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Under "Governmental Reform" she discussed the legislative and executive branches' functions and options under a Charter government; constitutional officers, reserved powers to the people, which means there is opportunity for greater citizen involvement in a Charter form of government, and the opportunity to give yourself regional countywide powers. These provisions need to be in the Charter, she advised. On the topic of "Preempted Power" Ms. Delegal explained that in the area of taxation, all taxes other than ad valorem property taxes are pre-empted to the State, and the Legislature has the absolute power of pre-emption in the area of taxes. She also discussed other Additional Revenue Sources for a Charter county, which are not many that a Charter county can levy that a non- Charter cannot, but include Public Service Tax, and Communication Services Tax. Under "Government Partner Views" Ms. Delegal pointed out that when a county becomes a Charter its government partners look at them differently. She related that in the past year, Community Redevelopment Agencies (CRA) were good examples in terms of the disproportionate negotiating power that a non -Charter county would have with a municipality that might want to create a CRA versus a Charter county. With CRAs, if municipalities create a CRA then all of the tax increments, the increase in property values from the investment that has been put in that area, goes to the CRA. Until last year the negotiating power for a Charter county was dramatically different. In closing Ms. Delegal talked about "Regionalism and Reform". She advised that the peoples of the counties of Florida can chose to have Charter governments and certain regional powers and there was also the opportunity for governmental reform. She reminded that sometimes change comes in increments, and they should try to take small steps in dealing with local issues. 5. BOARD DISCUSSION Public Workshop 01/17/07 4 Charter Government