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V. INFRASTRUCTURE AND SERVICE CAPACITY Hard infrastructure is defined as an interconnected physical network or system for the provision and delivery of essential commodities or services. At the local level, hard infrastructure includes the: multi-modal transportation network; potable water treatment and collection system; sanitary sewer collection and treatment system; solid waste collection and disposal system, and; stormwater drainage system. Soft infrastructure refers to institutions and facilities necessary to maintain community standards, the economy, and quality of life. At the local level, soft infrastructure includes parks and schools. This Chapter addresses the capacity of the City's hard infrastructure system, with the exception of the multimodal transportation system and potable water, which are respectively addressed in the concurrent Transportation Master Plan and Water Supply Plan efforts. It also addresses the capacity of parks and schools. In order to maintain the physical capacity of its infrastructure systems, the City of Sunny Isles Beach has adopted Level of Service Standards in the Comprehensive Plan and Land Development Code. The City ensures that these standards are met through: Concurrency Management, which requires that the infrastructure needed to serve new development and redevelopment is in place prior to or at the time development; capital improvement projects, and; coordination with other service providers, such as Miami-Dade County and Miami-Dade County Public Schools. A. Sanitary Sewer The City's adopted Level of Service Standard for sanitary sewer is that the Regional Wastewater Treatment Plant shall operate with a physical capacity no less than the annual average daily flow. The City is served by Miami-Dade County's North District Wastewater Treatment Plant, which has a capacity of 120.09 million gallons per day, and a current average daily flow of 86.27 million gallons per day. The City does not anticipate any issues with meeting its Sanitary Sewer Level of Service Standard due to projected population growth during the planning period. B. Solid Waste The City's adopted Level of Service Standard for solid waste is that the County shall maintain a disposal capacity sufficient to accommodate waste for a minimum of five years. The City's solid waste is disposed at the North Dade Landfill. According to Miami-Dade County's Department of Solid Waste Management, the North Dade Landfill has adequate capacity through 2020. C. Drainage The City's Level of Service Standard for stormwater drainage is protection from the degree of flooding that would result for a duration of one day from a ten-year storm event. The City maintains its stormwater drainage system through its Public Works Department, 13