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PH 2020-01, The purpose of this Public Hearing is to provide certain text amendments to the City of Pembroke Pines adopted Comprehensive Plan pertaining to Future Land Use Element, Capital Improvement Element, Conservation Element, Intergovernmental Coordination Element, and Infrastructure Element Goals, Objectives and Policies Sections as well as the proposed update to the Water Supply Facility Work Plan. (Sharon)
(See regular agenda item number 2.)
Summary Explanation and Background
SUMMARY EXPLANATION AND BACKGROUND:
PROJECT DESCRIPTION / BACKGROUND
The purpose of this Public Hearing is to consider text amendments to the City’s Comprehensive Plan for the purpose of updating and adopting the Water Supply Facilities Work Plan which was last adopted by the City Commission on April 1, 2015 (Ordinance No. 1813). 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 SFWMD updated the regional supply plan November 8, 2018. Therefore the City is required to update the City’s plan by May 2020.
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 SFWMD updates the regional supply plan. The SFWMD updated the Lower East Coast Regional Water Supply Plan in November 2018; therefore, the City is required to adopt the updates by May 2020. 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 which was adopted by the City Commission in 2009 (Ordinance No. 1632).
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 Sc...
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