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MEMORANDUM TO: Honorable Mayor and City Commissioners FROM: Environment Sustainability Advisory Committee DATE: August 17, 2023 RE: Adoption of the Dune Master Plan RECOMMENDATION: The Environment Sustainability Advisory Committee ("ESAC" or "Committee") recommends adoptioi of this Resolution. REASONS: On January 20, 2022, via Ordinance 2022-576, the City created the ESAC for the purpose of providing guidance and advice regarding the City's efforts to provide and promote general environmental improvement trends, such as "green initiatives" and "sustainable development". Pursuant to the ESAC's powers and duties, the Committee made an advisory recommendation that the City develop and adopt a Dune Master Plan ("DMP"). Dunes are an important part of the City' coastal ecosystems that provides a habitat to a distinctive subset of regional biota, including the City's sea turtles. They also provide storm protection by maintaining and supplying sand to the City's beaches, protecting inland coastal areas from storm damage and flooding by coastal waves and elevated sea levels through the elevation and stored sand volume. Adoption of a DMP empowers the City to better understand the ongoing needs of the City's coasta native landscape and provides a comprehensive action plan to achieve and sustain coastal resiliency by providing standards and recommendation for dune creation, preservation, and maintenance. ADDITIONAL INFORMATION: Pursuant the ESAC's recommendations, on July 20, 2022, the City engaged the South Florida Audubo Society to assist with the development of a DMP. Upon its completion, it was presented to the City Commission December 4, 2022. The on June 15, 2023, the Committee requested that the Citi Item Number: 10.0 58 City of Sunny Isles Beach 18070 Collins Avenue Sunny Isles Beach, Florida 33160 rTN vt s,fl��° (305) 947-0606 City Hall (305) 949-3113 Fax MEMORANDUM TO: Honorable Mayor and City Commissioners FROM: Environment Sustainability Advisory Committee DATE: August 17, 2023 RE: Adoption of the Dune Master Plan RECOMMENDATION: The Environment Sustainability Advisory Committee ("ESAC" or "Committee") recommends adoptioi of this Resolution. REASONS: On January 20, 2022, via Ordinance 2022-576, the City created the ESAC for the purpose of providing guidance and advice regarding the City's efforts to provide and promote general environmental improvement trends, such as "green initiatives" and "sustainable development". Pursuant to the ESAC's powers and duties, the Committee made an advisory recommendation that the City develop and adopt a Dune Master Plan ("DMP"). Dunes are an important part of the City' coastal ecosystems that provides a habitat to a distinctive subset of regional biota, including the City's sea turtles. They also provide storm protection by maintaining and supplying sand to the City's beaches, protecting inland coastal areas from storm damage and flooding by coastal waves and elevated sea levels through the elevation and stored sand volume. Adoption of a DMP empowers the City to better understand the ongoing needs of the City's coasta native landscape and provides a comprehensive action plan to achieve and sustain coastal resiliency by providing standards and recommendation for dune creation, preservation, and maintenance. ADDITIONAL INFORMATION: Pursuant the ESAC's recommendations, on July 20, 2022, the City engaged the South Florida Audubo Society to assist with the development of a DMP. Upon its completion, it was presented to the City Commission December 4, 2022. The on June 15, 2023, the Committee requested that the Citi Item Number: 10.0 58