File #: 24-0426    Version: 1 Name:
Type: Consent Agenda Status: Agenda Ready
File created: 2/29/2024 In control: City Commission Regular Meeting
On agenda: 3/26/2024 Final action: 3/26/2024
Title: Approve the Interlocal Agreement Relating to Trespass Authority for County Owned Parks and Facilities Located Within the City of North Port By and Between Sarasota County, Florida and the City of North Port, Florida.
Attachments: 1. Interlocal Agreement, 2. Florida Statute Sec. 810.08, 3. Florida Statute Sec. 810.09, 4. North Port Code Sec. 46-2, 5. Sarasota City Code Sec. 21-46, 6. Sarasota County Administrative Directive No. 05-010, 7. Sarasota County Code Sec. 90-37
TO: Honorable Mayor & Members of the North Port Commission

FROM: A. Jerome Fletcher II, ICMA-CM, MPA, City Manager

TITLE: Approve the Interlocal Agreement Relating to Trespass Authority for County Owned Parks and Facilities Located Within the City of North Port By and Between Sarasota County, Florida and the City of North Port, Florida.


Recommended Action

Approve the Interlocal Agreement Relating to Trespass Authority for County Owned Parks and Facilities Located Within the City of North Port By and Between Sarasota County, Florida and the City of North Port, Florida.

Background Information

Sarasota County owns and maintains several parks and libraries located in the City of North Port. Both recognize that visitors and employees at these properties would benefit from an increased level of law enforcement activity to prevent trespassing and other illegal activities on County property. The Interlocal Agreement Relating to Trespass Authority for County Owned Parks and Facilities Located Within the City of North Port By and Between Sarasota County, Florida and the City of North Port, Florida, gives authorization for North Port Police Department Law Enforcement Officers to issue trespass warnings on behalf of Sarasota County.

Exhibits A and B of the Interlocal Agreement identify the following specific County owned parks and libraries applicable to this Interlocal Agreement:


Parks Libraries

Myakka Islands Point North Port Library
Little Salt Slough Site Shannon Staub Library
San Mateo Drive Property
Cool Today Park
North Port Connector Trail
Myakka State Forest Addition
Walton Ranch

The terms of the Interlocal Agreement also allow the Sarasota County Administrator and the North Port City Manager to amend or supplement, by written Agreement, the list of properties on Exhibits A and B without formal amendment. This Interlocal Agreement will remain in effect until ...

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