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FF - N OV 211983 BIN 55 FA 76 Wodtke felt very strongly that it was the responsibility of the State of Florida to provide transportation facilities for access to State parks. Director Keating reported that if the plan is approved by the Governor, the communities would have to accept these changes and then by the summer of 1984, the State would assess their efforts. Attorney Brandenburg reported that he had just received a call from Tallahassee, and Dr. Degrove's recommendation will be for the Governor and Cabinet to accept the Plan as written with the instruction that the Department of Community Affairs work with each one of the local government units within the Plan to help implement and monitor their implementation for the next 8 months and then report their specific findings to the Cabinet at that time. There will not be a recommendation on the agenda for the meeting of November 29th in respect to any area of critical State concern. He noted that there have been no provisions for any State funds to implement the studies of the projects. The State does fund the Department of Community Affairs, and they have individuals on their staff who can help with certains aspects of the studies. Attorney Brandenburg felt it would be to the County's best interests to adopt the resolution today as it presents the County's past position; it indicates to the Governor that the County is willing and, in fact, will follow the State law by participating in a voluntary, cooperative effort for good planning throughout the State; and it sets forth the County's interpretation of certain sections of the Plan - specifically, that we will undertake the transportation study immediately and during that time there will be no necessary, direct and immediate additional restrictions imposed on the County in respect to the transportation element. He urged that we take this to the Cabinet and get them to acknowledge that it is a cooperative M M