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MOTION TO ADOPT PROPOSED RESOLUTION NO. 2025-R-49.
PROPOSED RESOLUTION NO. 2025-R-49 IS A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COMMISSION OF THE CITY OF PEMBROKE PINES, FLORIDA; REQUESTING BROWARD COUNTY PUBLIC SCHOOLS TO RELEASE OR AMEND THE EDUCATIONAL MITIGATION TRI-PARTY AGREEMENT TO COMPLY WITH CHANGES IN STATE LAW AND TO ELIMINATE THE STUDENT STATION FEES WITHIN THE AGREEMENT; PROVIDING FOR TRANSMITTAL; PROVIDING FOR CONFLICTS; PROVIDING FOR SEVERABILITY; AND PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE DATE.
Summary Explanation and Background
SUMMARY EXPLANATION AND BACKGROUND:
1. The City of Pembroke Pines, like several other municipalities in Broward County, entered into a Tri-Party Educational Mitigation Interlocal Agreement in the early 2000s as a condition of amending its land use plan to establish a Local Activity Center (LAC) or Regional Activity Center (RAC). Pembroke Pines City Center is a Regional Activity Center and the agreement was required specifically for the development of the City Center property. At the time, Broward County Public Schools (BCPS) faced significant overcrowding, and the agreements were intended to mitigate the anticipated impact of increased student enrollment from new residential development.
2. However, over the past two decades, the demographic landscape has shifted. Student enrollment in many of these urban core areas has declined significantly, and schools in these zones are now under-enrolled, rendering the original justification for the student station fees obsolete.
3. Pembroke Pines remains a party to the outdated Tri-Party Agreement, which imposes student station costs far exceeding standard school impact fees. These excessive fees:
? Create financial barriers to development, particularly for affordable housing projects.
? Potentially delay or jeopardize the viability of new housing.
4. Recognizing the inequity and outdated nature of these agreements, the City of Pembroke Pines ...
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