Title
A Resolution Of The City Commission Of The City Of Hollywood, Florida, Approving And Authorizing The Appropriate City Officials To Execute An Interlocal Agreement With Broward County To Provide Cost Share Support Of A Water Conservation Incentives Program In A Total Amount Not To Exceed $107,530.87 Over A Five Year Period.
Strategic Plan Focus
Resilience & Sustainability
Body
Staff Recommends: Approval of the Attached Resolution.
Explanation:
Resilience and sustainability goals are often best served through partnerships. To this end, and in the belief that we achieve more by acting together, the City has long partnered with Broward County on various water conservation and quality preservation initiatives. The attached resolution proposes a renewal of one such long-standing partnership, the Broward County Water Conservation Incentive Program, aka the Broward Water Partnership "Conservation Pays" Program.
South Florida water systems face a number of water supply challenges including saltwater intrusion to well fields and periodic droughts. Water conservation incentive programs have been identified by the Broward Resources Task Force as the most cost-effective means of meeting regional projected water demands. Following these findings, Broward County established the Conservation Pays Program in 2011 to provide unified water conservation messaging, information, and services throughout the County. Hollywood was a partner in that initial program via an Interlocal Agreement (ILA) from 2011 to 2016 (R-2011-101) and continued under an additional ILA enacted in 2016 (R-2016-243). That current ILA will expire later this year (2021).
The Conservation Pays program provides professional conservation marketing, branding, and outreach. This includes an aggressive media campaign promoting overall sustainability as well as water conservation. Messaging is conveyed Countywide across all media platforms including television, radio, print, web (conservati...
Click here for full text