston
The Conductor’s Baton Representative Kristin Diane Jacobs Florida House of Representatives Sustainable Quarterly Climate Adaptation Forum | September 28, 2018 Solutions Lab
CLIMATE ADAPTATION FORUM University of Massachusetts Boston THE CONDUCTOR’S BATON Rep. KRISTIN JACOBS Executive Director
WE ARE HERE
Florida is vulnerable
21 million people living on a sandbar
Extreme Weather Events Hurricanes Tropical Storms Tropical Depressions (Photos: National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration)
Jacksonville during Hurricane Irma
Palm Beach, 35 miles inland
King Tide, Fort Lauderdale
King Tide, Miami Beach
2014 freak “S” storm -- FLORIDA PANHANDLE
Property Damage
Vulnerable Generation Facilities Crystal Rive Nuclear Power Plant Duke Energy St. Lucie Power Plant, FP&L
Saltwater intrusion in Fort Lauderdale Broward County FL Dania Beach Hollywood Hollywood Hallandale
Percent of State Budget Allocated to Water 0.0088 0.007 0.0053 0.0035 0.0018 0. 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018
Where are the grown ups?
ESCAMBIA COUNTY
NORTHEAST FLORIDA REGIONAL COUNCIL
Broward Resiliency Study ● Calibrated hydrodynamic model, GIS Data, LIDAR ● Stakeholder Meetings ● Flood scenario testing o 2.5' increase in seawall height ● Economic Study o Damage loss reduction o Regional economics
Fort Lauderdale seawall ordinance and “Adaptation Action Areas” ● Sets minimum and maximum seawall elevations. ● Requires the maintenance of seawalls. ● Requires property owners allowing tidal water to enter their properties from impacting others. ● Designated AAA’s to receive priority funding.
Regional Design and Building Standards ● Update of wet season groundwater maps with SLR ● Update of 100-year Community Flood Maps with SLR Transportation standards ● Surface water management standards ● Finished floor elevations ● Strong need to modernize building codes
Retrofitting to Reduce Tidal Flooding City of Ft. Lauderdale, FL 47 Tidal Valves Installed through April 2018 City of Pompano Beach, FL
Designing for the Future
Shoreline resiliency
Sanitary sewer pump station improvements
City of St. Augustine Resiliency Efforts ● St. Augustine is the oldest continuously occupied settlement of European and African-American origin in the United States
Avenida Menendez seawall project
BEFORE AFTER Looking North
City of St. Augustine Backflow Prevention Project
St. Augustine Backflow Prevention Project
The Regional Climate Action Plan Remember me? ● Completed October 2012 ● Three-year planning and public process ● 135+ work group members ● Regional framework for coordinated implementation ● Includes a companion Implementation Guide Download at www.southeastfloridaclimatecompact.org
Sea Level Rise
Broadening the resource base Facilitation Shared assignments Agency partners Academics Nonprofits Interns
One voice, four media confront the challenge “In drumbeat fashion, we plan to inform, engage, provoke and build momentum to to address the slow-motion tidal wave coming our way.”
City of Miami Beach – a “trust fall” story
Compact 101: Part 1 Building Consensus
Compact 101: Part 2 Educating staff
Compact 101: Part 3 Understanding your colleagues
Compact 101: Part 4 Making it law
Compact 101 A few more things…
Rep. Kristin Jacobs Executive Director Kristin@ResiliencyFlorida.org
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