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~'+. RESOLUTION N0. 79-12
A RESOLUTION PROVIDING FOR PETITION TO THE CITY COUNCIL
' ~ OF THE CITY ~OF JACKSONVILLE ACTING IN ITS CAPACITY AS
THE GOVERNING AUTHORITY OF DUVAL COUNTY TO DEVELOP AN
APPROPRIATE MECHANISM :'0 FINANCE THE IDENTIFIED COST OF
SERVICES 'PAID .BYREVENUES COLLECTED FROM OR ON BEHALF
OF PROPERTY ~~WITHIN THE CITY DF ATLANTIC,'BEACN ~TO FINANCE
SERVICES WHICH PROVIDE NO REAL OR SUBSTANTIAL BENEFIT TO
THE CITIZENS OF THE CITY ~~Ok ATLf{NTTC BEACH AND REOUESTING
THE COUNTY (CITY OF JACKSONVILLE) TO REMIT TO ',THE CITY OF
ATLANTIC BEACH AN AMOUNT ~,ElIUAL TD THE ,IDENTIFIED OVER-
PAYMENT DURING THE CURRENT FISCAL YEAR. ~'
WHEREAS, by the adoption of the 1968 Florida Constitution the
people mandated that city property should not be taxed to finance services
exclusively for the benefit of unincorporated areas; and
WHEREAS, the Supreme Court of florida has observed that this consti-
tutional provision meant what it said; and
WHEREAS, the Legislature of Florida during its 1974 session enacted
~^~w, a comprehensive statute protecting municipal property from dual taxation;
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NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED B Y THE CITY COMMISSION Of THE CI T Y
OF ATLANTIC BEACH, FLORIDA:
⢠SECTION 1. That pursuant to and in accordance with Section 125.01
{61 (al, Florida Statutes, the City Commission of the City of Atlantic Beach
as its governing body does hereby petition the City Council of the City of
Jacksonville considered~n its capacity as Duval County to remit to the City
of Atlantic Beach the identified cost of services paid by taxes levied upon
property situate within the city as hereinafter enumerated herein and to here-
after develop an appropriate mechanism to finance such activities by taxes,
special assessments, or service charges Levied solely upon residents or property
in the unincorporated area or otherwise instead of out of the taxes Levied
against property in this City. The enumerated services, specifically identified
~~ as to service are as faliows:
1. Fire
2. Sheriff-Police Services
3. Engi neeri nq
4, Streets
5. Sanitation
6. Payments for Residential Solid Waste Collection
7. _ Reai Estates a u~ ~ ~~ i, i '
'" 8, Traffic Engineering ~ ~~ ' â˘~'~~~
9. Street Lights '
10, Recreation and Public Affairs (except Hanna Park)
11. Nuisance Control
12. Noise Po1I uti on
13. Air Monitoring Program
14, Planning .
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f-~,~, 15. Downtown Development Authority
l ' 1~. Other Non-Departmental items listed in detail in the City
of Jackson vi 11e budget
17. Portions o f the fallowing .indirect services:
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a. Counci 1
b. Mayor
c. Ci vi 1 Service Board
d. Finance
e. Information Services
f. Public Buildings
g. Ci vi 1 Defense -Security Guards
h. Other Non-Departmental stems listed in detail in
the City of Jacksonville ~6udget
SECTION 2. That the .imbalance created by funding the services and
prpgrams enumerated in Section 1 from countywide revenues is $17,117,432 and
that in order to correct this imbalance a property tax mileage reduction of
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3.0148 ~i s ~requi red for the property situated within Atlantic Beach.
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SECTION 3. That the mileage reduction identified in Section 2
represents an overpayment of $229,534 by Atlantic Beach tai; payers during the
1978-79 fiscal year.
SECTION 4. That an authenticated, copy of this Resolution provedsng
for this yeti ti an be promptly submitted to the City Counci 1 of the Cl t y of
Jacksonville.
~,~,~ SECTION S. This Resolution sha11 take effect .immediately.
Passed by the City Commission ",Tâ~,e ~4_ ~igZg _
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.:. ;f,~~~, ~ ATTEST:
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~= . =~ Ade1 ai de R. Tucker
~' City Clerk
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