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Home My WebLink AboutResolution 505-2025 RESOLUTION NO. 505 -2025 A RESOLUTION OF THE BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS OF MONROE COUNTY, FLORIDA,ADOPTING THE 2026 STATE LEGISLATIVE PROGRAM AND FEDERAL PROGRAM OF THE SOUTHEAST FLORIDA REGIONAL CLIMATE CHANGE COMPACT; PROVIDING FOR AN EFFECTIVE DATE. WHEREAS, Southeast Florida is one of the most vulnerable areas in the country to climate change and sea level rise; and WHEREAS,Recognizing their shared challenges,Palm Beach,Broward,Miami-Dade and Monroe counties ("Compact counties") adopted the Southeast Florida Regional Climate Change Compact ("Compact") in 2010; and WHEREAS, The Compact includes a commitment to develop and advocate for joint state and federal legislative policies, and accordingly, the Compact counties have annually adopted separate State and Federal Energy and Climate Legislative Programs each year since 2011; and WHEREAS, the Compact Counties have four separate documents: the Federal Legislative Priorities, the more general Federal Legislative Principles, the State Legislative Priorities, and the more general State Legislative Principles; and WHEREAS, the Compact previously prepared separate "Principles" documents for both State and Federal principles important to the Compact, reflecting long-standing positions that have remained consistent over time, and noting there no updates needed this year; and WHEREAS,the Compact has prepared"Priorities" documents for both State and Federal legislative priorities, identifying a short list of top issues for advocacy during the upcoming session of the Florida Legislature, the Legislative Priorities will be thoroughly reviewed and updated each year in advance of the annual legislative session; and WHEREAS, MONROE COUNTY staff recommend adopting the documents. THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED by the Board of County Commissioners of Monroe County that: 1. The above recitals incorporated into this resolution as restated herein constitute the legislative findings and intent of the Board of County Commissioners of Monroe County, Florida. 2. The Board of County Commissioners hereby approves the SEFL Regional Climate Change Compact 's 2026 legislative agenda, as follows: a) State Legislative Priorities- attached as Exhibit A b) Federal Legislative Priorities - attached as Exhibit B 3. This resolution shall take effect immediately upon adoption. 1 • • • • • • PASSED AND ADOPTED by the Board of CountyCommissioners of Monroe County. oun Florida . • at a.regular meeting of said Board held on the 12th day of November 202$. Mayor Michelle Lincoln :Yes . • . .. T D id R'ce Mayor Pro em av i Absent Craig Commissioner C ra g Cafes. : Yes Commissioner James:K. Scholl : .Ye-s • Commissioner Holly Merrill Raschein: : • Yes • • • r, •:,,.f:r:A-ttes't1:I• Zi.`VIN• M.ADOK, CLERK • ; : BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS : `; --K q '7 :� OF MONROE-COUNT FLORIDA . .. .. '� Y�J'lirft ` i A''�ry.�'v� ''�Z1"�i i,LST ti -� � � _,. .. � • �. :f.f.,),i S';;;4:1,',:q1j 1 i ,•(,,Zt.:Y;-:,' \3;',4‘, . . - • 1 . . . .. � �� (y y �1 l Le}Y J' `1- ''�: :- .�r; %ham=^ �ti ...- -t' my i- 4,,.�..'w`- : • �, ram_,,�2: -:-: If -.r.rF'''9 - B •:=., -A- Lir 1.,•1.,,,;.., • • i- • : : .• • . iii Jt . �,. yw4 fT.•,TM„ �Y� •C ..�.-wt'�•.'6 ak.rds 1J y • • • • : + As= cep`i ty:Clerk . . Mayor . IVIONROE'COUNTY _ APPROVED• TO FO • • ' . ././. i • _..," • .( ._ .. . A te` • {,,per. : :?k§4§1b:TANT,COUNTY ATTORNEY , . • ATE: 1 O 27-2O2 _ _.__-.. • • • • • • • • .'T°j . ,„....1 • - ::v.:w, Exhibit A Compact Counties 2026 State Priorities 9 . cbuhll `"�'" SOUTHEAST FLORIDA REGIONAL � C LI M AIII MIAMIi AIDE 0 III �� ,��'�J�!G III! II�II�IIIIIIIII�II C01AS"AC T COMPACT COUNTIES 2026 STATE PRIORITIES Concerning state legislation, regulations, and policies, the Compact Counties and other organizations adopting this document: OPPOSE state preemption of local governments' programs, policies, regulations, and plans that would compromise home rule authority to appropriately build resilience or respond to climate impacts. SUPPORT the ability of local governments to require resilient construction and infrastructure, including in the period after disasters. SUPPORT the full funding of local match and coordination between the South Florida Water Management District and the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers of the Central and Southern Florida Flood Risk Resilience Studies. SUPPORT the affordability, access, coverage, and continued reform of hazard and windstorm insurance offered within and by the State of Florida, through improved collaboration and data sharing among insurers and government, including information on implemented wind and flood mitigation, greater risk disclosure, and transparency related to premium calculations. SUPPORT robust funding of resilient infrastructure projects identified under the state's Resilient Florida program commensurate with needs and significant additional investments in resilience planning and resilient infrastructure, including consideration of formula distribution to local governments, water management districts, and regional resilience entities; lower cost-share requirements, and innovative financing mechanisms. SUPPORT efforts to increase resilient housing stock, including expanded funding of the My Safe Florida Homes Program, Elevate Florida, and other similar programs to support fortification of building stock, including affordable housing and rental properties. SUPPORT programs and funding to address the growing threat of extreme heat impacts. SUPPORT higher energy, water, and resilience standards for new and existing buildings to prepare for the impacts of future weather and climate conditions, through the preservation and adoption of such standards in the energy and building codes, legislation, and enhanced powers of local governments to enact local building code amendments. OPPOSE any changes that would eliminate or weaken net metering policies. Exhibit B Compact Counties 2026 Federal Priorities i..Y WA 2 .M. SOU'THE.AS-r FLORIDA REGIONAL cl I MA Ill �E COMPACT COUNTIES 2026 FEDERAL PRIORITIES Concerning federal legislation, regulations, and policies, the Compact Counties and other organizations adopting this document: SUPPORT constructive federal action to reduce air and atmospheric pollution to protect human health, preserve environmental assets, and improve economic competitiveness. SUPPORT government-wide goals and priorities to plan for extreme weather resilience, preparedness, and risk management, and to ensure that consideration of extreme weather events is incorporated into federal agencies' everyday activities. SUPPORT legislation, policies, funding, financing, and incentives to expand programs that advance energy efficiency, innovative energy sources, flood and wind protection, nature-based solutions, and other resilience measures. SUPPORT requirements that federal agencies and projects receiving federal funding consider projected sea-level rise, coastal and inland flooding, potential storm surge, extreme rainfall, extreme heat, and severe weather in all infrastructure and facility-siting decisions. SUPPORT and preserve federal programs and investments focused on data and science, including the vital functions of agencies like the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, National Weather Service, National Hurricane Center, National Aeronautics and Space Administration, US Department of Agriculture, US Department of the Interior, US Global Change Research Program, and others. SUPPORT a robust role for the federal government in emergency management response, recovery, and mitigation, led by a cabinet-level Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA). SUPPORT maintaining current federal disaster thresholds and cost-share levels to ensure states and local governments receive assistance when struck by serious disasters. SUPPORT key pre-disaster funding streams for states, local governments, and tribal communities, including the Building Resilient Infrastructure and Communities Program, Pre-Disaster Mitigation Program, and Flood Mitigation Program, all of which yield a significant return on pre-disaster investment. SUPPORT robust funding for federal disaster recovery programs, including the Stafford Act, Hazard Mitigation Grant Program, and Community Development Block Grant Disaster Recovery Program and greater transparency around eligibility and evaluation criteria. SUPPORT efforts to reauthorize, improve, and strengthen the National Flood Insurance Program to protect affordability and availability, and encourage greater program participation, expand the Increased Cost of Compliance Program, emphasize and increase funding for flood mitigation, and develop accurate flood maps. Page 1 Compact Counties 2026 Federal Priorities SUPPORT action by the US Army Corps of Engineers to fully reassess the Central and Southern Florida Flood Risk Resilience studies for future flood risk and resilience, leveraging existing flood vulnerability assessments already advanced in the region, inclusive of the incorporation of extreme rainfall intensification in all future conditions assessments, and the appropriations required for the advancement and completion of the section 216 and 203 flood risk studies as well as the comprehensive study authorized by WRDA 2022. SUPPORT increased funding for shore and flood protection projects, including legislation requiring the US Army Corps of Engineers to use nature-based solutions in shore and flood protection projects whenever possible and a study of the feasibility of using all available domestic and non-domestic sources of sand in beach renourishment projects. OPPOSE any oil exploration and drilling in the state or off the coast of Florida, including within Florida's territorial waters and the Everglades, including any form of extreme well stimulation, such as hydraulic and acid fracturing, and seismic surveying. SUPPORT preservation of tax credits for innovative energy investments established in current federal law. SUPPORT measures that promote energy efficiency, including the State Energy Program, weatherization programs, market-based ENERGY STAR ratings and products, including ENERGY STAR Portfolio Manager, and building standards. Page 2