1996-045 School Concurrency/One-Cent Sales Tax• RESOLUTION NO. 45-96
A RESOLUTION OF THE VILLAGE COUNCIL
OF THE VILLAGE OF NORTH PALM BEACH,
FLORIDA, SUPPORTING THE ADOPTION OF
A ONE CENT SALES TAX AS A FUNDING
SOURCE FOR PUBLIC SCHOOL
CONSTRUCTION IN PALM BEACH COUNTY
AND THE ADOPTION OF THE PUBLIC
SCHOOL CONCURRENCY ORDINANCE.
WHEREAS, Florida Statutes Section 163.3180 was
amended to permit local governments to include schools as a
concurrency requirement; and
WHEREAS, Section 163.3180 requires prior to adopting
• such a requirement, the local government should conduct studies
to determine how the concurrency requirement is to be addressed
and implemented by the local government, the School Board and
any other parties responsible for school facilities; and
WHEREAS, the Board of County Commissioners of Palm
Beach County and the School Board of Palm Beach County formed
a task force which studied the concurrency requirements and set
forth a program and plan to adopt, implement and enforce the
school concurrency requirement on a countywide basis; and
WHEREAS, public schools of Palm Beach County are
generally overcrowded and therefore not conducive to a good
learning environment; and
• WHEREAS, overcrowding in schools is detrimental to the
entire county's development and prosperity; and
• WHEREAS, school concurrency is the method of phasing
residential development to the availability of schools to serve the
development which will, as proposed, relieve the overcrowding
within a period of several years; and
WHEREAS, the Village of North Palm Beach, Florida, has
determined that it is in the best interest of the Village that schools
be included as a required concurrency service countywide; and
WHEREAS, the Palm Beach County School Board is
working on a five year capital facility plan to address the school
plant planning needs of the entire county and that plan will require
an adequate funding source.
BE IT RESOLVED BY THE VILLAGE COUNCIL OF NORTH
PALM BEACH, FLORIDA:
• Section 1. The Village Council of North Palm Beach,
Florida, supports a one cent sales tax as the funding source for the
School Board's proposed capital improvement program.
Section 2. The Village Council of North Palm Beach,
Florida, supports the proposal for a countywide system of public
school concurrency.
Section 3. The Village Council of North Palm Beach,
Florida, urges the Board of County Commissioners to place the
Charter Amendment for School concurrency as well as a
referendum choice to impose a one cent sales tax for school
construction on the ballot for the voters to decide in November,
• 1996, at the general election.
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• Section 4. The Village Council of North Palm Beach,
Florida, urges the Board of County Commissioners, the Palm
Beach County School Board and the Palm Beach County Municipal
League to work together to resolve their differences on school
concurrency for the benefit of each and every Palm Beach County
child.
Section 5. The Village Council of North Palm Beach,
Florida, hereby directs the Village Clerk to send copies of this
Resolution to the Palm Beach County Board of Commissioners, the
Palm Beach County Administrator, the Palm Beach County School
Board, the Superintendent of the Palm Beach County School
District, the Palm Beach County Municipal League and each
municipality in Palm Beach County.
• Section 6. This Resolution shall take effect immediately
upon its adoption.
PASSED AND ADOPTED THIS 13th DAY OF
,lime 1996.
(Village Seal)
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MAYOR
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