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INTERLOCAL AGREEMENT AND COMPREHENSIVE PLAN AMENDMENT - CREATION OF PUBLIC SCHOOLS FACILITIES ELEMENT (B)
(1) Interlocal Agreement for Public School Facility Planning between the School Board of Alachua County, Alachua County, and all cities and towns within Alachua County; and
(2) Ordinance No. 0-08-42, Petition 46CPA-08PB
An ordinance amending the City of Gainesville 2000-2010 Comprehensive Plan; by creating and adding a Public Schools Facilities Element; by creating Goals, Objectives and Policies to implement the new element; providing directions to the city manager; stating intent to adopt the new element as part of the City of Gainesville 2000-2010 Comprehensive Plan; providing a severability clause; providing a repealing clause; and providing an effective date.
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The City Commission (1) approve the Interlocal Agreement and authorize the Mayor to execute and the Clerk of the Commission to attest same on behalf of the City; (2) receive the Objections, Recommendations and Comments Report of the Florida Department of Community Affairs; and (3) adopt the proposed ordinance, as amended.
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PLANNING AND DEVELOPMENT SERVICES DEPARTMENT STAFF REPORT
Interlocal Agreement
The City, School Board, County and other cities and towns within Alachua County entered into an Interlocal Agreement for Public School Facility Planning in November 2003. This Interlocal was updated and a new version approved in August 2006.
In 2005, the Legislature passed and the Governor signed into law Senate Bill 360, requiring that local governments and school boards adopt uniform district-wide school concurrency programs by December 1, 2008, including updating any existing interlocal agreements to implement the required school concurrency comprehensive plan amendments.
A staff working group developed an updated interlocal agreement that addresses and implements the required school concurrency comprehensive plan amendments. A final ve...
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