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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 an <br />d 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 an <br />d 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 <br />River County in a great example of self-government, <br />have 111 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 stan <br />d 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misrepresentation of facts given that three counties have withdrawn from the process and ignores 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 <br />Irrremer FikalConrenr.OuNnnkU9ADMD5RLSeven50 (3).doc <br />