Resolution No. 13-10 v RESOLUTION NO. 13-10
A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY OF ATLANTIC BEACH, FLORIDA, RECOGNIZING
THE BENEFITS OF PUBLIC LIBRARIES, ENCOURAGING THE CITY OF
JACKSONVILLE TO KEEP THE BEACHES LIBRARY IN NEPTUNE BEACH OPEN
FOR THE PUBLIC AND REMINDING THE CITY OF JACKSONVILLE OF ITS
REQUIREMENTS UNDER THE INTERLOCAL AGREEMENTS TO PROVIDE
LIBRARY SERVICES TO ATLANTIC BEACH.
WHEREAS, for over 44 years, the Beaches Branch Library has provided important library services to
residents of the beaches;and
WHEREAS,the Beaches Branch Library provides important resources to the general public,particularly
to our youth,with the availability of books and electronic media to further their education and also provides
an important meeting place for civic groups within the community,a polling place for elections,and for many
other purposes;and
WHEREAS,the City of Jacksonville, acting in its capacity as a county government, entered into various
Interlocal Agreements with the City of Atlantic Beach beginning in 1982 and provided other written
assurances from current Mayors which required Jacksonville to provide certain countywide services and the
provision of libraries were specifically articulated as one of those services that Jacksonville would continue to
provide to citizens at the beaches;and
WHEREAS, the City of Jacksonville further agreed that there would be no reduction in these county
services unless such a reduction is made equitably on a countywide basis;and
WHEREAS, the Jacksonville Library Board has indicated that the Beaches Library in Neptune Beach
may be closed in the coming year because of budget constraints; and
WHEREAS, the closing of this library would not only conflict with the Interlocal Agreements that
Jacksonville has entered into with Atlantic Beach but also eliminate the valuable services provided to the
beaches residents.
NOW 'THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED that the City Commission of Atlantic Beach, Florida,
encourages the Jacksonville Library Board, Mayor Alvin Brown and the Jacksonville City Council, all of
which may play a part in any decision to close the Beaches Library, to keep the Beaches Branch Library
opened, to continue providing valuable services to the beaches residents that are provided in the City of
Jacksonville and to remind these various public officials that closing the library in Neptune Beach would
violate the Interlocal Agreements that the City of Jacksonville has with the City of Atlantic Beach.
ADOPTED by the City Commission of Atlantic Beach,Florida,this 24th day of June 2013.
(
MIKE BORNO
Mayor
ATT ST: 77 4
Q0014/111-4/ V 4)a-1/tie_
DONNA L.BARTLE,CMC
City Clerk
Aspro d as to form and correctness:
jL�•.:'_
•� • . SEN,ESQUIRE
C r orney