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boa 98 F�,,LsE 933 Director Keating touched on other elements which are not final including recreation. It is difficult to deal with levels of service because the County and the cities provide recreational facilities and funding. It is a complex task to determine who pays for and who gets credit for what. While extensive work has already been done, staff may conclude that it will need more study. With respect to the intergovernmental coordination element, Director Keating recommended that some of the intergovernmental coordination be formalized and focus be placed on eliminating enclaves; working with the cities to develop annexation plans; and eliminating the current policy of considering changing to a "charter county" as it does not appear to have many advantages for the County. Director Keating advised that a great deal of work has gone into the preparation of this draft EAR and staff feels pretty comfortable with it. They expect to be doing a lot more before it comes back on December 10th for final approval and authorization to send it to DCA. He asked that the Board members submit their comments so they may be given to the Planning & Zoning Commission for their meeting on September 12th, and asked for concurrence to schedule some workshops in the fall for additional input. Commissioner Eggert advised that she had already called him with her comments, but wished to follow up on his statement about annexation and eliminating enclaves. She assumed that in his conversations on these topics he was carefully considering the effect on emergency services. Commissioner Bird suggested that before the map is revised staff check with St. Johns River Water Management District regarding some of their acquisitions in the county. He also felt there is little opportunity in the county for a family to fulfill the "American dream" to buy an acre or two. Not many one or two acre lots exist and they are difficult to create. Commissioner Eggert was certain it was true and recalled that having one or two acre lots was one of the things sacrificed in dealing with the DCA in 1989/90 that has really been too bad. Commissioner Tippin remarked that DCA has not changed their outlook on it either. At one time DCA praised the county for the low density and green space, but now the same agency is saying that urban sprawl has been created. Chairman Adams agreed with Commissioner Bird and thought maybe we need to change the 5 acres per unit. She felt that the logical 32 August 27, 1996 I