LTC 232-2008 Town of Pembroke Park Resolution 08-08-01ZQQB SEP 17 PM 2: 16
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OFFICE OF THE CITY MANAGER
NO. LTC # 232-2008 LETTER TO COMMISSION
TO: Mayor Matti Herrera Bower and Members of the City Commission
FROM: Jorge M. Gonzalez, City Manager
DATE: September 16, 2008
SUBJECT: Town of Pembroke Park Resolution 08-08-01
This LTC is to inform you of receipt of attached Resolution 08-08-01, adopted by the Town
of Pembroke Park on August 13, 2008, urging the 2009 Florida Legislature to equalize
funding based on population to provide each region of Florida, including South Florida, its
fair share of state funding.
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Tim Hemstreet, Assistant City Manager
Robert Middaugh, Assistant City Manager
Robert Parcher, City Clerk
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Emma J. ShoaR
Mayor
Ashira A. Mohammed
Vice Mayor
Georgina Cohen
Clerk-Commissioner
Howard P. Clark. Jr.
Commissioner
Annette Welder
Commissioner
Dr. Robert A. Levy
Town Manager
Christopher J. Ryan
Town Attorney
TOWN OF PEMBROKE PARK
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RE: Town of Pembroke Park `
Resolution 08-08-01
Dear City Clerk:
Enclosed please find a copy of Resolution 08-08-01 of the Town of
Pembroke Park, passed and adopted by the Town Commission on
August 13, 2008.
This Resolution urges the 2009 Florida Legislature to equalize
funding based on population to provide each region of Florida,
including South Florida, its Fair Share of State Funding.
Please share this Resolution with your elected officials for their
support of this important issue.
Sincerely,
Natasha Joseph, CMC
Assistant to Town Manager/
Deputy Town Clerk
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Enclosure
RESOLUTION NO. 08-08-01
A RESOLUTION OF THE TOWN OF PEMBROKE PARK,
FLORIDA, URGING THE FLORIDA LEGISLATURE TO
EQUALIZE FUNDING BASED ON POPULATION TO PROVIDE
EACH REGION OF FLORIDA, INCLUDING SOUTH FLORIDA,
IT'S FAIR SHARE OF STATE FUNDING; SUPERSEDING
CONFLICTING RESOLUTIONS AND PROVIDING AN
EFFECTIVE DATE.
WHEREAS, the Florida Legislature recently approved a state budget for fiscal year 2008-09
of approximately $66 billion; and
WHEREAS, the state's fiscal year 2008-09 budget cut approximately $5 billion from the
previous year's budget of more than $71 billion; and
WHEREAS, it has long been the public perception that the residents of Miami-Dade, Broward
and Palm Beach Counties pay more in taxes to the State of Florida than these counties get back in state
programs and services; and
WHEREAS, a recent study by the Miami Herald concluded that the people of Miami-Dade and
Broward Counties sent over $7.15 billion in tax revenues to Tallahassee annually, but only received
$6.69 billion back, resulting in a difference of $460 million, which equals $144 for every adult in these
two counties; and
WHEREAS, including Palm Beach County in this analysis likely would bring the anneal
difference to more than a half billion dollars between what the people of Miami-Dade, Broward and
Palm Beach Counties contribute in tax revenue to the State of Florida compared with what the
residents of these three counties receive back in state services and programs; and
WHEREAS, state funding probably can never be an exact science, but the Florida Legislature
should strive as much as possible to provide each different region of the state its fair share of state
funding.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE COMMISSION OF THE TOWN OF
PEMBROKE PARK, FLORIDA:
Sec 'on 1: The Pembroke Park Town Commission urges the Florida Legislature to provide
each region of Florida, including South Florida, its fair share of state funding.
Section 2: The Pembroke Park Town Commission directs the Clerk Commissioner to
transmit copies of this Resolution to the Governor, the President of the Florida Senate, the Speaker
of the Florida House, the Mayor and Members of the Broward County Board of County
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Commissioners, the Chair and Members of the Palm Beach County Board of County Commissioners,
and the Mayors, Chairs and members of the governing bodies of the municipalities within Miami-
Dade, Broward and Palm Beach Counties.
Section 3: That the Town Commission directs the Town's representatives in Tallahassee
to advocate for the issues identified in Section 1 above, and directs the Office of Intergovernmental
Affairs to include this item in the 2009 state legislative package.
Section 4: That all Resolutions or parts of Resolutions in conflict herewith be and the same
are hereby superseded to the extent of such conflict.
Section 5: That this Resolution shall be in force and take effect immediately upon its
passage and adoption.
PASSED AND ADOPTED this 13~' day of August, A.D., 2flfl8.
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Clerk-Commissioner
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