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DISCUSS POSSIBLE TRANSFER FROM TREASURE COAST REGIONAL PLANNING <br />COUNC I L <br />Chairman Scurlock informed the Board that Commissioner <br />Bowman brought to his attention a memo from the Regional Planning <br />Council advising that we have 60 days to react to a proposal to <br />make their boundaries co -terminus with the Water Management <br />Districts, which would move us from Treasure Coast Regional <br />Planning Council into the regional planning council with Marion <br />and Orange Counties. The Chairman did not see that we have any <br />similarities with those non -coastal counties and believed we <br />should remain where we are. <br />Commissioner Bowman noted that actually we used to be a <br />member of the East Central Florida Regional Planning Council with <br />Brevard County, which was a very unsatisfactory arrangement and <br />we were happy when we changed into the Treasure Coast Regional <br />Planning Council. This new proposal is a brainchild of the State <br />Boundaries Committee - they want to follow the boundaries of the <br />Water Management Districts and want to do this for everything - <br />the DER, the DOT, etc. <br />Commissioner Bird believed that a majority of the time we <br />are included with Martin and St. Lucie counties, i.e-:-, with the <br />DOT, the judicial system, HRS, the Tri -County Council, etc., and <br />there is no question in his mind that is where we need to be. He <br />felt that just sharing the Indian River is enough reason in <br />itself to stay with the counties that share that resource. <br />MOTION WAS MADE by Commissioner Eggert, SECONDED by <br />Commissioner Bowman to authorize staff to draw up an <br />appropriate response indicating our feelings on the <br />proposal to transfer us out of the Treasure Coast <br />- Regional Planning Council. <br />49 BOOK � Frq.uc 5 73 <br />