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RESOLUTION NO * 2014m 003 <br /> A RESOLUTION OF THE BOARD OF COUNTY <br /> COMMISSIONERS OF INDIAN RIVER COUNTY , <br /> FLORIDA REQUESTING ALL SEVEN50 DOCUMENTS <br /> ACCURATELY REFLECT THE NUMBER OF COUNTIES <br /> PARTICIPATING IN THE PROCESS ; DRIECTING THE <br /> CLERK TO THE BOARD TO MAIL COPIES OF THIS <br /> RESOLUTION ; AND REQUESTING A VOTE BY THE <br /> TREASURE COAST REGIONAL PLANNING COUNCIL. <br /> WHEREAS , among the core values of the Board of County Commissioners (the <br /> "Board") of Indian River County are representative democracy, fiscal responsibility, local <br /> decision making, limited government and Liberty ; and <br /> WHEREAS , the Seven50 plan is based not on the core values of Indian River County, <br /> but on HUD ' s Six Livability Principles ; and <br /> WHEREAS, the Board of Indian River County believes that any plan for Indian River <br /> County should take its direction from the citizens of Indian River County, and not from an <br /> unelected bureaucracy in Washington D . C . ; and <br /> WHEREAS, the Seven50 plan undermines representative democracy and local decision <br /> making by calling for unelected regional boards that "transcend geographic boundaries and local <br /> political considerations" ; and <br /> WHEREAS , the Seven50 plan ignores economic reality and fiscal responsibility by <br /> calling for multiple subsidies and this Board recognizes that neither a county nor a region can <br /> subsidize its way to prosperity ; and <br /> WHEREAS , the Board of Indian River County recognizes that the way to foster local <br /> decision making is to support home rule and keep decision making in the communities affected <br /> by the decisions and away from unelected bureaucracies be they in Stuart, Miami or Washington, <br /> D . C . ; and <br /> WHEREAS, the only way for Liberty to prosper is to keep and maintain a limited <br /> government, close to the people, and to avoid the creation of bureaucracies, which are not <br /> representative of the people , and <br /> WHEREAS , the people of Indian River County in a great example of self- government, <br /> have made clear to their elected representatives that the Seven50 plan is not consistent with their <br /> views of Liberty and limited government, and <br /> WHEREAS, Seven50 is supposed to stand for " seven counties, 50 years" , it is now a <br /> misrepresentation of facts given that three counties have withdrawn from the process and ignores <br /> Page 1 of 2 <br /> C:1Documema and SettingaWreingaldiLocal SeuingvlTemporary Irrremer FikalConrenr.OuNnnkU9ADMD5RLSeven50 (3).doc <br />