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THE BOARD INDICATED THAT COMMISSIONER SCHMUCKER SHOULD PROCEED, COMMISSIONER SCHMUCKER REPORTED THAT THE STATE WANTS US TO TAKE THE LAW ENFORCEMENT ASSISTANCE ADMINISTRATION (LEAA) PROGRAM OUT OF EAST CENTRAL REGIONAL PLANNING COUNCIL AND PUT IT INTO TREASURE COAST REGIONAL PLANNING COUNCIL. HE NOTED THAT SHERIFF .JOYCE IS WILLING TO SHIFT BUT DOESN'T WANT TO LOSE ANY MONEY BY DOING S0, THE PROBLEM IS THAT WE ARE A LOW CRIME RATE COUNTY AND WOULD ONLY RECEIVE SECONDARY FUNDS IN THE TREASURE COAST REGIONAL PLANNING COUNCIL, BUT IN EAST CENTRAL REGIONAL PLANNING COUNCIL, THE COUNTIES HAVE JOINED TOGETHER AS A LOW CRIME RATE COUNTY GROUP AND WHATEVER THEY GET, THEY SPLIT THREE WAYS. COMMISSIONER SCHMUCKER FURTHER DISCUSSED THE PROBLEMS INVOLVED AND FELT WE POSSIBLY COULD CONTRACT WITH EAST CENTRAL REGIONAL PLANNING COUNCIL FOR ANOTHER YEAR. COMMISSIONER SIEBERT AGREED THAT WE OUGHT TO TRY TO CONTINUE WITH EAST CENTRAL UNTIL WE DETERMINE WHAT THE STATUS OF MARTIN AND ST. LUCIE COUNTIES IS GOING TO BE. HE NOTED THAT WE ARE PAYING THROUGH TREASURE COAST BUT GETTING NO FUNDS. THE BOARD AGREED THAT THE POSSIBILITY OF CONTRACTING WITH EAST CENTRAL REGIONAL PLANNING COUNCIL FOR ONE MORE YEAR SHOULD BE INVESTIGATED. COMMISSIONER SIEBERT BROUGHT UP THE FUNDS ALLOCATED TO RECREATION FROM THE COMMUNITY BLOCK DEVELOPMENT GRANT AND ASKED IF THERE WERE ENOUGH REMAINING TO PUT A PUMP IN THE GIFFORD PARK. ADMINISTRATOR JENNINGS NOTED THAT THERE HAD BEEN A MEETING OF THE CITIZENS ADVISORY COMMITTEE LAST NIGHT AND THIS MATTER HAD NOT EVEN BEEN BROUGHT UP. HE FELT, HOWEVER, THERE IS ENOUGH MONEY FOR THIS TO BE DONE, IN FURTHER DISCUSSION, IT WAS AGREED THERE IS A LACK OF COMMUNICA- TION, AND THE REQUEST SHOULD BE PRESENTED TO THE CITIZENS ADVISORY COMMITTEE, THE BOARD THEREUPON RECESSED AT 12:00 NOON FOR LUNCH AND RE- CONVENED AT 1:30 O'CLOCK P.M. WITH THE SAME MEMBERS PRESENT. 22 } i f SEP 7 1977 RJOK 3� Fr, 446