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VAL BRENNAN APPEARED TO REPORT ON THE PUBLIC HEARINGS IN REGARD TO THE STATE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN AND ASKED THE BOARD TO APPROVE OUT -OF - COUNTY TRAVEL FOR HIM. ON MOTION BY COMMISSIONER Loy, SECONDED BY COMMISSIONER VODTKE, THE BOARD UNANIMOUSLY APPROVED OUT -OF -COUNTY TRAVEL FOR VAL BRENNAN TO AT- TEND A COMPREHENSIVE PLANNING ACT WORKSHOP IN WEST PALM BEACH, OCT. 28,1976, MR. BRENNAN PRESENTED TO THE BOARD A LETTER HE HAD WRITTEN FOR THE CHAIRMAN'S SIGNATURE TO THE BUREAU OF COMPREHENSIVE PLANNING IN REGARD TO THE STATE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN. THE BOARD HAD NO OBJECTION TO THE CHAIR- MAN SIGNING THIS LETTER, AND IT IS HEREBY MADE A PART OF THE MINUTES. •. :,,';'z.^•.: Fr'~'ter ..., -. B O A R D OF COUNTY C O M M I S S I O N E R S Ari tT, k��y..�'`� P.O. BOX tote VERO BEACH o FLORIDA 32960 October 20, 1976 Bureau of Comprehensive Planning Division of State Planning Department of Administration 660 Apalachee Parkway Tallahassee, Florida 32304 Gentlemen: This County had representation at the Public Hearings on the State Comprehensive Plan, held in Orlando on 0-1tober 11 and 12. We have also had the benefit of summary reviews of most of the elements of the State Plan by our County Planning Department. , This County wishes to go on record as being generally favorable to the State Comprehensive Plan with the following reservations: 1. Cost/Benefit: This should be stressed and used more throughout the elements of the plan. By this, we mean that the majority of proposals, when effectuated, should be analyzed as to the cost to the taxpayer against the benefits to be derived by the general public. 2. Terminology: We have asked our planning staff to review the "fine print". The staff has reported to us that there are many phrases which are written in the "may", "might", or "could" terminology with respect to local governments (county) especially, which, in time, may change to "MUST" or "SHALL". Federal government is noted for doing this. We wish to object to such changes in terminology without prior information of intention. 3. Assigned Tasks: We find occasional reference being made in various elements of assigning tasks to do this or'that at certain times. We feel that this does not belong in the plan elements. We suggest { that conditions and time change and that, therefore, this material would be better placed in a separate manual for plan effectuation. We sincerely feel that it could be reasonably interpreted by some factions that by assigning tasks to certain areas of government, the plan perpetuates the existence of bureaucracy by write in. We feel ycu need not that added battle. i 60 OCT 20197 7....140 } j