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12.B. "STAND DOWN RESOLUTION" (INTERLOCAL AGREEMENT) Attorney Collins related that a group of City Mayors proposed a "stand down resolution" that is really an Interlocal Agreement between the County and all the Municipalities as an option to Charter Government, whereby all parties would agree that there would be no annexations, increase in density, or increase in heights for a 1 -year period during which the interlocal agreements were being negotiated. In that "stand down agreement", Fellsmere has excluded any applications for annexation and the County has the right to challenge those applications. Any change to these restrictions would only be changed by a super majority vote of all the parties to the agreement. This does not apply to lands for which annexation petitions were submitted before May 1, nor does it preclude any party from bringing a challenge to the annexation, or related Comprehensive Plan amendments. He concluded, stating that the idea was to maintain the status quo and give all the local governments a chance to work on the interlocal agreements that they were discussing in the prior resolution. MOTION WAS MADE by Commissioner Flescher, SECONDED by Commissioner Davis for discussion, to approve the "stand down resolution"/Interlocal Agreement as an interim step towards implementing interlocal agreements on annexation. Discussion ensued by Vice Chair Bowden, regarding the Chairman having been voted as their "point person" at a prior meeting. Attorney Collins felt staff received direction from the full Commission to work with staff of the other cities to go forward, and was hopeful that these meetings would give them direction on major policy issues. He was not under the impression that there was a "point person". Jason Nunemaker, City Manager of Fellsmere, advised that his Council members were concerned with the applicability of this agreement and did not approve it. May 22, 2007 16