R-09-1640CITY OF CLERMONT
RESOLUTION NO. 1640
A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF
CLERMONT, LAKE COUNTY, FLORIDA, SUPPORTING THE
REAPPORTIONMENT PLAN FOR THE LAKE-SUMTER
METROPOLITAN PLANNING ORGANIZATION.
WHEREAS, an Interlocal Agreement for Creation of the Lake-Sumter
Metropolitan Planning Organization (MPO) was entered on January 31, 2004, by and
among the Florida Department of Transportation, Lake County, Sumter County, Town of
Astatula, City of Clermont, City of Eustis, City of Fruitland Park, City of Groveland,
Town of Howey-in-the-Hills, Town of Lady Lake, City of Leesburg, City of Mascotte,
City of Minneola, Town of Montverde, City of Mount Dora, City of Tavares, and City of
Umatilla; and
WHEREAS, the MPO planning area currently includes all of Lake County and
the 2000 Census designated urban area of The Villages in Sumter County; and
WHEREAS, the voting membership of the MPO currently is made up of five (5)
members of the Lake County Board of County Commissioners, one (1) designated
County Commissioner from the Sumter County Board of County Commissioners, one (1)
representative each from the municipalities of Clermont, Eustis, Lady Lake, Leesburg,
Minneola, Mount Dora and Tavares, and one (1) at-large vote that rotates alphabetically
each year among the municipalities of Astatula, Fruitland Park, Groveland, Howey-in the
Hills, Mascotte, Montverde, and Umatilla; and
WHEREAS, the MPO is the duly designated and constituted body responsible for
carrying out the urban transportation planning and programming process for the Lake-
Sumter Planning Area; and
WHEREAS, the MPO has been providing county-wide transportation planning
services to Sumter County and has been providing transportation planning services to all
local governments within Sumter County; and
WHEREAS, in November 2005, the MPO entered into an Interlocal Agreement
with Sumter County to coordinate their interest regarding the pursuit of Transportation
Regional Incentive Program Funding; and
WHEREAS, in April 2006, through Interlocal Agreement, the City of Wildwood
was added as an Ex-Officio member-government of the MPO Governing Board; and
WHEREAS, in April 2006, through Interlocal Agreement, the City of Wildwood
formed a regional transportation planning partnership with the MPO for the pursuit of
Transportation Regional Incentive Program funding; and
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WHEREAS, in June 2006, the MPO Governing Board and the Sumter County
Board of County Commissioners entered into an interlocal agreement to designate the
MPO as their regional transportation planning entity for all of Sumter County; and
WHEREAS, in November 2007, the MPO Governing Board entered into an
interlocal agreement with Lake County and its fourteen (14) municipalities, Sumter
County, and the City of Wildwood for the purpose of creating, funding and implementing
a Master Transportation Concurrency Management System Program; and
WHEREAS, in August 2008, through resolution, the City of Bushnell, City of
Center Hill, City of Coleman, and the City of Webster were added as Ex-Officio
member-governments of the MPO Governing Board; and
WHEREAS, with the addition of the City of Bushnell, City of Center Hill, City
of Coleman, and the City of Webster as Ex-Officio member-governments, all municipal
governments within Sumter County are represented on the MPO Governing Board; and
WHEREAS, In December 2008, the MPO Governing Board approved Resolution
2008-29, authorizing the executive director to initiate the process of creating a
Reapportionment Plan to expand the MPO area to include the remainder of Sumter
County; and
WHEREAS, Code of Federal Regulations 23 (23 C.F. R.) 450.310(k) states that a
MPO may be redesignated by an agreement between the Governor and local units of
government representing 75 percent of the population in the area served by the existing
MPO, including the largest incorporated city; and
WHEREAS, 23 C.F.R 450.310(k) requires re-designation whenever an MPO
(1) makes a substantial change in the proportion of its voting members, or
(2) makes a substantial change in the decision making authority or responsibility
of the MPO or in decision making procedures established in the MPO's by-laws;
and
WHEREAS, Florida Statute 339.175(4) requires an MPO seeking redesignation
to submit a Reapportionment Plan that is comprised of a report that
(1) identifies the current MPO membership;
(2) identifies the proposed MPO membership and the methodology used to
determine the proposed changes;
(3) includes a map of the metropolitan planning area boundary; and
(4) includes resolutions of support from each of the affected local units of
government representing at least 75 percent of the population in the entire
metropolitan are including the largest incorporated city; and
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WHEREAS, the reapportionment would expand the MPO area to include the
remainder of Sumter County; and
WHEREAS, the reapportionment will change the MPO Governing Board voting
structure by giving Sumter County Board of County Commissioners an additional vote
and change the membership status of the Cities of Bushnell, Center Hill, Coleman,
Webster and Wildwood from non-voting Ex-Officio members to At-Large Representative
board members with voting privileges that rotate among the member municipalities in
Sumter County each year in alphabetical order for one (1) year terms; and
WHEREAS, the reapportionment will increase the number of voting positions of
the MPO Governing Board from fourteen (14) to sixteen (16); and
WHEREAS, on October 28, 2009, by unanimous vote, the MPO Governing
Board provided approval of the Reapportionment Plan and authorized the executive
director to request of each member government a Resolution of Support of the
Reapportionment Plan.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED that the City Council of the City of
Clermont, Lake County, Florida endorses the Reapportionment Plan approved by the
Lake-Sumter Metropolitan Planning Organization Governing Board.
DULY PASSED AND ADOPTED this 24`h day of November, 2009.
ATTEST:
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Tracy Ackroyd, City Clerk
Harold S. Turville, Jr., Mayor
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