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APR 2 86 BOCK 64 ALTERNATIVES & ANALYSIS': The minimum criteria required of local comprehensive plans is specific. Therefore, the County does not have discretion as to" the minimum amount of work needed to comply with the state's regulations. The County, however, does have the ability to determine what specific work activities will be incorporated within the scope of services to be submitted to the Department of Community Affairs to obtain the $31,703 available to the County. There are several alternatives available to the County in structuring a scope of services to obtain the state funds. earmarked for Indian River County. The alternatives basically involve options as to what activities should be included in the scope of services. They also involve options as to expending the funds. These funds could be expended for consultant ser- vices, staff salaries, other expenses to prepare part of the required local plan. The staff feels that certain activities must be undertaken initially, prior to work proceeding on other plan elements. Therefore, it is the staff's position that the attached proposed scope of services be submitted to DCA for inclusion in a contract between the department and the County. In this way, the activities identified in the proposed scope of services would be funded by state money allocated to the County. Specifically, the staff proposes that the scope of services include two principal activities: preparation of a County base map at a 1" = 1000' scale and completion of a detailed existing land use survey. Both of these are activities which' mustbe done as part of the plan preparation process. As proposed,_ the base map preparation work would be contracted to a consultant (mapping firm), while the existing land use survey would be undertaken by interns supervised by County staff. The attached scope of services identifies the specific activities proposed, estimates staff time and cost, and identifies work products. As part of its contract with DCA, the County must accept several conditions. Besides expending the funds prior to December 1, 1986, the County must allow public access to all material prepared using the state funds, assure that records • are available for state review and/or audit, and include the funds in audits prepared for FY86 and FY87. The County must also provide the state with a progress report, financial report, and copies of draft work products by September 1, 1986 as well as a contract close out report and copies of work products at the time of contract expiration. RECOMMENDATION The staff recommends that the Board direct the staff to apply for funds available to Indian River County from the state Department of Community Affairs. The staff also recommends that the Board approve the draft scope of services and author- ize its transmittal to DCA. 52 _ M