90-NRESOLUTION NO. 90- ~
A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COMMISSION OF
THE CITY OF BOYNTON BEACH, FLORIDA
OPPOSING THE EXEMPTION OF THE PALM BEACH
COUNTY HEALTH CARE DISTRICT FROM THE
PAYMENT OF ANY FEES, TAXES, OR INCREMENT
REVENUE TO COMMUNITY REDEVELOPMENT
AGENCIES AS ESTABLISHED PURSUANT TO
FLORIDA STATUTE 163, PART III, LOCATED
IN PALM BEACH COUNTY.
WHEREAS, it has been found and declared that there
exist in counties and municipalities slum and blighted areas
which constitute a serious and growing menace, injurious to
the public health, safety, morals, and welfare of the
residents of the same; that the existence of such areas
contributes substantially and increasingly to the spread of
disease and crime, constitutes an economic and social
liability imposing onerous burdens which decrease the tax
base and reduce tax revenues, substantially impairs or
arrests sound growth, retards the provision of housing
accommodations, and
WHEREAS, that the prevention and elimination of slums
and blight is a matter of state policy and state concern
that counties and municipalities shall not continue to be
endangered by areas of the same and consume an excessive
proportion ~of the municipalities revenues because of the
extra services required for police, fire, accident,
hospitalization, and other forms of public protection,
services and facilities; and that certain slum or blighted
areas or portions thereof, may require acquisition,
clearance, and rehabilitation to be eliminated, and
WBRREAS, the Florida legislature permitted the creation
of Community Redevelopment Agencies as contained in Chapter
163, Part III, Florida Statutes, and
WHEREAS, the City of Boynton Beach, Florida, pursuant
to the Florida Statutes, Section 163.387, in 1983 has
established a Community Redevelopment Trust Fund for the
upgrading and redevelopment of its slum and blighted areas;
and
WHEREAS, public monies may be expended in the public
interest for the purpose of preservation and enhancing the
public health and safety, and
WHEREAS, the State legislature did not authorize or
grant taxing powers to the Community Redevelopment Agencies
but rather provided that taxing authorities as provided by
law appropriate funds to the Community Redevelopment Agency
Redevelopment Trust Fund in order to preserve and enhance
the redevelopment of the Agency areas, and
W~F. REAS, that without the finding of the trust fund
with tax increment financing through the taxing authorities,
the clearance and/or rehabilitation of deteriorated, slum
and blighted conditions may continue to escalate and
endanger the public health and safety.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE CITY COMMISSION
OF THE CITY OF BOYNTON BEACH, FLORIDA, AS FOLLOWS:
Section 1. The City of Boynton Beach opposes any
act amending Section 3 of the Palm Beach County Health Care
Act, Chapter 87-450 as amended by Chapter 88-460, Laws of
Florida; providing for an exemption from the payment of
taxes, fees or increment revenues to Community Redevelopment
Agencies created pursuant to Florida Statute, ChaPter t63,
Part III.
~e~tion 2.~ The City of Boynton Beach opposes any
actio~ ~ the ~tate legislature to amend Florida Statute 163
to exempt the Palm Beach County Health Care District from
the Payment of increment finances to Community Redevelopment
Agencies.
PASSED AND ADOPTED
1990.
ATTEST:
ity ~lerk /
C I T~~~TONw;~EACH, FLORIDA
(Corporate Seal)