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3 <br />`.` <br />COUNTY COORDINATOR, L. S. "TOMMY" THOMAS STATED THAT WE HAVE <br />NOT BEEN REFUNDED ENOUGH BY CETA FOR ALL OF THE ON—GOING*PROGRAMS, HE <br />I' <br />NOTED THAT THERE IS LEGISLATION PENDING ON A LARGE TITLE VI PROGRAM,. <br />BUT ACCORDING TO HIS UNDERSTANDING, IT IS GEARED VERY CLOSELY TO THE <br />DISADVANTAGED, WHICH HE DID NOT FEEL WOULD BE OF MUCH HELP TO US IN <br />THIS PARTICULAR SITUATION. <br />ATTORNEY COLLINS COMMENTED THAT A RECENT FLORIDA SUPREME COURT <br />E-. <br />RULING FAILS TO ANSWER THE QUESTION OF WHAT CONSTITUTES DOUBLE TAXATION, <br />AND INDIVIDUAL COUNTIES AND MUNICIPALITIES WILL STILL HAVE TO WORK THE <br />PROBLEM OUT AMONG' THEMSELVES, <br />CHAIRMAN SIEBERT INFORMED THE BOARD THAT HE HAD ASSUREDCITY <br />OF VERO BEACH OFFICIALS SOME TIME AGO THAT THE COUNTY WOULD PARTICIPATE <br />TO THE -EXTENT THAT IT DID NOT INTERFERE WITH THE EVERY DAY OPERATION <br />OF THE COUNTY. HE CONTINUED THAT HE PERSONALLY DOES NOT FEEL A GREAT <br />DEAL CAN BE ACCOMPLISHED BY SUCH A STUDY AS, REGARDLESS OF THE STUDY, IT <br />WILL STILL BE LEFT UP TO THE GOVERNMENTAL BODIES INVOLVED AND THERE IS <br />ALWAYS THE POSSIBILITY OF SOME TYPE OF LEGAL ACTION BEING REQUIRED. HE <br />STATED HE WAS CONCERNED ABOUT WASTING THE TAXPAYER S MONEY. a <br />THE CHAIRMAN CONTINUED THAT HE HAD MADE IT CLEAR THAT.OUR <br />PLANNING DEPARTMENT IS OVERLOADED ALREADY AND WHILE WE COULD MAKE IN— <br />FORMATION AVAILABLE, WE COULD NOT TAKE OUR STAFF °S TIME TO PREPARE IT, <br />HE STATED THAT HE WOULD NOT WANT TO GIVE ANYBODY THE IMPRESSION THAT <br />{ <br />THE RESULTS OF A DUAL TAXATION STUDY WOULD BIND THE COUNTY TO THE <br />RECOMMENDATIONS MADE. <br />.; <br />I. <br />COMMISSIONER WODTKE SUGGESTED THAT WHERE SPECIFIC INFORMATION <br />IS REQUIRED, SUCH REQUESTS SHOULD BE MADE THROUGH THE COMMISSIONERS WHO <br />WOULD THEN CONFER WITH THE PROPER DEPARTMENT TO DETERMINE WHETHER THEY <br />CAN TAKE THE TIME TO PROVIDE THIS INFORMATION, AS SOME OF THESE REQUESTS <br />t <br />COULD ENTAIL A GREAT DEAL OF TIME, HE POINTED OUT THAT ALL THIS IN— <br />FORMATION IS PUBLIC INFORMATION$ <br />CHAIRMAN SIEBERT STATED THAT HE FELT A DUAL TAXATION STUDY <br />TAKING PLACE AT THE SAME TIME AS THE CHARTER STUDY COULD VERY WELL CLOUD <br />THE TRUE ISSUE OF THE CHARTER, <br />, <br />28 <br />JUS <br />�19 <br />7 <br />