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City of Sunny Isles Beach Water Supply Plan Update First Reading January 21,2016 Adoption Nearing April 21,2016 1.0 INTRODUCTION The purpose of the City of Sunny Isles Beach 2015 10-Year Water Supply Facilities Work Plan Update adopted on April 21, 2016 is to continue to identify and plan for the water supply sources and facilities needed to serve existing and new development within the local government's jurisdiction. Chapter 163, Part II, F.S., requires local governments to prepare and adopt Work Plans into their comprehensive plans within 18 months after the water management district approves a regional water supply plan or its update. The City of Sunny Isles Beach is located in the South Florida Water Management District region in southeast Florida (Figure 1). The 2013 Lower East Coast Water Supply Plan Update was approved by the South Florida Water Management District (SFWMD) on October 10, 2013. Therefore, local governments within the South Florida Water Management District Lower East Coast jurisdiction should amend their comprehensive plans within the referenced timeframe. The City of North Miami Beach (NMB Utility) is the designated supplier of potable water for portions of northeast Miami-Dade County, including the City of Sunny Isles Beach (Figures 2 and 3). In that capacity, North Miami Beach supplies the City's residential and commercial customers with potable water on a retail basis. The NMB Utility received Water Use Permit No. 13-00060-W from SFWMD on June 11, 2012. The permit, allows the Utility to withdraw 14,009 mg average annual raw groundwater (Florida Aquifer System - 4,406 mg, Biscayne Aquifer System - 9,603 mg). The City recognizes that in order to maintain a water supply system and conservation program there must be effective coordination with NMB Utility, Miami-Dade Water and Sewer Department (MDWASD) and the South Florida Water Management District (SFWMD). Sunny Isles Beach enjoys an excellent working relationship with NMB Utility in ensuring compliance with all regulations and guidelines. In accordance with the service agreement, Sunny Isles Beach staff coordinates with NMB Utility to ensure enough capacity is available for existing and future customers and supporting infrastructure is adequately maintained. As part of established intergovernmental coordination efforts, the 2015 Work Plan Update was developed in coordination with the North Miami Beach 10-Year Water Supply Work Plan Update, adopted June 16, 2015, and the Miami-Dade 2015 Water Supplies Facilities Work Plan Update, adopted February 4, 2015. According to state guidelines, the Work Plan Update and the comprehensive plan amendments must address the development of traditional and alternative water supplies, bulk sales agreements and conservation and reuse programs that are necessary to serve existing and new development for at least a 10-year planning period. In order to ensure consistency with adopted regional, county, and city planning efforts, the City of Sunny Isles Beach 2015 Water Supply Facilities Work Plan Update will coordinate its planning efforts with the water supply work plans adopted by the City of North Miami Beach 10-year Work Plan, Miami-Dade County (2015) and SFWMD (2013) 20-Year Work Plan Updates. 4