06-10
RESOLUTION NO. 06-10
A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY OF CLEARWATER,
FLORIDA, SUPPORTING THE CURRENT MAKEUP OF
THE TAMPA BAY REGIONAL PLANNING COUNCIL;
PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE DATE.
WHEREAS, the Office of Program Policy Analysis and Government
Accountability (OPPAGA) was required by last year's growth-management law to
present a report on realigning the boundaries of the state's regional planning councils,
Department of Transportation districts, and water-management districts; and
WHEREAS, the report presented by OPPAGA has suggested that Manatee
County be moved from the Tampa Bay Regional Planning Council to the Southwest
Florida Planning Council; and
WHEREAS, Manatee County shares environmental and water issues with
Tampa Bay; and
WHEREAS, the Manatee County shares the interests of tourism and
industrial/commercial development with the Tampa Bay area as opposed to the farming
and cattle interests of the counties southeast of the Tampa Bay area which are included
in the Southwest Florida Planning Council; now, therefore,
BE IT RESOLVED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY
OF CLEARWATER, FLORIDA:
Section 1. That the City of Clearwater supports the current makeup of the
Tampa Bay Regional Planning Council and urges Governor Jeb Bush and the
legislature to oppose any legislation to realign its boundaries.
Section 2. This resolution shall take effect immediately upon adoption.
PASSED AND ADOPTED this 19th
day of January
,2006.
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Frank V. Hibbard
Mayor
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Approved as to form:
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Pamela K. Akin
City Attorney
Attest:
Resolution No; 06-10