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Highland hears presentation on new water element required by SB 110; city staff to tie water budget to land use ahead of Dec. 2025 deadline
Summary
Consultants from Landmark Design briefed the Highland City Council on requirements of SB 110 and the city's ongoing work to add a water element to its general plan, including developing a water budget and conservation policies; no formal council action was recorded.
At a Highland City Council meeting, consultants from Landmark Design presented the city's planned water element for its general plan, explaining a state requirement under SB 110 and a December 2025 deadline for compliance. The presenters said Highland also received grant funding tied to the requirement.
The consultants said SB 110, enacted in 2022, requires municipalities to amend general plans to address how land-use planning affects water use and to develop a water budget that ties water inflows and outflows to current and future land use. "This is a new requirement as of 2022, SB 110. It requires most municipalities in all counties to amend their general plans to address how land use planning impacts water use," Speaker 4, a planner with…
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