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f R DETERMINED THAT THEY WERE MISLED, AND IT IS NOT MANDATORY FOR A MUNICI— PALITY TO HAVE A CONSULTANT. MAYOR CRAGG NOTED THAT SEBASTIAN HAD TALKED ABOUT SETTING ASIDE $7,000 TO HIRE A CONSULTANT, BUT IT WOULD BE RIDICU— LOUS FOR THEM TO SPEND THAT KIND OF MONEY IF THEY CAN GET THE HELP THEY NEED FROM THE COUNTY PLANNING DEPARTMENT. HE INFORMED THE BOARD THAT THE LAW SAYS THAT THEY CAN MAKE UP ANY PLAN THEY CHOOSE, AND THE STATE CAN LOOK AT IT, BUT THEY CANNOT CHANGE IT NOR CAN THE COUNTY. HE SUB— MITTED TO THE -BOARD A COPY OF A VERY SHORT MASTER PLAN WHICH HAS BEEN -SENT TO THE STATE FOR THE TOWN OF .JUPITER ISLAND. MAYOR CRAGG STATED THAT SEBASTIAN WOULD BE GLAD TO DO SOME OF THE WORK, BUT THEY NEED GUIDANCE AND WOULD BE HAPPY TO ACCEPT ANY EXPERTISE THE.000NTY HAS TO OFFER. COMMISSIONER SIEBERT ASKED, IN THE EVENT WE SHOULD'PROCEED ON THAT BASIS, WOULD IT BE THE MAYORS IDEA TO HAVE THE ADDITIONAL PLANNER IN AN OFFICE IN SEBASTIAN? MAYOR CRAGG STATED THAT THEY COULD SET UP A TEMPORARY OFFICE, BUT FELT IT WOULD BE BETTER TO HAVE HIM IN THE COUNTY PLANNING OFFICE WHERE ALL INFORMATION IS READILY AVAILABLE. CHAIRMAN WODTKE NOTED THAT IF WE DO PURSUE THIS, WE WOULD MAKE THE ASSISTANCE AVAILABLE TO ALL OF THE MUNICIPALITIES, NOT JUST SEBASTIAN AND FELLSMERE, AND STATED HE WOULD LIKE TO HAVE A DEFINITE REQUEST FROM THE MUNICIPALITIES FOR THIS ASSISTANCE, SETTING OUT EXACTLY WHAT ASSISTANCE IS DESIRED AND ACKNOWLEDGING THAT THE COUNTY WILL NOT BE DOING THE PLANNING, BUT WILL JUST ASSIST, COMMISSIONER SIEBERT FELT THE INFORMATION GIVEN THE BOARD TODAY PRESENTS QUITE A DIFFERENT SITUATION, AND HE NOW DOES NOT FEEL IT WOULD BE SUCH A CUMBERSOME THING FOR THE PLANNING DEPARTMENT TO ASSIST THE MUNICIPALITIES. HOMER SIMPSON, MAYOR OF FELLSMERE, STATED THAT HIS CITY COUNCIL . FEELS THE SAME AS SEBASTIAN'S, AND IF THE COUNTY CAN SUPPLY SOMEONE WITH KNOWLEDGE TO WORK WITH THEIR PLANNING ZONING COMMISSION, THEY CAN COME UP WITH THEIR OWN PLAN. o NOV 161977 aoo qac 08-