Jose Marti Park Adaptive Redesign

Miami OCI conducted a study and design program for resiliency sea level risk mitigation to serve as a standard for future river side projects The City exchanged information with community members to understand their priorities and needs as part of this redesign The feedback focused on opportunities to support recreation ecology economy and equityRecently in May 2023 The Waterfront Alliance has officially confirmed that the Jose Marti Park project has achieved WEDG Waterfront Edge Design Guidelines Verification following a thorough documentation and review process Developed by the Waterfront Alliance the WEDG program sets the gold standard for resilient accessible and ecologically sound waterfront design Through this important WEDG Verification this project design in the City of Miami District 3 is going above and beyond in waterfront resilience and risk reduction design This project is part of the Miami Forever Bond MFB SeaLevel Rise and Flood Mitigation categoryPlease refer to this link20230614PressReleaseWEDGVerificationpdfPDF213KBto view the June 16 2023 press release regarding the WEDG VerificationResilience Tour Video of the Adaptive Design Plans of Jose Marti ParkLearn about the new improved and resilient elements that will strengthen the parks resiliency and will bring interactive and enjoyable outdoor areas for the community in the near futureBased on the feedback received at our first community meeting on February 19th 2020 The City of Miami District 3 Commissioner Joe Carollo the Department of Parks and Recreation and the Office of Capital Improvements OCI hosted a Virtual Community Meeting to share the project vision and concept of theJose Marti Park Adaptive Redesign The meeting was conducted in English and in Spanish First the information was presented in English followed by a presentation in SpanishThank you to all who attended and participatedJose Marti Park Adaptive RedesignProject PlansPDF2MBPlanes del Proyecto de Rediseo Adaptativo del Parque Jos MartPDF2MBProvide your feedback about this project here Deja tus comentarios sobre este proyecto aquKeeping engaged with the community about ongoing projects is very important for the City of Miami Office of Capital Improvements OCI As such community meetings are being programmed to obtain feedback and share information with City residents Throughout the first semester in the year we have exchanged information with the community on several projects In the resilience category a community meeting took place for Jose Marti Park in February 2020 regarding the adaptive redesign for the park with the objective of developing solutions that will strengthen the parks resiliency to climate change and flooding This meeting included three interactive areas allowing residents to provide their input and select elements of the plans for the upgraded seawall kayak launch and landscaping improvements that are part of the Phase One of the project

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