File #: ID 2016-312    Version: 1 Name:
Type: Ordinance - 2nd Reading Status: Agenda Ready
File created: 5/5/2016 In control: Regular City Commission Meeting
On agenda: 5/18/2016 Final action:
Title: AN ORDINANCE FOR A CITY-WIDE MORATORIUM ON CHARTER SCHOOLS.
Attachments: 1. ORDINANCE, 2. MINUTES - 3-22-16 DRC, 3. MINUTES - 4-5-16 PZ

 

TO:                     Mayor and City Commission

 

FROM:                     Douglas E. Smith, City Manager

 

DATE:                     May 18, 2016

 

 

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AN ORDINANCE FOR A CITY-WIDE MORATORIUM ON CHARTER SCHOOLS.

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BACKGROUND: This ordinance will provide a definition of “charter school” and a six month moratorium on charter schools throughout the City. This item went before the Development Review Committee on March 22, 2016 and the committee concurred with moving the ordinance forward.                      The item went before the Planning and Zoning Board on April 5, 2016. Draft copies of the minutes from both meetings are attached.

 

RECOMMENDATION:  The Planning and Zoning Board approved the ordinance with a 3-1 vote. Approved for Authorization to Advertise at the April 20, 2016, Regular City Commission meeting. Approved on First Reading at the May 4, 2016, Regular City Commission meeting.                     

 

FISCAL IMPACT:  n/a

 

CONTACT PERSON:  Benjamin J. Ziskal, AICP, CEcD, Director of Economic Development