Miami Beach, some areas of which already suffer from tidal flooding during extreme high tides, is now incorporating sea-level rise into infrastructure planning. Consulting engineers for the City are recommending significant upgrades and changes in the stormwater system to help the system function more effectively during increases in sea level anticipated during the lifespan of…
A new federal law (The “Biggert-Waters Flood Insurance Reform Act of 2012”) reauthorizes the National Flood Insurance Program (NFIP) for five years. At the same time, a provision of the law (Section 100215) establishes a “Technical Mapping Advisory Council.” This Council is to make recommendations on mapping standards and guidelines for flood insurance rate maps.…
Florida Sea Grant partnered with the Apalachicola National Estuarine Research Reserve (Apalachicola NERR) to bring the workshop “Adaptive Planning for Coastal Change–Legal Issues for Local Government” to the Florida Panhandle on August 9, 2012. The full AGENDA is available at this link. The workshop presented local government planners and attorneys with the science of sea-level…
Florida Sea Grant, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration and the Lee and Pinellas county extension offices hosted the workshops “Adaptive Planning for Sea-Level Rise: Legal Issues for Local Government” on January 18 and 19 in Lee and Pinellas counties, respectively. The workshops includes and overview of the science and predictions of sea-level rise for…
Governor Scott recently signed a bill passed by the Florida Legislature that makes significant changes to comprehensive planning in the state. This brief note is not intended to give a complete summary of the bill, which is almost 200 pages, but to mention some of the most significant changes included in the law before looking more carefully at the implications for planning in coastal communities.
Recorded Webinar: What is Coastal and Marine Spatial Planning? Watch the Webinar Run time 55 min. (Note: You may be asked to open and run a Java file. Afterward, wait a moment and playback will begin shortly.) This webinar was broadcast nationally March 4 by Florida Sea Grant’s Boating and Waterway Planning Program. The presenter…