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Are multiple stakeholders from around 

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Miami Dade County met with us Army 

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Corps of Engineers representatives 

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during a shred held at the port of 

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Miami in early March to work on 

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reinitiating the Miami Dade Back Bay 

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coastal storm risk management study . 

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The updated study is looking to include 

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additional alternatives with multiple 

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lines of defense that include natural 

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and nature based features to help 

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reduce the risk to an area that is at 

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high risk of damage from storm surge . 

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Storm surge in particular is one of the 

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most damaging and consequential aspects 

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of a coastal storm or a hurricane . 

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Miami Dade County developed the two new 

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alternatives following an earlier shred 

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held this last November . The first 

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looks at living with the rising waters 

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utilizes additional natural based 

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features like living shorelines , 

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restoring sub aquatic vegetation , 

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mangrove trees , as well as raising 

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structures and flood proofing 

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structures and infrastructure that 

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can't be raised . We're doing what we 

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call a reset to look at a more nature 

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based approach . This is very important 

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because we all live here with the water 

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and we don't want to just create 

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barriers . We want to work on ways that 

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we can divert water more naturally and 

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work with our coastal cities and also 

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our Back Bay and inland cities to have 

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a more equitable approach that will 

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benefit more of our communities . The 

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second alternative being looked at is a 

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combination of measures . The Atlantic 

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coastline incorporates 

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previous studies , previous measures 

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especially the um the Miami 

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Beach renourishment , which is already 

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a core authorized project 

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and reinforcing that project and then 

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protecting the greater Back Bay area by 

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coming up with other structural 

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measures really to protect the whole 

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Back Bay in a multiple line of defense 

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and it incorporates natural nature 

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based features throughout this 

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reinitiation process . Officials say a 

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key component will be local input . 

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We're looking forward to getting input 

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from our community . We are committed 

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to working with Miami Dade and getting 

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feedback from the public which is 

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critical to the success of this project 

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to get buy in from the 

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public that this is part of their 

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solution to mitigating storm risk . The 

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additional alternatives will be 

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presented to the Assistant Secretary of 

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the Army for civil works , the 

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honorable Michael Connor in August for 

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an evaluation of whether it can proceed 

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further or not . If given the approval , 

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a full feasibility study will be 

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conducted and additional public input 

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will be sought . We're so pleased that 

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we've had multiple offices of the cops 

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involved and that in this 

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administration with Assistant Secretary 

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Connor , we've been able to say , 

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please let's start fresh and look at 

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some new alternatives that uh will be 

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better received , better 

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accepted by our community as well to 

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incorporate some of the Nature Based 

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Solutions that are gaining prominence 

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all around the world . From Miami , 

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Florida . Patrick Bled .