Subject:
Title
Transmittal of the Water Supply Facilities Work Plan and related amendments to the Comprehensive Plan to the Florida Department of Commerce. (All Districts)
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Fiscal Impact:
None
Dept/Office:
Planning and Development
Requested Action:
Recommendation
It is requested that the Local Planning Agency recommend transmittal of the Water Supply Facilities Work Plan (WSFWP) and related Comprehensive Plan Amendments to the Florida Department of Commerce.
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Summary Explanation and Background:
Sec. 163.3177(6)(c)4, FS, states that "within 18 months after the governing board approves an updated regional water supply plan, the [Potable Water] element must incorporate the alternative water supply project or projects selected by the local government from those identified in the regional water supply plan pursuant to s. 373.709(2)(a) or proposed by the local government under s. 373.709(8)(b) [...] The element must identify such alternative water supply projects and traditional water supply projects and conservation and reuse necessary to meet the water needs identified in s. 373.709(2)(a) within the local government's jurisdiction and include a work plan, covering at least a 10-year planning period, for building public, private, and regional water supply facilities, including development of alternative water supplies, which are identified in the element as necessary to serve existing and new development. The work plan must be updated, at a minimum, every 5 years within 18 months after the governing board of a water management district approves an updated regional water supply plan."
To comply with statutory requirements, the attached Ordinance amends the Potable Water Element of the Comprehensive Plan to append an updated 2035 Water Supply Facilities Work Plan (WSFWP) and amends various policies within the Conservation, Potable Water, Sanitary Sewer, Intergovernmental Coordination, and Capital Improvements Elements of the Comprehensive Plan for consistency...
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