M E M O R A N D U M
To: Honorable Mayor and Town Council
From: Rafael G. Casals, Town Manager
Date: March 18, 2015
Re: Proposed Water Supply Related Amendments to Growth Management Plan and Update to the Town's Water Supply Facilities Work Plan
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AN ORDINANCE OF THE TOWN COUNCIL OF THE TOWN OF CUTLER BAY, FLORIDA UPDATING THE TOWN WATER SUPPLY PLAN AND ADOPTING WATER SUPPLY PLAN RELATED AMENDMENTS TO THE TOWN GROWTH MANAGEMENT PLAN; PROVIDING FOR TRANSMITTAL; PROVIDING FOR CONFLICTS; PROVIDING FOR SEVERABILITY; AND PROVIDING FOR AN EFFECTIVE DATE.
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BACKGROUND AND ANALYSIS
Pursuant to State Statute each municipality must update its water supply plan every five years and within 18 months of the adopted update to the water supply plan of its respective Water Management District. In the Town's case the applicable District is the South Florida Water Management District which adopted the Lower East Coast Water Supply Plan Update (LEC) on October 10, 2013.
The Miami-Dade County Comprehensive Development Master Plan Water Supply Plan Update related Amendments were adopted February 4, 2015 along with the Miami-Dade WASD 20-year Water Supply Facilities Work Plan (2014-2033) Support Data (November 2014).
With the adoption of the Water Supply Plan Update and the water supply related amendments to the Growth Management Plan the Town will be in compliance with state requirements and will be consistent with the above referenced plans.
RECOMMENDED CHANGES
The proposed major changes/amendments to the existing Water Supply Facilities Work Plan and Growth Management Plan consist of the following:
1. Revising the planning horizon of the Plan from 10 to 20 years to provide for consistency.
2. Amending references to agency names and adoption dates of the LEC Water Supply Plan and Miami-Dade County Water Supply Plan and amendments.
3. Referencing other agency capital improvement projects and funding by referenc...
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