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PH2026-0001, the purpose of this Public Hearing is to provide certain text amendments to the Future Land Use, Conservation, and Infrastructure Elements of the City’s Comprehensive Plan, related to and inclusive of the required update to the 10 Year Water Supply Facilities Work Plan. (Joseph)
(This will be heard as regular agenda item number 6.)
Summary Explanation and Background
SUMMARY EXPLANATION AND BACKGROUND:
PROJECT DESCRIPTION / BACKGROUND:
PUBLIC HEARING (PH 2026-0001)
The City of Pembroke Pines is submitting a regular-scale land use plan amendment application for the update of the Water Supply Facilities Work plan. The work plan is required to be updated within 18 months after the South Florida Water Management District (SFWMD) updates the regional supply plan. The updates include text amendments to the Future Land Use, Infrastructure, and Conservation Elements and the City’s 10-year water supply facilities work plan that was adopted in 2015 and most recently amended by the City Commission in 2021 (Ordinance No. 1955).
The work plan must project the City’s water use needs for at least a 10-year period; identify and prioritize the water supply facilities and sources of water that will be needed to meet the demand; and include in the City’s Five-Year Schedule of Capital Improvements a financing schedule to fund the necessary capital improvements identified in the work plan. Attached is a copy of the City of Pembroke Pines, Florida 10-Year Water Supply Facilities Work Plan (WSFWP), dated February 9, 2025, prepared by the City’s Utilities Division.
The City’s proposed Water Supply Facilities Work Plan projects water use needs for a 10-year period. The city is not proposing any Alternative Water Supply (AWS) projects, as no water supply shortages are projected for the 10-year planning period.
Section 163.3177, and 373.709, State Statutes also require updates to the following Comprehensive Plan Elements goals, objectives and policies sections:
1. Future Land Use Element;
2. Infrastructure Element (Potable Water Supply Subsection); and
3. Conservation Element
No changes to the policies within the Intergovernmental Coordination or Capital Improvements Elements were needed.
Attached is a list of revisions to the above elements. The proposed updates are consistent with the State Statutes governing this amendment.
STAFF RECOMMENDATION:
Staff requests that the Planning and Zoning Board, as the Local Planning Agency (LPA), transmit the proposed amendments to the City Commission, Florida Department of Commerce, and the Broward County Planning Council with a positive recommendation.