LTC 305-2021 Deerfield Beach Resolution No. 2021-115MIAMI BEACH
OFFICE OF THE CITY CLERK
No. 305-2021
LETTER TO COMMISSION
TO: Mayor Dan Gelber and Members of the City Commission
FROM: Rafael E. Granado, City Clerk
DATE: July 23, 2021
SUBJECT: CITY OF DEERFIELD BEACH RESOLUTION NO. 2021/115
Attached for your information is Resolution No. 2021/115, adopted by the Mayor and City
Commission of City of Deerfield Beach on July 20, 2021.
A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COMMISSION OF THE CITY OF DEERFIELD
BEACH, FLORIDA, OPPOSING AND URGING BROWARD COUNTY TO
DENY THE PROPOSED AMENDMENT TO THE BROWARD COUNTY
COMPREHENSIVE PLAN, BROWARD COUNTY MUNICIPAL SERVICE
DISTRICT FUTURE LAND USE ELEMENT MAP SERIES, CHANGING THE
FUTURE LAND USE DESIGNATION OF THE FORMER WHEELABRATOR
NORTH RESOURCE RECOVERY FACILITY FROM ELECTRICAL
GENERATION FACILITY FUTURE LAND USE DESIGNATION TO
INDUSTRIAL FUTURE LAND USE DESIGNATION; DIRECTING THE CITY
CLERK TO TRANSMIT A CERTIFIED COPY OF THIS RESOLUTION TO THE
BROWARD COUNTY COMMISSION AND BROWARD MUNICIPALITIES;
PROVIDING FOR AN EFFECTIVE DATE.
The City of Deerfield Beach Clerk has requested that a copy of this Resolution be provided to the
Miami Beach Mayor and Commissioners.
If you have any questions, please contact the Office of the City Clerk at 305.673.7411.
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RESOLUTION NO. 2021/115
A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COMMISSION OF THE CITY OF
DEERFIELD BEACH FLORIDA, OPPOSING AND URGING
BROWARD COUNTY TO DENY THE PROPOSED AMENDMENT
TO THE BROWARD COUNTY COMPREHENSIVE PLAN,
BROWARD COUNTY MUNICIPAL SERVICE DISTRICT FUTURE
LAND USE ELEMENT MAP SERIES, CHANGING THE FUTURE
LAND USE DESIGNATION OF THE FORMER WHEELABRATOR
NORTH RESOURCE RECOVERY FACILITY FROM
ELECTRICAL GENERATION FACILITY FUTURE LAND USE
DESIGNATION TO INDUSTRIAL FUTURE LAND USE
DESIGNATION; DIRECTING THE CITY CLERK TO TRANSMIT
A CERTIFIED COPY OF THIS RESOLUTION TO THE BROWARD
COUNTY COMMISSION AND BROWARD MUNICIPALITIES;
PROVIDING FOR AN EFFECTIVE DATE
WHEREAS, Waste Management, Inc. of Florida ("Waste Management") has applied to
change the future land use designation of the 24.2 acre site located on the south side of Wiles Road,
west of North Powerline Road (the "Site") from electrical generation facility future land use
designation to industrial future land use designation (the "Proposed Amendment"); and
WHEREAS, the Site is the former Wheelabrator North Resource Recovery Facility that is
owned and operated by Waste Management, adjacent to the Monarch Hill Landfill; and
WHEREAS, the primary use of the Site was a waste to energy plant that is no longer
operating; and
WHEREAS, the Proposed Amendment would enable Waste Management to expand the
existing landfill at Monarch Hill; and
WHEREAS, the Proposed Amendment would replace an environmentally friendly
resource recovery facility use (waste to energy) with a use providing for increased landfilling of
trash; and
WHEREAS, the City is also particularly concerned with quality of life impacts on the
surrounding neighborhoods (ex. odor and noise), water and air quality, groundwater impacts and
resources, transportation impacts, and the negative impacts on recycling and resource recovery
that will likely result from adoption of the Proposed Amendment is adopted; and
WHEREAS, the existing landfill at Monarch Hill has degraded the water quality in the
aquifer beneath the Site, and the expansion of a landfill at the Site will increase the additional
adverse impacts on South Florida's only potable aquifer; and
WHEREAS, the City Commission finds it to be in the best interests of the City to oppose
the Proposed Amendment.
Resolution 2021/115
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE CITY COMMISSION OF THE
CITY OF DEERFIELD BEACH, FLORIDA, AS FOLLOWS:
Section 1. The above referenced "Whereas" clauses are true and correct and made a
part of this Resolution.
Section 2. The City Commission opposes the Proposed Amendment and urges the
Broward County Commission to deny the Proposed Amendment.
Section 3. The City Clerk is directed to transmit a certified copy of this Resolution to
the Broward County Commission and Broward municipalities.
Section 4. This Resolution shall take effect immediately upon adoption.
PASSED AND ADOPTED THIS 20TH DAY OF JULY, 2021.
BIL GANZ, MAYOR
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