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aooK 45 %E 52 COMMISSIONER LYONS ASKED IF WE ARE SUPPOSED TO SPEND SOME MONEY IN CONNECTION WITH THIS. MISS COCHRAN STATED THAT THE LEGISLATION DOES NOT HAVE ANY FUNDS FOR THE PLANNING. IT IS ENVISIONED THE PLANNING CAN BE DONE EITHER BY LOCAL PLANNING DEPARTMENTS OR REGIONAL PLANNING COUNCILS. SHE NOTED THAT ALL THE REGIONAL PLANNING COUNCILS IN THE STATE ARE AWARE OF THE LEGISLATION, AND THE DOT NOW IS CONTACTING THE REGIONAL PLANNING COUNCILS AND NEGOTIATING WHAT THEY CAN DO AS A DEPARTMENT TO CONTRIBUTE FINANCIALLY TO THESE PLANS. COMMISSIONER WODTKE ASKED IF THE REGIONAL PLANNING COUNCIL HAS TO DEVELOP A REGIONAL PLAN, AND MISS COCHRAN STATED THAT THEY DO NOT; THAT THERE WILL BE A STATEWIDE PLAN THAT WILL BE MADE UP OF PLANS COMING FROM EACH COUNTY. COMMISSIONER WODTKE ASKED AT WHAT LEVEL IS IT DETERMINED THAT A PERSON IS DISADVANTAGED SO HE CAN BE INVOLVED IN THIS TRANS- PORTATION. MISS COCHRAN STATED THAT THEIR COUNSEL IS WORKING ON DEFI- NITIONS, AND IT PROBABLY WILL BE THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT S DEFINITION OF LOW INCOME. COMMISSIONER WODTKE ASKED IF THERE WILL BE STATE FUNDS AVAILABLE FOR OUR LOCAL PLAN, AND MISS COCHRAN STATED THAT THERE ALREADY ARE FUNDS BEING EXPENDED IN THIS COUNTY AND THE PURPOSE OF THIS PLAN IS TO ASSURE THAT THE MOST IS BEING GOTTEN FOR THIS MONEY. SOME OF THESE FUNDS, FOR INSTANCE, ARE UNDER SEC. 16B2, THE PROGRAM OF THE COUNCIL ON AGING. CHAIRMAN SIEBERT COMMENTED THAT THE STATE LEGISLATURE PASSED THIS LAW, AND BEFORE WE ACCEPT THE RESPONSIBILITY, THEY WILL HAVE TO TELL US WHERE THE MONEY IS COMING FROM. COMMISSIONER LYONS CONCURRED THAT HE ALSO WOULD HAVE NO INTEREST IN THIS PROGRAM UNTIL WE KNOW WHERE THE MONEY IS COMING FROM, MISS COCHRAN EMPHASIZED THAT IT IS POSSIBLE THEY WILL GET FUNDS FROM THE HIGHWAY PROGRAM TO DO THIS PLANNING. SHE NOTED THAT IF THE COUNTY SHOULD CHOOSE NOT TO BE THE PLANNING BODY, THE DOT HAS THE AUTHORITY TO DESIGNATE ANOTHER BODY.