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Commissioner Adams gave a brief report on the Intergovernmental Challenges Summit she attended and stated that the seminar narrowed the issues down to the 5 most aggravating challenges to intergovernmental coordination which were: Item 1 - unfunded mandates; Item 2 - excessive rules and regulations; Item 3 - restricted revenue resources, including the legislative authority given to water management districts with no one having any control over their boards of directors who have unlimited or unrestricted taxing authority; Item 4 - public safety and criminal justice; and, of course, Item 5 - growth management. A detailed report will be coming out soon. It was a rather intense 2 days and she felt the Governor's office heard loud and clear the Advisory Council on Intergovernmental Relations. They will be doing some additional research and, hopefully, some very good things will come out of it; perhaps not in this year's legislature, but certainly in next year's. The lobbying effort will obviously center on these items through the Florida Association of Counties and the Florida League of Cities. In regard to unfunded mandates, she .spoke with the past president of the National Association of Counties and former Pinellas County commissioner, Barbara Sheen Todd, who has agreed to come to Indian River County on a tentative date of February 15, 1995. Commissioner Adams felt a luncheon forum would be appropriate and suggested that elected officials, the press and any interested business or community residents be invited to hear Ms. Todd talk about unfunded mandates. Chairman Macht, apropos of Commissioner Adams' report, advised the Board that Assistant County Attorney Terrence O'Brien went to Jacksonville for a water district regional meeting and will have a report that he believes the Board will find very interesting as it dovetails with what Commissioner Adams has reported. JANUARY 24, 1995 50m 94 Pt�19 GE 66