CITY OF HALLANDALE BEACH

MEMORANDUM

DATE: May 7, 2007

TO:                  Honorable Mayor and City Commission

FROM:            D. Mike Good, City Manager

SUBJECT:     Consideration of an Amended Interlocal Agreement for Public School Facility Planning   CMD #005/03

PURPOSE:

City Commission review of the Amended Interlocal Agreement (ILA) for Public School Facility Planning and provide comments to be transmitted to the Department of Community Affairs (DCA) along with the proposed ILA. 

BACKGROUND:

On April 15, 2003, the City Commission adopted and approved an Interlocal Agreement, as required by Senate Bill 1906 requiring all nonexempt local governments and school boards to enter into an Interlocal Agreement that addresses school siting, enrollment forecasting, school capacity, and infrastructure. 

In 2005, Senate Bill 360 introduced a number of significant reforms to the state’s growth management laws. Chiefly among these changes is a new requirement obligating all local governments and school boards to adopt a school concurrency program by 2008 in order to keep the pace with growth statewide. This requires amendments to the approved ILA between the non-exempt municipalities and the Broward County School Board.

The ILA is scheduled to be transmitted to the Department of Community Affairs on June 1, 2007 for initial review and comments.  Each City Commissioner is requested to review the proposed ILA and provide comments to be included in the package transmitted to the DCA. (All additions to the ILA are underlined and deletions are stricken through)

DISCUSSION

Staff recommends the following comments be adopted and incorporated into the comments sent to the DCA. 

Two sections within the ILA provide the School Board forty-five (45) days to review for consistency and capacity:

Section 7.3 “Plan Review. Consistency Determination” – The Amended ILA grants the School Board forty-five (45) days to review comprehensive plan amendments and rezoning applications and provide comments back to the City.  

Section 8.13(d) “Review Process” – Grants the School Board forty-five (45) days to verify whether sufficient capacity exists.

Forty-five days will slow down the total review process; therefore, Staff recommends that the ILA be amended to reflect the old language “shall be no less than twenty-one (21) days and no greater than thirty (30) days.

Staff is attending a Staff Working Group meeting on May 11, 2007.  If there are any additional comments resulting from this meeting they will be discussed at the Commission meeting. 

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D. Mike Good, City Manager                                                                             Date