Florida Statute 164.1053 - Full Text and Legal Analysis

The 2025 Florida Statutes

Title XI
COUNTY ORGANIZATION AND INTERGOVERNMENTAL RELATIONS

Chapter 164
GOVERNMENTAL DISPUTES

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164.1053 Conflict assessment phase.—

(1) After the initiation of the conflict resolution procedure, and after proper notice by certified letter has been given, a conflict assessment meeting shall occur. The meeting shall be scheduled to occur within 30 days of the receipt of the letter initiating the conflict resolution procedure. Public notice shall be given for this meeting in accordance with s. 164.1031(7). The conflict assessment meeting shall be scheduled to allow the attendance by the appropriate personnel from each primary conflicting governmental entity. The chief administrator, or his or her designee, for each governmental entity that is a primary conflicting governmental entity in the conflict resolution procedure shall be present at this meeting. If the entities in conflict agree, the assistance of a facilitator may be enlisted for the conflict assessment meeting. During the conflict assessment meeting, the governmental entities shall discuss the issues pertaining to the conflict and an assessment of the conflict from the perspective of each governmental entity involved.

(2) If a tentative resolution to the conflict can be agreed upon by the representatives of the primary conflicting governmental entities at the conflict assessment meeting, the primary conflicting governmental entities may proceed with whatever steps they deem appropriate to fully resolve the conflict, including, but not limited to, the scheduling of additional meetings for informal negotiations or proposing a resolution to the governing bodies of the primary conflicting governmental entities.

(3) In the event that no tentative resolution can be agreed upon, the primary conflicting governmental entities shall schedule a joint public meeting as described in s. 164.1055, which meeting shall occur within 50 days of the receipt of the first letter initiating the conflict resolution process from the initiating governmental entity.

(4) After the conclusion of the conflict assessment meeting, any primary conflicting governmental entity may request mediation as provided in s. 164.1055(2).

History.—s. 7, ch. 99-279.

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City of Miami v. Vill. of Key Biscayne & Miami-Dade Cnty., 197 So. 3d 580 (Fla. 2d DCA 2016).

Published | Florida 2nd District Court of Appeal | 2016 Fla. App. LEXIS 7150

letter to conduct the conflict assessment meeting. § 164.1053(1), Fla Stat. (2015). Public notice must be given

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City of Apalachicola v. Franklin Cnty., 132 So. 3d 1217 (Fla. 1st DCA 2014).

Published | Florida 1st District Court of Appeal | 2014 WL 768773, 2014 Fla. App. LEXIS 2676

...refusal and failure to comply with the requirements of the Florida Governmental Conflict Resolution Procedure in Statute § 164 and in particular the refusal by Defendant to participate and meet in the required conflict resolution procedure Statute § 164.1053 of a “joint public meeting” with the City Commissions of City of Apalachicola and the City of Carrabelle on December 19, 2012, and Plaintiff states as follows: 1....

...d for resolving conflicts between and among local and regional governmental entities. § 164.102, Fla. Stat. (2012). Section 164.1056 provides that, if the governmental entities fail to resolve a conflict through the procedures set forth in sections 164.1053 and 164.1055, “the entities participating in the dispute resolution process may avail themselves of any otherwise available legal right.” A declaratory judgment action is an “otherwise available legal right.” Florida’s Declaratory...

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Vill. of Palmetto Bay, Florida v. Miami-Dade Cnty., Florida (Fla. 3d DCA 2024).

Published | Florida 3rd District Court of Appeal

...On March 12, 2021, the Village convened a conflict assessment meeting with the County to “discuss the issues pertaining to the conflict and an assessment of the conflict from the perspective of each governmental entity involved,” as provided under section 164.1053(1), Florida Statutes 4 (2021) (“After the initiation of the conflict resolution procedure, and after proper notice by certified letter has been given, a conflict assessment meeting shall occur....

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Ago (Fla. Att'y Gen. 2009).

Published | Florida Attorney General Reports

...he proposed date and location for a conflict assessment meeting, and suggestions as to personnel who should be present at such meeting. 6 Following initiation of the conflict resolution procedure, the statute calls for a conflict assessment meeting. Section 164.1053 (1), Florida Statutes, describes the conflict assessment phase of the process and requires that a conflict assessment meeting must occur within 30 days of the receipt of the letter initiating the conflict resolution procedure....

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