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RESOLUTION 04-1469 <br /> <br />A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY OF CASSELBERRY URGING MEMBERS <br />OF THE FLORIDA LEGISLATURE TO SUPPORT THE FOLLOWING <br />MUNICIPAL ISSUES DURING THE 2004 LEGISLATIVE SESSION. <br /> <br /> WHEREAS, legislation passed (HB 113A) during the 2003 Special Session "A" that is the <br />implementation of Article V, a 1998 constitutional amendment, that requires the state to fund the <br />county court system; and <br /> <br /> WHEREAS, HB 113A prohibits state attorneys from appearing in county courts for the <br />purpose of prosecuting municipal ordinances; and <br /> <br /> WHEREAS, the bill also prohibits a municipality from contracting with a state attorney for <br />the prosecution of municipal ordinances, and public defenders will not be allowed to represent <br />indigents charged with ordinance violations; and <br /> <br />WHEREAS, HB 113A requires a filing fee of $200 for each code or ordinance violation; <br /> <br />and <br /> <br /> WHEREAS, several cities enforce code enforcement through a citation process, which are <br />filed through the county court system; and <br /> <br /> WHEREAS, many of the fines for these citations are less than half of the proposed $200 <br />filing fee, which would make the citation process ineffective code enforcement activities; and <br /> <br /> WHEREAS, the intent of the Municipal Revenue Sharing hold harmless provision in HB <br />113A was intended to not reduce any revenues currently shared with municipalities; and <br /> <br /> WHEREAS, clean drinking water is a precious resource that must be adequately planned for <br />to meet the needs of future growth in Florida; and <br /> <br /> WHEREAS, cities are implementing several innovative methods to assure an adequate <br />supply of drinking water is available for its citizens; and <br /> <br /> WHEREAS, efforts were made during the 2003 legislative session to mandate that cities <br />establish water conservation rate structures, impose drought rates, require sub-metering in apartment <br />buildings or condos, mandate statewide irrigation standards, implement "informative billing", and <br />meter reclaimed water; and <br /> <br /> WHEREAS, municipalities would be negatively impacted by legislation mandating <br />conservation measures on a "one size fits all" approach and many of the conservation measures <br />being considered had no demonstrable conservation benefit but will be very expensive to implement; <br />and <br /> <br /> WHEREAS, the geographic emphasis and restrictive nature of Florida's current annexation <br />policy has negatively impacted Florida's municipalities by inhibiting their economic vitality, <br />creating inefficient service delivery and subsidizing urban sprawl; and <br /> <br />Resolution 04-1469 <br />Page 2 of 2 <br /> <br /> <br />