North Lauderdale schedules final vote on updated comprehensive plan, staff details 10-year water supply requirement

City of North Lauderdale commissioners reviewed the second and final reading of the city’s updated comprehensive plan during a workshop on Nov. 10.

City Manager Sargent told the commission the changes were largely technical and required by the state, and that the city must submit the final plan to Tallahassee before December to remain in compliance. “This is the second reading of our comprehensive plan,” the community development director said, adding that staff had incorporated state comments including an added property-rights element and date updates to 2045.

Commissioners pressed staff for documentation explaining why language from the earlier draft had been struck through. The community development director said the redline and a memo explaining each removal would be posted on the city’s public drive and provided to commissioners. “We can send you the original phase of the document when we started to redline it,” he said.

The plan update also includes a required 10-year water-supply forecast, which Assistant Public Works/Utilities Director Hung described as a state mandate administered by the South Florida Water Management District. Hung said the water-supply element looks ahead 10 years for demand and capacity and is updated every five years. “This plan takes care of the next 10 years of development and the city’s population and water-supply demand,” Hung said.

Staff said the comprehensive plan now includes a new map (volume 2) to show corridor-based transit-oriented and mixed-use districts and that the plan must be consistent with Broward County policy before final certification by the Broward County Regional Planning Council.

Next steps: staff will post the raw redline and supporting memo for commissioner review and bring the ordinance to the commission for final action at the scheduled Wednesday meeting, when the consul general of Jamaica is also expected to attend.