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WHEREAS, Florida Statutes Section 339.175 establishes MPO <br />apportionment plan criteria, which include among other <br />requirements that MPO members be elected officials from <br />generale purpose local governments within the MPO area and that <br />representation on the MPO by local governments be generally <br />proportional to the local governments' population; and <br />WHEREAS, the MPO area must include the existing urbanized area as <br />well as the area expected to be urbanized within twenty years <br />and, therefore, will include all five municipalities in the <br />county as well as much of the incorporated area east of I-95; <br />and <br />WHEREAS, the 1990 Census determined that County and municipal <br />population figures were as follows: <br />Total County <br />Unincorporated <br />Vero Beach <br />Sebastian <br />Indian River Shores <br />Fellsmere <br />Orchid <br />Population Percent <br />90,208 <br />100 <br />58,186 <br />64.5 <br />17,350 <br />19.2 <br />10,205 <br />11.3 <br />2,278 <br />2.5 <br />2,179 <br />2.4 <br />10 <br />.01 <br />NOW, THEREFORE, Be it Resolved by the Board of County Commissioners <br />of Indian River County, Florida, that: <br />1. The Board agrees in principle to enter into an interlocal <br />agreement with the municipalities in the County and the <br />Florida Department of Transportation to formally create <br />the Vero Beach MPO; and <br />2. The Board agrees to a Vero Beach MPO apportionment plan <br />which shall be as follows: <br />nine voting members with representation as <br />follows: <br />- four members of the Indian River County <br />Board of County Commissioners <br />- two members of the Vero Beach City Council <br />- one member of the Sebastian City Council <br />- one member of the Indian River Shores Town <br />Council <br />- one member of the Fellsmere City Council <br />two non-voting members with representation as <br />follows: <br />- one member of the Orchid Town Council <br />- one member of the Indian River County School <br />Board <br />21 <br />BOOK Ut <br />A <br />