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RESOLUTION # 2010- 036 A RESOLUTION OF THE INDIAN RIVER COUNTY BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS SUPPORTING THE REGIONAL PLANNING COUNCILS OF SOUTHEAST FLORIDA IN PREPARING A COMPREHENSIVE JOINT APPLICATION UNDER THE FEDERAL SUSTAINABLE COMMUNITIES INITIATIVE AND ESTABLISHING A WORKING PARTNERSHIP AGREEMENT WITH APPROPRIATE WATER RESOURCE, HOUSING, ENVIRONMENTAL AND TRANSPORTATION AGENCIES, LOCAL GOVERNMENTS, NONPROFITS, ACADEMIA, AND PRIVATE SECTOR ORGANIZATIONS WHEREAS, on June 16, 2009, the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD), the U.S. Department of Transportation (DOT), and the U.S Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced a new partnership to regionally coordinate federal housing, environmental protection, and transportation planning and investment; and WHEREAS, this new partnership is looking to multidisciplinary regional councils of government to identify and coordinate regional strategies that • Provide a regional vision or plan for sustainable growth • Integrate housing, water infrastructure, transportation, land use planning and investment • Address energy efficiency • Address the impacts of climate change through the development of mitigation and adaptation strategies • Foster compatibility of sustainable built systems with restoration of the Florida Everglades • Promote the creation of equitable, sustainable communities • Promote environmental protection and restoration • Redevelop underutilized sites • Leverage federal investment in existing communities • Promote equitable affordable housing • Increase economic competitiveness • Invest in healthy, safe and walkable neighborhoods — rural, urban or suburban WHEREAS, there is a clear understanding that the Sustainable Communities Initiative program is designed to establish a comprehensive regional plan or vision identifying critical projects and infrastructure to improve the Region's sustainability and to be used as a guide by federal funding agencies to prioritize and focus future federal investment; and WHEREAS, any application for funding under the Sustainable Communities Initiative should be prepared in consultation with the appropriate water resource, housing, environmental, and transportation agencies local governments, nonprofits, academia, and private sector organizations and should include a formalized agreement among these entities to work cooperatively on the application and funded project; and WHEREAS, the regional planning councils of Southeast Florida should commit the resources necessary within the limits of their budgets and work programs to prepare and submit a successful joint application under the Sustainable Communities Initiative;