Compact Policy and
Legislative Coordination
Jason Liechty
Environmental Projects Coordinator
Natural Resources Planning and Management Division
Broward County
Compact Policy and Legislative Coordination
Core Function: Policy
• Policy coordination
and legislative
advocacy are at
the core of the
Compact
Compact Policy and Legislative Coordination
Policy Coordination
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Federal legislative advocacy
State legislative advocacy
Collaborative efforts
Information sharing and replication of
initiatives
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Policy Coordination
• Policy Coordinator
• Policy Team
• Staff Steering Committee
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Annual Legislative Programs
• Process
o Review of existing program (federal or state)
o Solicitation of ideas/revisions from Policy Team and Staff Steering
Committee
o Policy Coordinator revises program
o Policy Team and Staff Steering Committee review
o Approval by Staff Steering Committee
o Individual counties move program forward
• Incorporation into County legislative programs
• As separate item
o Sticking points are ironed out if and when they occur
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Federal Advocacy
• Deepwater Horizon oil
spill press conference –
June 2010
• Joint letter to Bicameral
Task Force on Climate
Change – April 2013
• Joint Capitol Hill visits
• 2014 legislative program
under development
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State Advocacy
• Most significant achievement to
date: Adaptation Action Areas –
2011 session
• Tri-County Legislative Delegation
Meeting on Sea Level Rise –
Feb. 2013
• 2014 package
o Approved by Staff Steering Committee
o Awaiting adoption by County Commissions
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Adaptation Action Areas
• Added to Florida Community
Planning Act in 2011 session
• Optional comprehensive plan
designation for areas that:
o Experience coastal flooding
o Are vulnerable to the related impacts of
rising sea levels
• Purpose: prioritizing funding for
infrastructure and adaptation
planning
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AAA Pilot Program
• Funded by grant from State of Florida (DEO)
– Project of Special Merit
• Partnership among City of Fort Lauderdale,
Broward County, and the South Florida
Regional Planning Council
• Fort Lauderdale will incorporate in its
Comprehensive Plan and identify AAA(s)
• Guidance documents will be developed for
statewide dissemination
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Collaborative Efforts
• Funding opportunities
• Regional Climate Action Plan (RCAP)
implementation workshops
• Summits
• Mayors’ Climate Action Pledge
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Funding Opportunities
• Compact partners favor mutual support of
best-positioned entity rather than cutthroat
competition
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Funding Opportunities
• RE.invest Initiative – Miami Beach
• Federal Highway Administration – Climate
Change Vulnerability Assessment Pilot Grant
o Broward MPO lead agency – supported by other MPOs, Regional
Planning Councils, Compact Counties, and South Florida Regional
Transportation
• Rockefeller Foundation 100 Resilient Cities
Challenge
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RCAP Implementation Workshops
• Part of three-year,
$975,000 grant from
Kresge Foundation to
Institute for Sustainable
Communities to support
RCAP implementation
• 9 to 12 workshops over
three years
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2013 Workshops
#1 Guidance documents for
September 26-27
planners: Incorporating SLR
projections and RCAP into land
use, hazard mitigation, and
transportation
#2 Commercial energy efficiency October 23
and financial incentives
#3 Insurance and risk
December 12-13
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Climate Leadership Summits
• Annual summits to review
progress and plan future
action
• Deliverables
• 2013 Summit
o November 7-8 in Fort Lauderdale
o White House keynote (?)
o Coastal Communities Congressional
Town Hall
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Mayors’ Climate Action Pledge
• Affirms support for Compact
• Agrees to consider integrating
the Regional Climate Action
Plan framework into future
plans
• Urges other municipalities to
adopt the Pledge themselves
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Mayors’ Climate Action Pledge
• Broward County
o 16 municipalities have adopted the Pledge
o Representing nearly 1 million residents – almost 62% of
population
• Miami-Dade League of Cities resolution
• Monroe County resolution
• Other cities in region
o Key West, Boynton Beach, Miami Beach, Pinecrest
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Information Sharing and
Replication of Initiatives
• Mayors’ Roundtable on Climate Change
o Broward County – Monday, September 16
o Miami-Dade County
• Energy efficiency finance
• Electric vehicle infrastructure
• Climate change comprehensive plan
element
Compact Policy and Legislative Coordination
Thank you!
Jason Liechty
Environmental Projects Coordinator
Natural Resources Planning and Management Division
Broward County
954-519-0310
jliechty@broward.org
Compact Policy and Legislative Coordination