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RESOLUTION NO. 05-1578 A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY OF CASSELBERRY, FLORIDA, URGING THE LEGISLATURE TO VOTE AGAINST HB 1521 AND SB 2060, IN THAT THIS LEGISLATION WOULD AMEND PART III, CHAPTER 163, FLORIDA STATUTES, WITH THE EFFECT OF SEVERELY REDUCING THE ABILITY OF COMMUNITY REDEVELOPMENT AGENCIES TO ACCOMPLISH THEIR STATUTORY REDEVELOPMENT TASKS; PROVIDING FOR CONFLICTS, SEVERABILITY AND AN EFFECTIVE DATE. WHEREAS, the House Bill 1521 I Senate Bill 2060 (the Bills) would significantly revise the funding mechanisms under which municipal CRAs fund capital projects, i.e., by reducing current contributions by county governments; and WHEREAS, the best way to resolve a desire on the part of one local government to address an issue in dispute with another local government is at the local government level; and WHEREAS, the Bills seek to assist counties in such city-county disputes, but do not address municipal interests in such disputes; and WHEREAS, the Bills not only affect community redevelopment agencies that will be created subsequent to the effective date of the proposed legislation but would also apply to community redevelopment agencies now existing and operating; and WHEREAS, the Bills will lead to existing community redevelopment agencies being re-created, making new and specific findings for slum and/or blight that will be subject to challenge, and if challenged successfully, void all prior action of a community redevelopment agency; and WHEREAS, the Bills effectively turn a community redevelopment program designed to eliminate slum and/or blight conditions, and to enhance lifestyle and business conditions for residents and business owners in a community redevelopment area, into an economic development program designed to impact a limited number of fixed projects with discernable cash returns, benefiting only those projects prepared to be immediately undertaken. NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE CITY COMMISSION OF THE CITY OF CASSELBERRY, FLORIDA: SECTION I: The foregoing recitals are hereby ratified and confirmed as true and correct by the City Commission of the City of Casselberry, Florida, and incorporated herein. SECTION 2: The City Commission of the City of Casselberry urges each member of the legislative delegation to vote against these Bills. SECTION 3: The appropriate City officials are hereby authorized and directed to cause a copy of this resolution to be delivered to each member of the legislative delegation. SECTION 4: Conflicts. All Resolutions or parts of Resolutions in contlict with any of the