Agenda Item 6AAGENDA ITEM # 6A
APRIL 8, 2013
RESOLUTION NO. 13 -05
A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COMMISSION OF THE CITY OF ATLANTIC
BEACH, FLORIDA, RELATING TO THE NORTHEAST FLORIDA REGIONAL
COUNCIL AND THE 2013 UPDATE TO ITS STRATEGIC REGIONAL POLICY
PLAN; PLEDGING SUPPORT FOR REGIONAL COOPERATION AND THE
COMMON POLICY FRAMEWORK PROVIDED BY THE UPDATED
STRATEGIC REGIONAL POLICY PLAN AND PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE
DATE.
WHEREAS, THE Northeast Florida Regional Council ( NEFRC) was formed on February 14,
1977 by and between Baker, Clay, Duval, Flagler, Nassau, Putnam and St. Johns Counties through
an Interlocal Agreement pursuant to the Florida Interlocal Cooperation Act of 1969, Section
163.01 Florida Statutes; and
WHEREAS, the Interlocal Agreement creating the NEFRC states, in part, that the purpose of
the NEFRC and Florida Regional Councils in general is to provide for "...areawide coordination
and related cooperative activities of federal, state and local governments and ensure a broad -based
regional organization that can provide a truly regional perspective enhancing the ability and
opportunity of local governments to resolve issues and problems transcending their individual
boundaries "; and
WHEREAS, the Florida Regional Planning Council Act, Sections 186.501- 186 -513, Florida
Statutes states, in part, "There is a need for the establishment at the regional level of clear policy
plans that will guide broad -based representative regional planning agencies as they undertake
regional review functions" and provide for the creation of Strategic Regional Policy Plans (SRPP);
and
WHEREAS, the NEFRC began the process of updating its SRPP in May, 2009 with Reality
Check First Coast, County Checks and Generation Check, followed by the creation of First Coast
Vision through the Regional Community Institute in 2011; and
WHEREAS, through the process leading up to the adoption of the updated SRPP the NEFRC
has engaged thousands of citizens in Northeast Florida; and
WHEREAS, the Board of Directors of the NEFRC has directed that the update to the SRPP
will be less directive and more supportive of the individual efforts of the Region's local
governments in meeting the broad policy framework of the SRPP; and
WHEREAS, Northeast Florida is an increasingly interconnected and interdependent Region
where activities undertaken in any single jurisdiction have Region -wide effects; and
WHEREAS, the Local Governments in Northeast Florida recognize we are stronger
collectively than we are individually.
AGENDA ITEM # 6A
APRIL 8, 2013
NOW THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED that the City Commission of Atlantic Beach,
Florida, declares its support to Regional cooperation and further declares its support of a common
policy framework as contained in the NEFRC'S draft update to its SRPP while maintaining its
rights under Sections 120.54 and 120.56, Florida Statutes.
ADOPTED by the City Commission of Atlantic Beach, Florida, this 8t' day of April, 2013.
MIKE BORNO
Mayor
ATTEST:
DONNA L. BARTLE, CMC
City Clerk
Approved as to form and correctness:
ALAN C. JENSEN, ESQUIRE
City Attorney