M E M O R A N D U M
To: Honorable Mayor and Town Council
From: Rafael G. Casals, ICMA-CM, CFM, Town Manager
Date: August 26, 2020
Re: Proposed Water Supply Related Amendments to Growth Management Plan and Update to the Town’s Water Supply Facilities Work Plan (Second Reading)
REQUEST
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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 Section § 163.3167, each municipality must update its water supply plan every five (5) 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 November 8, 2018.
For informational purposes the Miami-Dade County Water Supply Plan Update and related Amendments are in process and have not yet been adopted.
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. Amending adoption dates of the Lower East Coast Water Supply Plan Update Water Supply Plan and Miami-Dade County Water Supply Plan and amendments;
2. Referencing other agency capital improvement projects and funding.
REVISIONS BASED ON AGENCY COMMENTS
After First Reading on June 17, 2020 the amendments were transmitted to the required review agencies. Comments were received as outlined in the Consultant “Response to Agency Comments” memorandum dated August 11, 2020 (included as an attachment to Attachment “A”). Changes within the Water Supply Plan between first and second reading are indicated with yellow highlighted strikethrough words are deletions to the existing words and underlined words are additions to the existing words.
FIRST READING
Town Council passed the proposed Ordinance on First Reading June 17, 2020.
RECOMMENDATION
It is recommended that the Town Council approve the attached Ordinance amending the 10-Year Water Supply Facilities Work Plan and Growth Management Plan in compliance with Florida Statute Section § 163.3167.
ATTACHMENTS
Ø Attachment “A” - Consultant Report (dated August 11, 2020)
Ø Attachment “B” - Miami Herald Advertisement (dated August 16, 2020)