HomeMy WebLinkAbout1979-107RESOLUTION NO. 79-107
BE IT RESOLVED BY THE BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS Of
INDIAN RIVER COUNTY, FLORIDA,
That the attached Endorsement is approved and the Chairman
of the Board of County Commissioners of Indian River County,
Florida, and the Clerk of the Circuit Court are authorized
to sign said Endorsement.
Dated this 24th day of October , 1979.
\ Chairman, Board of Counttommissioners
Attest:
of Indian River Cou ty, Florida.
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AT ITS REGULAR MEETING OF OCTOBER 24, 1979, THE INDIAN RIVER COUNTY
BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS SET FORTH ITS OFFICIAL ENDORSEMENT
OF THE FOLLOWING:
This Association affirms the urgent need to solve regional problems
through workable approaches designed to ensure coordinated actions
and to minimize the overlap of regional agencies. The Association
recognizes that local governments are that level of government closest
and most accountable to the people. It is further agreed that local
governments should take the leadership in meeting these challenges
and not pass these responsibilities on to the national or state
government.
We therefore support and call for the strengthening of Regional
Planning Councils as those agencies which serve as the vehicle for
joint action on those problems and challenges which cut across boundary
lines and must be delt with in a larger geographic setting. We
furthermore support Regional Planning Councils as having been agencies
which have provided a forum where local governments can discuss and
seek solutions to regional problems in an effective and efficient
manner.
We call for the continued utilization, through funding and designation,
by the state and federal government of the Regional Planning Councils
as the agencies to undertake areawide planning and development
programs. It has been agreed that as agencies of local government,
Regional Planning Councils should possess characteristics which will
provide closer ties with the executive and legislative branches of
state goverment and that the guidelines within which they operate
should be more clearly defined in order that the citizens of the
state may be better and more effectively served.
We further feel that as agencies of local governments, it is important
that the Developments of Regional Impact process remain with the
Regional Planning Councils as first, Councils have accountability
through the ballot box. The most responsive agency is that which
holds its leaders directly accountable to the people it serves.
Second, the Regional Councils are comprehensive in both their purpose
and the work programs they carry out. Third, the Regional Councils
currently have on staff the expertise necessary to undertake the
responsibilities of the regional agency with regard to DRI reviews.
And fourth, the Regional Councils have the greatest potential for
efficiency because they now are undertaking an array of planning
programs that are supportive of the DRI process. (e.g. land use and
housing, energy planning, economic development, coastal zone planning,
etc.).
THIS ENDORSEMENT PASSED AND ADOPTED THIS 24th DAY OF
1979."--
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Chairman, Indian River o my Board
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Attest:
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