HomeMy WebLinkAboutRESOLUTION NO 14 12 320STATE OF GEORGIA
COUNTY OF FULTON RESOLUTION NO. 14-12-320
A RESOLUTION OF THE MILTON CITY COUNCIL AFFIRMING ITS COMMITMENT
TO CONSERVATION AND GREEN SPACE PRESERVATION IN THE CITY AND THE
DEDICATION OF CERTAIN FUNDS FOR SUCH USES
BE IT RESOLVED by the City Council of the City of Milton, GA while in a Regular Meeting on
December 15,2014 at 6:00 p.m. as follows:
WHEREAS, the Mayor and City Council of the City of Milton believe that the preservation
of green space, open space, and passive amenity areas is a legitimate, necessary and desirable public
policy objective that greatly benefits the citizens of the City; and
WHEREAS, the Mayor and Council further believe that a commitment to the conservation
of natural resources within the City, to include a commitment to direct certain funding toward the
acquisition of park land for public use and enjoyment, protects and enhances the public health,
safety and welfare; and
WHEREAS, the City of Milton does have in effect a Transfer of Development Rights
("TDR") program which allows, among other things, for the development rights from certain City
land to be severed from the property and sold to third parties in need ofTDR credits; and
WHEREAS, it is the belief of the Mayor and Council that the conversion of such
development rights into monetary form by way of the TDR program has the practical effect of
allowing the City to leverage certain existing park land resources into a means of purchasing
additional land that can be dedicated for conservation use; and
WHEREAS, in addition, from time to time the City has and will enter into long term leases
with private parties for the use of public property for remuneration; and
WHEREAS, long term leases shall be any lease longer than five (5) years; and
WHEREAS, as with the TDR program, the City believes the funds derived from such long
term leases shall be leveraged by the City as a means of acquiring additional public lands for
conservation/green space purposes.
NOW THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED AND ORDAINED AS FOLLOWS, that the
following shall be the expressed public policy of the City of Milton:
That funds received by the City of Milton based upon (1) the sale ofTDRs severed from
eligible City of Milton public land, or (2) payments received by the City from private parties
having short or long term leases on City property, shall be placed in a restricted account and
used exclusively by the City to acquire additional land or for other conservation/green space
purposes.
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BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that this policy shall be binding upon the Mayor and
Council unless the policy is duly modified, but with it further acknowledged that one Council may
not bind a future Council in areas of legislative discretion, and therefore this policy will be
necessarily constrained by such limitation.
RESOLVED this 15th day of December, 2014.
Approved:
Attest:
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