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HomeMy WebLinkAbout1971-01940 40 RESOLUTION 71-19 RESOLUTION OF THE BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS OF INDIAN RIVER COUNTY, FLORIDA, AUTHORIZING THE PREPARATION OF COMPREHENSIVE AREA WATER AND SEWER DEVELOPMENT PLAN WHEREAS,+the Attorney General of the State of Florida, in an opinion dated March 18, 1966, addressed to Mr. Sidney Martin, President of the State Association of County Commissioners, Hawthorne, Florida, held that Counties of the State of Florida are authorized to accept grants from agencies of the United States of America and to make comprehensive plans for the development of the Counties, including the establishment of water distribution systems and waste. disposal systems, and WHEREAS, Indian River County, Florida, does not have available sufficient funds to undertake the comprehensive planning for area water and sewer development, and WHEREAS, Indian River County, Florida, has made application to the Farmers Home Administration, United States Department of Agri- culture, for a grant for the purpose of makinga comprehensive area water and sewer development plan, and r tWHEREAS, Indian River County, Florida, is an organization as defined in,FHA Instruction 442.7 as eligible for a grant for planning. NOW, THEREFORE, be it resolved by the Board of County Commissioners of Indian River County, Florida: 1. That it is in the best interests of Indian River County, Florida that the Board of County Commissioners seek a grant for the purpose of making a comprehensive area water and sewer development plan and that the Board of County Commissioners has determined that the County does not have sufficient funds available -. to undertake such planning. 0 40 El ' -2- 2. That pursuant to the authority vested in the Board of County Commissioners of Indian River County, and the provisions of Florida Statutes Annotated 153.04, said County Commissioners do hereby adopt and choose to exercise the powers granted pursuant to the provisions of the County Water System and Sanitary Sewer Financing Law (Florida Statutes Annotated 153.03 through 153.20.) 3. That the Chairman and Clerk to the Board of County Commissioners are authorized to execute an agreement with David B. Smith Engineers, Inc., and Beindorf and Associates, Inc., A Joint • Venture, for the preparation of a comprehensive area water and sewer development plan for the County (exclusive of municipalities having populations of 5,500 or more) in the form hereto attached and made a part hereof. Such comprehensive water and sewer develop- ment plan shall constitute the official plans to be used in the development and installation of the county's water and sewer systems. 4. That the Chairman and Clerk to the Board of County Commissioners be and they are hereby authorized and directed to execute on behalf of the County a Grant Agreement with the United ' States of America in the form attached hereto and made a part hereof, and to perform any and all other acts on behalf of Indian r River Count necessary to the acceptance of a e ` Y, Florida,� Y p grant from t the Farmers Home Administration for comprehensive planning for water and sewer systems. 5. That the scope and content of the'said plan will meet the conditions specified in the agreement with David B,Smith Engineers, Inc., and Beindorf and Associates, Inc., A Joint Venture, hereto and made a part hereof. 6. That all resolutions heretofore adopted in conflict herewith be and the same are hereby rescinded. 4 D , STATE OF FLORIDA, w. -COUNTY OF INDIAN RIVER ID /�/ Clerk of the Circuit Court in and for Indid River County, Florida, and ex -officio Clerk of the Board of County Commissioners of Indian River County, Florida, do HEREBY CERTIFY that the above and foregoing is a true and correct, copy of a Resolution adopted by the Board of County Commissioners of Indian River County, Florida, in regular meeting assembled on the day of March A.D. 1971. CLERK, CIRCUIT COURT 1b