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FIVE LESSONSLEARNED

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As keynote speaker Nicholas Shufro (FEMA) stated, they must be invited in order to participate in mitigation efforts locally. This involves municipal governments, as represented by Thomas Mooney (City of Miami Beach) prioritizing agendas for review at the state level before federal involvement.

#1REAL CHANGE BEGINS AT THE LOCAL LEVEL

Engineering disciplines, including local engineer Youssef Hachem (YHCE) need to work closely with creative and design fields, with remarks from Jacqueline Gonzalez Touzet (Touzet Studio), Reinaldo Borges (Borges Architects), and Steve Mouzon (Mouzon Studio), to balance historic preservation concerns with resiliency adaptation. Preservationists can no longer be siloed and must integrate with scientists, academics, construction industries, developers, finance and insurance sectors, public agencies, and non-profits. Academia has begun to engage in these critical discussions, represented by John Stuart (FIU - Miami Beach Urban Studios) and Tiffany Troxler (FIU - Sea Level Rise Solutions Center), and must continue to push the envelope.

#2INTERDISCIPLINARY EFFORTS ARE CRITICAL FOR HOLISTIC SUCCESS

At the 2nd Annual Historic Properties

Resiliency Workshop

We heard from Adrienne Burke (Nassau County) that communication is key and municipalities must work hand-in-hand with non-profits and consultants to be successful. Alec Bogdanoff (Brizaga, Inc.) also contributed input on the need to engage stakeholders earlier in the process.

#3GOVERNMENT NEEDS TO COMMUNICATE RESILIENCY PLANNING MORE EFFECTIVELY

Insurance and financing adaptation, represented by Wayne Pathman (Pathman Lewis LLP), will be critical for historic resources. Currently, historic resources are exempt from compliance, but this may need to change in the future. Preservationists need to be proactive and engaged when interfacing with these realities. Roderick Scott (Ducky Johnson Home Elevation) spoke to the cost-benefit analysis in favor of elevation as the premiere solution for Miami Beach’s historic resources.

#4AS “PUBLIC GOODS,” HISTORIC RESOURCES SHOULD BE ELIGIBLE TO RECEIVE ECONOMIC INCENTIVES FOR ADAPTATION INVESTMENT

Referred by many as “The Lab,” Miami Beach must continue its effort to find unique solutions for the city’s geographic constraints, economic realities, and over 30% of building stock which is regulated as a locally designated historic resource. As Commissioner Mark Samuelian (City of Miami Beach) noted in his presentation to Nicholas Shufro (FEMA), we must continue to break down barriers in the effort to find solutions,

#5MIAMI BEACH HAS BEGUN TO RIGOROUSLY EXPERIMENT WITH RESILIENCY ADAPTATION AND MUST CONTINUE TO BE A LEADER