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AUS 131980 sox 44' PUE 233 COMMISSIONER LYONS, AS CHAIRMAN OF THE TREASURE COAST REGIONAL PLANNING COUNCIL, THEN PRESENTED A CERTIFICATE OF APPRECIATION TO R. DALE PATCHETT. SAM SHANNON, EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF THE TREASURE COAST REGIONAL PLANNING COUNCIL IN STUART, FLORIDA, APPROACHED THE BOARD AND STATED THAT HE HAD TWO ITEMS TO PRESENT TO MR. PATCHETT AS AN EXPRESSION OF APPRECIATION. HE READ ALOUD AND THEN PRESENTED HIM WITH A LETTER FROM THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF THE FLORIDA LEAGUE OF CITIES; ALSO PRESENTED AN AWARD FROM THE FLORIDA NATIONAL COUNCIL ASSOCIATION, OF WHICH THERE ARE 11 REGIONAL PLANNING COUNCILS, FOR MR, PATCHETT'S EFFORTS THIS YEAR. MR. SHANNON STATED THAT HE WAS VERY PLEASED TO BE AT THIS LOCAL GOVERNMENT MEETING TO MAKE THE PRESENTATIONS TO MR. PATCHETT, AND NOT AT A WATER MANAGEMENT MEETING. HE ALSO WANTED TO EXPRESS TO THE COMMUNITY AND BOARD THE MANY THINGS HE WITNESSED IN TALLAHASSEE, SUCH AS THE DEDICATION MR. PATCHETT SHOWED IN PASSING THIS COMPLEX ISSUE. MR. SHANNON FELT MR. PATCHETT WAS ABLE TO HANDLE IT WELL, AND ALL OF THE INTERESTED GROUPS WERE ABLE TO PRESENT THEIR POSITIONS. HE ADDED THAT ONCE THE CAST WAS SET, MR. PATCHETT WAS A MAN OF HIS WORD AND GOT THE BILL PASSED, AS A RESULT, HE MAY BECOME KNOWN AS THE FATHER OF REGIONAL PLANNING COUNCILS OF FLORIDA. MR. PATCHETT ACCEPTED THE VARIOUS AWARDS BESTOWED ON HIM AND EXPRESSED HIS APPRECIATION FOR ALL OF THE HONORS. HE COMMENTED THAT HE HAD A VERY INTERESTING SPRING IN TALLAHASSEE; ALSO THAT MR. SHANNON AND COMMISSIONER LYONS WERE EXTREMELY HELPFUL TO HIM. MR. PATCHETT NOTED THAT THEY STILL HAVE A LONG WAY TO G0, BUT WAS VERY PLEASED TO BE ABLE TO WORK OUT A COMPROMISE WITH THE GOVERNOR'S OFFICE, THE WATER MANAGEMENT DISTRICT, AND THE REGIONAL OFFICES. CHAIRMAN SIEBERT FELT. THE PASSING OF THE BILL WAS A MONUMENTAL ACCOMPLISHMENT AND HE EXPRESSED APPRECIATION FOR ALL OF MR. PATCHETT'S EFFORTS. 1g=