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RESOLUTION 81- 1072 -403
5 A RESOLUTION CONCERNING THE SETTLEMENT OF DIF-
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FERENCES AMONG THE CITY AND THE CITIES OF JACKSON-
VILLE BEACH, ATLANTIC BEACH AND NEPTUNE BEACH
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AND THE TOWN OF BALDWIN; APPROVING AN INTERLOCAL
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AGREEMENT EMBODYING THE SETTLEMENT AND AUTHO-
10 RIZING EXECUTION THEREOF BY THE MAYOR AND COR-
11 PORATION SECRETARY WHEN THE AGREEMENT HAS BEEN
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APPROVED BY THE GOVERNING BODIES OF THE OTHER
13 MUNICIPALITIES; PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE DATE.
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15 WHEREAS, the Council was requested by the Cities of Jacksonville Beach,
16 Atlantic Beach and Neptune Beach and the Town of Baldwin to remit certain amounts
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18 WHEREAS, the Council, in Resolutions 79- 894 -247, 79- 895 -248 and 79- 1179 -376,
19 established a dialogue with these municipalities for the resolution of their differences
20 with the City; and
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WHEREAS, the arties to said dialogue have come to an amicable settlement and
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are ready to enter into an interlocal agreement for that purpose; and
23 WHEREAS, the Council has considered the proposed interlocal agreement and is
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of the opinion that it represents a fair and just settlement; now, therefore
25 BE IT RESOLVED by the Council of the City of Jacksonville:
26 Section 1. The Council hereby approves the interlocal agreement between the
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27 City and the Cities of Jacksonville Beach, Atlantic Beach and Neptune Beach and the
28 Town of Baldwin. A copy of the interlocal agreement is attached hereto and by this
29 reference made a part hereof. The Council requests that the
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1 Jacksonville Beach, Atlantic Beach, Neptune Beach and Baldwin approve the interlocal
2 agreement as soon as their respective legislative processes allow. �s
3 Section 2. The Mayor and Corporation Secretary are authorized to execute the
4 interlocal agreement, concurrently with the appropriate � y ppropriate officials of Jacksonville Beach,
5 Atlantic Beach, Neptune Beach and Baldwin, as soon as the Mayor has received
6 satisfactory notification from those municipalities that their governing bodies have also
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8 Section 3. This resolution shall become effective upon signature by the Mayor or
9 upon becoming effective without the Mayor's signature.
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INTER- LOCAL AGREEMENT
Whereas the parties hereto are City of Atlantic Beach, City
of Neptune Beach, City of Jacksonville Beach, Town of Baldwin,
hereinafter referred to as the "Cities" and City of Jacksonville;
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WHEREAS, the parties have entered into dialogue pursuant to
respective resolutions in order to resolve differences as
contemplated by Case No. 79- 11883 -CA, in the Circuit Court in
and for Duval County, Florida; and
WHEREAS, the City of Jacksonville acting as$uval County
has heretofore provided good and valuable services to the Cities;
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• WHEREAS, the Cities are entitled to equitable adjustment in
matters pertaining to services provided by the City of Jacksonville;
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WHEREAS, it is in the best interest of all the citizens of
Jacksonville, Duval County, Florida, to implement said equitable
adjustment;
NOW, THEREFORE, it is agreed:
(1) The City of Jacksonville will pay:
(a). To City of Jacksonville Beach the sum of $100,000.
(b) To City of Atlantic Beach the sum of $40,141.
(c) To Neptune Beach the sum of $35,224.
(d) To the Town of Baldwin the sum of $4,718.
• Said sums shall be paid within 60 days from the date hereof.'
(2 -A) The Cities shall hereafter have the right and privilege
of depositing their garbage and refuse in the City of Jacksonville's
sanitary landfill operation free of any and all charges whatsoever.
(2-;B) The City of Jacksonville will forgive sanitary landfill
charges now in existence or owed to the City of Jacksonville, and
to the extent sanitary landfill charges have been paid by the Cities
• . then the Cities will individually receive a cash refund to the extent
of such payment.
• (3) The General Service District will assume responsibility
for traffic engineering but this shall not include traffic signs
within the municipal limits of the Cities.
(4) The General Service District will assume responsibility
for operating and maintaining county roads in the Cities. This
provision encompasses the following: •
JACKSONVILLE BEACH
Old Ponce Vedra Boulevard (3rd Street South) - ALA to
St. Johns County Line (0.645 Miles)
Penman Road - 20th Avenue North (Seagate Avenue) to Beach
Boulevard (1.330 Miles)
• Second Avenue North - 20th Street North to Z'tracoastal
Waterway (0.47. d Miles)
20th Street North - Beach Boulevard to Second Avenue
North (0.142 :Miles)
NEPTUNE BEACH
Florida Boulevard - Atlantic Boulevard to Perlman Road
(1.012 Miles)
Penman Road - Atlantic Boulevard to Seagate Avenue
(20th Avenue North) - (1.152 Miles)
BALDWIN
Yellow Water Road - From the Baldwin town limits north to
Beaver Street (0.505 Miles)
COUNTY WIDE
Traffic Engineering for the following State maintained roads;
U.S. 90 in Jacksonville Beach (Beach Boulevard) and Baldwin,
U.S. 301 in Baldwin, State Road ALA in Atlantic Beach,
Jacksonville Beach and Neptune Beach, State Road 10 in Atlantic
Beach.
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PLUS COUNTY ROAD PROGRAM
Florida Boulevard - Penman Road to Atlantic Boulevard
(1.0 Miles) - 4 Lane, Reconstruction
Estimated Cost $2.1 Million
Penman Road - Beach Boulevard to Florida Boulevard (1.9 Hiles) -
4 Lane, Reconstruction
Estimated Cost $4.3 Million
(5) The millage levy for the General Service District shall
be that imposed by the City Council each fiscal year. There
presently exists an 13.39. differential between the General Service
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District millage levy in the Cities (10.5219) and the General
Service District millage levy for the remainder of the County
i 112.5067). when establishing millage rates in the future the
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differential shall never be less than the present 18.8Z.
However, if at any time in the future additional county
governmental services are provided by the City of Jacksonville
to the Cities, and all parties agree not only'that the said
additional services are of "real and substantial benefit to
property or residents within the Cities" but that the additional
services will of necessity cause the existing 18.8Z millage
differential to change, then in those events, the arties may
adjust the 18.8Z millage differential.
(6) The parties fully recognize the pbwer and responsibility
of the City of Jacksonville to provide those governmental services
that are normally provided by counties to municipalities and are
normally considered to be county - public functions throughout the
general services district including the territory included within
the municipal boundaries of the Cities. The parties agree that
hose governmental services determined to be normal county- public
functions are as follows:
Property Appraiser'
Tax Collector
Supervisor of Elections
Courts
Hospitals
Port Authority
Transportation Authority
Libraries
Agriculture
Health (except for nuisance control and abatement)
Rescue
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Animal Control
Human Resources
Sports Complex and Auditorium
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Construction Trades Board
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Public Housing
Jails and Prisons •
Sheriff (except police operations)
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County Road Construction and Maintenance
Traffic Engineering on County Roads
Recreation - Regional and Countywide Recreational
Facilities Only
Sanitary Landfill
(a) The services listed above are to be financed by the City of
Jacksonville from the levy of county taxes throughout the General
Service District including the land within the municipal boundaries
of the Cities and from other revenues derived by the City of
Jacksonville acting as a county government. Any tax levy is subject
• to the statutory and constitutional limitations placed upon county
governments by the State of Florida.
(b) In the provision of the designated county services the City
. of Jacksonville shall not discriminate in any manner against
those county citizens who reside in the municipal boundaries
the Cities. The residents of the Cities shall be charged no
special fees or assessments in the use of county services and
there will be no reduction of services to the residents of the
Cities unless such reduction is made equitably on a countywide
basis.
(c) Nothing in this Agreement shall be construed to limit the
power or responsibility of any county officers whose power is
conferred by State Statutes or the Florida Constitution.
(7) The parties agree that the Cities have full authority to
provide normal municipal services even though these services may be
provided to other portions of the General Service District by the
City of Jacksonville. The Cities shall fund these services from
any source available to municipal corporations as authorized by
the Statutes and Constitution of the State of Florida.
Executed this day of
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WITNESS:
CITY OF JACKSONVILLE BEACH
3y Its Mayor
City Manager
CITY OF NEPTLTNE
By its:
CITY OF ATLANTIC BEACH
By Its:
TOWN OF BALDWIN
By Its:
CITY OF JACKSONVILLE
By its.
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RESOLUTION 81- 1072 -403
C E R T I F I C A T E O F A U T H E N T I C A T I O N
ADOPTED BY THE COUNCIL
February 9 , 19 82
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COUNCIL PRESIDENT
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SECRETARY. .TO: THE COUNCIL
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JAKE M. iiiiITOLD, MAYOR
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