HomeMy WebLinkAboutResolution No. 1988-13RESOLUTION NO. 88-13
A RESOLUTION URGING A RE -DISTRIBUTION OF THE
VOTING MEMBERSHIP OF THE BREVARD COUNTY
METROPOLITAN PLANNING ORGANIZATION IN A MANNER
SUCH THAT DISTRICT 2 OF BREVARD COUNTY IS
AUTHORIZED ONE MORE VOTING MEMBER OF THAT BOARD;
PROVIDING FOR DISTRIBUTION OF COPIES OF THIS
RESOLUTION; PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE DATE.
WHEREAS, the Brevard County Metropolitan Planning
Organization ("MPO") has been established pursurant to
Section 339.175, Florida Statutes, to meet federal and state
I requirements for local transportation planning; and
WHEREAS, the members of the Brevard County Commission
constitute five of the fifteen voting members of the MPO as
provided by the said Section 339.175; and
WHEREAS, the remaining ten voting membership seats on
the MPO are presently allocated among the cities of Brevard
County under a requirement of the said Section 339.175 that
such seats are to be distributed among units of local
government on a "equitable geographic -population ratio
basis -7 and
WHEREAS, .the population growth in District 2 of Brevard
County has grown considerably and is. not equitably reflected
in the municipal population estimates; and
WHEREAS, the City Council of Cape ,Canaveral, Florida
believes that an equitable distribution of the voting
membership of the MPO requires the addition of one voting
member collectively to the municipalities in District 2 to
fairly represent the interests of the citizens of District
2.
NOW THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED by the City of Cape
Canaveral, Florida, as follows:
SECTION 1. The City of Cape Canaveral urges the
Brevard County Metropolitan Planning Organization and the
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Brevard County Commission to take such steps as may be
necessary to restructure and redistribute the voting
membership of the MPO in such a manner that the
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municipalities in District 2 attain one more voting
membership seat on the MPO.
SECTION 2 . The City Clerk is hereby authorized to
furnish copies of this Resolution to all appropriate
officials.
SECTION 3 . This Resolution shall take effect
immediately upon its adoption.
ADOPTED by the City Council of the City of Cape
Canaveral, Florida this 15th day of March , 1988.
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MAYOR
ATTEST:+`' _Q!Qlti�
ITY CLERK
NAME YES NO
HOOG X
APPROVED AS TO FORM: mm X
LEE X
{�- MILLER X
CITY AT I ORN -rig% RANDELS X
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RESOLUTION NO. 88-13
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