Regional group to address climate change, rising sea levels

The Southeast Florida Regional Climate Change Compact will be making a presentation to the Town of Palm Beach Planning and Zoning Commission this coming Tuesday (1/15/13) at 9:30 a.m. at the Council Chambers of Palm Beach Town Hall.  The compact consists of representatives from four south Florida counties - Palm Beach, Broward, Miami-Dade and Monroe.  It serves as a way the counties can coordinate their responses to rising sea levels and increased storm severity.

I might attend the meeting and it would be a good idea, perhaps, for one of our elected officials or someone from the city administration to attend as well.  

We, as a city, should at least be aware of what this group is talking about.  The city has a 19 acre public property - aka the Lake Worth Beach - and a five mile long frontage along the Intracoastal Waterway - aka the Lake Worth Lagoon.  We also just invested millions of public dollars in the refurbishment of the Lake Worth Beach property, including the construction a NEW Casino building.  The building is seaward of the Coastal Construction Control Line and is not fortified by structural pilings - it depends on being protected, according to the Florida Building Code, on a seawall that has not been studied to determine if it meets the requirements to be considered an "armoring device."

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