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e <br />DISCUSSION FOLLOWED WITH REGARD TO THE NEED TO DETERMINE <br />WHETHER WE HAVE TO GO TO COMPETITIVE NEGOTIATION TO SELECT A CONSULTANT <br />AND AS TO WHAT A TRANSPORTATION DISADVANTAGED PLAN ACTUALLY IS. <br />COMMISSIONER SCURLOCK NOTED THAT A LOT OF THESE ACTIVITIES <br />ARE BEING PERFORMED RIGHT NOW IN THIS COMMUNITY, AND HE BELIEVED THEY <br />ARE TRYING TO COORDINATE THE SERVICES OFFERED BY THE VARIOUS AGENCIES. <br />COMMISSIONER WODTKE SUGGESTED THAT WE TELL THE STATE WE ARE <br />CONCERNED THAT $8,000 WILL NOT CARRY OUT THE PLAN AND WE DO NOT WISH <br />TO MOVE FORWARD UNTIL WE ARE ASSURED OF SUFFICIENT FUNDS, <br />ADMINISTRATOR NELSON BELIEVED THAT $8,000 WOULD BE SUFFICIENT <br />TO PREPARE SUCH A PLAN IF WE CAN MAKE USE OF THE KIMLEY-HORN STUDY AND <br />JUST HAVE IT UPDATED. <br />DISCUSSION CONTINUED WITH REGARD TO THE NECESSITY OF PREPARING <br />A TRANSPORTATION DISADVANTAGED PLAN. <br />MOTION WAS MADE BY COMMISSIONER FLETCHER, SECONDED BY COMMIS- <br />SIONER BIRD, THAT WE TELL THE STATE WE DONT FEEL WE GOT TO. <br />COMMISSIONER BIRD STATED THAT HE WOULD LIKE TO SEETHE DOCU- <br />MENT THAT TELLS US WE HAVE NO CHOICE. <br />RICHARD KELTON, INTERIM ASSISTANT COUNTY ADMINISTRATOR, <br />STATED THAT THEY HAVE RESEARCHED THE MINUTES OF THE MEETING WHEN THE <br />PRESENTATION WAS MADE REGARDING TRANSPORTATION DISADVANTAGED AND ALSO <br />THE STATE LAW, AND BASICALLY THE INTENT_OF THE LEGISLATION IS THAT A <br />PLAN BE DEVELOPED IN EACH COUNTY SO THAT FUNDS.PRESENTLY FLOWING TO <br />THE COUNTY ARE COORDINATED IN THE FUTURE. THERE ARE COUNTIES WHERE <br />DIFFERENT AGENCIES RUN SPECIALIZED PROGRAMS, AND THERE IS MUCH-DUPLI- <br />CATION.-OF <br />UCH-DUPLI-CATIONOF EQUIPMENT, ETC. BASICALLY THE LAW SAYS EACH COUNTY MUST <br />DESIGNATE_A PLANNING AGENCY, AND.IF THE COUNTY DOES NOT ACCEPT -THE <br />RESPONSIBILITY, THE. . ..T. CAN SEEK ANOTHER AGENCY TO. ASSUME THIS.: <br />RESPONSIBILITY.OR ACCEPT THE RESPONSIBILITY THEMSELVES TO SET UP A <br />PLAN FOR COORDINATING TO OBTAIN THE ­MOST EFFECTIVE USE OF FUNDS. <br />..COMMISSIONER-WODTKE DISCUSSED THE.REPORT PREPARED FOR THE <br />D:O. T. I N .1979 -BY K-IMLEY-HORN AND COMMENTED THAT TliE REGIONAL PLANNING <br />COUNCIL WAS PROBABLY -INVOLVED IN THIS. HE SUGGESTED -THAT WE CONTACT <br />THE TREASURE COAST'REGIONAL PLANNING COUNCIL TO SEE IF -THEY WOULD BE <br />-MAY.. 19 1 95 yid46 -wE 542 <br />