R24-315 1 RESOLUTION NO. R24-315
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3 A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COMMISSION OF THE CITY OF
4 BOYNTON BEACH, FLORIDA, AUTHORIZING THE CITY OF
5 BOYNTON BEACH TO APPLY FOR THE CENTER FOR HEAT
6 RESILIENT COMMUNITIES GRANT OFFERED BY THE NATIONAL
7 INTEGRATED HEAT HEALTH INFORMATION SYSTEM CENTER
8 IN THE AMOUNT OF $10,000; AUTHORIZING THE MAYOR, IF
9 AWARDED, TO ACCEPT THE GRANT AND EXECUTE ALL FUTURE
10 DOCUMENTS ASSOCIATED WITH THE GRANT, SUBJECT TO THE
11 APPROVAL OF THE CITY ATTORNEY; AND FOR ALL OTHER
12 PURPOSES.
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14 WHEREAS, the Center for Heat Resilient Communities (the "Center") supports
15 communities in determining the best locally-tailored strategies to advance heat resilience that
16 are "shovel-ready"for investment,to directly fund and support communities and tribal entities
17 across the United States and internationally using novel and complementary decision support
18 tools to create a roadmap for equitable community heat resilience; and
19 WHEREAS, the Center brings together teams of experts and over fifty cross-sector
20 partners, including scholar specialists, chief heat and resilience officers, municipal climate and
21 sustainability networks, national and international advocacy groups, private climate services
22 providers, and more; and
23 WHEREAS, on November 1, 2024, the National Integrated Heat Health Information
24 Systems ("NIHHS") announced that the Center had opened applications for communities
25 across the United States to get support to develop Heat Resilience Roadmaps, with selected
26 communities to receive $10,000 and technical assistance to help them determine and
27 communicate the impacts of extreme heat in their communities, assess their capacity to
28 respond and design a locally tailored blueprint for heat resilience; and
29 WHEREAS, the City intends to use the funds to protect City communities from harmful
30 heat impacts, such as heat-related deaths and infrastructure damage; and
31 WHEREAS, upon recommendation of staff, the City Commission finds it in the best
32 interest of the citizens and residents of the City to apply to the NIHHS program to supplement
33 the urban tree canopy assessment and heat studies that are planned for Fiscal Years 2025 and
34 2026; authorize the Mayor to execute the application, and if awarded, the grant agreement,
35 subject to review for legal sufficiency by the office of the City Attorney; authorize the Mayor
36 to take all administrative and budgetary actions necessary to implement the grant; and
37 authorize the Mayor to execute any amendments to the Grant Agreement that do not increase
38 the City's financial obligations, subject to review by the office of the City Attorney for legal
39 sufficiency.
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41 NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE CITY COMMISSION OF THE CITY OF
42 BOYNTON BEACH, FLORIDA, THAT:
43 SECTION 1. The foregoing "Whereas" clauses are hereby ratified and confirmed as
44 being true and correct and are hereby made a specific part of this Resolution upon adoption
45 hereof.
46 SECTION 2. The City Commission approves the grant application to supplement the
47 urban tree canopy assessment and heat studies that are planned for Fiscal Years 2025 and
48 2026; authorizes the Mayor to execute the application, and if awarded, the grant agreement,
49 subject to review for legal sufficiency by the office of the City Attorney; authorizes the Mayor
50 to take all administrative and budgetary actions necessary to implement the grant; and
51 authorizes the Mayor to execute any amendments to the Grant Agreement that do not
52 increase the City's financial obligations, subject to review by the office of the City Attorney for
53 legal sufficiency.
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54 SECTION 3. This Resolution shall become effective as provided by law.
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58 PASSED AND ADOPTED this /7'day of e...c.cry , 2024.
59 CITY OF BOYNTON BEACH, FLORIDA
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61 YES NO
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63 Mayor-Ty Penserga
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65 Vice Mayor-Aimee Kelley `AbSerk-
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67 Commissioner-Angela Cruz
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69 Commissioner-Woodrow L. Hay
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71 Commissioner-Thomas Turkin
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