01-13-2009
A~e City of
n.ventura
Loa} Pl~l1l1inJr ~w
Susan Gottlieb, Mayor
City M~rJJl,r
Eric M. Soroka, ICMA-CM
Zev Auerbach
Bob Diamond
T eri Holzberg
Billy Joel
Michael Stern
Luz Urbaez Weinberg
City Clerk
Teresa M. Soroka, MMC
City Attorney
Weiss Serota Helfman
Pastoriza Cole & Boniske
LOCALPL~GAGENCY
AGENDA
JANUARY 13, 2009 - 6 PM
Aventura Government Center
19200 West Country Club Drive
Aventura, Florida 33180
1. CALL TO ORDER\ROLL CALL
2. PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE
3. APPROVAL OF MINUTES: November 6, 2008
4. PUBLIC HEARING: MOTION RECOMMENDING ADOPTION OF THE FOLLOWING
ORDINANCE:
A. AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF A VENTURA, FLORIDA, AMENDING
SECTION 6 "EFFECTIVE DATE" FROM JANUARY 1,2009 TO APRIL 1,2009
OF ORDINANCE NO. 2008-08 ADOPTED ON APRIL 8, 2008, WHICH
ORDINANCE ESTABLISHED A TRANSPORTATION MITIGATION IMPACT
FEE AND SCHEDULE FOR MITIGATION OF TRANSPORTATION IMPACTS
BY NEW DEVELOPMENT IN THE CITY OF A VENTURA; PROVIDING FOR
INCLUSION IN THE CODE; PROVIDING FOR SEVERABILITY; AND
PROVIDING FOR AN EFFECTIVE DATE.
B. AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF A VENTURA, FLORIDA, ADOPTING A
TEN-YEAR WATER SUPPLY FACILITIES WORK PLAN AND AMENDING
THE CITY OF A VENTURA COMPREHENSIVE PLAN BY AMENDING THE
FUTURE LAND USE ELEMENT, THE INFRASTRUCTURE ELEMENT, THE
CAPITAL IMPROVEMENTS ELEMENT, THE INTERGOVERNMENTAL CO-
ORDINATION ELEMENT AND THE CONSERVATION & COASTAL
MANAGEMENT ELEMENT OF THE CITY OF A VENTURA
COMPREHENSIVE PLAN TO IMPLEMENT THE CITY OF A VENTURA TEN-
YEAR WATER SUPPLY FACIILTIES WORK PLAN REQUIRED PURSUANT
TO CHAPTER 163, PART II, FLORIDA STATUTES; PROVIDING FOR
SEVERABILITY; PROVIDING FOR INCLUSION IN THE COMPREHENSIVE
PLAN; AND PROVIDING FOR AN EFFECTIVE DATE.
5. ADJOURNMENT
This meeting is open to the public. In accordance with the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990, all persons who are disabled and
who need special accommodations to participate in this meeting because of that disability should contact the Office of the City Clerk,
305-466-8901, not later than two days prior to such proceeding. Anyone wishing to appeal any decision made by the City of Aventura
Local Planning Agency with respect to any matter considered at such meeting or hearing will need a record of the proceedings and, for
such purpose, may need to ensure that a verbatim record of the proceedings is made, which record includes the testimony and
evidence upon which the appeal is to be based. Agenda items may be viewed at the Office of the City Clerk, City of Aventura
Government Center, 19200 West Country Club Drive, Aventura, Florida, 33180. Anyone wishing to obtain a copy of any agenda item
should contact the City Clerk at 305-466-8901. One or more members of the City of Aventura Advisory Boards may also be in attendance.
A~ City of
nventiJra
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MINUTES
LOCAL PLANNING AGENCY
MEETING
NOVEMBER 6, 2008 6 PM
Government Center
19200 W. Country Club Drive
Aventura. Florida 33180
1. CALL TO ORDER/ROLL CALL: The meeting was called to order at 6:01 p.m. by
Mayor Susan Gottlieb. Present were Commissioners Zev Auerbach, Bob Diamond,
Teri Holzberg, Michael Stern, Luz Urbaez Weinberg, Vice Mayor Billy Joel, Mayor
Gottlieb, City Manager Eric M. Soroka, City Clerk Teresa M. Soroka, City Attorney
David M. Wolpin. As a quorum was determined to be present, the meeting
commenced.
2. PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE: Led by Mr. & Mrs. Stuart Wagner.
3. APPROVAL OF MINUTES: A motion to approve the minutes of the January 8,
2008 LPA Hearing was offered by Vice Mayor Joel, seconded by Commissioner
Auerbach, and unanimously passed.
4. PUBLIC HEARING: MOTION RECOMMENDING ADOPTION OF THE
FOLLOWING ORDINANCES:
A. Mr. Wolpin read the following ordinance by title:
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF AVENTURA, FLORIDA, AMENDING THE CITY
OF AVENTURA COMPREHENSIVE PLAN BY AMENDING POLICY 4.19 OF
OBJECTIVE 4 OF THE CAPITAL IMPROVEMENTS ELEMENT TO ADOPT BY
REFERENCE THE CITY OF AVENTURA 2008/09-2012/13 CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT
PROGRAM; PROVIDING FOR SEVERABILITY; PROVIDING FOR INCLUSION IN
THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN; AND PROVIDING FOR AN EFFECTIVE DATE.
Mr. Wolpin noted the availability of a sign-in sheet for parties interested in
receiving further information regarding this matter. Community Development
Director Joanne Carr addressed the Commission and entered the staff report into
the record. Mayor Gottlieb opened the public hearing. There being no
speakers, the public hearing was closed. A motion to recommend approval was
offered by Commissioner Diamond, and seconded by Commissioner Weinberg.
The motion passed unanimously.
B. Mr. Wolpin read the following ordinance by title:
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF AVENTURA, FLORIDA, AMENDING SECTION 31-
239 OF THE CITY'S LAND DEVELOPMENT REGULATIONS ENTITLED
"COMPLIANCE WITH COMPREHENSIVE PLAN" TO ADD LEVEL OF SERVICE
STANDARDS FOR EDUCATION AS SECTION 31-239 (f)(8); PROVIDING FOR
SEVERABILITY; PROVIDING FOR INCLUSION IN THE CODE; PROVIDING FOR AN
EFFECTIVE DATE.
Ms. Carr addressed the Commission and entered the staff report into the record.
Mayor Gottlieb opened the public hearing. There being no speakers, the public
hearing was closed. A motion to recommend approval was offered by
Commissioner Holzberg, and seconded by Commissioner Stern. The motion
passed unanimously.
5. ADJOURNMENT: There being no further business to come before the Local
Planning Agency, the meeting adjourned.
Teresa M. Soroka, MMC, City Clerk
Approved by the LPA on
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CITY OF AVENTURA
COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENT
MEMORANDUM
TO:
City Commission
BY:
Eric M. Soroka, ICM
City Manager
Joanne Carr, AICP f\ /;'13
Community Development irect~ .
FROM:
DATE:
December 10, 2008
SUBJECT:
Amended effective date of Ordinance No. 2008-08, an Ordinance to Adopt a
Transportation Mitigation Impact Fee and Schedule of Fees for Development
Activity to support mobility within the City of Aventura (01-IF-09)
January 13, 2009 Local Planning Agency Agenda Item LJ4>A
1st Reading January 13, 2009 City Commission Meeting Agenda Item 1.4\'
2nd Reading February 3, 2009 City Commission Meeting Agenda Item _
RECOMMENDATION
It is recommended that the City Commission amend the effective date of Ordinance No.
2008-08 from January 1, 2009 to April 1 , 2009.
THE REQUEST
City staff is requesting adoption of an ordinance to amend the effective date of Ordinance
No. 2008-08 from January 1, 2009 to April 1 , 2009.
BACKGROUND
On April 8, 2008, the City Commission adopted Ordinance No. 2008-08 which enacted an
transportation mitigation impact fee and schedule of fees for development activity to
support mobility within the City of Aventura. The Ordinance is attached as Exhibit #1 to
this report. Due to the economic slowdown at the time of adoption of the Ordinance and to
allow developers in our City to plan for this new impact fee, the effective date was set for
January 1, 2009. Interested parties requested that the City review economic conditions
prior to the proposed effective date. There has been no significant improvement in the
economy to date and staff therefore recommends a three month extension of the effective
date from January 1, 2009 to April 1, 2009. All other provisions of the Ordinance will
remain the same.
ORDINANCE NO. 2008-08
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF A VENTURA, FLORIDA,
AMENDING CHAPTER 2, "ADMINISTRA TION", ARTICLE
IV "FINANCE", DIVISION 5 "IMPACT FEES", TO CREATE
SECTION 2-302 "TRANSPORTATION MITIGATION
IMPACT FEE"; ESTABLISHING A TRANSPORTATION
MITIGATION IMPACT FEE AND SCHEDULE FOR
MITIGATION OF TRANSPORTATION IMPACTS BY NEW
DEVELOPMENT; PROVIDING FOR TRANSPORTATION
MITIGATION IMPACT FEE COMPUTATION FORMULA;
PROVIDING FOR EXEMPTIONS; PROVIDING FOR
IMPACT FEE EXPENDITURES; PROVIDING FOR
ESTABLISHMENT OF A TRANSPORTATION MITIGATION
IMPACT FEE FUND; PROVIDING FOR INCLUSION IN
THE CODE; PROVIDING FOR SEVERABILITY; AND
PROVIDING FOR AN EFFECTIVE DATE.
WHEREAS, pursuant to Section 163.31801, Florida Statutes, entitled the "Florida
Impact Fee Act", the Florida Legislature found that impact fees are an important source
of revenue for a local government to use in funding the infrastructure necessitated by new
growth; and
WHEREAS, pursuant to Section 163.3177, Florida Statutes, the Legislature
enacted a transportation concurrency law which provides that public transportation
facilities and services needed to support development shall be available concurrent with
the impacts of development; and
WHEREAS, the Legislature recognized that there are areas where construction of
new or expanded roadways is not possible; and
WHEREAS, pursuant to Section 163.3180, Florida Statutes, local governments
may exempt an area from transportation concurrency (a "Transportation Concurrency
Exception Area") if the proposed development is 1) otherwise consistent with the local
Comprehensive Plan, 2) a project that promotes public transportation or is within an area
designated for urban infill development; and 3) the local govemment has adopted into its
Comprehensive Plan strategies to support and fund mobility within the designated
exception area; and
EXHIBIT #1
01-IF-09
Ordinance No. 2008-08
Page 2
WHEREAS, the City of Aventura (the "City") was designated as a Transportation
Concurrency Exception Area when it adopted the City of Aventura Comprehensive Plan
in December of 1998; and
WHEREAS, the City of Aventura is in the unique position of a compact, high
density, regional destination community nearing buildout that lacks parallel roadway
facilities to provide relief to heavily congested and constrained corridors; and
WHEREAS, the City adopted strategies in the City of Aventura Comprehensive
Plan to support and fund mobility within the designated exception area, including impact
fees and other methods which developers can use to mitigate impacts to the
transportation system by contributing funds for alternative modes of transportation that
promote mobility, particularly, the expansion, operation and maintenance of the City's
Circulator System, also known as the "Aventura Express" or as it may be renamed in the
future or any similar future transit system operated by the City, (the "Circulator System")
as further described in a study entitled "A Program of Transportation Mitigation" prepared
for the City of Aventura by James C. Nicholas, PhD, dated August 15, 2007, and revised
March 13. 2008 (the "Transportation Mitigation Study"); and
WHEREAS, the City included an impact fee analysis in the Transportation
Mitigation Study to determine if an impact fee could be used to fund the expansion,
operation and maintenance of the City's Circulator System; and
WHEREAS the Transportation Mitigation Study finds that the City of Aventura can
accommodate the mobility needs of new development by expansion of the Circulator
System with the payment of a transportation mitigation impact fee, and recommends that
the City adopt such a fee to support mobility through the use of mass transit within the
City and the City's policy of transportation concurrency exception; and
WHEREAS, the City Commission has been designated as the Local Planning
Agency for the City pursuant to Section 163.3174, Florida Statutes; and
WHEREAS, the City Commission, acting in its capacity as the Local Planning
Agency has reviewed this ordinance to adopt a transportation mitigation impact fee
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during a required public hearing and has recommended approval to the City
Commission; and
WHEREAS, the City Commission has held duly noticed public hearings on this
transportation mitigation impact fee ordinance recommended by the City Commission,
acting in its capacity as the Local Planning Agency; and
WHEREAS, the City Commission has reviewed this Ordinance and has
determined that such action is consistent with the Comprehensive Plan.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COMMISSION OF THE
CITY OF AVENTURA, FLORIDA, AS FOLLOWS:
Section 1. Recitals. That the above recitals are true and correct and are
incorporated herein by this reference.
Section 2. City Code Amended. That the City Code of the City of
Aventura is hereby amended by amending Chapter 2 "Administration"; Article IV
"Finance"; Division 5 "Impact Fees"; by creating Section 2-302 "Transportation
Mitigation Impact Fee" to read as follows:
"Sec. 2-302. Transportation Mitigation Impact Fee.
(a) Impact Fee; In General.
1 . This Section is intended to support and fund mobility within the City's
Transportation Concurrency Exception Area by collecting a transportation
mitigation impact fee (the "Transportation Mitigation Impact Fee") to allow the
expansion, operation and maintenance of the City's Circulator System, also
known as the Aventura Express, or as it may be renamed in the future or any
similar future transit system (the "Circulator System").
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Ordinance No. 2008-08
Page 4
2. In construing the provIsions of Section 2-302, the pertinent definitions
contained in Section 2-301 (b) shall apply unless otherwise provided.
3. Any application for a Buiiding Permit for Deveiopment Activity, as defined in
Section 2-301 (b), within the corporate limits of the City shall be subject to the
assessment of a Transportation Mitigation Impact Fee in the manner and amount
set forth in this Section. No Building Permit shall be issued by the City until the
applicant has paid the assessed Transportation Mitigation Impact Fee as
calculated pursuant to this Section.
4. Notwithstanding payment of the Transportation Mitigation Impact Fees
pursuant to this Section, other state and local regulations may limit the issuance
of a Building Permit.
5. In the event Transportation Mitigation Impact Fees are paid prior to or
concurrent with the issuance of a Building Permit and subsequently, the Building
Permit is amended, the applicant shall pay the Transportation Mitigation Impact
Fee in effect at the time the amended Building Permit is issued with credit being
given for the previous fee paid.
6. In the case of Development Activity involving a change of use, redevelopment
or expansion or modification of an existing use on site which requires issuance of
a Building Permit, the Transportation Mitigation Impact Fee shall be based on
the net increase in the Transportation Mitigation Impact Fee for the new use as
compared with the use in effect on the effective date of this Section.
7. If a Building Permit is cancelled without development commencing, then the
applicant who paid the Transportation Mitigation Impact Fee shall be entitled to a
refund, without interest, of the Transportation Mitigation Impact Fee paid except
that the City shall retain three percent (3%) of the fee to offset a portion of the
costs of collection and refund. The applicant who paid the Transportation
Mitigation Impact Fee shall submit an application for such a refund to the City
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Manager or his designee within thirty (30) days of the expiration of the order or
permit, or thereafter be deemed to waive any right to a refund.
8. in the event the Circulator System is discontinued by action of the City
Commission, or if the City fails to use or encumber any existing funds by the end
of the calendar quarter immediately following ten (10) years from the effective
date of this Section, upon application of the then current fee simple title holder,
funds may be returned to such title holder, without interest, provided that the title
holder submits an application for a refund to the City Manager or his designee
within one hundred and eighty (180) days of the expiration of the ten (10) year
period. However, this section shall not apply to Development of Regional Impact
or any development with phased or long term build out. Any claim not so timely
made shall be deemed waived.
9. Funds shall be deemed expended for the purposes of this Section when a
contract, agreement or purchase order encumbering all or a portion of the
payment of said funds shall be approved by final City action.
(b) Impact Fee Computation Formula.
1. The applicant shall pay a Transportation Mitigation Impact Fee amount based
on the formula set forth in the table below or as it may be amended by Ordinance
of the City Commission. The fee shall be collected by the Community
Development Department prior to issuance of a Building Permit for Development
Activity. Such fee will be based on the cost required to serve the increased
demand for use of the Circulator System resulting from the proposed new
Development Activity. The formula to be used to calculate the Transportation
Mitigation Impact Fee is established as follows for each property use:
Land Use (Unit of
Measure)
Persons
per Unit
of
Measure
0.972
1.557
Fee per Unit
of Measure
$803.05
$1,286.59
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Page 6
2.175 $1,797.33
2.720 $2,247.22
1.319 $1,089.35
2.312 $1,910.09
2. The fee per Residential Dwelling Unit or fee per thousand nonresidential
square feet shall be multiplied by the applicant's total number of dwelling units for
residential property or total number of thousands of square feet for nonresidential
property. The total will then be multiplied by 1.03 for a general administrative
charge of three (3%) percent. The resulting total is the Transportation Mitigation
Impact Fee and administrative charge, which amount shall be paid by the
applicant.
3. An applicant may choose to prepare a study to identify a more precise
calculation of the impact of his or her proposed Development Activity on the City's
Circulator System. If the applicant chooses this option, the applicant shall prepare
and submit to the City Manager an Alternative Transportation Mitigation Impact
Fee Calculation Study (the "Alternative Fee Study"), containing professionally
accepted methodologies and formats as well as traffic, engineering, occupancy
and other documentation in support of the basis upon which the alternative
calculation was determined. The Alternative Fee Study shall be prepared and
presented by professionals qualified in their respective fields and employ methods
recognized within those respective fields. The City Manager shall consider the
Alternative Fee Study submitted by the applicant, but is not required to accept
such documentation if he believes the information to be inaccurate or not reliable.
In this case, the City Manager may require the applicant to submit additional or a
different Alternative Fee Study for consideration. If an acceptable Alternative Fee
Study is not presented, the applicant shall pay the Transportation Mitigation Impact
Fee based upon the schedules shown in paragraph 1 of this section. If the City
Manager approves a Transportation Mitigation Impact Fee in an amount other than
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that determined by the Alternative Fee Study, the applicant may appeal the City
Manager's decision to the City Commission by filing a written request with the City
Clerk within ten (10) days of the date of the City Manager's decision.
4. In the case of Development Activity involving a change of use or magnitude of
use for which a Building Permit is required, the proposed development shall be
required to pay a Transportation Mitigation Impact Fee only for the increase in use
of the Circulator System resulting from new Development Activity. The
Transportation Mitigation Impact Fee shall be the difference between the
computed Transportation Mitigation Impact Fee for the proposed Development
Activity and the computed Transportation Mitigation Impact Fee for the existing
Development Activity. Any Building Permit which expires or is revoked after the
effective date of this Section and for which a fee has not previously been paid
under this Section shall be required to comply with the provisions herein. No
refunds will be given for proposed development activity resulting in a negative fee
calculation.
5. If the type of activity within a proposed or current development is not specified,
the City Manager or his designee shall use the activity most nearly comparable
that will result in payment of a fair and equitable Transportation Mitigation Impact
Fee.
6. In determining existing Development Activity and the units or thousands of
square feet of proposed or existing development, the Community Development
Department shall use the Building Permit and the Certificate of Use information
contained in the building or zoning records of Miami-Dade County or the City.
(c) Impact Fee Exemptions.
1. Alteration, expansion or replacement of an existing building or residential
dwelling unit where the use is not changed and the number of residential dwelling
units or square footage is not increased shall not be subject to the Transportation
Mitigation Impact Fee.
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Page 8
2. The burden of demonstrating the prevIous use or previous payment of a
Transportation Mitigation Impact Fee shall be upon the applicant. In cases where
there is an existing use, any additional fees shall be based upon the alteration
and/or addition to the existing use.
3. Government or public facilities used for governmental purposes are exempt
from the Transportation Mitigation Impact Fee, including those parcels, grounds,
buildings or structures owned by the federal government, State of Florida, Miami-
Dade County, the City, the Miami-Dade County Public Schools or the South
Florida Water Management District, including, but not limited to, governmental
offices, police and fire stations, airports, seaports, parking facilities, equipment
yards, sanitation facilities, water control structures, schools, parks and similar
facilities in or through which general government operations are conducted. It is
provided, however, that the following shall not be considered governmental or
public facilities and shall be subject to the provision of this Section: (1) privately
owned properties or facilities leased for governmental operations or activities and
privately owned charter schools; (2) public properties or facilities used for private
residential, commercial or industrial activities.
4. The construction of accessory buildings or structures is exempt where 1) the
use is not changed, 2) any additional impact on the Circulator System is negligible;
and 3) the number of residential dwelling units or square footage is not increased.
5. A building replacement meeting the requirements of the Florida Building Code,
(where such replacement is necessitated by partial destruction) and meeting the
requirements of the City's Land Development Regulations, is exempt.
6. Parking garages are exempt from the Transportation Mitigation Impact Fee
when the structure is accessory to a primary use.
7. An exemption must be claimed by the applicant prior to paying the
Transportation Mitigation Impact Fee. Any exemption not so claimed prior to
payment shall be deemed to have been waived by the applicant.
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(d) Impact Fee Expenditures.
1. Expenditures from the Impact Fee shall include, but not be limited to:
a) All costs related to expansion of the Circulator System;
b) All costs related to operation of the Circulator System; and
c) All costs related to maintenance of the Circulator System.
2. The three (3%) percent general administrative cost portion of the
Transportation Mitigation Impact Fee, as provided for herein, shall be deposited
into the General Fund and shall be used to offset the costs of administering the
Transportation Mitigation Impact Fee.
(e) Establishment of Fund. Transportation Mitigation Impact Fees collected
pursuant to this Section shall be accounted for in the Transportation and Street
Maintenance Fund established by the City.
(f) Review and Assessment of Fee. The City Manager shall review the contents of
this section at least every three (3) years and, if appropriate, make recommendations to
the City Commission to revise it. The first such review shall be no later than January 1,
2011. The City Commission shall consider the City Manager's recommended revision(s)
to this section and decide whether to adopt them."
Section 3. Inclusion in the Code. That it is the intention of the City Commission
and it is hereby ordained that the provisions of this Ordinance shall become and made a
part of the City of Aventura Code of Ordinances; that the sections of this Ordinance may
be renumbered or relettered to accomplish such intentions; and that the word "Ordinance"
shall be changed to "Section" or other appropriate word as needed.
Section 4. Severabilitv. That the provisions of this Ordinance are declared to
be severable and if any section, sentence, clause or phrase of this Ordinance shall for
any reason be held to be invalid or unconstitutional, such decision shall not affect the
validity of the remaining sections, sentences, clauses, and phrases of this Ordinance
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Page 1 0
but they shall remain in effect, it being the legislative intent that this Ordinance shall
stand notwithstanding the invalidity of any part.
Section 5. Special Notice. That, pursuant to Section 163.31801(3)(d), Florida
Statutes, notice of the adoption of this Ordinance shall be published by the City Clerk
no fewer than ninety (90) days before the effective date of this Ordinance imposing new
impact fees.
Section 6. Effective Date. That following adoption on second reading, the
provisions of Section 5 of this Ordinance shall be effective immediately, and the
remaining provisions of this Ordinance shall be effective from and after the first day of
January, 2009.
The foregoing Ordinance was offered by Commissioner Holzberg, who moved its
adoption on first reading. This motion was seconded by Commissioner Stern, and upon
being put to a vote, the vote was as follows:
Commissioner lev Auerbach yes
Commissioner Teri Holzberg yes
Commissioner Billy Joel yes
Commissioner Michael Stern yes
Commissioner Luz Urbaez Weinberg yes
Vice Mayor Bob Diamond yes
Mayor Susan Gottlieb yes
The foregoing Ordinance was offered by Commissioner Weinberg, who moved
its adoption on second reading. This motion was seconded by Vice Mayor Auerbach,
and upon being put to a vote, the vote was as follows:
Commissioner Bob Diamond yes
Commissioner Teri Holzberg yes
Commissioner Billy Joel yes
Commissioner Michael Stern yes
Commissioner Luz Urbaez Weinberg yes
Vice Mayor Zev Auerbach yes
Mayor Susan Gottlieb yes
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Page 11
PASSED on first reading on this 8th day of January, 2008.
PASSED AND ADOPTED on this 8th day of pril, 2008.
APPROVED AS TO LEGAL SUFFI~NCY:
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ORDINANCE NO. 2009-
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF AVENTURA, FLORIDA,
AMENDING SECTION 6 "EFFECTIVE DATE" FROM
JANUARY 1, 2009 TO APRIL 1, 2009 OF ORDINANCE NO.
2008-08 ADOPTED ON APRIL 8, 2008, WHICH
ORDINANCE ESTABLISHED A TRANSPORTATION
MITIGATION IMPACT FEE AND SCHEDULE FOR
MITIGATION OF TRANSPORTATION IMPACTS BY NEW
DEVELOPMENT IN THE CITY OF AVENTURA;
PROVIDING FOR INCLUSION IN THE CODE; PROVIDING
FOR SEVERABILITY; AND PROVIDING FOR AN
EFFECTIVE DATE.
WHEREAS, Ordinance No. 2008-08 establishing a transportation mitigation impact
fee and schedule for mitigation of transportation impacts by new development in the City
of Aventura was adopted by the City Commission on April 8, 2008 following duly noticed
public hearings; and
WHEREAS, the City Commission directed City staff during the public hearings to
monitor the economic climate prior to the effective date of Ordinance No. 2008-08 and
to recommend adjustment to said effective date based on economic conditions as of
the proposed effective date; and
WHEREAS, staff has determined that there has been no improvement to the
economic conditions since April, 2008; and
WHEREAS, the City Commission, acting in its capacity as the Local Planning
Agency has reviewed the proposed change to the effective date of Ordinance No.
2008-08 from January 1, 2009 to April 1 , 2009 during a required public hearing and has
recommended approval of this Ordinance to the City Commission; and
WHEREAS, the City Commission has held duly noticed public hearings on this
Ordinance as recommended by the City Commission, acting in its capacity as the Local
Planning Agency; and
WHEREAS, the City Commission has reviewed this Ordinance and has
determined that the Ordinance is consistent with the Comprehensive Plan.
Ordinance No. 2009-
Page 2
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COMMISSION OF THE
CITY OF AVENTURA, FLORIDA, AS FOLLOWS:
Section 1. Recitals. That the above recitals are true and correct and are
incorporated herein by this reference.
Section 2. That Section 6, "Effective Date" of Ordinance No. 2008-08 is
hereby amended as follows:
"Section 6. Effective Date. That following adoption on second reading, the
provisions of Section 5 of this Ordinance shall be effective immediately, and the
remaining provisions of this Ordinance shall be effective from and after the first day of
January, 2009 the first day of April. 2009.,,1
Section 3. All other provisions of Ordinance No. 2008-08 adopted by the City
Commission on April 8, 2008 shall remain the same and in full force and effect.
Section 4. Inclusion in the Code. That it is the intention of the City Commission
and it is hereby ordained that the provisions of this Ordinance shall become and made a
part of the City of Aventura Code of Ordinances; that the sections of this Ordinance may
be renumbered or relettered to accomplish such intentions; and that the word "Ordinance"
shall be changed to "Section" or other appropriate word as needed.
Section 5. Severability. That the provisions of this Ordinance are declared to
be severable and if any section, sentence, clause or phrase of this Ordinance shall for
any reason be held to be invalid or unconstitutional, such decision shall not affect the
validity of the remaining sections, sentences, clauses, and phrases of this Ordinance
but they shall remain in effect, it being the legislative intent that this Ordinance shall
stand notwithstanding the invalidity of any part.
1 Stricken through text indicates proposed deletions. Underlined text indicates proposed insertions.
Ordinance No. 2009-
Page 3
Section 6. Effective Date. That following adoption on second reading, the
provisions of this Ordinance shall be effective immediately.
The foregoing Ordinance was offered by Commissioner
who moved its adoption on first reading. This motion was seconded by Commissioner
and upon being put to a vote, the vote was as follows:
Commissioner Zev Auerbach
Commissioner Bob Diamond
Commissioner Michael Stern
Commissioner Teri Holzberg
Commissioner Luz Urbaez Weinberg
Vice Mayor Billy Joel
Mayor Susan Gottlieb
The foregoing Ordinance was offered by Commissioner
who moved its adoption on second reading. This motion was seconded by
Commissioner and upon being put to a vote, the vote was as follows:
Commissioner Zev Auerbach
Commissioner Bob Diamond
Commissioner Michael Stern
Commissioner Teri Holzberg
Commissioner Luz Urbaez Weinberg
Vice Mayor Billy Joel
Mayor Susan Gottlieb
PASSED on first reading on this 13th day of January, 2009.
Ordinance No. 2009-
Page 4
PASSED AND ADOPTED on second and final reading this 3rd day of February, 2009.
Susan Gottlieb, Mayor
ATTEST:
TERESA M. SOROKA, MMC
CITY CLERK
APPROVE~~L~
CITY ATTORN
CITY OF AVENTURA
COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENT
MEMORANDUM
TO:
City Commission
i ctor
FROM:
Eric M. Soroka, IC
City Manager
BY:
Joanne Carr, AICP
Community Develop
DATE: December 10, 2008
SUBJECT: Petition of the City of Aventura to Adopt a Ten-Year Water Supply
Facilities Work Plan; to Amend the City of Aventura Comprehensive
Plan as required to implement the Ten-Year Water Supply Facilities
Work Plan; and to transmit the amendments to the Florida Department
of Community Affairs (01-CPA-08)
January 13, 2009 Local Planning Agency Agenda Item ..!fB
January 13, 2009 First Reading City Commission Meeting Agenda Item :1.15
, 2009 Second Reading City Commission Meeting Agenda Item _
RECOMMENDATION
It is recommended that the City Commission take the following actions:
1. Adopt a Ten-Year Water Supply Facilities Work Plan for the City of Aventura.
2. Approve and adopt amendments to the City of Aventura Comprehensive Plan to
implement the Ten-Year Water Supply Facilities Work Plan, as follows:
i) Amendments to the Future Land Use Element:
. Add Policy 7.2 to Objective 7 to provide for co-ordination of current and future
land uses with the availability of water supply
. Add Policy 7.3 to Objective 7 to require that proposed amendments to the
Future Land Use Map provide data and analysis demonstrating adequate
water supply and facilities
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H) Amendments to the Infrastructure Element, Infrastructure Goal 1 of the Plan as
follows:
. Amend Policy 2.1 of Objective 2 to add Level of Service standards for
Potable Water Supply for the City of North Miami Beach, which services the
water demand for a portion of the City of Aventura.
. Amend Policy 2.3 of Objective 2 to require that adequate water supply is
available concurrent with the impact of development.
. Amend Policy 2.6 of Objective 2 to extend the planning year from 2015 to
2025.
. Add a new Policy 2.7 to Objective 2 to create and adopt a Water Supply
Facilities Work Plan into the Comprehensive Plan by reference.
. Amend Policies 5.1 and 5.2 of Objective 5 to add reference to the City of
North Miami Beach.
. Amend Policy 5.3 of Objective 5 to create a Water Supply Facilities Work
Plan.
Hi) Amendments to the Infrastructure Element, Aquifer Recharge Goal in the Plan as
follows:
. Amend Objective 1 to add Miami-Dade County Water and Sewer Department
and the City of North Miami Beach.
iv) Amendments to the Capital Improvements Element of the Plan as follows:
. Amend Policy 2.4 of Objective 2 to add Level of Service standards for
Potable Water Supply for the City of North Miami Beach, which services the
water demand for a portion of the City of Aventura.
v) Amendments to the Intergovernmental Coordination Element of the Plan as
follows:
. Amend Policy 2.3 of Objective 2 to require coordination among the Water
Supply Facilities Work Plans of the South Florida Water Management District,
Miami-Dade Water and Sewer Department and the City of North Miami
Beach with the City of Aventura Water Supply Facilities Work Plan.
. Add a new Policy 2.4 to Objective 2 to identify and require consistency of
current and future level of service standards between the City of Aventura,
Miami-Dade Water and Sewer Department and the City of North Miami
Beach.
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vi) Amendments to the Conservation & Coastal Management Element of the Plan as
follows:
. Amend Policy 8.2 of Objective 8 to add reference to the City of North Miami
Beach; add the recently adopted Miami-Dade County Ordinance 08-14
regarding efficient plumbing fixtures, and reference to water saving irrigation
standards.
. Add a new Policy 8.3 to Objective 8 to require coordination regarding the
availability of water supplies to serve new development prior to the issuance
of a certificate of occupancy.
. Renumber existing Policies 8.3 through 8.7 of Objective 8 as Policies 8.4
through 8.8 respectively.
. Amend newly numbered Policies 8.5 and 8.7 to add reference to the City of
North Miami Beach.
. Amend newly numbered Policy 8.8 to adopt by reference the City's Ten-Year
Water Supply Facilities Work Plan and require future coordination with the
appropriate agencies.
3. It is further recommended that the City Commission approve the transmittal of
the plan amendments to the Florida Department of Community Affairs and
other agencies for review prior to adoption.
THE REQUEST
City staff is requesting approval of a Ten-Year Water Supply
Facilities Work Plan and amendments to the City of Aventura Comprehensive Plan in
order to comply with Florida law.
BACKGROUND
The Florida Legislature enacted bills in the 2002, 2004, and 2005 sessions to
address the state's water supply needs. These bills, especially Senate Bills 360 and
444 (2005 legislative session), significantly changed Chapter 163 and 373 Florida
Statutes (F.S.) by strengthening the statutory links between the regional water supply
plans prepared by the water management districts and the comprehensive plans
prepared by local governments. In addition, these bills established the basis for
improving coordination between the local land use planning and water supply
planning.
The proposed City of Aventura Water Supply Facilities Work Plan is attached as
Exhibit #1. The purpose of this work plan is to identify and plan for the water supply
sources and facilities needed to serve existing and new development within the City'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 Lower
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East Coast Water Supply Plan Update was approved by the South Florida Water
Management District on February 15, 2007. The City has been working diligently
with Miami Dade Water & Sewer Department and the City of North Miami Beach
since adoption of the Lower East Coast Water Supply Plan Update to complete this
work plan for our City.
Residents of the City of Aventura obtain their water directly from either the Miami-
Dade County Water and Sewer Department or from the City of North Miami Beach.
Each of these water providers is responsible for ensuring that enough capacity is
available for existing and future customers. Each has prepared their own Water
Supply Facilities Work Plan and transmitted them to the State for approval. The
City's work plan co-ordinates with our suppliers' work plans. The City's responsibility
under our work plan is to ensure co-ordination of our comprehensive plan water use
goals, objectives and policies and to support water conservation and reuse with
these two agencies and with the South Florida Water Management District.
ANAL YSIS
Section 31-53 of the City's Land Development Regulations provides that the
Comprehensive Plan may be amended in accordance with that section and in
accordance with the notice and hearing procedures set forth in both the Land
Development Regulations and the applicable Florida Statutes.
Notice of the proposed amendments has been properly published. The hearing
procedure requires one public hearing by the Local Planning Agency and two public
hearings by the City Commission. If adopted on first reading, the ordinance will be
transmitted to the Florida Department of Community Affairs and all applicable
agencies. The ordinance will be scheduled for second and final reading once any
objections, recommendations and comments from these agencies have been
addressed.
The proposed revisions to the elements have been drafted to be consistent with the
Miami-Dade County and the City of North Miami Beach Water Supply Facilities Work
Plans and to comply with all statutory requirements.
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ORDINANCE NO. 2009-
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF AVENTURA, FLORIDA, ADOPTING
A TEN-YEAR WATER SUPPLY FACILITIES WORK PLAN AND
AMENDING THE CITY OF AVENTURA COMPREHENSIVE PLAN BY
AMENDING THE FUTURE LAND USE ELEMENT, THE
INFRASTRUCTURE ELEMENT, THE CAPITAL IMPROVEMENTS
ELEMENT, THE INTERGOVERNMENTAL CO-ORDINATION ELEMENT
AND THE CONSERVATION & COASTAL MANAGEMENT ELEMENT OF
THE CITY OF AVENTURA COMPREHENSIVE PLAN TO IMPLEMENT
THE CITY OF AVENTURA TEN-YEAR WATER SUPPLY FACIIL TIES
WORK PLAN REQUIRED PURSUANT TO CHAPTER 163, PART II,
FLORIDA STATUTES; PROVIDING FOR SEVERABILITY; PROVIDING
FOR INCLUSION IN THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN; AND PROVIDING
FOR AN EFFECTIVE DATE.
WHEREAS, in 2002, 2004 and 2005 the Florida Legislature expanded local
government comprehensive plan requirements to strengthen coordination of water supply
planning in the State; and
WHEREAS, Section 163.3177, Florida Statutes requires that local comprehensive
plans must coordinate with the appropriate water management district's regional water
supply plan; and
WHEREAS, the City of Aventura proposes to adopt a Ten-Year Water Supply
Facilities Work Plan; and
WHEREAS, the City of Aventura has proposed amendments to the Future Land
Use, Infrastructure, Capital Improvements, Intergovernmental Coordination, and
Conservation and Coastal Management Elements of the Comprehensive Plan to
implement the Ten-Year Water Supply Facilities Work Plan and to coordinate water
supply planning in order to comply with State Statute; and
WHEREAS, at a public hearing on January 13, 2009, the City of Aventura Local
Planning Agency reviewed the proposed Ten-Year Water Supply Facilities Work Plan and
the amendments to the Comprehensive Plan elements, found the proposed changes to
be consistent with the City of Aventura Comprehensive Plan and recommended approval
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of the Ten-Year Water Supply Facilities Work Plan and comprehensive plan amendments
to the City Commission.
WHEREAS, the City Commission finds that the proposed amendments will not
result in impacts on any infrastructure system that will exceed established level of service
standards and are otherwise consistent with the goals, objectives and policies of the
Comprehensive Plan of the City of Aventura; and
WHEREAS, the City Commission believes it is in the best interest of the public to
amend the Comprehensive Plan to adopt a Ten-Year Water Supply Facilities Work
Plan and to adopt the amendments to the Future Land Use, Infrastructure, Capital
Improvement, Intergovernmental Coordination, and Conservation and Coastal
Management Elements to strengthen coordination of water supply planning and local
land use planning.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COMMISSION OF THE
CITY OF AVENTURA, FLORIDA, AS FOLLOWS:
Section 1. Findings. The foregoing "Whereas" clauses are hereby ratified
and incorporated as the legislative intent of this Ordinance.
Section 2. The Ten-Year Water Supply Facilities Work Plan dated December
9, 2008, attached as Exhibit #1 to this Ordinance, is hereby adopted as the water
supply facilities work plan for the City of Aventura.
Section 3. Amendments to the Future Land Use Element. The Future Land
Use Element of the City of Aventura Comprehensive Plan is hereby amended as follows 1:
Policy 7.2 is added to Objective 7 to provide for coordination of current and future land
uses with the availability of water supply.
Policy 7.2
1 Underlined provisions constitute proposed additions to existing text; stricken through provisions indicate
proposed deletions from existing text. Remaining provisions are now in effect and remain unchanged.
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The City. throuqh its Land Development Requlations and in coordination with the Ten-
Year Water Supply Facilities Work Plan will coordinate current land uses and any future
land use chanqes with the availability of water supply system.
Policy 7.3 is added to Objective 7 to require that proposed amendments to the Future
Land Use Map provide data and analysis demonstrating adequate water supply and
facilities
Policy 7.3
The City shall require proposed amendments to the Future Land Use Map provide data
and analvsis demonstratinq adequate water supply and facilities are available.
Section 4. Amendments to the Infrastructure Element. The Infrastructure
Element of the City of Aventura Comprehensive Plan is hereby amended as follows 1:
Policy 2. 1 of Objective 2 is amended to add Level of Services standards for Potable
Water Supply for the City of North Miami Beach, which services a portion of the City of
A ventura
Policy 2.1
To assure an adequate level of service, potable water and sanitary sewer facilities shall
meet the following level of service standards, as adopted by Miami-Dade County Water
and Sewer Department and the City of North Miami Beach, the City's current service
provider~.
1) Potable Water Supply
Area Serviced bv Miami-Dade Water & Sewer Department
(a) The system shall operate with a rated maximum daily capacity which is no less
than 2 percent above the maximum daily flow for the preceding year, and an average
daily capacity 2 percent above the average daily per capita system demand for the
preceding 5 years.
(b) Water shall be delivered to users at a pressure no less than 20 pounds per
square inch (psi) and no greater than 100 psi. Unless otherwise approved by the
Miami-Dade Fire Department, minimum fire flow based on the land use served shall be
maintained as follows:
Land Use
Single Family Residential/Estate
Single Family, Duplex, and Residential on minimum
Min. Fire Flow
500 gal/min
750 gal/min
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lots of 7,500 sf.
Multi-Family Residential
Semiprofessional Offices, Hospitals, Schools
Business and Industry
1,500 gal/min
2,000 gal/min
3,000 gal/min
(c) Water quality shall meet all federal, State and County primary standards for
potable water.
(d) System-wide storage capacity for finished water shall equal no less than 15
percent of the system average daily demand.
Area Serviced bv North Miami Beach
Potable Water: the City's water system shall provide 144 qallons per person per day
at a pressure of 40 pounds per square inch (psi). The City attempts to maintain a
water pressure of 40 pounds per square inch (psi) althouqh 20 psi is the leqal
minimum.
Policy 2.3 of Objective 2 is amended to require that adequate water supply is available
concurrent with the impact of the development
Policy 2.3
Except as provided by Objective 1 and the supporting policies, no development order
authorizing new development or a significant expansion of an existing use shall be
issued for any area of the City which is served by a potable water or sanitary sewer
facility which does not meet the standards in Policy 2.1 or will not meet these standards
concurrent with the completion of the development. In any case where these federal,
state, or county standards referenced in Policy 2.1 are revised, a reasonable time for
compliance with the new standards shall be allowed.
Prior to approvinq a buildinq permit, the City shall require that adequate water supplies
to serve the new development will be available no later than the anticipated date of a
certificate of occupancy or its functional equivalent.
Policy 2.6 of Objective 2 is amended to extend the year from 2015 to 2025
Policy 2.6
The City shall continue to coordinate with a provider who shall continue the expansion
of existing water and wastewater treatment plants to meet demand through the year
~ 2025.
Policy 2.7 of Objective 2 is added to create and adopt a Water Supply Facilities Work
Plan by reference
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PolicV 2.7
The City shall create and adopt a Water Supply Facilities Work Plan that is consistent
with the South Florida Water Manaqement District's Lower East Coast Reqional Water
Supply Plan, Miami-Dade Water and Sewer Department's Work Plan, and the City of
North Miami Beach's Work Plan. The City's Work Plan will be updated within 18
months after the South Florida Water Manaqement District's Lower East Coast
Reqional Water Supply Plan, Miami-Dade Water and Sewer Department's Work Plan,
and the City of North Miami Beach's Work Plan are updated. The City of Aventura,
Florida, Water Supply Facilities Work Plan dated December 9, 2008 is hereby adopted
by reference.
Policies 5.1 and 5.2 of Objective 5 are amended to add the City of North Miami Beach
Policy 5.1
The City of Aventura shall encourage support Miami-Dade County and the City of North
Miami Beach in the development of its future potable water supplies, to the maximum
extent feasible, utilize methods which preserve the integrity of the Biscayne Aquifer,
protect the quality of surface water and related ecosystems, and comply with the land
use and environmental protection policies of the Miami-Dade County CDMP, the City of
North Miami Beach, the Strategic Regional Policy Plan for South Florida, and the State
Comprehensive Plan.
Policy 5.2
When reclaimed water becomes available, the City shall consider its use on public and
private properties. Currently, the Miami-Dade Water and Sewer Department and the
City of North Miami Beach +s are responsible for implementing any reuse that is
deemed by the County to be economically feasible.
Policy 5.3 of Objective 5 is amended to create a Water Supply Facilities Work Plan
Policy 5.3
The City shall create a Ten-Year Water Supply Facilities Work Plan that is consistent
with review the 'Noter supply facility the work plans of Miami-Dade County MDWASD
and the City of North Miami Beach, as they are adopted and/or periodically updated, in
order to identify alternative projects that will increase its water supply, and shall
coordinate with Miami-Dade County and the City of North Miami Beach, as appropriate,
in the implementation of these projects.
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Objective 1 of the Aquifer Recharge Goal in the Infrastructure Element is amended to
add Miami-Dade County Water and Sewer Department and the City of North Miami
Beach
The City shall support the efforts of the County Miami-Dade County Water and Sewer
Department and the City of North Miami Beach to identify significant ground water
resources and protect them through land use controls, public acquisition, easements or
other appropriate methods.
Section 5. Amendment to Capital Improvements Element. The Capital
Improvements Element of the City of Aventura Comprehensive Plan is hereby amended
as follows 1 :
Policy 2.4 of Objective 2 is amended to add Level of Services standards for Potable
Water Supply for the City of North Miami Beach which services a portion of the City of
A ventura
Policy 2.4
The Five-Year Capital Improvements Program, or the City's contract providers as
appropriate, shall incorporate the identified capital investments from each functional
element and will be based on the following LOS standards: [9J-5.016(3)(c)4]
Potable Water Supply
Area Serviced bv Miami-Dade Water & Sewer Department:
a) The treatment system shall operate with a rated maximum daily capacity
which is no less than two percent (2%) above the maximum daily flow for the
preceding year, and an average daily capacity two percent (2%) above the
average daily per capita system demand for the preceding five (5) years.
Water shall be delivered to users at a pressure no less than twenty (20)
pounds per square inch (psi) and no greater than 100 psi. Unless otherwise
approved by the Miami-Dade Fire Department or successor entity, minimum
fire flow, based on the land use served, shall be maintained as follows:
Minimum Fire Flow
Land Use
Gallons per Minute
Single Family Residential Estate Density 500
Single Family and Duplex Residential on Minimum lots 750
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of 7,599 ft2
Multi-family Residential, Semiprofessional Offices
Hospitals, Schools
Business and Industry
1,500
2,000
3,000
b) Water quality shall meet all federal, state and county primary standards for
potable water.
c) System-wide storage capacity for finished water shall equal no less than fifteen
(15) percent of the system-wide average daily demand.
Area Serviced bv North Miami Beach
Potable Water: the City's water system shall provide 144 qallons per person per
day at a pressure of 40 pounds per square inch (psi). The City attempts to
maintain a water pressure of 40 pounds per square inch (psi) althouQh 20 psi is
the leqal minimum.
Section 6. Amendment to the Interaovernmental Coordination Element. The
Intergovernmental Coordination Element of the City of Aventura Comprehensive Plan is
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hereby amended as follows :
Policy 2.3 of Objective 2 is amended to specify coordination among the work plans of
the South Florida Water Management District, Miami-Dade Water and Sewer
Department and the City of North Miami Beach with the City of A ventura Work Plan
Policy 2.3
The City shall support, as appropriate, Miami Dade County's and North Miami Beach's
development and implementation of the Water Supply Facilities '.^fork Plan required by
Florida Statute and the 'Nater conservation efforts of other agencies.
The City shall ensure coordination of the comprehensive plan with the most current
South Florida Water Manaqement District, Miami-Dade County Water and Sewer
Department and North Miami Beach Water Supply Plans when proposinq and/or
amendinq the City's Ten-Year Water Supply Facilities Work Plan. The City's Work Plan
shall be updated within 18 months after the South Florida Water Manaqement District
updates the Lower East Coast Reqional Water Supply Plan. The City shall maintain a
record of City staff attendance and participation in appropriate interqovernmental and/or
multi-jurisdictional coordination efforts (i.e. meetinqs. workshops. committees,
aqreements).
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Policy 2.4 of Objective 2 is added to identify and ensure consistency of level of service
standards between the City of Aventura, Miami-Dade Water and Sewer Department
and the City of North Miami Beach
Policv 2.4
The City shall ensure and identify the consistency of local level of service standards bv
annuallv contactinq Miami-Dade County Water and Sewer Department and the City of
North Miami Beach as the City's service providers. to obtain current information,
includinq populations, level of services, service areas, water supply facilities,
implementation schedule of required potable water conservation and reuse measures
and evaluate if future modification to either the service aqreement or level of service
standards should be included in subsequent Comprehensive Plan Amendments. This
contact may be bv way of meetinq of the Miami-Dade Planners Technical Committee or
bv mutuallv aqreed upon tri-partv meetinqs.
Section 7.
Amendment to the Conservation and Coastal Manaaement
Element. The Conservation and Coastal Management Element of the City of Aventura
Comprehensive Plan is hereby amended as follows 1:
Policy 8.2 of Objective 8 is amended to add the City of North Miami Beach; add the
recently approved Miami-Dade County Ordinance 08-14 regarding efficient plumbing
fixtures; and add reference to water saving irrigation standards.
Policy 8.2
In order to comply with policies of the South Florida Water Management District
directed toward conservation of potable water supply and to achieve a reduction in the
current rates of water consumption the following performance standards shall apply:
. Where non-potable alternative sources of irrigation water are available
potable water supplies may not be used to meet irrigation needs.
. The City of Aventura shall oncourage coordinate with the Miami-Dade
Water and Sewer Department (MDWASD) and the City of North Miami
Beach to study the feasibility of using reclaimed water as one method of
reducing the amounts of potable water used for non-potable activities.
. Require the use of water-saving plumbing fixtures in all new developments
as required bv Miami-Dade County Ordinance 08-14.
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. Require the use of water-saving plumbing fixtures when plumbing fixtures
are replaced or retrofitted.
. In order to reduce demand for irrigation water (which in turn often places
greater demand upon potable water sources), at least seventy percent
(70%) of all landscaping material obtained from off-site sources for use on
any site should be native plant material adapted to soil and climatic
conditions existing on the subject site such as landscapinq principles
identified in FDEP Landscapinq Irriqation and Florida-Friendly Desiqn
Standards.
. To further reduce water demand at least fifty percent (50%) of all trees
used in landscaping shall be native species adapted to soil and climatic
conditions existing on-site.
Policy 8.3 of Objective 8 is added to ensure coordination regarding the availability of
water supplies to serve new development prior to a cerlificate of occupancy
Policv 8.3
The City of Aventura will cooperate with MDWASD and the City of North Miami Beach
to require that before the issuance of a buildinq permit or its functional equivalent,
adequate water supplies to serve the new development will be available no later than
the anticipated date of issuance by the local qovernment of a certificate of occupancy or
its functional equivalent.
Policies 8.3 through 8.7 of Objective 8 are renumbered and newly numbered Policies
8.5 and 8. 7 are amended to add the City of Norlh Miami Beach
Policy 8.3 Policy 8.~
The City of Aventura shall continue to cooperate with local, regional, state and federal
agencies for the management of fresh water resources to maintain adequate fresh
water supplies during dry periods and to, when practicable, conserve water.
Policy 8.4 Policy 8.~
The City of Aventura shall continue to cooperate with MDWASD, the City of North
Miami Beach and the South Florida Water Management (SFWMD) for the
implementation of water demand management policies and programs.
Policy 8.5 Policy 8.~
The City of Aventura shall continue to require compliance with all applicable federal,
state, regional and county water quality standards.
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Policy 8.6 Policy 8.1
The City of Aventura shall cooperate with MDWASD, the City of North Miami Beach
and the SFWMD to conserve water resources during emergencies.
Newly numbered Policy 8.8 of Objective 8 is amended to adopt the City's Ten-Year
Water Supply Facilities Work Plan and ensure future coordination with the appropriate
agencies
Policy 8.7 Policy 8.~
The City shall adopt a Ten-Year Water Supply Facilities Work Plan. The City shall
coordinate implementation of the Work Plan's qoals. obiectives and policies with the
work plans of support, as 3ppropri3te, the South Florida Water Manaqement District,
Miami-Dade County Water and Sewer Department and the City of North Miami Beach.:.
in their development and implement3tion of the 'N3ter Supply F3cilitios Vvorkplan
required by Florid3 Statute, The City shall also coordinate its efforts to conserve water
with the efforts of these aqencies in their aM tHe water conservation efforts 3nd other
3gencles.
Section 8. Severability. That the provisions of this Ordinance are declared to
be severable and if any section, sentence, clause or phrase of this Ordinance shall for
any reason be held to be invalid or unconstitutional, such decision shall not affect the
validity of the remaining sections, sentences, clauses, and phrases of this Ordinance
but they shall remain in effect, it being the legislative intent that this Ordinance shall
stand notwithstanding the invalidity of any part.
Section 9. Inclusion in the Comprehensive Plan. That it is the intention of
the City Commission and it is hereby ordained that the provisions of this Ordinance
shall become and made a part of the Comprehensive Plan of the City of Aventura.
Section 10. Transmittal. That the City Clerk is directed to transmit the
amendment to the State of Florida Department of Community Affairs and other
agencies as required under Chapter 163, Part II of the Florida Statutes.
Section 11. Effective Date. That this Ordinance shall be effective immediately
upon passage by the City Commission on second reading, except that the effective
date of the amendments adopted by this Ordinance shall be the date a final order is
issued by the Florida Department of Community Affairs or Administration Commission
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finding the amendments in compliance in accordance with Section 163.3184, Florida
Statutes, whichever occurs earlier. The Florida Department of Community Affairs'
notice of intent to find the Plan Amendments in compliance shall be deemed to be a
final order if no timely petition challenging the Plan Amendment is filed pursuant to
Chapter 163, Florida Statutes.
The foregoing Ordinance was offered by Commissioner
who moved its adoption on first reading. This motion was seconded by Commissioner
and upon being put to a vote, the vote was as follows:
Commissioner Zev Auerbach
Commissioner Bob Diamond
Commissioner Michael Stern
Commissioner Teri Holzberg
Commissioner Luz Urbaez Weinberg
Vice Mayor Billy Joel
Mayor Susan Gottlieb
The foregoing Ordinance was offered by Commissioner
who moved its adoption on second reading. This motion was seconded by
Commissioner
and upon being put to a vote, the vote was as
follows:
Commissioner Zev Auerbach
Commissioner Bob Diamond
Commissioner Michael Stern
Commissioner Teri Holzberg
Commissioner Luz Urbaez Weinberg
Vice Mayor Billy Joel
Mayor Susan Gottlieb
PASSED on first reading this 13th day of January, 2009.
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PASSED AND ADOPTED on second reading this __ day of _,2009.
ATTEST:
TERESA M. SOROKA, MMC
CITY CLERK
APPROVED AS TO LE
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CITY A TIORNEY
SUSAN GOTTLIEB, MAYOR
DRAFT-City of A ventura Water Supply Facilities Work Plan
CITY OF AVENTURA, FLORIDA
Exhibit #1
01-CPA-08
TEN-YEAR
WATER SUPPLY FACiliTIES
WORK PLAN
Prepared For:
Florida Department of Community Affairs
Prepared By:
City of Aventura Community Development Department
December 9, 2008
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DRAFT-City of A ventura Water Supply Facilities Work Plan
TABLE OF CONTENTS
1.0 INTRODUCTION
1.1 Statutory History
1.2 Statutory Requirements
2.0' BACKGROUND INFORMATION
2.1 Overview
2.2 Relevant Regional Issues
3.0 DATA AND ANALYSIS
3.1 Population Information
3.2 Maps of Current and Future Areas Served
3.3 Potable Water Level of Service Standard
3.4 Population and Potable Water Demand Projections by Each Local
Government or Utility
3.5 Water Supply Provided by Other Entities
3.6 Conservation
3.6.1 Countywide Issues
3.6.2 Local Government Specific Actions, Programs, Regulations, or
Opportunities
3.7 Reuse
3.7.1 Regional and Countywide Issues
3.7.2 Local Government Specific Actions, Programs, Regulations, or
Opportunities
4.0 CAPITAL IMPROVEMENTS
4.1 Work Plan Projects
4.2 Capital Improvements Element/Schedule
5.0 GOALS, OBJECTIVES AND POLICIES
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II
DRAFT-City of A ventura Water Supply Facilities Work Plan
1.0 INTRODUCTION
The purpose of the City of Aventura Water Supply Facilities Work Plan (Work Plan)
is to identify and plan for the water supply sources and facilities needed to serve
existing and new development within the City'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 Lower East Coast Water
Supply Plan Update was approved by the South Florida Water Management District
(SFWMD) on February 15, 2007. The City has been working diligently with Miami
Dade Water & Sewer Department (MDWASD) and the City of North Miami Beach
(NMB) since adoption of the Lower East Coast Water Supply Plan Update to
complete this work plan
Residents of the City of Aventura obtain their water directly from either the Miami-
Dade County Water and Sewer Department (MDWASD) or from the City of North
Miami Beach (NMB). Each of these water providers is responsible for ensuring that
enough capacity is available for existing and future customers. The service area
maps are shown in Figure 1.
The City of Aventura Water Supply Facilities Work Plan (Work Plan) will reference
both the initiatives already identified in Miami-Dade County's 20-year Work Plan and
the City of North Miami Beach 1 O-Year Water Supply Facilities Work Plan, since the
City is a retail buyer from both of these utility providers. According to state
guidelines, the Work Plan and the comprehensive plan amendment 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. The City of Aventura Work Plan
will have the same 10-year planning time schedule as the City of North Miami
Beach's Work Plan since it is the shorter period of the two Work Plans.
The City's Work Plan is divided into five sections:
Section 1 - Introduction
Section 2 - Background Information
Section 3 - Data and Analysis
Section 4 - Capital Improvements
Section 5 - Goals, Objectives, Policies
1.1 Statutory History
The Florida Legislature enacted bills in the 2002, 2004, and 2005 sessions to
address the state's water supply needs. These bills, especially Senate Bills 360 and
444 (2005 legislative session), significantly changed Chapter 163 and 373 Florida
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Statutes (F.S.) by strengthening the statutory links between the regional water
supply plans prepared by the water management districts and the comprehensive
plans prepared by local governments. In addition, these bills established the basis
for improving coordination between the local land use planning and water supply
planning.
1.2 Statutory Requirements
Each local government must comply with the following requirements:
1. Coordinate appropriate aspects of its comprehensive plan with the
appropriate water management district's regional water supply plan,
[163.3177(4)(a), F.S.]
2. Ensure that its future land use plan is based upon availability of adequate
water supplies and public facilities and services [s.163.3177(6)(a), F.S.,
effective July 1, 2005]. Data and analysis demonstrating that adequate water
supplies and associated public facilities will be available to meet projected
growth demands must accompany all proposed Future Land Use Map
amendments submitted to the Department for review. The submitted
package must also include an amendment to the Capital Improvements
Element, if necessary, to demonstrate that adequate public facilities will be
available to serve the proposed Future Land Use Map modification.
3. Ensure that adequate water supplies and facilities are available to serve new
development no later than the date on which the local government anticipates
issuing a certificate of occupancy and consult with the applicable water
supplier prior to approving building permit, to determine whether adequate
water supplies will be available to serve the development by the anticipated
issuance date of the certificate of occupancy [s.163.3180 (2)(a), F.S.,
effective July 1, 2005]. This "water supply concurrency" is now in effect, and
local governments should be complying with the requirement for all new
development proposals. In addition, local governments should update their
comprehensive plans and land development regulations as soon as possible
to address these statutory requirements. The latest point at which the
comprehensive plan must be revised to reflect the concurrency requirements
is at the time the local government adopts plan amendments to implement the
recommendations of the Evaluation and Appraisal Report (EAR).
4. For local governments subject to a regional water supply plan, revise the
General Sanitary Sewer, Solid Waste, Drainage, Potable Water, and Natural
Groundwater Aquifer Recharge Element (the "Infrastructure Element"), within
18 months after the water management district approves an updated regional
water supply plan, to:
a. Identify and incorporate the alternative water supply project(s) selected
by the local government from projects identified in the updated regional
water supply plan, or the alternative project proposed by the local
government under s. 373.0361(7), F.S. [so 163.3177(6)(c), F.S.];
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b. Identify the traditional and alternative water supply projects, bulk sales
agreements, and the conservation and reuse programs necessary to
meet current and future water use demands within the local
government's jurisdiction [so 163.3177(6)(c), F.S.]; and
c. Include a water supply facilities work plan for at least a 10-year
planning period for constructing the public, private, and regional water
supply facilities identified in the element as necessary to serve existing
and new development. [so 163.3177(6)(c), F.S.] Amendments to
incorporate the water supply facilities work plan into the
comprehensive plan are exempt from the twice-a-year amendment
limitation. [so 163.3177(6)(c), F.S.]
5. Revise the Five-Year Schedule of Capital Improvements to include any water
supply, reuse, and conservation projects and programs to be implemented
during the five-year period.
6. To the extent necessary to maintain internal consistency after making
changes described in Paragraph 1 through 5 above, revise the Conservation
Element to assess projected water needs and sources for at least a 10-year
planning period, considering the appropriate regional water supply plan, the
applicable District Water Management Plan, as well as applicable
consumptive use permit(s). [s.163.3177 (6)(d), F.S.]
If the established planning period of a comprehensive plan is greater than ten
years, the plan must address the water supply sources necessary to meet
and achieve the existing and projected water use demand for established
planning period, considering the appropriate regional water supply plan.
[s.163.3167 (13), F.S.]
7. To the extent necessary to maintain internal consistency after making
changes described in Paragraphs 1 through 5 above, revise the
Intergovernmental Coordination Element to ensure coordination of the
comprehensive plan with applicable regional water supply plans and regional
water supply authorities' plans. [s.163.3177(6)(h)1., F.S.]
8. Address in the EAR, the extent to which the local government has
implemented the 10-year water supply facilities work plan, including the
development of alternative water supplies, and determine whether the
identified alternative water supply projects, traditional water supply projects,
bulk sales agreements, and conservation and reuse programs are meeting
local water use demands. [s.163.3191 (2)(1), F.S.]
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2.0 BACKGROUND INFORMATION
2.1 Overview
The City of Aventura was incorporated in November 1995. The City has a land area
of approximately 3.2 square miles bounded by: Broward County and the City of
Hallandale Beach to the north; Golden Beach and Sunny Isles across Dumfounding
Bay and the Intracoastal Waterway to the east; North Miami Beach to the south,
and; unincorporated Miami-Dade County to the west.
Our 2008 population, as reported by the University of Florida, is 31,044. Although it
was not incorporated until 1995, between 1990 and 2000, the City's population
increased from 15,375 to 25,267, a 67 percent increase. By 2010, the City's
population is anticipated to increase to 32,925, an increase of 30 percent since
2000. Based on projections prepared by the University of Florida, by 2015 it is
projected that its population will increase to 37,307 (48% above the 2000 Census).
It should be noted, however, that these estimates are based on historic and current
population figures and growth trends, and do not reflect local conditions. The City is
rapidly approaching build-out, and its future development potential and population
growth is limited by the scarcity of vacant and developable land. For these reasons,
the City estimates that its population will cap out at around 32,925, the year 2010
population estimate. The population projections from the NMB and MDWASD Work
Plans for served areas project a 2010 population of approximately 36,566 and a
build-out 2030 population of 41 ,666.
The City of Aventura is substantially built-out. In 2005, an evaluation of existing
gross acreage by land uses revealed that 523.89 acres or 26% of the total gross
acreage in the city is dedicated to residential use. The remaining gross acreages are
allocated to non-residential use: 319.97 acres commercial (16%); 2.04 acres
industrial (0.10%); 8.81 acres Community Facilities (0.40%); 257.07 acres
Recreation and Open Space (12%); 284.81 acres Utilities and Rights of Way (14%);
104.5 acres Vacant (5%); and 531.61 acres Water (26%). Of the 104.5 acres vacant
land, about one-half has either site plan approval or vested rights.
The City is a retail water customer of both Miami Dade Water and Sewer
Department and the City of North Miami Beach. All projects within the City for water
service are required to meet the standards and code requirements of the retail
provider.
2.2 Relevant Regional Issues
As the state agency responsible for water supply in the Lower East Coast planning
area, the South Florida Water Management District (SFWMD) plays a pivotal role in
resource protection, through criteria used for Consumptive Use Permitting. As
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pressure increased on the Everglades ecosystem resource, the Governing Board
initiated rule making 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 increased
conservation and reuse.
The City's retail suppliers both have consumptive use permits from the South Florida Water
Management District. Miami-Dade County has a 20 year consumptive use permit, subject to
numerous conditions, issued in 2007 and expiring in 2027. The City of North Miami Beach
has a 20 year consumptive use permit from issued in 2007 and expiring in 2027.
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3.0 DATA AND ANALYSIS
3.1 Population Information
Our 2008 population, as reported by the University of Florida, is 31,044. Although it
was not incorporated until 1995, between 1990 and 2000, the City's population
increased from 15,375 to 25,267, a 67 percent increase. By 2010, the City's
population is anticipated to increase to 32,925, an increase of 30 percent since
2000. Based on projections prepared by the University of Florida, by 2015 it is
projected that it its population will increase to 37,307 (48% above the 2000 Census).
It should be noted, however, that these estimates are based on historic and current
population figures and growth trends, and do not reflect local conditions. The City is
rapidly approaching build-out, and its future development potential and population
growth is limited by the scarcity of vacant and developable land. For these reasons,
the City estimates that its population will cap out at around 32,925, the year 2010
population estimate. The population projections from the NMB and MDWASD Work
Plans project a 2010 population of approximately 36,566 and a build-out 2030
population of 41 ,666.
3.2 Maps of Current and Future Areas Served
The maps depicting City boundaries served by the MDWASD and North Miami
Beach are provided in Figure 1.
3.3 Potable Water Level of Service Standard
Since the City of Aventura is a retail customer of both Miami-Dade MDWASD and
the City of North Miami Beach, all three level of service standards (LOS) are listed
below. Currently, the City's LOS standard is consistent with Miami-Dade County's
LOS. The City is proposing to amend the Infrastructure Element, Objective 2, Policy
2.1 of its Comprehensive Plan, to adopt two levels of service to be consistent with
the level of serviced of both of its water providers.
City of A ventura - Level of Service:
(1) Potable Water.
a. The treatment system shall operate with a rated maximum daily
capacity which is no less than two percent above the maximum daily
flow for the preceding year, and an average daily capacity two percent
above the average daily per capita system demand for the preceding
five years.
b. Water shall be delivered to users at a pressure no less than 20
pounds per square inch (psi) and no greater than 100 psi. Unless
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otherwise approved by the Miami-Dade Fire Department or a
successor entity, minimum fire flow, based on the land use served,
shall be maintained as follows:
Land Use Type GPM
Single-family residential estate density 500
Single-family and duplex residential on minimum lots of 7,599 750
square feet
Multifamily residential, semi-professional offices 1,500
Hospitals, schools 2,000
Business and industry 3,000
c. Water quality shall meet all Federal, State and County primary
standards for potable water.
d. System-wide storage capacity for finished water shall equal no less
than 15 percent of the system-wide average daily demand.
The City's level of service standard is consistent with the Miami-Dade County level
of service standard, which is as follows:
Miami-Dade County Level of Service:
1) Potable Water Supply:
(a) The regional treatment system shall operate with a rated maximum
daily capacity no less than 2 percent above the maximum daily flow for the
preceding year, and an average daily capacity 2 percent above the
average daily system demand for the preceding 5 years.
(b) Water shall be delivered to users at a pressure no less than 20 pounds
per square inch (psi) and no greater than 100 psi. Unless otherwise
approved by the Miami-Dade Fire Department, minimum fire flows based
on the land use served shall be maintained as follows:
Land Use Min. Fire Flow (gpm)
Single Family Residential Estate 500
Single Family and Duplex; Residential 750
on minimum lots of 7,500 sf
Multi-Family Residential; 1,500
Semiprofessional Offices
Hospitals; Schools 2,000
Business and Industry 3,000
(c) Water quality shall meet all federal, state, and County primary
standards for potable water.
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(d) Countywide storage capacity for finished water shall equal no less than
15 percent of the Countywide average daily demand.
The City's level of service standard is consistent with the City of North Miami Beach
level of service standard, which is as follows:
City of North Miami Beach Level of Service:
Potable Water: the City's water system shall provide 150 gallons per person
per day at a pressure of 40 pounds per square inch (psi). The City attempts
to maintain a water pressure of 40 pounds per square inch (psi) although 20
psi is the legal minimum.
3.4 Population and Potable Water Demand Projections by Each Local
Government or Utility
The potable water network within the City of Aventura is an interconnected county-
wide system. The City receives potable water from Miami Dade Water and Sewer
Department (MDWASD) and the City of North Miami Beach (NMB). The City
cooperates with MDWASD and NMB to jointly develop methodologies and
procedures for biannually updating estimates of system demand and capacity, and
to ensure sufficient capacity to serve development needs. MDWASD is currently
developing and implementing a water allocation system, which requires that "prior to
approval of a building permit or its functional equivalent, the local government shall
consult with the applicable water supplier to determine whether adequate water
supplies to serve the new development will be available no later than the anticipated
date of issuance by the local government of a certificate of occupancy or its
functional equivalent".
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The following table depicts population projections as coordinated with both utilities.
Since MDWASD and NMB use different projection years, separate tables are
provided.
POPULATION & WATER DEMAND PROJECTIONS
For the City of Aventura
(MDWASD Work Plan)
2007 2010 2015 2020 2025 2030
Overall City 34,927 35,414 36,224 36,595 36,965 37,335
Serviced by 23,030 23,495 24,270 24,622 24,974 25,325
MDWASD
Demand (MGD) 3.57 3.64 3.76 3.82 3.87 3.93
Source: Miarni Dade Water & Sewer Department Water Supply Facilities Work Plan, March 2008, Exhibit 3-1, Appendix C
POPULATION & WATER DEMAND PROJECTIONS
For the City of Aventura
(NMB Work Plan)
2006 2008 2013 2018 2027 2030
Overall City
Serviced bv NMB 12,418 12,745 13,561 14,375 15,874 16,341
Demand (MGD)* 28.16 29.79 31.80 38.38 39.75
Source: City of North Miami Beach 10-Year Water Supply Facilities Work Plan, Table 4-6
*This is Total Demand. Information for City of Aventura only is not available.
It should be noted, however, that the City is rapidly approaching build-out, and its
future development potential and population growth is limited by the scarcity of
vacant and developable land. For these reasons, and notwithstanding the Miami-
Dade County and City of North Miami Beach projections, the City estimates that its
population will cap out at around 32,925, the year 2010 population estimate. Since
the two service providers project higher population for the City, the water demand
projections are higher, thus providing for a safety factor.
The following table summarizes the population projections by each of the three
government agencies. It is provided in order to clarify the different years used for
analysis and to show that at all times the service providers' population projections
are greater than the City's capped out population of 32,925.
Totals-
Aventura1 MDWASD2 NMB3 MDWASD &
NMB
2000 25,267
2006 12,418
2007 23,030 12,5825 35,612
2008 23, 1855 12,745 35,930
2010 32,9254 23,495 13,0715 36,566
2013 23,9605 13,561 37,521
2015 32,9254 24,270 13, 88~ 38,157
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2018 24,4815 14,375 38,856
2020 24,622 14,7080 39,330
2025 See note 6 24,974 15,5405 40,514
2027 25,1145 15,874 40,988
2030 25,325 16,341 41,666
1. Based on University of Florida estimates
2. Based on MDWASD Water Supply Plan estimates
3. Based on NMB Water Supply Plan estimates
4. Aventura estimated population cap.
5. Interpolated number.
6. Population projections for years beyond 2015 will be updated on next Work Plan update and after 2010
Census.
3.5 Water Supply Provided by Other Entities
Miami Dade County Water and Sewer Department:
The Miami-Dade County 20-Year Water Supply Facilities Work Plan is incorporated
by reference. The intent of the County Work Plan is to meet the statutory
requirements mentioned in subsection 1.2 of this plan and to coordinate the
MDWASD's water supply initiatives with the SFWMD's Lower East Coast Water
Supply Plan Update.
The MDWASD's service area is all portions of Miami-Dade County within the Urban
Development Boundary (UDB), excluding Homestead, Florida City, North Miami
Beach and portions of North Miami. The areas within the Urban Expansion are
included in the planning horizon after 2015. The following summarizes Miami-Dade
County's Work Plan:
. Description of population and water demand projections (Water Supply
Service Area, Retail and Wholesale Customers, respectively, by Municipality
provides municipal population projections and projected AADF "Annual
Average Daily Flow" finished water based on 155 gallons per capita per day
(gpcd). The population information was derived from Miami-Dade County
Department of Planning and Zoning Transportation Analysis Zone (TAZ) 2004
population data. This subsection also provides a brief discussion of
MDWASD's conservation and reuse programs.);
. The Water Supply Facilities Work Plan details the facilities and proposed
alternative water supply (AWS) projects that are planned in order to meet the
water demands through 2027. These projects are expected to be completed
in increments consistent with the projected growth set forth in the Plan. The
AWS projects and annual average daily demand (AADD) assumes that all
current wholesalers will remain in the MDWASD system through 2027, except
for the City of North Miami Beach. The AWS projects are included in the
County's Capital Improvement Element.
In the 20-Year Work Plan, the MDWASD is committed to meet the water demand for
the municipalities within the service area. The City of Aventura is served by the
Hialeah Preston sub-area water treatment plant (WTP). The Hialeah and John E.
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Preston WTP's are located at 200 W. 2nd Ave. and 1100 W. 2nd Ave., respectively.
The adjacent facilities in Hialeah share interconnected source water and finished
water storage capacity. The two plants have similar processes. The source of water
for the Hialeah Water Treatment Plant is from the Hialeah-Miami Springs Wellfields,
supplemented by the Northwest Wellfield. The Hialeah WTP has a current rated
capacity of 60 mgd. The main source of water for the Preston WTP is from the
Northwest Wellfield. The current rated capacity is 165 mgd. MDWASD is in the
process of completing the Floridan Aquifer Blending Wellfield at Hialeah/Preston (4.7
MGD, $10.3M) to satisfy the needs of its retail purchasers, who obtain water from
this facility.
City of Norlh Miami Beach:
The City of North Miami Beach (NMB) 1 O-Year Water Supply Facilities Work Plan is
incorporated by reference. The intent of the Work Plan is to meet the statutory
requirements mentioned in subsection 1.2 of this plan and to coordinate the City's
water supply initiatives with the SFWMD's Lower East Coast Water Supply Plan
Update.
The NMB service area is comprised roughly of the area bounded by the Atlantic
Ocean on the east; NW 3ih Avenue on the west; NW 128th, NW 135th, NW 143rd
and NE 146th on the south; and, Ives Dairy Road and Snake Creek Canal on the
north.
The following summarizes City of North Miami Beach's Work Plan:
. Description of population and water demand projections are given and the
projected AADF "Annual Average Daily Flow" finished water is based on 144
gallons per capita per day (gpcd).
. The Water Supply Facilities Work Plan details the facilities and proposed
alternative water supply (AWS) projects that are planned in order to meet the
water demands through 2030. These projects are expected to be completed
in increments consistent with the projected growth set forth in the Plan.
As detailed in the 10-Year Work Plan, NMB is committed to meet the water
demand for the municipalities within its service area. NMB has constructed and
begun operation of the first Floridan reverse osmosis (RO) water treatment plant
(Alternative Supply) in the county and is planning on the expansion of this facility
to meet future demands ($28.5 M, 13 MGD by 2020) from its purchasers
including City of Aventura residents.
3.6 Conservation
Both MDWASD and the City of North Miami Beach are addressing water
conservation and reuse issues and implementing measures to reduce the per capita
water consumption. They have identified alternative water supply projects,
conservation and reuse programs, and capital improvement projects necessary to
meet the projected water demands within their respective service areas. Miami
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Dade County recently passed an ordinance relating to water use efficiency
standards that amends the Florida Building Code requiring use of high efficiency
appliances and fixtures. All projects within the City of Aventura will be required to
comply with these new standards because all water and sewer projects require
approval from Miami Dade MDWASD and the City of North Miami Beach. The City
of Aventura will cooperate with both utility providers to be consistent with their plans
and requirements for water conservation and reuse as it relates to indoor and
outdoor water use for all development types.
3.6.1 County-wide Issues
The Miami-Dade Water Use Efficiency Plan
Currently, the MDWASD is implementing all Best Management Practices (BMPs)
included in its 20-year Water Use Efficiency Plan, which was approved by the South
Florida Water Management District in May 2007.
Water Conservation Plans and Development Codes
In addition, all of the MDWASD's wholesale customers are required to submit a
Water Conservation Plan to its Water Use Efficiency Section as mandated by
County Ordinance 06-177, Section 32-83.1 of the Miami-Dade County Code. The
Plan will identify Best Management Practices (BMP) based on population
characteristics and type of service for each municipal service area.
Miami-Dade County has developed recommendations for new development that
would achieve higher water use savings than currently required by code. The
recommendations were developed by an Advisory Committee and were presented to
the Board of County Commissioners (BCC) on June 5, 2007. These water
conservation recommendations were adopted by Ordinance (08-14) on February 5,
2008. This ordinance was amended on September 2, 2008 to clarify certain
standards for plumbing fixtures and change the effective date to January 1, 2009.
These water efficiency recommendations represent an additional 30 percent to the
water savings identified in the 20-year Water Use Efficiency Plan. All applicants will
be required to comply with these future code requirements. The list of
recommendations submitted to the BCC and the ordinance relating to water use
efficiency standard are included in in MDWASD's Work Plan and are also posted in
the Miami-Dade Water Conservation Portal.
Per Capita Consumption
Furthermore, the MDWASD will establish per capita consumption for all
municipalities including those in its retail customer service area. Based on this data,
the MDWASD will work with the municipalities to address those with higher than
average per capita and will target programs for those areas. The County anticipates
that the implementation of the Best Management Practices identified in the 20-year
Water Use Efficiency Plan will result in an adjusted system wide per capita of 147.82
gpcd by 2027.
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3.6.2 Local Government Specific Actions, Programs, Regulations, or
Opportunities
The City will coordinate future water conservation efforts with the MDWASD, the City
of North Miami Beach and the SFWMD to ensure that proper techniques are applied.
In addition, the City will continue to support and expand existing goals, objectives
and policies in its comprehensive plan that promotes water conservation in a cost-
effective and environmentally sensitive manner. The City will continue to actively
support the SFWMD, Miami-Dade County and the City of North Miami Beach in the
implementation of new regulations or programs that are designed to conserve water
during the dry season.
MDWASD is currently implementing various water conservation projects. The
County's Water Use Efficiency Five-Year Plan includes measures that will reduce
demand by 19.2 MGD over the next 20 years. Some of the conservation projects
include bathroom and kitchen retrofits program, Miami-Dade green lodging and
restaurant program, rebates for high efficiency toilets and washers, and landscaping
irrigation evaluations. All of these programs are available to the residents of the City
of Aventura because MDWASD is the water supply provider.
3.7 Reuse
3.7.1 Regional and County-wide Issues
State law supports reuse efforts. In recent years, Florida's utilities, local
governments, and water management districts have led the nation in implementing
water reuse programs that increase the quantity of reclaimed water used and public
acceptance of reuse programs. Section 373.250(1) F.S. provides that "water reuse
programs designed and operated in compliance with Florida's rules governing reuse
are deemed protective of public health and environmental quality." In addition,
Section 403.064(1), F.S., provides that "reuse is a critical component of meeting the
state's existing and future water supply needs while sustaining natural systems."
The City of Aventura supports water reuse initiatives under consideration by
SFWMD, Miami-Dade County and the City of North Miami Beach. The County has
committed to implement a total of 170 MGD of water reuse as noted in the County's
20-year water use permit. In the 20-year Work Plan, the County identified a number
of water reuse projects and their respective schedule. According to the Plan, "reuse
projects to recharge the aquifer with highly treated reclaimed water will be in place
before additional withdrawals over the base condition water use are made from the
Alexander Orr and South Dade subarea wellfields. In addition, reuse irrigation
projects are anticipated for the North and Central District Wastewater Treatment
Plants. These projects will be implemented in the Cities of North Miami and North
Miami Beach, and are currently under construction for Key Biscayne."
3.7.2 Local Government Specific Actions, Programs, Regulations, or
Opportunities
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The City will support the SFWMD, Miami-Dade County and the City of North Miami
Beach water reuse projects, and implementation of new regulations or programs
designed to increase the volume of reclaimed water used and public acceptance of
reclaimed water.
4.0 CAPITAL IMPROVEMENTS
4.1 Work Plan Projects
The work plan projects for both MDWASD and the NMB utilities are described in the
agency's work plans which have been incorporated by reference.
The ones that directly affect the City of Aventura are MDWASD's Floridan Aquifer
Blending Wellfield at Hialeah/Preston (4.7 MGD, $10.3M) and the New Upper
Foridan Aquifer Reverse Osmosis WTP (8.5 MGD, $93M) and NMB's Floridan
Aquifer Reverse Osmosis (RO) Water Treatment Plant (13 MGD, $28.5 M).
4.2 Capital Improvements Element/Schedule
The capital improvement projects for both MDWASD and the NMB utilities are
described in their respective work plans. MDWASD is in the process of completing
the Floridan Aquifer Blending Wellfield at Hialeah/Preston (4.7 MGD, $1 a.3M) and
the New Upper Floridan Aquifer Reverse Osmosis WTP (8.5 MGD, $93M). The City
of NMB is developing the Floridan Aquifer Reverse Osmosis (RO) Water Treatment
Plant (13 MGD, $28.5 M).
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5.0 GOALS, OBJECTIVES AND POLICIES
The following goals, objectives and policies are 1) related to water supply planning
and use; 2) contained in the City's Comprehensive Plan; and 3) adopted as the
goals, policies and objectives of the Work Plan. Underlined provisions indicate
proposed additions to existing text. Stricken through provisions indicate proposed
deletions from existing text. Remaining provisions are now in effect and remain
unchanged.
LAND USE ELEMENT
OBJECTIVE 7
All public and private activities regarding the use, development and redevelopment
of land and the provision of urban services and infrastructure shall be consistent with
the goals, objectives and policies of this and all elements of the Comprehensive
Plan, recognized Population Estimates and Projections, and future uses designated
on the adopted Future Land Use Plan (FLUP) map.
Measure: Number of development actions that are inconsistent with the Goals,
Objectives and Policies of the adopted Aventura Comprehensive Plan.
Policy 7.1
All development orders authorizing a new land use or development, or
redevelopment, or significant expansion of an existing use shall be contingent upon
an affirmative finding that the development or use conforms to, and is consistent with
the goals, objectives and policies of the Plan including the Land Use Plan Map.
Policy 7.2
The City. throuQh its Land Development ReQulations and in coordination with the
Ten-Year Water Supply Facilities Work Plan will coordinate current land uses and
any future land use chanQes with the availability of water supply system.
Pol icy 7.3
The City shall require proposed amendments to the Future Land Use Map provide
data and analysis demonstratinQ adequate water supply and facilities are available.
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INFRASTRUCTURE ELEMENT
Infrastructure Goal 1
Provide for potable water and sanitary sewer facilities which meet the city's needs in
a manner that promotes the public health, environmental protection, and economic
opportunity.
OBJECTIVE 1
The City of Aventura shall continue to coordinate service to ensure the orderly and
efficient provision of water and sewer services at adopted levels of service.
Policy 1.1
All new uses within the City shall be connected to a public water supply. Exceptions
may be provided for residential uses at a density no greater than two units per acre,
where primary drinking water quality standards as specified in the Florida
Administrative Code can be met without treatment and the groundwater is free from
saltwater intrusion.
OBJECTIVE 2
The City of Aventura shall continue to coordinate service with a provider who
maintains procedures to ensure that any facility deficiencies are corrected and that
adequate facility capacity will be available to meet future needs.
Policy 2.1
To assure an adequate level of service, potable water and sanitary sewer facilities
shall meet the following level of service standards, as adopted by Miami-Dade
County Water and Sewer Department and the City of North Miami Beach, the City's
current service provider~.
1) Potable Water Supply
Area Serviced bv Miami-Dade Water & Sewer Department
(a) The system shall operate with a rated maximum daily capacity which is no
less than 2 percent above the maximum daily flow for the preceding year, and an
average daily capacity 2 percent above the average daily per capita system demand
for the preceding 5 years.
(b) Water shall be delivered to users at a pressure no less than 20 pounds per
square inch (psi) and no greater than 100 psi. Unless otherwise approved by the
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Miami-Dade Fire Department, minimum fire flow based on the land use served shall
be maintained as follows:
Land Use
Single Family Residential/Estate
Single Family, Duplex, and Residential on minimum
lots of 7,500 sf.
Multi-Family Residential
Semiprofessional Offices, Hospitals, Schools
Business and Industry
Min. Fire Flow
500 gal/min
750 gal/min
1,500 gal/min
2,000 gal/min
3,000 gal/min
(c) Water quality shall meet all federal, State and County primary standards for
potable water.
(d) System-wide storage capacity for finished water shall equal no less than 15
percent of the system average daily demand.
Area Serviced bv North Miami Beach
Potable Water: the City's water system shall provide 144 qallons per person per
day at a pressure of 40 pounds per square inch (psi). The City attempts to
maintain a water pressure of 40 pounds per square inch (psi) althouqh 20 psi is
the leqal minimum.
Policy 2.3
Except as provided by Objective 1 and the supporting policies, no development
order authorizing new development or a significant expansion of an existing use
shall be issued for any area of the City which is served by a potable water or
sanitary sewer facility which does not meet the standards in Policy 2.1 or will not
meet these standards concurrent with the completion of the development. In any
case where these federal, state, or county standards referenced in Policy 2.1 are
revised, a reasonable time for compliance with the new standards shall be allowed.
Prior to approvinq a buildinq permit. the City shall require that adequate water
supplies to serve the new development will be available no later than the anticipated
date of a certificate of occupancy or its functional equivalent.
Policy 2.4
The provider shall maintain procedures and programs to monitor levels of service of
each facility for use by agencies which issue development orders or permits.
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Policy 2.6
The City shall continue to coordinate with a provider who shall continue the
expansion of existing water and wastewater treatment plants to meet demand
through the year ~ 2025.
Policv 2.7
The City shall create and adopt a Ten-Year Water Supply Facilities Work Plan that is
consistent with the South Florida Water Manaqement District's Lower East Coast
Reqional Water Supply Plan. Miami-Dade Water and Sewer Department's Work
Plan, and the City of North Miami Beach's Work Plan. The City's Work Plan will be
updated within 18 months after the South Florida Water Manaqement District's
Lower East Coast Reqional Water Supply Plan. Miami-Dade Water and Sewer
Department's Work Plan. and the City of North Miami Beach's Work Plan are
updated. The City of Aventura, Florida. Water Supply Facilities Work Plan dated
December 9.2008 is herby adopted by reference.
OBJECTIVE 4
The City shall develop and implement a comprehensive water conservation program
to ensure that a sufficient, economical supply of fresh water is available to meet
current and future demand for potable water without degrading the environment.
Policy 4.1
The City's newsletter shall be used to promote an educational program for
residential, commercial and industrial consumers which will discourage waste and
conserve water.
Policy 4.2
Enforce requirements, and establish new requirements and procedures as needed,
to assure that low water usage plumbing fixtures are used in all new buildings or in
conjunction with permitted renovations in accord with the South Florida Building
Code, Miami-Dade County addition and the Florida's Water Conservation Act,
Section 553.14, F.S. Improved procedures to conserve water for plumbing
inspections and mechanisms for approving products for installation shall be
considered by the City's Building Division.
Policy 4.3
The City of Aventura Community Services Department shall take all necessary steps
to ensure compliance with the City's landscape regulations, and shall establish
mechanisms to monitor and measure the effectiveness of the ordinance and its
major provisions.
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OBJECTIVE 5
The City of Aventura shall undertake timely efforts to expand traditional sources of
raw water and develop new raw water sources to meet the City's level of service
standards for water supply.
Policy 5.1
The City of Aventura shall encour3ge support Miami-Dade County and the City of
North Miami Beach in the development of their its future potable water supplies, to
the maximum extent feasible, utilize methods which preserve the integrity of the
Biscayne Aquifer, protect the quality of surface water and related ecosystems, and
comply with the land use and environmental protection policies of the Miami-Dade
County CDMP, North Miami Beach, the Strategic Regional Policy Plan for South
Florida, and the State Comprehensive Plan.
Policy 5.2
When reclaimed water becomes available, the City shall consider its use on public
and private properties. Currently, the Miami-Dade Water and Sewer Department
and North Miami Beach is are responsible for implementing any reuse that is
deemed by the County to be economically feasible.
Policy 5.3
The City shall create a Ten-Year Water Supplv Facilities Work Plan that is consistent
with review the 'N3ter supply f3cility the work plans of Miami-Dade County MDWASD
and the City of North Miami Beach, as they are adopted and/or periodically updated,
in order to identify alternative projects that will increase its water supply, and shall
coordinate with Miami-Dade County and the City of North Miami Beach, as
appropriate, in the implementation of these projects.
Infrastructure Goal 2
OBJECTIVE 2
The aquifer recharge and water storage capacity of presently undeveloped areas
shall be maintained or increased. Additionally, the City shall protect against
environmental damage such as altering hydro cycles.
Policy 2.3
Water conserving irrigation and other landscape practices such as Xeriscape shall
be used wherever feasible. Through its site and landscape reviews, Aventura shall
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ensure that appropriate native and xeriscape plant materials are used, particularly
where public water is used to water lawns, golf courses and landscaped green
spaces.
Policy 2.4
The City shall consider participation in water reuse demonstration projects that are
developed.
AQUIFER RECHARGE GOAL
To protect the City's natural drainage features and enhance the capabilities of
the groundwater recharge areas.
OBJECTIVE 1
The City shall support the efforts of the County Miami-Dade County Water and
Sewer Department and the City of North Miami Beach to identify significant ground
water resources and protect them through land use controls, public acquisition,
easements or other appropriate methods.
Policy 1.1
The City shall implement a program to monitor groundwater supply conditions in
conjunction with the Miami-Dade County and the South Florida Water Management
District.
Policy 1.2
The City, in conjunction with Miami-Dade County, shall develop and adopt minimum
environmental standards regarding: prime recharge area protection, water table
manipulation, and wellfield drawdown standards.
Policy 1.3
The City shall institute a comprehensive program responsible for educating
businesses and residents of: the County's current water conservation policies, the
fragility of the aquifer, methods to reuse and conserve water, well abandonment
problems and rules, and benefits of drought resistant plants (xeriscape).
Policy 1.4
The City shall adopt policies to protect the Biscayne aquifer. These shall include
policies which address:
1. Public wellfield and landfill siting
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2. Siting of industrial land uses which use hazardous materials or generate
hazardous waste
3. Siting of hazardous waste collection facilities for households
4. Additional protection of the aquifer from saltwater intrusion
5. If necessary, support the expansion of the Hazardous Material Emergency
Response Team
CAPITAL IMPROVEMENTS ELEMENT
CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT GOAL
Aventura shall, in a fiscally prudent manner, plan for and manage its facilities
and infrastructure in order to adequately serve current and future residents
while efficiently using and maintaining existing public investments, and
making timely provision of required new capital investment. [9J-5.016(3)(a)]
OBJECTIVE 2
Upon adoption of this Plan, land use decisions will be made in the context of
available fiscal resources such that scheduling and providing capital facilities for new
development will not degrade adopted service levels and/or negatively impact
hurricane evacuation clearance times. [9J-5.016(3)(b)(4)]
Policy 2.4
The Five-Year Capital Improvements Program, or the City's contract providers as
appropriate, shall incorporate the identified capital investments from each functional
element and will be based on the following LOS standards: [9J-5.016(3)(c)4]
Potable Water Supply
Area Serviced bv Miami-Dade Water & Sewer Department:
a) The treatment system shall operate with a rated maximum daily capacity
which is no less than two percent (2%) above the maximum daily flow for
the preceding year, and an average daily capacity two percent (2%) above
the average daily per capita system demand for the preceding five (5)
years.
Water shall be delivered to users at a pressure no less than twenty (20)
pounds per square inch (psi) and no greater than 100 psi. Unless
otherwise approved by the Miami-Dade Fire Department or successor
entity, minimum fire flow, based on the land use served, shall be
maintained as follows:
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Minimum Fire Flow
Land Use
Gallons per Minute
Single Family Residential Estate Density
Single Family and Duplex Residential on Minimum lots
of 7,599 ft2
Multi-family Residential, Semiprofessional Offices
Hospitals, Schools
Business and Industry
500
750
1,500
2,000
3,000
b) Water quality shall meet all federal, state and county primary standards for
potable water.
c) System-wide storage capacity for finished water shall equal no less than
fifteen (15) percent of the system-wide average daily demand.
Area Serviced bv North Miami Beach
Potable Water: the City's water system shall provide 144 qallons per person
per day at a pressure of 40 pounds per square inch (psi). The City attempts
to maintain a water pressure of 40 pounds per square inch (psi) althouqh 20
psi is the leqal minimum.
INTERGOVERNMENTAL COORDINATION ELEMENT
INTERGOVERNMENTAL COORDINATION GOAL
Use intergovernmental coordination as a major means of ensuring
consistency among local, county and regional government plans and policies
and of implementing Aventura's Comprehensive Plan.
OBJECTIVE 2
Coordinate with local, regional, and state entities with responsibilities in the
establishment of Level of Service standards.
Policy 2.3
The City shall support, as appropriate, Miami Dade County's and North Miami
Beach's development and implementation of the '/Vater Supply Facilities Work Plan
required by Florida Statute and the v./ater conservation efforts of other agencies.
The City shall ensure coordination of its comprehensive plan with the most current
South Florida Water Manaqement District. Miami-Dade County Water and Sewer
Department and North Miami Beach Water Supply Plans when proposinq and/or
amendinq the City's Ten-Year Water Supply Facilities Work Plan. The City's Work
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Plan shall be updated within 18 months after the South Florida Water Manaqement
District updates the Lower East Coast Reqional Water Supply Plan. The City shall
maintain a record of City staff attendance and participation in appropriate
interqovernmental and/or multi-jurisdictional coordination efforts (i.e. meetinqs.
workshops. committees. aqreements. etc.).
Policy 2.4
The City shall ensure and identify the consistency of local level of service standards
by annually contactinq Miami-Dade County Water and Sewer Department and North
Miami Beach as the City's service providers. to obtain current information, includinq
populations. level of services. service areas. water supply facilities. implementation
schedule of required potable water conservation and reuse measures and evaluate if
future modification to either the service aqreement or level of service standards
should be included in subsequent Comprehensive Plan Amendments. This contact
may be by way of meetinq of the Miami-Dade Planners Technical Committee or by
mutually aqreed upon tri-party meetinqs.
CONSERVATION & COASTAL MANAGEMENT ELEMENT
The goals, objectives, and policies for the conservation element have been
combined with the goals, objectives, and policies for the coastal management
element because they are complementary within a coastal community such as
Aventura.
CONSERVATION GOAL
To achieve a balanced environmental system that conserves, encourages the
thoughtful use, and protection of resources, and natural environmental
systems while considering the existing built environment. [9J-5.013(2)(a)]
OBJECTIVE 8
Secure the provision of potable water in sufficient quantity to meet present and
projected needs commensurate with reasonable anticipated demand.
Policy 8.2
In order to comply with policies of the South Florida Water Management District
directed toward conservation of potable water supply and to achieve a reduction in
the current rates of water consumption the following performance standards shall
apply:
· Where non-potable alternative sources of irrigation water are available
potable water supplies may not be used to meet irrigation needs.
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. The City of Aventura shall encourage coordinate with the Miami-Dade
Water and Sewer Department (MDWASD) and the City of North Miami
Beach to study the feasibility of using reclaimed water as one method
of reducing the amounts of potable water used for non-potable
activities.
. Require the use of water-saving plumbing fixtures in all new
developments as required bv Miami-Dade County Ordinance 08-14.
. Require the use of water-saving plumbing fixtures when plumbing
fixtures are replaced or retrofitted.
. In order to reduce demand for irrigation water (which in turn often
places greater demand upon potable water sources), at least seventy
percent (70%) of all landscaping material obtained from off-site
sources for use on any site should be native plant material adapted to
soil and climatic conditions existing on the subject site such as
landscapinQ principles identified in FDEP LandscapinQ Irriqation and
Florida-Friendlv DesiQn Standards.
. To further reduce water demand at least fifty percent (50%) of all trees
used in landscaping shall be native species adapted to soil and
climatic conditions existing on-site.
Policv 8.3
The City of Aventura will cooperate with MDWASD and the City of North Miami
Beach to require that before the issuance of a buildinQ permit or its functional
equivalent, adequate water supplies to serve the new development will be available
no later than the anticipated date of issuance bv the local Qovernment of a certificate
of occupancy or its functional equivalent.
Policy 8.3 Policy 8.!
The City of Aventura shall continue to cooperate with local, regional, state and
federal agencies for the management of fresh water resources to maintain adequate
fresh water supplies during dry periods and to, when practicable, conserve water.
Policy 8.4 Policy 8.~
The City of Aventura shall continue to cooperate with MDWASD, the City of North
Miami Beach and the South Florida Water Management (SFWMD) for the
implementation of water demand management policies and programs.
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Policy 8.5 Policy 8.~
The City of Aventura shall continue to require compliance with all applicable federal,
state, regional and county water quality standards.
Policy 8.6 Policy 8.I
The City of Aventura shall cooperate with MDWASD, the City of North Miami Beach
and the SFWMD to conserve water resources during emergencies.
Policy 8.7 Policy 8.~
The City shall adopt a Ten-Year Water Supply Facilities Work Plan. The City shall
coordinate implementation of the Work Plan's qoals, obiectives and policies with the
work plans of support, as appropriate, the South Florida Water Manaqement District.
Miami-Dade County Water and Sewer Department and the City of North Miami
Beach:. in their de'.'elopment and implementation of the \f\Jater Supply Facilities
VVorkplan required by Florida Statute, The City shall also coordinate its efforts to
conserve water with the efforts of these aqencies in their aOO tRe water conservation
efforts and other agencies.
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Outgoing governor bids
farewell on Facebook
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SAN JUAN - Puerto Rico's indicted governor says he
recognizes he has made mistakes during his nearly con-
cluded four-year term but that he always strived to serve
Puerto Rico.
Gov. Anibal Acevedo Vila makes the comments on a
four-minute video postedSunru.y on the social networking
site Facebook. The outgoing governor says "although I com-
mitted errors, like all human beings, I always did what I
understood 10 be correct and right." He did not specify his
mistakes.
Acevedo was ousted in November elections by a chal~
lenger who pledged to fight crime and spur the island's ail-
ing economy, which i.dn its third year of recession.
He faces a corruption trial in February for alleged cam-
paign tinance violations, but denies any wrongdoing.
. MEXICO
MIGRANT SMUGGLER SENTENCED TO 60 YEARS
MEXICO CITY - Mexican prosecutors say they won a
eO-year prison term for a human smuggler who helped
about 200 people sneak into the United States, induding
Hezbollah supporters.
Salim Boughader Mucharraiille was arrested in 2002 and
convicted on organized-crime and immigrant-smuggling
charges.
Boughader, a Mexican of Lebanese descent, rom a cafe in
the city ofTijuana, across the border from San Diego.
Among those he smuggled were sympathizers of Hezbol-
lah, a Lebanon-based group that U.S. authorities have
labeled a terror org-.mization.
. VENEZUELA
CHAVEZ SPARS WITH CATHOLIC LEADER
CARACAS - President Hugo Chavez is criticizing a top
Roman Catholic leader for opposing a planned referendum
that would end presidential term limits.
Chavez accuses Cardinal Jorge Urosa of "trying to
manipulate" public opinion ahead of the vote, which is
expected in February.
Urosa has criticized the proposed constitutional amend-
ment, which would let Chavez run for reelection indeti-
nitely.
Voters last year rejected a packagt~ of constitutional
changes, including an end to term limits.
Urosa s.'l.ys the constitution prevents such a proposal
(rom coming to vote twice in the same presidentiallerm.
Chavez on Sunday said the Catholic leader was wrong
and accused him of lying, which he called a userious sin."
MEXICO
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crackdown on Mexican
drug gangs has weakened
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MEXICO CITY - Even as
accused mob boss Osiel
Cardenas awaits a federal
trial in Houston next year, the
criminal army he allegedly
commanded with deadly
resolve rampages across
Mexico.
Cardenas, 41, has been
imprisoned for six years -
four in Mexico and two in the
United States since his extra-
dition to Houston. He faces
federal charges of leading a
drug syndicate. trafficking
cocaine and marijuana, laun-
dt~ring money and threaten-
ing the lives of U.s. agents.
Though weakened by a
crackdown, Cardenas' Gulf
Cartel and the military-style
gang o{ assassins it spawned,
the Zetas, remain powerful
and widely feared.
Their gunmen have spread
violence deep into the Mexi-
can heartland and Central
America. Mexican officials
blame the organization for
many of this year's estimated
5,600 gangland murders.
Now, as President Felipe
Calderon's war on Mexico's
gangs enters its third year, the
Gulf Cartel's resilience
underscores the challenges
facing Calderon. While he has
approved more than 150
extraditions of alleged drug-
syndicate bosses and gunmen,
the cartel and other crime
organizations have continued
to threaten Mexico's stability
and smuggle narcotics to u.s.
users, Mexican and American
officials acknowledge.
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Osiel Cardenas Guillen led
the Gulf Cartel
And, they admit, the extra-
ditions have stoked the blood-
shed rather than snuffed it.
While the offensive has
been on multiple fronts, the
Gulf Cartel arguably has been
the Calderon government's
principal target. Aside {rom
Cardenas' extradition to
Houston in January 2007, sev-
eral other cartel leaders and
hundreds of lesser hoods
have been arrested.
Recent blows include the
November capture of the
Zetas' third-ranking com-
mander and the seizure the
same month of some 400
smuggled weapons on the
Texas border. Those events
followed the September dis-
mantling of a major Gulf Car-
tel drug distribution network
in the United States and
Europe.
But, though bowed, the
cartel and its gunmen hardly
seem broken.
"If anything, the extradi-
tion of Cardenas has led to an
even more virulent form of
the Gulf Cartel," said Bruce
Bagley, an expert on Latin
American narcotics gangs at
the University of Miami.
Mexican authorities blame
the Zetas for the Sept. IS gre-
nade attack on a crowd cele-
brating Independence Day in
the capital of central Michoa-
can state, killing nine. On the
outskirts of Mexico City and
in states along the Pacific
coast, gun battles involving
the Zetas have killed scores
- including dozens of police
ofiicers. And Guatemalan
police say the Zetas orches-
trated an attack that killed 17
on the border with Mexico.
That continued strength
has mocked the hopes of
some who argued that
Cardenas' extradition would
shatter his cartel.
Gang war(are seems to
have exploded in Mexico in
2008.
In Tijuana, more than 400
have been killed since late
September in a struggle
between the former under-
bosses of the Arellano Felix
crime family.
In Ciudad Juarez, gang
warfare has killed more than
1,500 people since January
when gunmen from Sinaloa
state moved in to eliminate
the citv's weakened criminal
bosses'. Still more blood has
.lowed in Sinaloa itself after
former allies turned on one
another.
"There is a benefit in cut-
ting down large organizations
into little cartels, because
they don't threaten the state,"
said Bagley, who has studied
the impact of Colombia's
extradition of its gangland
chiefs in the 1990s.
But, he said, "you leave a
vacuum at the top, and you
unleash more violence,"
Cardenas rillie to the top of
his organization aiter the 1996
arrest of Gulf Cartel founder
Juan Garcia Abrego. who was
sent to the United States and
convicted of narcotics-related
charges in a Houslon federal
court. Garcia Abrego, once a
lord of the border, is serving
multiple life sentences in a
u.s. federal priSOIL
By 1999, Cardenas was the
undisputed head of the Gulf
Cartel, which U.S. o{ficials
say was smuggling 70 tons of
cocaine a year into Texas.
His downfall began the
same year, after Cardenas and
more than a dozen gunmen
accosted and threatened to
kill two U.S. federal agents on
a Matamoros street.
Alarmed by the gang's bra-
vado, U.S. agencies launched
a joint investigation into the
cartel, which resulted in fed-
eral grand jury indictments of
Cardena." and several lieuten-
ants in 2002.
After his 2003 arrest in
Matamoros, Cardenas was
convkied of drug trafficking
charges by a Mexican court
bUl never sentenced. His u.s.
trial has been delayed and is
scheduled to begin in Septem-
ber. He faces multiple life
sentences.
while jailed in Mexico,
Cardenas continued to direct
his organization, Mexican
officials say, in a war with
rivals that included the
2004-05 battles that killed
more than 500 people in
Nuevo Laredo.
An intelligence report
from Mexico's public security
minister identifies 7..eta leader
Heriberto Lazcano as the de
facto head of the Gulf Cartel.
U.S. and Mexican investiga-
tors believe Cardenas'
brother, Ezequie1. remains
one of the gang's leaders_
Houston Chronicle reporter
Dane Schiller contributed
reporting from Houston.
& CITY OF AVENTURA
, '..I!!
., . ; NOTICE OF HEARING OF LOCAL PLANNING AGENCY
~ <~"" ,..,/' NOTICE OF AOOPTlON OF TEN-YEAR WATER SUPPLY
FACILITIES WORK PLAN AND
NOTICE OF AMENDMENT OF COMPREHENSIVE PLAN
Public Notice is hereby given that the Aventura City Commission,
sitting as the City of Aventura Local Planning Agency, will meet in a
public hearing on Tuesday, January 13, 2009 at 6:00 p.m. to review
and recommend adoption of the following Ordinance to the City
Commission:
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF AVENTURA,
FLORIDA, ADOPTING A TEN-YEAR WATER
SUPPLY FACILITIES WORK PLAN AND AMENDING
THE CITY OF AVENTURA COMPREHENSIVE
PLAN BY AMENDING THE FUTURE LAND USE
ELEMENT, THE INFRASTRUCTURE ELEMENT,
THE CAPITAL IMPROVEMENTS ELEMENT,
THE INTERGOVERNMENTAL CO-ORDINATION
ELEMENT AND THE CONSERVATION &
COASTAL MANAGEMENT ELEMENT OF THE
CITY OF AVENTURA COMPREHENSIVE PLAN
TO IMPLEMENT THE CITY OF AVENTURA TEN-
YEAR WATER SUPPLY FACILITIES WORK PLAN
REQUIRED PURSUANT TO CHAPTER 163,
PART II, FLORIDA STATUTES; PROVIDING FOR
SEVERABILITY; PROVIDING FOR INCLUSION IN
THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN; AND PROVIOING
FOR AN EFFECTIVE DATE,
Immediately following the Local Planning Agency meeting. the City
Commission of the City of Aventura, as the governing body, will consider
the above described Ordinance on first reading at a public hearing.
All the above described Public Hearings will be held in the City
Commission Chamber at City of Aventura Government Center, 19200
West Country Club Drive, Aventura. Florida. 33180. The proposed
Ordinances may be inspected by the publiC at the Office of the City
Clerk at the above address. Interested parties may appear atthe Public
Hearings and be heard with respect to the proposed Ordinances.
In accordance with the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990, all
persons who are disabled and who need special accommodations to
participate in this proceeding because of that disability should contact
the Office of the City Clerk. (305) 466-8901. not later than two business
days prior to such proceedings.
If a person decides to appeal any decision made by the City Commission
with respect to any matter considered at a meeting or hearing, that
person will need a record of the proceedings and, for such purpose,
may need to ensure that a verbatim record of the proceedings is made,
which record includes the testimony and evidence upon which the
appeal is to be based.
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INDIA AND PAKISTAN
Al
WORLD
Tensions rise as diplomacy lags
'if In the absence of
constructive dialogue,
India and Pakistan - both
facing internal pressures -
ar9 acting tougher.
BY MARK SAPPENFIELD
AND SHAHAN MUFTI
The Chli~tiiln Sc,el'ce Mc~,t()1
NEW DELHI - A month
after the terrorist attacks in
Murnbai, India and Pakistan
are turning to brinksmanship
because they haven't found a
way to talk constructively.
Both governments have
spoken of their desire to avert
war. yet each is constrained
by strong public prejudice
against the other. Neither
wants to appear to capitulate,
given that both (ace signifi-
cant internal challenges.
India's government is iac-
ing elections next year, and
Pakistan's civilian regime
must be mindful of its coun-
try's powerful army.
Reports of provocative
actions by both sides - with
local residents confirming a
redeployment of Pakistani
troops from the Afghan bor-
der - have forced the inter-
national community to step
up efforts to break the dead-
lock. Influential new players
such as Russia and China are
becoming involved.
The best option is to calm
the situation and force the
two nations to talk, said
Ahmed Rashid, a political
analyst in Lahore, Pakistan.
"This is a significant thing;'
he said, noting that Russia
and China have broad influ-
ence in India and Pakistan,
respectively.
Since the Nov. 26 attacks
in Mumbai, which India
blames on terrorist groups in
Pakistan. both countries have
alternated threats with con-
ciliatory remarks. The pattern
is intensifying.
Pakistani Prime Minister
Yousaf Raza Gilani said Sat-
urday that "Pakistan will not
indulge in any misadventure,"
insisting that Pakistan will not
strike tint against India.
Yet, a day earlier, local and
international media oullets
reported that Pakistan's army
had postponed all leaves for
soldiers to maintain a peak
state of readines!'.. It also had
redeployed soldiers from the
Afghan front, where they are
fighting militants, to the
Indian front, the reports said.
AMERICAN CONCERN
The redeployment has
been characterized as minor,
'With Pakistani officials calling
it a "minimum defense mea-
sure." Yet, it's preciselywhal
the United States wished to
avoid. With many Afghan mil-
itants maintaining command-
and-control hubs in Pakistan's
tribal areas, a few dozen miles
from here, the United States
wants Pakistan to focus its
military might on its Afghan
border, not on India.
But any such move would
play well in Pakistan. Habib
Zade, a social worker based
near Mardan, said that some
people in the area are pleased
to see the army go. "They're
glad that finally, after so
much lighting between our-
selves, we have a common
enemy to fight," he said.
Nasir Khan, a farmer, isn't
so sure that redeployment is a
good thing. "Who's to say that
the Taliban won't just start
coming back down here
again?" he said.
The fact is that neither
Pakistan nor India has the
political security to offer an
olive branch to lhe other, said
Shuja Nawaz, author of
Crossed Swords: Pakistan, Its
Anny and the Wars Within.
"Weak governments are
worried about being per-
ceived as even weaker," he
said. "This is more about
domestic politics than any-
thing else."
As a resull, each govern-
ment has failed to reach out
to the other. Today, they are
holding essentially to the
same lines they set forth in
the days after the attacks -
India demanding that Paki-
stan take action against a list
of alleged terrorists, and Paki-
stan saying India has given no
evidence of their guilt.
With no movement diplo-
CITY OF AVENTURA
NOTICE OF HEARING OF LOCAL
PLANNING AGENCY AND NOTICE OF
AMENDMENT TO ORDINANCE NO. 2008-09
Public Notice is hereby given that the City of Aventura Local Planning
Agency will meet in a public hearing on Tuesday, January 13, 2009
at 6:00 p.m. to review and recommend adoption of the following
Ordinances to the City Commission:
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF AVENTURA,
FLORIDA, AMENDING SECTION 6 "EFFECTIVE
DATE" FROM JANUARY 1, 2009 TO APRIL 1,
2009 OF ORDINANCE NO. 2008-09 ADOPTED
ON APRIL 8, 2008, WHICH ORDINANCE
ESTABLISHED A TRANSPORTATION MITIGATION
IMPACT FEE AND SCHEDULE FOR MITIGATION
OF TRANSPORTATION IMPACTS BY NEW
DEVELOPMENT IN THE CITY OF AVENTURA;
PROVIDING FOR INCLUSION IN THE CODE;
PROVIOING FOR SEVERABILITY; AND PROVIDING
FOR AN EFFECTIVE DATE.
Immediately following the Local Planning Agency meeting. the
City Commission of the City of Aventura, sitting as the governing
body, will consider adoption of the above described Ordinance on
first reading at a publiC hearing and will again consider the above
described Ordinance for adoption after second reading at a public
hearing on Tuesday, February 3, 2009 at 6:00 p,m.
All above described Public Hearings will be held in the City
Commission Chamber at the City of Aventura Government
Center, 19200 West Country Club Drive, Aventura, Florida, 33180.
The proposed Ordinance may be Inspected by the public at the Office
of the City Clerk at the above address. Interested parties may appear
at the Public Hearings and be heard with respect to the proposed
Ordinance.
In accordance with the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990, all
persons who are disabled and who need special accommodations
to participate in this proceeding because of that disability should
contact the Office of the City Cierk, (305) 466-8901. no later than two
business days prior to such proceedings.
If a person decides to appeal any decision made by the City
Commission with respect to any matter considered at a meeting
or hearing, that person will need a record of the proceedings and,
for such purpose, may need to ensure that a verbatim record of
the proceedings is made, which record includes the testimony
and evidence upon which the appeal is to be based.
Teresa M. Soroka, MMC. City Clerk
mati cally, tensions have
slowly escalated. Pakistan's
apparent decision to redeploy
some troops to the Indian
border follows Indian jets
reportedly violating p..ik:istani
airspace on Dec. 13.
Pakistan has used India's
refusal to rule out military
strikes "to whip up war hyste-
ria," which, in turn, antago-
nizes India, said Rashid, the
analyst in Pakistan. "We're in
a very vicious cycle."
It's this cycle that the
international community
seeks to break.
OTHERS INTERVENE
Perhaps more significantly,
a host of other nations are
also becoming more involved
in trying to calm the two
nuclear-armed rivals:
. Chinese Foreign Minis-
ter Yang Jiechi called his
counterparts in India and
Paki."tan late last week, saying
they should "properly han-
dle" the situation.
. Saudi Arabia's foreign
minister was in New DeIhl
this weekend to be briefed on
India'Ji claim thai Pakistanis
were behind the Mumbai
attacks.
. On Saturday, Indian
Prime Minister Manmohan
Singh called Iranian President
Mahmoud Ahmadinejad to
ask for his support in preJisur-
ing Pakistan.
. Also Saturday,Russia,a
longtime ally of India, issued
a slatement saying it was
"extremely concerned" about
the tensions.
Sappenfield, a Christian
Science Monitor staff writer,
reported from New Delhi.
Mufti, a Monitor correspon-
dent, reported from Takht-e-
Bha~ f'akistan.
GHANA
MlamiHerilld,wm ! THE MIAMI HERALD
Presidential runoff
looks smoothly run
'ffill No major problems
were seen as Ghana
staged a runoff to settle a
closely contested
presidential election.
BY FRANCIS KOKUTSE
k;,ocial"dPr(>ss
ACCRA, Ghana - Gha-
na's presidential runoff vote
appeared to go smoothly
Sunday, observers and ana-
lysts said, even though the
West African nation's ruling
party and opposition tTaded
allegations of rigging.
Nana Akufo-Addo of the
ruling party faced opposition
candidate John Atta Mills,
whose campaign maintains
that the country's economic
growth has not been felt in
people's wallets.
"On Ihe whole, the elec-
tion has been peaceful, 'With
just some queues at some of
the polling stations too long
and too slow," said Kwesi
Jonah, a scholar-in-residence
al the Institute of Demo-
cratic Governance, an inde-
pendent think tank.
President John Kufuor is
stepping down after two
terms in office in what is
expected to be Ghana's sec-
ond successful handover of
power from one legitimateJy
elected leader to another.
Observers with The
Carter Center, founded by
former President Jimmy
Carter, have said the first-
round Dec. 7 vote was exem-
plary. Ghana is one of Afri-
ca's few stable democracies.
Neither candidate,
though, secured enough
votes to win the election
outright. Akufo-Addo
received 49.13 percent, while
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Atta Mills received 47.92
percent.
During Sunday's runoff,
the opposition alleged that
33 of its polling agenls had
been arrested in the Ashanti
region, a perceived ruling
party stronghold.
"It would therefore be dif-
fiC'Ult for us to accept the fig-
ures irom the region and,
consequently, the entire
results of the elections,"
Alex Seghefia, campaign
coordinator of the National
Democratic Congress, told
the Associated Press.
The ruling New Patriotic
Party, however, rebutted the
allegation, saying the
Ashanl! region was its
stronghold and it would not
do anything to put the
results from that area in
doubt.
"We have also had
reports of people snatching
ballot boxes in order to
destroy voting and we know
these are not our party sup-
porters," ruling party
spokesman Arthur Kennedy
said
The top U.S. envoy for
Airica cautioned the politi-
calleadership to handle the
runoff wilh care to avoid
inciting people.
"In my tour of various
polling stalions, there have
been a lot of allegations from
both parties and it therefore
requires the leaders oi the
parties to be circumspect
and behave responsibly,"
said Jendayi Frazer, the U.s.
assistant secretary of state
jor African aHairs.
David Pottie with The
Carter Center said ballot
counting was under way
Sunday night and that the
group had been receiving
partial preliminary reports
from across the country.
While the group had heard
of "some irregularities in a
few locations," pottie sllid
they had not at this point
received a large number of
such reports.
About 5,000 security per-
sonnel were deployed acmss
the country betore Sunday's
vote. During the first round,
there were tensions between
supporters of the two main
parties, and isolated cases of
violence at polling stations
in the country's interior.
Ghana, a rare example of
democracy in a region of
totalitarian states, suffered
back-to-back coups in the
1970s and 1980s.
But after ruling tor Il
years, strongman Jerry
Rawlings organized elec-
tions. He won two terms,
then surprised the world by
ceding power when his par-
ty's candidate lost to Kufuor
in the 2000 vote.
For Ghanaians, it's impor-
tant that the election goes off
without ballot stuft1ng and
violence that continues to
plague African elections.
Ever since 1957, when it
became the lirst nation in
Atrica to declare indepen-
dence from its colonial ruler,
Ghana has had the weight of
history on its shoulders.
Ghana has seen over 6
perL'Cnt growth sm<:e Akufo-
Addo's party took oftke
eight years ago. Investment
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'GAlA, FROM lA
ally warn them that their
homes, or adjacent buildings,
were targets.
Among those trapped in
their homes was Wafa Kan-
nan, 27, who has been camp-
ing out in a narrow Gaza City
apartment corridor with her
mother and two brothers
since the strikes began on
Saturday.
Over the weekend, Kan-
oan ';; mother received a
recorded call on her cell-
phone (rom the Israeli mili-
tary. When she heard who
was calling, she hung up.
Minutes later, the same call
came to the land line in her
apartment warning her to
leave if she was storing
weapons.
In an apartment building
across the street from Kan-
nan and her family live four
brothers who are Hamas mil-
itants. Israeli intelligence
called the Hamas members to
warn them that they were
targets, Kannan said,
Leaders at the local
mosque urged neighbors to
converge on the apartment
building and act as human
shields, she added. No one
heeded the call, however, so
the Hamas militants fled.
lsraeli government lead-
ers made it clear that they
want to contain the rocket
fire from Gaza but have 'Yet
to explain when or how the
coni1ict will come to an end.
"The strategy today is to
hit Barnas and to hit Barnas
hard," said Mark Regev, a
spokesman (or Israeli Prime
Minister Ehud Olmer!. "We
believe that will create a new
reality, a new security envi-
ronment in which a quarter-
million Israelis no longer
have to live in fear of rocket
attacks."
In apparent preparation
for sending in troops, Israel
on Monday declared large
swaths of its border with
Gaza "closed military zones"
that prohibit journalists and
others from entering.
Last month, Israel shut its
main border crossing with
Gaza to all-but-essential
medical cases
fire had killed eight Israelis
in the past two years. Since
Israel launched the airstrikes
on Saturday, four Israelis
have been killed in attacks
from Gaza.
As Israeli tanks, artillery
batteries and troops stepped
up preparations for a possi-
ble ground offensive,
Defense Minister Ehud Barak
announced that the attacks
wouldn't end until the mili-
tary had delivered a "severe
blow" to Hamas.
"We are in an all-out war
against Barnas," Barak told a
special session of the Knes-
set, the Israeli parliament.
STRIKES ON GAZA
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CITY OF AVENTURA
NOTICE OF HEARING OF LOCAL PLANNING AGENCY
AND NOTICE OF AMENDMENT TO ORDINANCE NO. 2008-08
Public Notice is hereby given that the City of Aventura Local Planning Agency
will meet in a public hearing on Tuesday, January 13, 2009 at 6:00 p.m,
to review and recommend adoption of the following Ordinances to the
City Commission:
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF AVENTURA, FLORIDA,
AMENDING SECTION 6 "EFFECTIVE DATE" FROM
JANUARY 1. 2009 TO APRIL 1, 2009 OF ORDINANCE NO.
2008-08 ADOPTED ON APRIL 8. 2008, WHICH ORDINANCE
ESTABLISHED A TRANSPORTATION MITIGATION
IMPACT FEE AND SCHEDULE FOR MITIGATION OF
TRANSPORTATION IMPACTS BY NEW DEVELOPMENT IN
THE CITY OF AVENTURA, PROVIDING FOR INCLUSION
IN THE CODE; PROVIDING FOR SEVERABILITY; AND
PROVIDING FOR AN EFFECTIVE DATE.
Immediately following the Local Planning Agency meeting, the City
Commission of the City of Aventura, sitting as the governing body, will
consider adoption of the above described Ordinance on first reading at a
public hearing and will again consider the above described Ordinance for
adoption after second reading at a public hearing on Tuesday, February 3,
2009 at 6:00 p.m.
All above described Public Hearings will be held in the City Commission
Chamber at the City of Aventura Government Center, 19200 West
Country Club Drive, Aventura, Florida. 33180. The proposed Ordinance
may be inspected by the public at the Office of the City Clerk at the above
address. Interested parties may appear at the Public Hearings and be heard
with respect to the proposed Ordinance.
In accordance with the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990, all persons
who are disabled and who need special accommodations to participate in
this proceeding because of that disability should contact the Office of the
City Clerk, (305) 466-8901, no later than two business days prior to such
proceedings.
If a person decides to appeal any decision made by the City Commission
with respect to any matter considered at a meeting or hearing, that person
will need a record of the proceedings and, for such purpose, may need to
ensure that a verbatim record of the proceedings is made, which record
includes the testimony and evidence upon which the appeal is to be based.
Teresa M. Soroka, MMC, City Clerk
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