Resolution No. 08-10RESOLUTION NO.08-10
A RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING THE MAYOR AND CITY MANAGER
TO EXECUTE A REVISED INTERLOCAL AGREEMENT, ATTACHED
AS EXHIBIT A, BETWEEN THE CITY OF ATLANTIC BEACH, THE
CITY OF JACKSONVILLE, THE CITY OF JACKSONVILLE BEACH,
THE CITY OF NEPTUNE BEACH, THE TOWN OF BALDWIN, (THE
"CITIES") AND THE DUVAL COUNTY SCHOOL BOARD TO
COORDINATE THE LOCATION AND DEVELOPMENT OF PUBLIC
SCHOOL FACILITIES THROUGHOUT DUVAL COUNTY AND
PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE DATE.
WHEREAS, the Cities and the School Board recognize the benefits to the citizens and
students of the communities by more closely coordinating their land use and school facilities
Planning programns: namely (1) better coordination of new schools in time and place with land
development, (2) greater efficiency for the Cities and the School Board by the reduction of
student travel times and the placement of schools to take advantage of existing and planned
roads, water, sewer, and parks, (3) improved student access and. safety by coordinating the
construction of new and expanded schools with the road and sidewalk construction programs of
the Cities, (4) the location and design of schools so that they serve as community focal points,
(5) the location and design of schools with parks, active recreation facilities, libraries, and other
community facilities to take advantage of joint use opportunities, and (6) the location of new
schools and expansion and rehabilitation of existing schools so as to reduce pressures
contributing urban sprawl and support stability and reinvestment in existing neighborhoods; and
WHEREAS, the City Council of the City of Jacksonville and tin; Duval County School
Board, in March 2001, established a Joint Planning Committee to serve as an advisory body to
the Cities and School Board, and charged said Joint Planning Committee to assist the Cities and
the School Board in carrying out many of the public school facility planning responsibilities
subsequently mandated in Sections 1013.33 and 163.31777, Florida Staturtes, and
WHEREAS, Section 1413.33(10}, Florida Statutes, requires that the location of public
education facilities must be consistent with the comprehensive plans and implementing land
development regulations of the appropriate Cities; and
WHEREAS, Sections 163.3177(6~h)1 and 2, Florida .Statutes, requires each local
government to adopt an intergovernmental coordination element as part of their comprehensive
plan that states principles and guidelines to be used in the accomplishment of the adopted
comprehensive plan with the plans of the school boards, and describe the processes for
collaborative planning and decision making on population projections and public school siting;
and
WHEREAS, Section 1 b3.3 i 77(6xh~, Florida Statutes, further requires Duval County,
all of the municipalities within Duval county, and the Duval County School Board to establish by
interlocal agreement executed by all of the affected parties, the joint processes described above
consistent with their adopted intergovernmental coordination elements; and
WHEREAS, an Interlocal Agreement was initially executed on May 12, 2003, and has
been updated to reflect changes in the state concurrency legislation relating to public schools as
provided in Laws 20!05, a 2005-290 (Senate Bill 360), which became effective July 1, 2005: and
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WHEREAS, the Cities and the School Board have mutually agreed that coordination of
school facility planning and comprehensive land use planning is in the best interest of the
citizens of the Cities; and
WHEREAS, the Cities have jurisdiction for larxl use and growth management decisions
within their boundaries, and
WHEREAS, the School Board has the responsibility to provide school facilities to
ensure a free and adequate public education to the residents of the Cities, and
WHEREAS, the Cities and the School Beard agree that they can better fulfill their
respective responsibilities by working in close cooperation to ensure that adequate public school
facilities are available to the residents of the Cities, and
WHEREAS, the parties are authorized to enter into this interlocal agreement pursuant to
Section 163.01, Section 163.3177(6xh}2, Section 163.3180(13x9}, Section 1013.33(2xa}, and
Section 163.31777, Florida Statutes;
NOW THEREFORE BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COAZbSLSSION FOR
THE CITY OF ATLANTIC BEACH:
Section 1. The Mayor, or his designee the City Manager, is hereby authorized to execute
on behalf of the City of Atlantic Beach ~ Interlocal Agreement between the City of Atlantic
Beach, the City of Jacksonville Beach, the City of Neptune Beach, the Town of Baldwin, the
City of Jacksonville, and the Duval County School Board, in substantially the form attached
hereto and made a part hereof as Exhibit A, to coordinate the location and development of public
school facilities throughout Duval County and administering the school concurrency requirement
of Chapter 163, Florida Statutes .
Section 2. This Resolution shall appeal and replace the previous Interiocal Agreements
for Joint Facility Planning Resolution as adopted by Resolutions 03-04 and 07-13.
Section 3. This Resolution shall take effect immediately upon its passage and adoption.
ADOPTED BY THE CITY COIVIlVIISSION OF A C BEACH, FLORIDA, THIS
25th DAY OF Angnst, 2008. ~
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Q~lvriGl a~G~2~G
Donna I,. Bartle, CMC
City Clerk
ohn S. Meserve
and idinst Officer
as to form and correctness:
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