1997-025 School Concurrency "Students First"RESOLUTION 25-97
A RESOI,U'I70N OF THE VILLAGE COUNCIL OF THE VILLAGE OF NORTH PALM BEACH,
.FLORIDA, SUPPORTING THE "STUDENTS FIRST" 1 APRIL 1997 POSITION STATEMENT ON
]N7'ERI,OCAL AGREEMENT CONCERNING SCHOOL CONCURRENCY.
WI3I:REAS, Florida Statutes Section 163.3180 was amended to permit local governments to include schools
as a concurrency requirement; and
WIIIsREAS, Section 163.3180 requires, prior to adopting such a requirement, that the local government
should conduct studies to determine how the concurrency requirement is to be addressed and implemented
by the local government, the School Board, and any other parties responsible for school facilities; and
WHEREAS, public schools of Palm Beach County are generally overcrowded and therefore not conducive
to a good learning environment; and
W}IEREAS, overcrowding in schools is detrimental to the entire county's development and prosperity; and
WHEREAS, school concurrency is the method of phasing residential development to the availability of
schools to serve the development which will, as proposed, relieve the overcrowding; and
WHEREAS, the Village of North Palm Beach, Florida, has determined that it is in the best interest of the
Village that schools be included as a required concurrency service countywide.
• B}i IT R}'sSOLVED BY THE VILLAGE COUNCIL OF NORTH PALM BEACH, FLORIDA:
Section ]. The Village Council of North Palm Beach, Florida, urges the Palm Beach County Board
of County Commissioners, the Palm Beach County School Board, and the Palm Beach County Municipal
league to carefully consider the recommendations contained in the "Students First" position statement dated
1 April 1997 while seeking solutions to the existing public school overcrowding situation.
Section 2. The Village Council of North Palm Beach, Florida, hereby directs the Village Clerk to
send copies of this Resolution to the Palm Beach County Board of Commissioners, the Palm Beach County
Administrator, the Palm Beach County School Board, the Superintendent of the Palm Beach County School
District, the Palm Beach County Municipal League, and each municipality in Palm Beach County.
Section 3. This Resolution shall take effect immediately upon its adoption.
PASSED AND ADOPTED THIS 10th DAY OF APRIL , 1997.
(Village Seal)
MAYOR