Summary of Recommendations:

• Embrace the legacy of the waterfront through design to protect from water, live with water, and create value from water
• Embrace sensitive transit-oriented development (TOD) along the Miami ridge for future growth
• Update the Downtown Miami Master Plan to bring existing plans and visions together. Act on these strategies and evaluate outcomes on a regular basis to address updates
  in relevant forecasts and data and progress made in resilience-related measures

Design

• Refine and adopt proposed design guidelines for the Miami Baywalk, to include resilient design features for a five-mile stretch of shoreline along Biscayne Bay and the Miami River. Extend and apply these guidelines to the Riverwalk, and riverfront with a few additional resources.
• Design and implement a Living Shoreline Demonstration Project along the bayfront that helps build partnership across agencies and the community and allows exploration
  of long-term resilience strategies not currently in use both out into the bay and further inland.
• Update zoning and building guidelines to incorporate resilience principles, including adapting the code to meet minimum thresholds for insurance coverage and real estate market demand
• Promote the use of living shorelines across key regulatory agencies at all levels of government – City, County, State and Federal
• Install green infrastructure to reduce flood and heat impacts along the waterfront and in Miami’s urban neighborhoods

Management & Financing

• Create a place-based organization or conservancy to facilitate private investment and management for the urban waterfront
• Build consensus among community stakeholders through demonstration projects, such as creating a living shoreline along the Museum Park waterfront
• Explore resilient financing tools that leverage Downtown Miami’s real estate market, including tools like Transferable Development Density, tax increment financing, and new property taxes that generate dedicated revenue for resilience initiatives
• Develop a long-range, comprehensive master planning document that incorporates resilience as a key element to guide development in Downtown and along the waterfront
• Strengthen community preparedness in vulnerable locations through neighborhood outreach, emergency management, and local partnerships
• Use an expanded transfer of development density (TDD) policy to encourage sensitive development in less floodprone areas and provide capital for existing buildings
  to make investments in flood-proofing measures when elevating or demolishing a building is untenable