The following resolutions passed as part of Mayor Diaz’s green initiatives:

• Office of Sustainable Initiatives: (FR3) An ordinance authorizing the City Manager to create Miami’s first-ever department dedicated to coordinating environmental programs.
• Miami Climate Protection Agreement: (RE16) A resolution establishing a method by which the city will comply with the goals of the US Mayor’s Climate Protection Agreement. 
• Green Fleet Program: (RE13 )(CA13) A resolution directing the City Manager to establish a Green Fleet Program to assure that the city is purchasing, leasing, or obtaining the most energy efficient vehicles and vessels possible  and accepting bids from various vendors for the green fleet.
• Green Building Expedited Permitting: (RE14) A resolution directing the City Manager to create a program for expedited review and approval of building permit and applications for green buildings.
• Green Purchasing: (RE17) A resolution directing the City Manager to develop an ordinance establishing the city’s first-ever green procurement program.
• Miami Water Conservation Program: (RE 20) A resolution directing the City Manager to develop a water conservation program to protect the water resources of the city
• Greenspace Utility Program: (RE 19) A resolution directing the City Manager to establish a green space utility program.
• Weatherization Advocacy: (RE21) A resolution urging the President and United States Congress to support increased investments in weatherization to benefit the Nation’s communities. 
• Federal Advocacy: A resolution urging the President and the United States Congress to support Local Energy Efficiency Programs, energy conservation, renewable energy and Green Building Programs.
• State Advocacy: (RE18) A resolution urging the Governor and members of the Florida Legislature to support the City’s efforts to establish environmental policies and procedures.
• Tree Master Plan: In  addition, this past February, the Mayor launched the first ever Citywide Tree Master Plan to create minimum standards for enhancing, restoring and stabilizing the City’s tree canopy cover by a minimum of 30 percent by 2020.
• Miami Green Commission: Mayor Diaz also created the City of Miami Green Commission, chaired by Commissioner Joe Sanchez, to bring together a cross section of local experts and community representatives that will help mold the City’s environmental policy in the areas of Green Buildings and Urban Forestry.
• LEED by Example: The LEED standards adopted by the US Green Building Council have become the model for green building guidelines.
• Mitigation and Clean Up: The City has made remarkable strides documenting, cleaning and mitigating old industrial sites. The City has completed 454 environmental assessments in Little Haiti's industrially zoned area including an extensive property inventory/database of current and historical properties that may be eligible for Brownfields Site designation.
• Hybrids and Alternative Fuel Vehicles: Last year, the City leased its first hybrid vehicles and has just recently passed an ordinance to purchase several others. The City is looking at the many alternatives that will make our fleet the greenest in South Florida.
  

These steps are the latest in a long line of ambitious environmental programs Mayor Diaz has already put into action to clean streets, waterways, brown fields, storm drains, as well as improve air and water quality of our city.

Visit the City of Miami Office of Sustainable Initiatives