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of Community Affairs, advisory committees and community
organizations such as the Miami Beach Community Development
Corporation. On May 25, 2010, the Sustainability Committee
passed a resolution to present the Plan to the City Commission
for adoption. On December 16, 2010, the Finance and Citywide
Projects Committee moved the Sustainability Plan to the City
Commission for approval and adoption.
Guiding Principles
The Sustainability Plan provides structure and focus to policies and
initiatives in order to successfully enhance community sustainability.
The following principles are intended to serve as an overarching
theme and basis for the plan and provide a framework within
which to execute sustainability planning:
• The City of Miami Beach will lead by example.
• Interdependence exists among the ecological, economic
and social factors that contribute toward the sustainability
of our community.
• Healthy natural systems are the basis for sustainable
communities and economies.
• Local decisions and policies have regional
and global impacts.
• Policies and programs that enhance, protect and restore
our natural resources, such as our airshed, waterways,
shorelines, vegetation, wildlife, and greenspaces, support
the sustainability of our community.
• Policies and programs that reduce natural resource
consumption and increase efficiency in resource and
material use support the sustainability of our community.
• Policies and programs that improve environmental
regulatory compliance support the sustainability of our
community.
• Policies and programs that improve economic and social
stability support the sustainability of our community.
• An educated community acting as a steward of the
environment supports the sustainability of our community.
• The use of the city’s emergency management operations
to support community resilience to natural and man-made
disasters supports the sustainability of our community.
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CITY PLAN: Program Areas, Indicators, Target, In itiativ es
The plan is comprised of program areas, goals, indicators, targets
and initiatives.
Program areas are those topics within which to concentrate
economic, environmental and social improvement efforts. Program
areas include:
1. Green Building & Housing
2. Solid Waste Management
3. Water Conservation & Quality
4. Energy Conservation
5. Alternative Transportation
6. Natural Resources & Ecosystem Management
7. Community Outreach & Participation
8. Green Procurement
9. Economic Development & Planning
10. Air Quality & Climate Change
The city’s vision statement guides the focal areas of its Strategic
Plan. Every year the City of Miami Beach produces an
environmental scan and a summary of performance results, which
document the status of the city’s performance objectives within the
priority areas identified by its vision. Together with information
obtained from the community through community surveys, focus
groups, and community meeting, the commission reviews and
refines the City’s Strategic Plan, as appropriate. The city’s vision is
to be:
• Cleaner and Safer
• Beautiful and Vibrant
• A Unique and Historic Environment
• A Mature, Stable Residential Community with Well
Improved Infrastructure
• A Cultural Entertainment Tourism Capital and an
International Center for Innovation and Business,
While Maximizing Value to our Community for the Tax
Dollars Paid
At the same time, the City’s Key Intended Outcomes (KIOs), or
outcome-focused strategic priorities, are aligned to support the
vision statement. They are identified through the strategic planning
process in support of five key elements of the city’s vision to
ensure the long-term sustainability of its government. As a result,
one of the KIOs in the City’s Strategic Plan is to enhance the
environmental sustainability of the community. Current indicators
in the Strategic Plan that are used to measure how well the city
is doing in achieving this outcome are percent participation in
recycling programs, tons of waste recycled, percent of city facility
energy use supplied by renewable sources, and percent of major
buildings with Silver LEED certification. Initiatives that help drive the
performance of these measures are updated annually by the City
Commission and City departments.
In order to ensure that the Sustainability Plan aligns with the City’s
Strategic Plan, the goals, indicators, targets, and initiatives have
been developed based on KIOs and associated performance
indicators identified in the City’s Strategic Plan. However,
development of the City’s Sustainability Plan has allowed for a
more comprehensive review of potential indicators, targets and
initiatives, many of which may be incorporated in the next update
of the City’s Strategic Plan.
The goals set forth in the plan provide direction for each program
area. The indicators help measure the effectiveness of programs
and activities as they relate to the goals. The targets are currently
broad statements that call for either an upward or downward trend;