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Title: Sustainable Communities Village of Key Biscayne Town Hall Meeting


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Sustainable Communities Village of Key
BiscayneTown Hall Meeting
  • April 2007

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Remembering Florida
  • 1970 2000
  • Population 7 million to 16.5 million
  • Land use 5 million agricultural acres lost
  • Transportation miles traveled nearly tripled
  • Labor tripled from 2.6 mil to 7.9 mil

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Florida Today
  • 2000 2005
  • Economy
  • Ranked first in international tourism
  • Third in high-tech exports
  • Seventh in foreign investments
  • Employment fastest rate of job growth
  • Housing median home price up 75.5
  • Growth 90 now live in expanding urban areas
  • Natural resources use more water

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Florida Tomorrow
  • 2000 2030
  • Population 40 increase 8 million more
  • Land use 2.6 mil acres agriculture to urban
  • Transportation miles will double
  • Most of the built environment that will exist in
    2030 has yet to be constructed.

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Challenge
  • How to prepare for growth and maintain a sense of
    community a sense of place?
  • How to ensure that we are sustainable that
    future generations can enjoy a high quality of
    life, economic opportunities and healthy natural
    resources?

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Southeast Florida
  • Surprisingly, in part because of the county's
    current patterns of high density development and
    remaining expanses of agricultural lands, Dade
    County is not projected to reach build out by
    2060.

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Sustainability
  • Meeting the needs of the present without
    compromising the ability of future generations to
    meet their own needs.
  • Balancing environmental quality with economic
    growth.
  • Using, developing and protecting resources so as
    not to compromise the future.

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Sustainability
  • Boy Scouts
  • Leave the camp site better than you found it
  • Banker
  • Spend the interest not the capital
  • Thesaurus?

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Process
  • An attempt to provide the best outcomes for the
    human and natural environments both now and into
    the indefinite future.
  • It relates to the continuity of economic, social,
    institutional and environmental aspects of human
    society, as well as the non-human environment.

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Sustainable Community
  • From generation to generation it has
  • Healthy and diverse ecological system
  • Social foundation providing for
  • Health
  • Cultural diversity
  • Equitable
  • Prosperous economy for long-term (within social
    and ecological limits)

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Sustainable Community
A place where you and your children want to live
  • Safe
  • Healthy
  • Livable
  • Inclusive
  • Participatory
  • Environmentally sound
  • Prosperous
  • Green
  • Walkable
  • Cultural
  • Vibrant
  • Opportunity
  • Choices

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How Do You Get There?
  • Energy
  • Track energy use electricity and fuel
  • Develop reduction plan set a goal
  • Measure indicators
  • Water
  • Track, reduce, measure
  • Policy landscape, natural vegetation
  • Waste
  • Reduce, Reuse, Recycle - measure

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How Do You Get There?
  • Green Development
  • Residential
  • Commercial
  • Purchasing
  • Vendors
  • Green products
  • Affordable living, historic preservation,
    cultural activities, community education, etc

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Why?
  • Cost savings
  • Creates new markets
  • Creates a more desirable sense of place
  • Protects what you have
  • Improves what you have
  • Makes others green with envy
  • It is the right thing to do

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Florida Leaders
  • Sarasota
  • Eco Footprint
  • Building Green incentives
  • Fleet management
  • Ecotourism
  • Alachua/Gainesville
  • Community Redevelopment Infill
  • Traditional Neighborhood Design

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Miami Leaders
  • Dade Heritage Trust
  • Historic Preservation
  • Clerk of Courts 11th Circuit
  • Harvey Ruvin
  • Water Management District
  • South Florida Regional Planning Council
  • Placemaking
  • Miami-Dade Housing Finance Admin

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Miami Leaders
  • Mayor Manny Diaz and City Commission
  • 11-point plan
  • Sustainability Office
  • Climate Protection Agreement
  • Green Fleet, Building, Purchasing
  • Water Conservation
  • Greenspace Utility (maintenance)
  • Green Commission

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Regionalism
  • We are linked and must work together
  • Region - An area of distinct communities, cities
    and counties where residents share
  • Geographic identity
  • Social, economic and cultural interdependence
  • Capacity for planning and function
  • Capacity to create competitive advantage

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Sustainability Stewardship
  • Develop network of regional leaders
  • Private sector
  • Government
  • Develop vision
  • Build consensus
  • Communicate
  • Plan for implementation

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Third Party Audit
  • Waterfronts Florida DCA
  • Florida Main Street Designation
  • Tree City USA
  • National Arbor Day Foundation
  • Florida Green Building Coalition
  • Audubon International

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Whats Your Vision?
  • What would you like for the next generation?
  • What role can you play?
  • How can you be the leader?

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What happens if we dont do anything?
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Tim CenterDirectorCouncil for Sustainable
Floridatcenter_at_collinscenter.org850.219.0082
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