06-1654 Seminole County Charter Amendments

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Seminole County is striving to enter into Joint Planning Agreements with the cities; and WHEREAS, Vision 2020 also provides that one of Seminole County's tasks is to strive to implement collaborative planning and to jointly plan growth in Seminole County in order to achieve livable or sustainable communities for generations to come; and WHEREAS, the City of Casselberry has adopted an Intergovernmental Coordination Element in its Comprehensive Plan that provides that Casselberry will strive to enhance inter10cal government coordination on various issues that may affect them; and WHEREAS, the City of Casselberry desires to enhance intergovernmental cooperation and coordination between the City and Seminole County and other municipalities; and WHEREAS, the City Commission strongly desires that Seminole County and its municipalities continuously strive to cooperate and find common ground in establishing laws and policies that may have countywide effect and that such laws and policies should not be unilaterally imposed on municipalities by the county without the consent of the goveming board of the municipality or a separate vote of the voters in the municipality; and WHEREAS, the City Commission also strongly desires that future Seminole County charter amendments proposed by the Board of County Commissioners should be adopted at least ninety (90) days in advance of a general election in the same manner as charter amendments proposed by citizen initiative and the Seminole County Charter Review Commission in order to afford the public and municipalities ample time to publicly participate in the charter amendment process before matters are formally placed on the ballot for approval; and WHEREAS, the City Commission of Casselberry desires that all the municipalities in Seminole County support the charter amendments that are being proposed herein and that the Seminole County Charter Review Commission place the proposed charter amendments on the November 2006 ballot for approval by the voters of Seminole County; and WHEREAS, the City Commission of Casselberry also finds that this Resolution is in the best interests of the public health, safety, and welfare of the citizens of Seminole County. NOW THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE CITY COMMISSION OF THE CITY OF CASSELBERRY, FLORIDA, AS FOLLOWS: Section 1. Recitals. The foregoing recitals are hereby fully incorporated herein by this reference as legislative findings and the intent and purpose of the City Commission of the City of Casselberry. Resolution 06-1654 2