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RESOLUTION NO. 09-098 ~
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A RESOLUTION ADOPTING THE 2008 ST. LUCIE
COUNTY WATER AND WASTEWATER MASTER
PLAN UPDATE TO INCLUDE UPDATES TO THE
2004 WATER AND WASTEWATER MASTER PLAN
FOR ST. LUCIE COUNTY, FLORIDA
WHEREAS, the Board of County Commissioners of St. Lucie County, Florida, has made
the following determinations:
1. The first St. Lucie County Water and Wastewater Master Plan was completed in
November, 1991. At that time, St. Lucie County owned and operated the regional water and
wastewater utilities serving the City of Port St. Lucie. These utilities had been recently acquired
by the County from General Development Utilities. The 1991 Water and Wastewater Master
Plan was a comprehensive document that addressed water supply and wastewater management
on a county-wide basis. Utility planning was provided for all areas of St. Lucie County that were
outside the Fort Pierce Utilities Authority (FPUA) service area, including the City of Port St.
Lucie.
2. Between 1991 and 1999, the role of St. Lucie County as a utility service provider
changed and expanded.
3. These changes in the utility structure of St. Lucie County rendered much of the
1991 Water and Wastewater Master Plan outdated or irrelevant. In order to address these
~I'I changes, St. Lucie County Utilities authorized LBFH, Inc. to develop a new (updated) water and
II wastewater Master Plan. The updated Master Plan (St. Lucie County Utilities Water and
Wastewater Master Plan, August 2000) addressed what was then the current status of utilities
throughout the county to provide meaningful planning forwater and wastewater utilities within the
present St. Lucie County Utilities service areas.
4. In February of 2004, another update of the Master Plan was completed. The
purpose of that document was to incorporate the findings of the North County Water and
Wastewater System Expansion Feasibility Study" into the Master Plan in orderto reflect changes
in service areas and water and wastewater facilities. The resulting report was a St. Lucie County
Utilities Water and Wastewater Master Plan that was in concurrence with the Expansion
Feasibility Study.
5. On June 15, 2004, this Board adopted Ordinance No. 04-023 which created a
Special Water and Sewer District within the unincorporated area of St. Lucie County; adopted a
Utility District Charter setting forth the purpose of the District; establishing the organization and
duties of the District Governing Body; setting forth powers of the District; providing for
consistency with the Comprehensive Plan; providing for Severability; and providing for an
effective date.
6. Since the 2004 Master Plan Update, significant growth and change has occurred
within the St. Lucie County service area.
7. The 2008 St. Lucie County Water and Wastewater Master Plan Update provides
current information on St. Lucie County Utilities treatment, distribution, collection, and storage
facilities, as well as projections for future growth within St. Lucie County Utilities mainland service
area and North and South Hutchinson Island.
8. This Plan Update also includes a Comprehensive Capital Improvement Plan, which
details the upgrades, expansions, and improvements to the system that will be necessary to
meet the water and wastewater demands of the growing community for the next twenty years.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED by the Board of County Commissioners of St.
Lucie County, Florida, that this Board does hereby adopt the 2008 St. Lucie County Water and
Wastewater Management Plan Update to include updates to the 2004 Water and Wastewater
Management Plan.
After motion and second the vote on this resolution was as follows:
Chair Paula A. Lewis Aye
Vice-Chair Charles Grande Aye
Commissioner Chris Dzadovsky Aye
Commissioner Doug Coward Aye
Commissioner Chris Craft Aye
PASSED AND DULY ADOPTED this 15t" day of September, 2009.
ATTEST: BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS
ST. LUCIE COUNTY, FLORIDA
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EPUTY CLER CHAIR
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