HomeMy WebLinkAbout10-300 RESOLUTION NO. 10-300
A RESOLUTION OF THE BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS OF
ST. LUCIE COUNTY, FLORIDA, IN SUPPORT OF HOUSE
RESOLUTION (HR) 2746 WHICH, AS WRITTEN, WOULD ALLOW
URBANIZED AREAS WITH A POPULATION OF 200,000 OR MORE,
BUT NO MORE THAN 400,000 TO USE PORTIONS OF THE
SECTION 5307 FUNDING FOR TRANSIT OPERATING
WHEREAS, the Department of Commerce Bureau of Census has proposed changes to
the urbanized area definition for the 2010 Census that will negatively impact operation funding
for St. Lucie County Transit published in the August 24, 2010 Federal Register Volume 75.
WHEREAS, under current federal law small urbanized areas are permitted to use FTA
Section 5307 allocation for operating expenses. Larger UZA's are not offered the same
opportunity.
WHEREAS, St Lucie County needs operational funds to sustain transit service at an
effective level.
WHEREAS, the Board of County Commissioners of St. Lucie County, Florida, has made
the following determinations:
1. St. Lucie County strongly supports the option of 500,000 persons as the
Preferred Minimum Threshold for splitting large Urban Agglomerations into
separate Urbanized Areas (UZA).
2. St. Lucie County supports the proposed maximum jump distance of 1.5 miles as
the accepted distance for connecting noncontiguous qualifying territory. This
criterion is particularly relevant to Florida's Urbanized Areas, as there is a large
amount of conservation land serving as a natural constraint on future urban
expansion and/or long distance commuting.
3. St. Lucie County supports utilizing the commuter information obtained from the
American Community Survey (ACS) based on data from the decennial census,
rather than using the data obtained solely through sampling.
4. It was determined by Florida Public Transportation Association (FPTA) and transit
partners that if the proposed changes to urban agglomerations (consolidating
the current UZA of Martin, St. Lucie, Indian River, and Brevard Counties) are
adopted, residential services would be cut due to diminishing access to operating
funds.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED by the Board of County Commissioners of St. Lucie
County, Florida:
1. The foregoing recitals are hereby incorporated herein by reference.
2. The Board of County Commissioners of St. Lucie County, Florida hereby supports
the adoption of Federal Legislation HR 2746, allowing urbanized areas with a
population of 200,000 or more, but no more than 400,000, to use portions of the
Section 5307 funding for transit operating expenses.
3. The County Administrator is hereby directed to send a copy of this resolution to
the United States Census Bureau and to St. Lucie County's Federal Legislative
Delegation.
PASSED AND DULY ADOPTED this 23~d day of November 2010.
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