Agenda Item Name:
Title
Interlocal Service Boundary Agreement Process with City of Alachua: Draft "Initiating Resolution".
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Presenter:
Ben Chumley, Senior Planner
Description:
This item includes a presentation on Interlocal Service Boundary Agreements (ISBA) under Florida annexation statute Chapter 171, Part II, and a request for Board authorization to send a letter from the County Manager to the City Manager of Alachua with a draft ISBA "Initiating Resolution", and requesting the City's feedback on the ISBA process, the Resolution, and the issues to be discussed. Based on feedback from the City of Alachua, the next step would be adoption of an "Initiating Resolution" to begin the formal statutory process under Chapter 171, Part II. The staff presentation and draft "Initiating Resolution" are attached to the agenda item.
Recommended Action:
Recommended Action
Authorize staff to send a letter from the County Manager to the City Manager of Alachua with a draft "Initiating Resolution" for an Interlocal Service Boundary Agreement (ISBA) process, and requesting the City's feedback on the process, the resolution, and the issues to be discussed.
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Prior Board Motions:
August 11, 2015 - In response to a letter from the Newberry City Manager requesting that the County take the lead on initiating an Interlocal Service Boundary Agreement process under Part II of Chapter 171 with the City of Newberry, there was some discussion of the statutory process for initiating an ISBA in relation to the Newberry request. At the conclusion of that discussion in 2015, the Board made a motion to request that the County Attorney brief the Board at a subsequent meeting on the options available to the County to address the issue of annexation through amendment of the County's Charter. There was no specific action taken by the Board on the City of Newberry's request in 2015.
Fiscal Consideration:
Fiscal Consideration
N/A
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Background:
Municipal annexation i...
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