Res 14-89 RESOLUTION NO. 14-89
A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COMMISSION OF THE CITY OF
DELRAY BEACH, FLORIDA, REQUESTING THAT THE CHIEF JUDGE
OF 5~{E FIFTEENTH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT IN AND FOR PALM
BEACH COUNTY, FLORIDA and THE BOARD OF COUNTY
COMMISSIONERS OF PALM BEACH COUNTY, FLORIDA, PROVIDE
FOR THE HOLDING OF JURY TRIALS AT THE NEW SOUTH PALM
BEACH COUNTY COURTHOUSE, P~ENTLY UNDER CONSTRUCTION
ON ATLANTIC AVENUE IN THE CITY OF ~DELRAY BEACH,
FLORIDA, AND IN ORDER TO FACILITATE SAID JURY
TRIALS, PROVIDE FOR THE CREATION OF A SEPARATE JURY
DISTHICTFOR SOUTHERN PALM BEACH COUNTY.
WHEREAS, Article V, Section 20 (C)(9) of the Constitution
for the State of Florida provides that a municipality may a~l¥ to
the Chief Judge of the Circuit court of Palm Beach County to enable a
Court to sit within a municipality.
WHEREAS, the County C~ission for Palm Beach County has
provided for the construction of a new court facility on Atlantic
Avenue in the City of Delray Beach, Florida.
wHEREAs, the construction of the new court facility on
Atlantic Avenue in the City of Delray Beach, Florida, is scheduled
for completion in 1990.
W~EREAS, Florida Statutes, Chapter 40, "Jurors and Payment of
Jurors and Witnesses", Section 40.015, "Jury Districts, Counties
Exceeding 50,000", provides that any "county having a population
exceeding 50,000 according to the last decennial census and one or
more locations in addition to the county seat at which the County or
Circuit Court sits and holds jury trials, the Chief Judge, with the
approval of a majority of the Circuit Court Judges of the Circuit, is
authorized to create a jury district for each courthouse location,
from which jury lists shall be selected in the manner presently
provided by law".
wHEREAS, the City C~.~ission of the City of Delray Beach,
Florida wishes to afford the citizens and residents of the City of
Delray Beach, Florida, neighboring municipalities and Southern Palm
Beach County, Florida, the convenience of having jury trials at the
new courthouse facility on Atlantic Avenue in Delray Beach, Florida
and, thus, seeks the creation of a separate jury district for the
Southern part of Palm Beach County to facilitate said jury trials.
WHEREAS, that the holding of jury trials at the South County
Courthouse will enhance the redevelopment of the Downtown area of the
City of Delray Beach, Florida,
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE CITY COMMISSION OF THE
CITY OF D~.?.RAY BEACH, FLORIDA:
Section 1. The City Co~mission hereby applies to the Chief
Judge of the Fifteenth Judicial Circuit in and for Palm Beach County,
Florida for the ability to hold jury trials at the soon to be com-
pleted new Courthouse facility on Atlantic Avenue in the City of
Delray Beach, Florida.
Section 2. That to facilitate the holding of jury trials at
the new Courthouse facility, under construction on Atlantic Avenue in
the City of Delray Beach, Florida, the City Con~ission of the City of
Delray Beach requests that a separate' Jury District be created for
the southern portion of Palm Beach County, pursuant to Florida
Statutes, Section 40.015, (1987), to facilitate the holding of said
jury trials at the new Courthouse facility located within the City of
Delray Beach, Florida.
Section 3. That the intent of the City Con~ission's request
for the holding of jury trials at the new South County Courthouse and
a separate jury district to facilitate said jury trials at the new
courthouse facility on Atlantic Avenue within The City of Delray
Beach, Florida, is to make the Court's services convenient for the
citizens and residents of neighboring mu/~icipalities, The City of
Delra¥ Beach and southern Palm Beach County an~ to encourage the
further revitalization of Atlantic Avenue, the Central Business
District, and the City of Delray Beach, Florida's Downtown area.
PASSED AND ADOPTED in regular session on this the 9th day
of Ma~ 1989.
MAYOR
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