SECTION I AMENDMENT REPORT BROWARD COUNTY LAND USE PLAN TEXT PROPOSED AMENDMENT PCT Fracturing (i.e. fracking) RECOMMENDATIONS/ACTIONS

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1 SECTION I BROWARD COUNTY LAND USE PLAN TEXT Fracturing (ie fracking) RECOMMENDATIONS/ACTIONS DATE I Planning Council Staff Transmittal Recommendation March 13, 2018 It is recommended that the proposed amendment to the BrowardNext - Broward County Land Use Plan be approved See Attachment 1 II Planning Council Transmittal Recommendation March 22, 2018 Approval per Planning Council staff transmittal recommendation (Vote of the board; Unanimous: 18-0; Blackwelder, Blattner, Breslau, Brunson, Castillo, DiGiorgio, Ganz, Gomez, Good, Graham, Grosso, Moraitis, Rosenof, Rosenzweig, Ryan, Udine, Williams and Stermer) I - 1

2 SECTION II BACKGROUND INFORMATION The Broward County Board of County Commissioners adopted the update of the BrowardNext - Broward County Land Use Plan at its April 25, 2017, public hearing While the update was unanimously supported at the Planning Council s second public hearing on March 23, 2017, some members expressed additional comments In consultation with the Planning Council Attorney, it was determined that the comments were substantive in nature and would require public outreach and review The member comments were then sent to all Planning Council members over a period of several months for their review and any additional comments Subsequently, at its October 26, 2017, meeting, the Broward County Planning Council initiated an amendment to strengthen newly adopted Policy 293 regarding opposition to any type of fracturing (ie fracking) or other well stimulation See Attachment 1 for the proposed text amendment PUBLIC OUTREACH Planning Council staff distributed the text amendment through communication in December of 2017 to all municipal mayors, managers and planning directors, as well as interested parties See Attachment 2 No substantive comments have been received as of this date RECOMMENDATION Planning Council staff recommends that the proposed amendment to the BrowardNext Broward County Land Use Plan be approved II - 1

3 SECTION III ATTACHMENT 1 Proposed Amendment PCT correspondence from Barbara Blake Boy to all municipal mayors, managers and planners, as well as interested parties, dated December 11, 2017 III - 1

4 ATTACHMENT 1 BROWARDNEXT - BROWARD COUNTY LAND USE PLAN PROPOSED TEXT AMENDMENT PCT 18-4 Section 2: Policies MINING POLICY 293 Broward County continues to oppose and prohibit in any land use category the use of hydraulic fracturing, acid fracturing, and any form of extreme well stimulation for the purposes of resource extraction NOTE: Proposed additions are indicated by underlined text

5 ATTACHMENT 2 From: Subject: Date: Blake Boy, Barbara BrowardNext - Broward County Land Use Plan Policy 293 Regarding Opposition to Fracturing (Fracking) Monday, December 11, :25:43 AM (Please note that this is being sent to all municipal mayors, managers and planners, as well as interested parties) Good morning At its October 26, 2017, meeting, the Broward County Planning Council initiated a text amendment to strengthen Policy 293 regarding the County s opposition to hydraulic fracturing (fracking) The proposed Policy revision follows in a bold and underline format: Policy 293 Broward County continues to oppose and prohibits in any land use category the use of hydraulic fracturing, acid fracturing, and any form of extreme well stimulation for the purposes of resource extraction Please submit any comments regarding the proposal no later than January 19, 2018 Please feel free to contact me if you have any questions Barbara Barbara Blake Boy, Executive Director 115 South Andrews Avenue, Room 307 Fort Lauderdale, Florida (direct) wwwbrowardorg/planningcouncil There is nothing good or bad but thinking makes it so William Shakespeare