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City of Sunny Isles Beach Water Supply Plan Update First Reading January 21,2016 Adoption Hearing April21,2016 higher NMB Utility projections will be attained. Despite this difference in population projections, the report finds that there will be sufficient water supply to meet the current and future needs of its residents. As shown in Figure 3, the water distribution service area for the City is managed and operated by the City of North Miami Beach and includes portions of the Cities of Aventura, Miami Gardens, and unincorporated Miami-Dade County as well as the Cities of North Miami Beach and Sunny Isles Beach, and Town of Golden Beach. The Sunny Isles Beach City Charter provides for a City Commission that is vested with all legislative powers of the City. The Mayor and four commissioners are elected at-large to serve four-year terms. Each year the members of the Commission elect one of the Commissioners to serve as Vice-Mayor for a period of one year. Each of the four commissioners is elected to represent four designated residential areas. 2.2 Relevant Regional Issues Regional issues that affect the City of Sunny Isles Beach include minimizing pressure on the Everglades and Biscayne Bay ecosystems and, Biscayne and Florida Aquifers. To that end, the Comprehensive Everglades Restoration Plan (CERP) is providing the foundation for one of the largest ecosystem restoration projects in the world. The SFWMD and the US Army Corps of Engineers have partnered in order to restore, protect and preserve the water resources of central and southern Florida, including the Everglades. Various projects under CERP help ensure the proper quantity, quality, timing, and distribution of waters to the Everglades and all of South Florida. The goal of CERP is to capture fresh water that now flows unused to the Atlantic Ocean and the Gulf of Mexico redirect it to areas that need it most. The South Florida Water Management District is the state agency responsible for water supply in the Lower East Coast planning area which includes the jurisdictional boundaries of Sunny Isles Beach. SFWMD plays a pivotal role in resource protection, through criteria used for Consumptive Use Permitting. As pressure increased on the Everglades ecosystem resource, the Governing Board initiated rulemaking to limit increased allocations dependent on the Everglades system. As a result, the Regional Water Availability Rule was adopted by the Governing Board on February 15, 2007 as part of the SFWMD's water use permit program. This reduced reliance on the regional system for future water supply needs, mandates the development of alternative water supplies, and increasing conservation and reuse. Even with an ever increasing population, withdrawals from the Aquifers will be limited, greater conservation will be required to reduce per capita use; and, reclaimed water must continue to be an important alternative water source per the 2008 Leah G. Schad Ocean Outfall Program. s