Transcript Compact Policy and Legislative Coordination

Compact Policy and
Legislative Coordination
Jason Liechty
Environmental Projects Coordinator
Natural Resources Planning and Management Division
Broward County
Compact Policy and Legislative Coordination
Core Function: Policy
• Policy coordination
and legislative
advocacy are at
the core of the
Compact
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Policy Coordination
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Federal legislative advocacy
State legislative advocacy
Collaborative efforts
Information sharing and replication of
initiatives
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Policy Coordination
• Policy Coordinator
• Policy Team
• Staff Steering Committee
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Annual Legislative Programs
• Process
o Review of existing program (federal or state)
o Solicitation of ideas/revisions from Policy Team and Staff Steering
Committee
o Policy Coordinator revises program
o Policy Team and Staff Steering Committee review
o Approval by Staff Steering Committee
o Individual counties move program forward
• Incorporation into County legislative programs
• As separate item
o Sticking points are ironed out if and when they occur
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Federal Advocacy
• Deepwater Horizon oil
spill press conference –
June 2010
• Joint letter to Bicameral
Task Force on Climate
Change – April 2013
• Joint Capitol Hill visits
• 2014 legislative program
under development
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State Advocacy
• Most significant achievement to
date: Adaptation Action Areas –
2011 session
• Tri-County Legislative Delegation
Meeting on Sea Level Rise –
Feb. 2013
• 2014 package
o Approved by Staff Steering Committee
o Awaiting adoption by County Commissions
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Adaptation Action Areas
• Added to Florida Community
Planning Act in 2011 session
• Optional comprehensive plan
designation for areas that:
o Experience coastal flooding
o Are vulnerable to the related impacts of
rising sea levels
• Purpose: prioritizing funding for
infrastructure and adaptation
planning
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AAA Pilot Program
• Funded by grant from State of Florida (DEO)
– Project of Special Merit
• Partnership among City of Fort Lauderdale,
Broward County, and the South Florida
Regional Planning Council
• Fort Lauderdale will incorporate in its
Comprehensive Plan and identify AAA(s)
• Guidance documents will be developed for
statewide dissemination
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Collaborative Efforts
• Funding opportunities
• Regional Climate Action Plan (RCAP)
implementation workshops
• Summits
• Mayors’ Climate Action Pledge
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Funding Opportunities
• Compact partners favor mutual support of
best-positioned entity rather than cutthroat
competition
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Funding Opportunities
• RE.invest Initiative – Miami Beach
• Federal Highway Administration – Climate
Change Vulnerability Assessment Pilot Grant
o Broward MPO lead agency – supported by other MPOs, Regional
Planning Councils, Compact Counties, and South Florida Regional
Transportation
• Rockefeller Foundation 100 Resilient Cities
Challenge
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RCAP Implementation Workshops
• Part of three-year,
$975,000 grant from
Kresge Foundation to
Institute for Sustainable
Communities to support
RCAP implementation
• 9 to 12 workshops over
three years
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2013 Workshops
#1 Guidance documents for
September 26-27
planners: Incorporating SLR
projections and RCAP into land
use, hazard mitigation, and
transportation
#2 Commercial energy efficiency October 23
and financial incentives
#3 Insurance and risk
December 12-13
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Climate Leadership Summits
• Annual summits to review
progress and plan future
action
• Deliverables
• 2013 Summit
o November 7-8 in Fort Lauderdale
o White House keynote (?)
o Coastal Communities Congressional
Town Hall
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Mayors’ Climate Action Pledge
• Affirms support for Compact
• Agrees to consider integrating
the Regional Climate Action
Plan framework into future
plans
• Urges other municipalities to
adopt the Pledge themselves
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Mayors’ Climate Action Pledge
• Broward County
o 16 municipalities have adopted the Pledge
o Representing nearly 1 million residents – almost 62% of
population
• Miami-Dade League of Cities resolution
• Monroe County resolution
• Other cities in region
o Key West, Boynton Beach, Miami Beach, Pinecrest
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Information Sharing and
Replication of Initiatives
• Mayors’ Roundtable on Climate Change
o Broward County – Monday, September 16
o Miami-Dade County
• Energy efficiency finance
• Electric vehicle infrastructure
• Climate change comprehensive plan
element
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Thank you!
Jason Liechty
Environmental Projects Coordinator
Natural Resources Planning and Management Division
Broward County
954-519-0310
[email protected]
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