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WHEREAS, this Agreement amends, ratifies, confirms and restates, in its entirety, the Interlocal Agreement
<br />entered on August 19, 1976, as amended on November 25, 1980, by and among the parties to this agreement
<br />pursuant to which the Treasure Coast Regional Planning Council was originally created; and
<br />WHEREAS, the Florida Regional Planning Council Act, mandates the creation of a Regional Planning Council
<br />in each of the several comprehensive planning districts of the state; and,
<br />WHEREAS, the Executive Office of the Governor has designated that Comprehensive Planning District X shall
<br />be comprised of the counties of Indian River, Martin, Palm Beach and St. Lucie; and
<br />WHEREAS, a declared purpose of the Florida Regional Planning Council Act is to establish a common system
<br />of regional planning councils for areawide coordination and related cooperative activities of federal, state and local
<br />governments and ensure a broad-based regional organization that can provide a truly regional perspective enhancing
<br />the ability and opportunity of local governments to resolve issues and problems transcending their individual
<br />boundaries; and
<br />WHEREAS, it is the desire of the parties hereto to continue as a regional planning council and regional
<br />planning agency; and
<br />WHEREAS, the Local Government Comprehensive Planning and Land Development Regulation Act,
<br />contained in Chapter 163, Part II Florida Statutes, assigns to regional planning councils the responsibility to review
<br />local government comprehensive plans and comprehensive plan amendments; and
<br />WHEREAS, the Environmental Land and Water Management Act, Chapter 380, Florida Statutes, assigns to
<br />regional planning agencies, among other duties, the duty to study, review and make recommendations concerning
<br />areas of Critical State Concern, Florida Quality Developments, and Developments of Regional Impact; and
<br />WHEREAS, Governor's Executive Orders 83-150 and 95-359 and Presidential Executive Order 82-12372,
<br />designates the comprehensive regional planning agencies as areawide clearinghouses responsible for review and
<br />coordination regarding certain Federal programs; and
<br />WHEREAS, Regional Planning Councils are statutorily assigned various responsibilities or functions in
<br />Chapter 163, 164, 186, 252, 260, 288, 339, 378, 380, 403, 419, 420, and 985, Florida Statutes and other applicable
<br />federal, state and local laws.
<br />WHEREAS, the parties hereto desire to make the most efficient use of their powers to cooperate for mutual
<br />advantage in being a member of the Treasure Coast Regional Planning Council and to confer upon the Treasure
<br />Coast Regional Planning Council in addition to any statutory powers it currently possesses the additional powers
<br />herein set forth.
<br />NOW, THEREFORE, for and in consideration of mutual promises, covenants, benefits to accrue from conduct
<br />of a regional planning process, and agreements herein contained and set forth, the member governments do hereby
<br />ratify and confirm the establishment and continuation, pursuant to the authority of Section 163.01 and Section
<br />186.501, Florida Statutes, of the Treasure Coast Regional Planning Council located in Comprehensive Planning
<br />District X consisting of the counties Indian River, Martin, Palm Beach County, and St. Lucie, hereinafter referred to
<br />as the COUNCIL, a separate legal entity, and do further delegate such powers as are specified herein to it and agree
<br />as follows:
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