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![handle is hein.sag/sagfl0027 and id is 1 raw text is: Florida Attorney General
Advisory Legal Opinion
Number: INFORMAL
Date: January 6, 2005
Subject: Sunshine Law; St. Johns River Alliance, Inc.
Mr. Scott L. Knox
Brevard County Attorney
2725 Judge Fran Jamieson Way
Viera, Florida 32940
Dear Mr. Knox:
On behalf of the Board of County Commissioners of Brevard County, you have
asked for this office's assistance in determining whether the St. Johns
River Alliance, Inc., a non-profit corporation formed to help carry out
the federal American Heritage Rivers Initiative and the associated
intergovernmental Partnership Agreement among state, local and federal
governmental entities, is subject to the open meetings requirements of the
Government in the Sunshine Law, section 286.011, Florida Statutes.
The President of the United States created the American Heritage Rivers
Initiative by executive order in 1997.(1] Pursuant to the provisions of
the initiative, the St. Johns River was officially designated an American
Heritage River in recognition of its ecological, historic, economic and
cultural significance. [2] The American Heritage Rivers Initiative
Partnership Agreement between the St. Johns River Community, State,
Regional and Federal Agencies was entered into in December 1999.[3]
The partnership agreement established the goals and objectives of the
initiative and provided for a Steering Committee for carrying out the
program. [4) After working with the Florida Department of Environmental
Protection and other state and federal parties, the Steering Committee
concluded that the structure of the initiative provided an opportunity to
create a public-private partnership to further the goals of the initiative
and the overall restoration goals of its partners through a non-
governmental organization.[5] The St. Johns River Alliance, Inc., was
formed in response to recommendations from the Steering Committee and is
described as follows:
[T]he St. Johns River Alliance, [shall be] a Florida not for profit
federal tax exempt corporation to facilitate intergovernmental and public
support, whose mission will be to promote, preserve, protect, and
celebrate the St. Johns River as an American Heritage River in recognition
of its ecological, historic, economic, recreational, and cultural
significance, and to further conservation and restoration efforts so that
the public may gain a greater appreciation for its importance to the
quality of life of current and future generations.[6]
The Board of Directors of the St. Johns River Alliance, Inc., is made up
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