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PH 2020-01, The purpose of this item is to transmit, at the request of staff, 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 with a favorable recommendation to the City Commission and to the State of Florida Department of Economic Opportunities. (Sharon)
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 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 March 12, 2020, prepared by the City’s Utilities Division consultant, Calvin-Giordano & Associates.
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 since no shortages in supply are projected for the 10 year planning period.
Section 163.3177, and 373.709, State Statutes, also requires 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 amendments are consistent with Section 163.3177 and 373.709, State Statutes.
STAFF RECOMMENDATION:
Staff requests the Planning and Zoning Board as the Local Planning Agency (LPA) transmit the proposed amendments to the City Commission, Florida Department of Economic Opportunity, and the Broward County Planning Council with a positive recommendation subject to recertification of the City’s future land use plan.