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ITEM: RESOLUTION NO. R2024-25 (INTERLOCAL AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE VILLAGE OF WELLINGTON AND THE PINE TREE WATER CONTROL DISTRICT)
A RESOLUTION OF WELLINGTON, FLORIDA'S COUNCIL APPROVING AND AUTHORIZING THE MAYOR TO EXECUTE AN INTERLOCAL AGREEMENT WITH THE PINE TREE WATER CONTROL DISTRICT FOR THE PROVISION OF ROAD MAINTENANCE SERVICES WITHIN THE PINE TREE WATER CONTROL DISTRICT; AND PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE DATE.
REQUEST: Approval of an Interlocal Agreement between the Village of Wellington and the Pine Tree Water Control District for the provision of road maintenance services within the Pine Tree Water Control District
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EXPLANATION: The Pine Tree Water Control District ("Pine Tree") is an independent special water control district within the municipal boundaries of the Village of Wellington ("Wellington"). The residents of Pine Tree are also residents of Wellington. Pine Tree and Wellington entered into an Interlocal Agreement on May 25, 2004 through which Wellington provided certain governmental services to Pine Tree. The services provided to Pine Tree by Wellington, pursuant to the Interlocal Agreement, ended on July 23, 2017, with the exception of roadway maintenance services, which were extended by way of an Amendment to the Interlocal Agreement, until September 30, 2017.
Pine Tree is the entity responsible for the maintenance of the Rustic Ranches roads, as determined by the Court in Village of Wellington v. Pine Tree Water Control District, Case No. 2019-CA-006485. In that case, the Circuit Court of the Fifteenth Judicial Circuit in and for Palm Beach County, Florida, issued a permanent injunction and writ of mandamus directing Pine Tree to comply with its obligations to maintain the Rustic Ranches roads pursuant to its Water Control Plan and South Florida Water Management District Permit No. 50-00485-R/S/W. The Fourth District Court of Appeal affirmed the decision in Pine Tree Water Control District v. Village of Wellington, Cas...
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