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the entity with the drainage jurisdiction will adopt the discharge rate. In basins that are not within a water control district, Public Works being the County's representative, would have the ability to set the discharge rate. Mr. Cain believed the question Mr. Smith raised of who has the authority to adopt the discharge standard, and can the Indian River Farms Drainage District do this without the approval of the County and have the County enforce it, is something that does need an answer. Mr. Smith felt if there is an independent agency doing this which has their own funds, possibly they should enforce this themselves rather than dumping it off on the county. County Attorney Vitunac commented that if our standards and their's are inconsistent, this should be looked into, and his office can look into this if Planning feels there is an incon- sistency. Mr. Cain believed the Comp Plan said we would adopt the standards set by the Drainage District. Because of concurrency, we have to make sure our drainage system is not over capacity; so, we do have a responsibility, and he sees the question relating to whether or not the County has to approve the standards set by the Drainage District. Asst. County Attorney Collins believed the County has the authority to regulate the drainage, and as to whether we should enforce district standards, he felt we have to because there is no other development agency around and we are the only one who can enforce these standards. He agreed that the Comp Plan has adopted the District standards, but pointed out that the standard that adopted did not happen until after, the Comp Plan; so, there could be a question as to should we ratify that standard or just accept the fact that they halve more expertise in establishing their discharge figures. Mr. Smith commented that he just raised those questions because there is a lot of confusion about this -and how it will be AUG 0 9 1990 35SO uIAIO