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s <br />No <br />f <br />HAVING A UNIT OR SO LESS THAN THE STANDARDS REQUIRE. HE STATED THEIR <br />FIRST APPROACH WAS TO LOOK AT SOME ALTERNATIVES AND TRY TO WORK WITH <br />OTHER REGIONAL PLANNING COUNCILS TO DECIDE ON SOME MORE APPROPRIATE <br />STANDARDS NOW THAT SOME EXPERIENCE HAS BEEN GAINED. HE CONTINUED THAT <br />A SECOND APPROACH WOULD BE TO DEVELOP A REGIONAL MANAGEMENT PROGRAM, BUT <br />NOTED THAT JHIS WOULD TAKE SEVERAL YEARS TO IMPLEMENT. <br />MR. SHANNON SUGGESTED THAT POSSIBLY THERE ARE CERTAIN SITUATIONS <br />BASED EITHER ON THE FINANCIAL SYSTEM OF THE AREA OR RELATING TO THE <br />POPULATION AND CAPITAL IMPROVEMENTS, ETC., THAT SHOULD BE CONSIDERED <br />IN REQUIRING DRI. HE GAVE AS AN EXAMPLE A COUNTY THAT HAD BONDED AND <br />DEVELOPED A PROGRAM TO BEGIN A COUNTYWIDE SEWER PROGRAM AND SUDDENLY <br />A NEW DEVELOPMENT CAME IN THAT WOULD REQUIRE GOING BEYOND THE SEWER <br />BONDED FOR, HE FELT SUCH A DEVELOPMENT SHOULD BE A DRI, <br />DISCUSSION FOLLOWED ON THE DECISION OF THE 1ST DISTRICT COURT <br />OF APPEALS THAT THE DIVISION OF STATE PLANNING SHOULD NOT RELY TOTALLY <br />A, <br />ON THE DRI THESHOLDS SET OUT IN EXHIBIT 1, BUT COULD USE THEM AS A <br />GUIDE. <br />COMMISSIONER SIEBERT NOTED THAT THIS PRESENTS THE DANGER THAT <br />THE DIVISION OF STATE PLANNING COULD OVERRULE A REGIONAL PLANNING <br />COUNCIL, AND MR. SHANNON AGREED THAT A REGIONAL PLANNING COUNCIL WOULD <br />HAVE BETTER KNOWLEDGE OF A LOCAL SITUATION, <br />COMMISSIONER SIEBERT NOTED THAT MR. SHANNON IS ACTUALLY LOOKING <br />FOR THE COUNTY'S INPUT ON WHICH APPROACH THEY WOULD PREFER REGARDING <br />DRI OR WHETHER TO LEAVE IT AS IT IS NOW. HE CAUTIONED THE BOARD TO <br />BE VERY CAREFUL ABOUT REDUCING THE THRESHOLD LEVEL. COMMISSIONER <br />SIEBERT FELT THE FIRST APPROACH, GETTING EXPERIENCE AND TALKING TO <br />OTHER REGIONAL COUNCILS, IS THE BEST AND POINTED OUT THAT THE DRI <br />IS RELATIVELY NEW AND THERE HAVE BEEN RELATIVELY FEW OF THEM - ONLY <br />ABOUT 100 IN FIVE YEARS IN THE WHOLE STATE. HE BELIVED THERE WILL <br />ALWAYS BE SOME WHO WILL SQUEEZE UNDER THE THRESHOLD REQUIREMENTS, <br />BUT DID NOT FEEL IT HAS CREATED A MAJOR PROBLEM SO FAR AND NOTED THAT <br />HE WOULD NOT LIKE TO RUSH INTO SOMETHING AT THIS TIME WHEN WE DON'T <br />KNOW WHAT THE FULL IMPACT OF IT WOULD BE, <br />ATTORNEY MICHAEL O'HAIRE INFORMED THE BOARD THAT HE AND HIS <br />FIRM REPRESENT A NUMBER OF DEVELOPMENTS WHO HAD THEY NOT COME IN <br />10 <br />