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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
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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.
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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
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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.
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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
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