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- Abstract:
- GreenPrint -- Our Design for a Sustainable Future is being developed to serve as an
overarching sustainability plan to reaffirm, establish and synchronize our government and
community goals, initiatives and measures. GreenPrint will integrate with existing County efforts
and additional community plans. It will not only make County government operations greener,
but also improve the community’s overall sustainability and quality of life. It is not the County’s
plan; it is the entire community’s plan. An overview of the planning process and background is
provided immediately after this Executive Summary.
The first milestone of the sustainability planning process is the development of this Assessment
Report, which assesses environmental, economic, and social equity challenges within Miami-
Dade, and the programs in place to address these issues. While this published assessment is
used to gather baseline data and to identify the challenges to be addressed in the plan, it is not
final. It is a living/working document.
The Core Planning Team acknowledges that the assessment includes gaps, unanswered
questions and open issues; from County operations to municipal input. That’s why it is available
for public comment and input for a 30-day period, from December 18, 2009 to January 18, 2010.
Your comments are welcomed and important for the plan’s development. The assessment is
posted, and comments can be provided, on www.miamidade.gov/greenprint .
The Interdepartmental Team is responsible for developing the plan, including completing a
sustainability assessment, under the direction of the Sustainability Plan Leader and with the
assistance of the Core Team. Throughout the process, the Mayor’s Sustainability Advisory
Board provides expertise on the sustainability challenges facing the community and offers
strategic direction and advice for GreenPrint's development. Since August 2009, the Core
Planning Team has met with Mayor’s Sustainability Advisory Board and the Interdepartmental
Team over 20 times to gather information for the assessment (see Acknowledgments).
This assessment is organized in the following manner. First, it provides a general overview of
the Miami-Dade’s demographics and economy. It also frames the overarching theme of Climate
Change as an assessment area which is affected and influenced by the 12 other areas
identified and reviewed for the assessment. These areas are:
Energy (Electricity & Fuel)
Environment
Government Operations
Health
Housing
Land Use
Local Business & Industry
Public Safety
Schools
Solid Waste & Recycling
Transportation
Water
Under Government Operations, several specific areas are examined including the consumption
of fuel, electricity and water for all county operations, and the scope of county purchasing. It
also examines airport and seaport operations and their importance as an economic engine for
the local economy.
Information may be presented in more than one section of this assessment report due to the
cross-cutting nature of the issues. Appendices to the assessment include a comprehensive list of sustainability related County
legislation and acknowledgements.
The assessment areas will include the following sections:
• Summary of Key Sustainability Challenges - Presents main challenges identified through
collaborative stakeholder analysis of assessment data and indicators.
Assessment Data and Indicators - Provides data and analysis to identify key challenges
establish a sustainability baseline.
• Existing Efforts - Consolidates current plans, goals, and initiatives related to the specific
assessment area. The information serves as a reference tool to guide and educate
participants through the planning process.
• Community Feedback - Shares feedback and results gathered though the planning
process or surveys related to the assessment area.
Next steps include completing milestone one by finalizing the assessment and beginning
milestone two where we set sustainability goals that will define the overarching objectives and
scope of GreenPrint. Following are milestone three which includes the development of the plan,
milestone four which is the plan’s implementation and milestone five which is monitoring and
evaluating the plan’s progress.
Record Information
- Source Institution:
- Florida International University
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