R24-316 1 RESOLUTION NO. R24-316
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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
6 COLLABORATIVE HEAT MONITORING GRANT OFFERED BY THE
7 NATIONAL OCEANIC AND ATMOSPHERIC ADMINISTRATION
8 AND BY THE NATIONAL INTEGRATED HEAT HEALTH
9 INFORMATION SYSTEM CENTER IN THE AMOUNT OF $10,000
10 TO ASSIST WITH THE COLLECTION, ANALYSIS, AND
11 MODELING OF HEAT DATA; AUTHORIZING THE MAYOR, IF
12 AWARDED, TO ACCEPT THE GRANT AND EXECUTE ALL FUTURE
13 DOCUMENTS ASSOCIATED WITH THE GRANT, SUBJECT TO THE
14 APPROVAL OF THE CITY ATTORNEY; AND FOR ALL OTHER
15 PURPOSES.
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17 WHEREAS, the Center for Collaborative Heat Monitoring ("CCHM") supports
18 communities with technical and stipend support for the development of a community-based
19 heat data collection campaign; and
20 WHEREAS, CCHM works directly with communities to create a heat data collection
21 project tailored to community priorities, working with the National Oceanic and Atmospheric
22 Administration ("NOAA") and the National Integrated Heat Health Information Systems
23 ("NIHHS") to map urban heat islands in over eighty United States and international
24 communities; and
25 WHEREAS, on November 1, 2024, NIHHS announced that CCHM opened applications
26 for communities across the United States to obtain support to develop Heat Resilience
27 Roadmaps, prioritizing applications from communities that have experienced historical
28 patterns of discrimination, underinvestment, and disenfranchisement, in order to assist such
29 communities in conducting their own heat monitoring, and in providing funding and technical
30 assistance to help determine and communicate the impacts of extreme heat in their
31 communities, assess their capacity to respond, and design a locally tailored blueprint for heat
32 resilience; and
33 WHEREAS, the City intends to use the funds to supplement the City's urban tree
34 canopy assessment and heat studies planned for Fiscal Years 2025 and 2026, and to work
35 closely with one of CCHM's four regional hubs to build capacity for heat data collection,
36 analysis, and modeling, in order to help protect the community from harmful heat impacts,
37 including heat-related deaths and infrastructure damage; and
38 WHEREAS, upon recommendation of staff, the City Commission finds it in the best
39 interest of the citizens and residents of the City to apply to the CCHM program to supplement
40 the urban tree canopy assessment and heat studies that are planned for Fiscal Years 2025 and
41 2026, and work closely with one of CCHM's four regional hubs to build capacity for heat data
42 collection, analysis, and modeling; authorize the Mayor to execute the application, and if
43 awarded, the grant agreement, subject to review for legal sufficiency by the office of the City
44 Attorney; authorize the City Manager to take all administrative and budgetary actions
45 necessary to implement the grant; and authorize the Mayor to execute any amendments to
46 the Grant Agreement that do not increase the City's financial obligations, subject to review by
47 the office of the City Attorney for legal sufficiency.
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49 NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE CITY COMMISSION OF THE CITY OF
50 BOYNTON BEACH, FLORIDA, THAT:
51 SECTION 1. The foregoing "Whereas" clauses are hereby ratified and confirmed as
52 being true and correct and are hereby made a specific part of this Resolution upon adoption
53 hereof.
54 SECTION 2. The City Commission approves the grant application for the CCHM
55 program to supplement the urban tree canopy assessment and heat studies that are planned
56 for Fiscal Years 2025 and 2026, authorizes the Mayor to execute the application, and if
57 awarded, the grant agreement, subject to review for legal sufficiency by the office of the City
58 Attorney; authorizes the City Manager to take all administrative and budgetary actions
59 necessary to implement the grant; and authorizes the Mayor to execute any amendments to
60 the Grant Agreement that do not increase the City's financial obligations, to review
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61 the office of the City Attorney for legal sufficiency.
62 SECTION 3. This Resolution shall become effective as provided by law.
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64 PASSED AND ADOPTED this friday ofl)..Q(7iV7-}}7 /_ , 2024.
65 CITY OF BOYNTON BEACH, FLORIDA
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67 YES NO
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69 Mayor-Ty Penserga
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71 Vice Mayor-Aimee Kelley P' Cna-
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73 Commissioner-Angela Cruz
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75 Commissioner-Woodrow L. Hay
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77 Commissioner-Thomas Turkin
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79 VOTE
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92 1`‘‘ LORION a` Shawna G. Lamb
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