TO: Mayor and Commissioners
FROM: Timothy R. Stillings, Director of Planning, Zoning and Building
THROUGH: Chief Neal de Jesus, Interim City Manager
DATE: March 30, 2017
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INTERLOCAL AGREEMENT WITH THE PALM BEACH COUNTY SCHOOL DISTRICT FOR SCHOOL COORDINATED PLANNING
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Recommended Action:
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Motion to Authorize the Interim City Manager to sign and execute the Interlocal Agreement (Exhibit A Participation Agreement) with Palm Beach County School District to participate in the County's School Concurrency system.
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Background:
Prior to 2011, the Florida Statutes implemented certain growth management regulations, part of which was the requirement for all counties, municipalities and the school district to enter into an interlocal agreement (ILA) that regulated and ensured school concurrency county-wide. The Palm Beach County Interlocal Agreement with Municipalities of Palm Beach County and the School District of Palm Beach County to establish Public School Concurrency was fully executed by the parties involved and recorded with the Clerk of the Circuit Court of Palm Beach County on January 25, 2001, consistent with ss.163.3177(6)(h)1.and 2. F.S. and 163.3180 F.S. On June 2, 2011, House Bill 7207, known as the "Community Planning Act" was adopted which abolished the 9J-5 growth management regulations. As a result of the Community Planning Act, school concurrency became optional. Around the same time, the ILA executed in 2001 expired.
The changes in state statutes did not eliminate the requirement for intergovernmental coordination. In fact, the state statutes still require an ILA specific to schools and depending on the decision made at the county level to implement concurrency requirements or to implement coordinated planning efforts, provide direction on what shall be included in the ILA. The intergovernmental coordination program in Palm Beach County is known as IPARC. IPARC was tasked by the Florida League of Cities to create a...
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