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RESOLUTION REQUESTING ADDITIONAL TIME TO ADOPT INTERLOCAL AGREEMENT AND AMENDMENTS TO COMPREHENSIVE DEVELOPMENT MASTER PLAN NECESSARY TO ESTABLISH CONCURRENCY MANAGEMENT SYSTEM FOR PUBLIC SCHOOL FACILITIES AND AUTHORIZING COUNTY MAYOR TO COMMUNICATE REQUEST TO APPROPRIATE OFFICIALS OF THE STATE OF FLORIDA

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WHEREAS, the Florida Legislature amended sections 163.3177(12), 163.31777, and 163.3180(13), Florida Statutes, to require every county, school district, and affected municipality in the state to establish a concurrency management system to coordinate county and municipal residential development with the availability of public school facilities; and
WHEREAS, section 163.3177(12)(i) established the deadline for adoption of all public school concurrency management systems as December 1, 2008, but authorized the State of Florida Department of Community Affairs ("DCA") to establish a phased schedule for each school district and local government to comply; and
WHEREAS, DCA established the deadline for Miami-Dade County (the "County"), Miami-Dade County Public Schools (the "School Board"), and the municipalities within the County to adopt a public school concurrency management system as January 1, 2008; and
WHEREAS, Miami-Dade County, with a population of 2,313,047, is the eighth largest county in the United States; and
WHEREAS, Miami-Dade County Public Schools is responsible for the nation's fourth largest school district; and
WHEREAS, Miami-Dade County contains 27 affected municipalities; and
WHEREAS, representatives of the County, School Board, and affected municipalities, along with representatives from the building industry, participated in a staff working group that attempted, over the course of more than 18 months, to develop a public school concurrency management system; and
WHEREAS, the School Board's capital facilities program, which establishes the timing of and financing for the construction and expansion of public school facilities, is the basis of the concurrency management system; and
WHEREAS, the Florida Legislature conducted two special sessions in 2007 to consider the reduction of local government and school ad valorem taxes, thereby calling into question the extent of ad valorem tax revenue available to fund the School Board's capital facilities program; and
WHEREAS, the uncertainty occasioned by the Legislature's consideration of the tax base has delayed final concurrence on the details of the public school concurrency management program, a complex undertaking that requires the coordination and approval of a multitude of independent governments in a diverse, vast, and populous metropolitan area,
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS OF MIAMI-DADE COUNTY, FLORIDA, that this Board requests that the State of Florida Department of Community Affairs grant an extension of time up to and including March 31, 2008, for Miami-Dade County, Miami-Dade County Public Schools, and affected municipalities to adopt the interlocal agreement and comprehensive plan amendments required by sections 163.3177(12), 163.31777, and 163.3180(13) of the Florida Statutes. This Board further authorizes the County Mayor or designee to communicate this request to all appropriate officials of the State of Florida.