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I OCT 10 19 4BOOK 58 FKE6 y�v RESOLUTION NO. 84- .L�1' RESOLUTION OF THE CITY OF ORCHID �2l EiUi6Z�2�' SUPPORTING THE EFFORTS OF INDIAN RIVER COUNTYP FLORIDA, IN PREPARING AND ADOPTING A COUNTY -WIDE FAIR SHARE TRANSPORTATION IMPACT FEE. WHEREAS, the tremendous rate of growth along the Treasure Coast in South Florida mandates that local governments devise ways .to assure that.. the cost of new growth is distributed fairly amongst the new Florida residents and those individuals who have been Florida residents for many years; and WHEREAS, the Board of County Commissioners of Indian River County has hired a consulting team to study the Indian River County thoroughfare plan, make recommendations as to the County's future transportation needs, establish the cost of necessary improvements to the transportation system required by future growth, estimate the revenue that will be available to the County for transportation purposes and to determine a fair means of distributing the shortfall amongst the present and future residents of Indian River County, and WHEREAS, the funds collected from any impact fee imposed should be used on transportation projects that bear a rational nexus between the impact of the project upon which the fee is assessed and the improvements that are to be made with the funds collected. NOW THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF ORCHID , FLORIDA, THAT= 1. The City of ORCHID supports and urges the County to undertake the study and prepare for consideration a fair -share transportation impact fee, and 2. The City of . ORCT;In now indicates its intent to participate with the County in the County -wide imposition of a fair and reasonable fair -share, transportation impact fee. The City will cooperate in the development and implementation of such an impact fee and will work with the County to develop a fee that can be imposed uniformly throughout the countv includinq areas within city limits. 64