The Climate Resilience Committee (CRC) met on July 6, 2026, at 11:15 AM, receiving a comprehensive status update on the 2024 Stormwater Master Plan implementation, discussing budget recommendations, and celebrating the recent passage of the Sponge Program resolution. Key themes included the immense scale of infrastructure needs, funding challenges, and the importance of leveraging private development and new policy mechanisms.
609. All right, we'll start off with uh with a roll call from my right, please. Jenny Lee Molina, Alison Weinstock, Aaron Dameo. Relabake. Sylvio Frank Puople. Nick Atkinson, Office of the City Attorney. Sonia Rubaker, Chief Resilience Officer, City of Miami. Miriam Flores, Office of Resilient Sustainability. Thank you. All right, we'll go to item two, which is public comment. Anyone from the public would like to make a comment. Welcome. Uh my name is Lindsay Kane. I am a resident of Miami Dade. This is my first time at one of these committee meetings, but I've been to the city hall quite a few times this year, fighting to save the trees that um are currently at threat all over the city. So currently citizens are asking for more parks, more green spaces, and they all currently seem to be under attack. And I feel like when we talk about climate resilience, trees should be a key factor. I feel like this summer especially has been so extremely hot, and it's directly related to the more than 300 trees that have been cut down in Miami this year alone, and there's more planned. So Alan Morris Park in Brickle, which is one of the only parks in Brickle that's untouched, is at threat, planned to be demolished. I believe they're gonna start that next week. Margaret Pace Park is planned for a huge renovation that will remove 105 trees. And there's another historic site in Brickle with old trees that is set to be demolished. So it seems like every green space and the ones that aren't touched have a for sale sign. So at the meetings, I've been reading the citizen bills of Bill of Rights, which states that it shall be the policy of the city to conserve and protect its natural resources and scenic beauty, which policy shall include the abatement of air and water pollution and excessive and unnecessary noise. So I'm in here in hopes that your committee can help change the dangerous trajectory that the city is currently on. I feel like we're becoming a city of hostile architecture, anti-green decisions that will ultimately affect everybody's health. People want more parks, more green spaces, more trees, in addition to saving the ones that already exist. Any other public comments or any submitted online? None. All right. Oh, motion to approvals. Okay. Thanks in a second. Second. In a second. All right, all in favor. Aye. Aye. Are you oppose or abstain? All right. Those both passed. Thank you. So we'll move to item four, which is presentations. We have uh a pr a status update on the implementation of the 2024 stormwater master plan. Uh this is something that came before the CRC and I think possibly the C Lobel Rise Committee, many moons ago, uh, a number of times during its creation. And um requested this at your first meeting, and you know, I'm glad that we were able to get this on the agenda. So thank you all so much for joining us and really appreciate you being here. Good evening. Uh thing is it on? Yes.