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Im RESOLUTION NO. 82-37 ® A RESOLUTION OF THE BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS OF INDIAN RIVER COUNTY IN OPPOSITION TO THE PASSAGE OF HOUSE BILL 680, SENATE BILL 579 AND HOUSE BILL 645. ® WHEREAS, it is the responsibility of the various counties to plan for and provide necessary urban services to the unincor- porated portions of counties within the State of Florida, and WHEREAS, the planning necessary to accomplish this goal • 0 must be done many years in advance to accommodate the growth pattern now prevalent in southeast Florida, and WHEREAS, Senate Bill 579 House Bill 680 if adopted will frustrate attempts by counties to plan for future orderly growth, and WHEREAS, under current law areas sought to be voluntarily annexed must be contiguous to the municipal limits thereby assuring that annexations will occur in an orderly sequential pattern, and WHEREAS, the proposed bills delete the requirement that the property be contiguous as long as the area is within an annexa- tion reserve area that may be established and defined by municipal ordinance or other legally binding agreement, and WHEREAS, the proposal does not define or limit munici- pality's power to designate any property whatsoever as being within the city's reserve area, and IF these proposals become law, it will allow municipali- ties to annex areas that are not coterminous with the city limits, creating county pockets, enclaves and defeating the current purpose of fostering orderly annexations of unincorporated areas, and WHEREAS, these amendments will impede the County's ability to plan for future development under the local government Comprehensive Planning Act of 1975, and WHEREAS, House Bill 645 is an attempt to weaken the notice required to be published by a municipality to inform inter- ested residents of the city's annexation activities. NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE BOARD OF COUNTY ��\ COMMISSIONERS OF INDIAN RIVER COUNTY that;