9062-17ORDINANCE NO. 9062-17
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF CLEARWATER (THE CITY),
FLORIDA, AMENDING THE CITY'S COMPREHENSIVE PLAN IN
ACCORDANCE WITH SECTION 163.3177, FLORIDA STATUTES, BY
MODIFYING THE UTILITIES ELEMENT, UPDATING PROVISIONS
RELATED TO POTABLE WATER AND NATURAL GROUND WATER
AQUIFER RECHARGE NEEDS BASED ON THE CITY'S 10 -YEAR
WATER SUPPLY FACILITIES WORK PLAN (2016-2026), COMPLETED
IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE 2015 SOUTHWEST FLORIDA WATER
MANAGEMENT DISTRICT'S (SWFWMD) REGIONAL WATER SUPPLY
PLAN; UPDATING AND REPLACING MAP #D-2; PROVIDING FOR
SEVERABILITY; AND PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE DATE.
WHEREAS the Local Government Comprehensive Planning and Land
Development Regulation Act of Florida empowers and requires the City Council of the
City to plan for the future development and growth, and to adopt and periodically amend
the Comprehensive Plan, including elements and portions thereof; and
WHEREAS, Section 163.3177, Florida Statutes, requires coordination of the local
comprehensive plan with the water management district's regional water supply plans;
and
WHEREAS, the City's water supply work plan must be updated every five years
within 18 months after the governing board of a water management district approves an
updated regional water supply plan; and
WHEREAS, on November 17, 2015, the Governing Board for SWFWMD
approved the 2015 Regional Water Supply Plan; and
WHEREAS, the City has completed the 10 -year Water Supply Facilities Work
Plan (2016-2026); and
WHEREAS, these proposed amendments and the City's 10 -year Water Supply
Facilities Work Plan (2016-2026) will be transmitted to the Florida Department of
Economic Opportunity (DEO) for review and comments, and their objections,
recommendations and comments, along with all comments from local and regional
agencies, will be considered by city staff in preparing these proposed amendments,
prior to adoption by the City Council; and
WHEREAS, the City Council finds it necessary, desirable and proper to adopt the
amendments to the objectives and policies of the Comprehensive Plan in order to reflect
changing conditions; now, therefore,
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF
CLEARWATER, FLORIDA:
Ordinance No. 9062-17
Section 1. That the Introduction to the Utilities Element of the Clearwater
Comprehensive Plan be amended to read as follows:
Potable Water and Natural Ground Water Aquifer Recharge Needs
• Clearwater has maintained an interlocal agreement with Pinellas County since
1955 with approximately fo five percent (4055%) of its water supply
emanating from the County. The City also maintains a water use permit issued
through the Southwest Florida Water Management District (SWFWMD) to pump
an average of 14.3 million gallons daily (MGD) from its forty-foursi* active
wellheads. In 2011, the actual average pumpage from the City's wells is was
approximately 7.565 MGD (average through September 2015). The balance of
the City's water demand is met through purchase from Pinellas County. In order
to meet the city's future potable water supply needs in a fiscally responsible
manner, several alternative actions must be explored and initiated both
individually or in combination with other water supply source alternatives. The
City's Water Supply Plan - Capital Improvements Implementation Master Plan
(Oct 2004),, as updated in 2008 and 2012, includeds projects based upon cost -
benefit analysis that will enabled the City to increase its local production of
potable water to 7_5ten (10) MGD inby 2015.
• The City needs to continue to recognize potable water as a scarce resource and
to continue to operate the water utility prudently in implementing both
conservation and consumption objectives. The current water consumption rate is
approximately seventy-six (76)ninety (90) gallons/person/day, which includes
both the seasonal and permanent population of Clearwater and is inclusive of
both City produced water and County purchased water.
Section 2. That Objective D.5.2 of the Clearwater Comprehensive Plan and
Policies D.5.2.7 and D.5.2.8, be amended to read as follows:
D.5.2 Objective - Provide adequate quantity and quality of water service to all
customers of the Clearwater service area. Current service level (Mav,
20172) is 45 1684179n customer accounts (potable, reclaimed and fire).
Policies
D.5.2.7 Continue to identify, acquire, and develop sources of water supply and
methods of water treatment to meet existing and future needs. Some ways this
can be accomplished are through well rehabilitation projects and/or exploration
and drilling of new wells. Some type of water treatment may be initiated.
Additional volumes of water may be acquired from the Pinellas County Water
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System through Clearwater's intergovernmental water service agreement. The
City's long range Water Master Plan, updated in 20121 and its 10 -Year Water
Supply Facilities Work Plan (2016-2026 Planning Period) shall serve as—the
guiding documents for water supply and treatment methods.
D.5.2.8 Ensure that water management projects are designed and operated to
maintain and enhance natural systems, as well as manmade systems, by
working closely with the Southwest Florida Water Management District when
proposing new projects and water management programs. The City's long range
Water Master Plan outlines a work plan for continued coordination with the
Southwest Florida Water Management District's Regional Water Supply Plan,
adopted in November 2015 .
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Section 3. That Map D-2 of the Clearwater Comprehensive Plan be replaced with the updated map below:
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Section 4. Should any part or provision of this Ordinance be declared by a
court of competent jurisdiction to be invalid, the same shall not affect the validity of the
Ordinance as a whole, or any part thereof other than the part declared to be invalid.
Section 5. This ordinance shall become effective when the Department of
Economic Opportunity issues a final order determining the adopted amendment to be in
compliance, or the Administration Commission issues a final order determining the
adopted amendments to be in compliance, in accordance with Section 163.3184, F.S.,
as amended.
PASSED ON FIRST READING
PASSED ON SECOND AND FINAL
READING AND ADOPTED
Camilo Soto
Assistant City Attorney
AUG 1.6 2017
DEC 0 7 701?
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George N. Cretekos
Mayor
Attest:
Rosemarie Call
City Clerk
Ordinance No. 9062-17