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committees, which are comprised of elected officials from Indian River, St Lucie, Martin, and Palm Beach counties, and gubernatorial appointees. He reported that the TCRPC is largely federally funded and opined that the funding allocations are largely made by appointed staff, not the CEDS members; further, he believes a disproportionate amount of funding is being allocated to counties other than Indian River. Mr. Heran also disclosed that many of the CEDS presentations and discussions are pro Seven50 despite the fact that two member counties have withdrawn from the Seven50 initiative, with Martin County planning to exit in the future. A broad -ranging debate followed as individual Commissioners made observations and voiced differing opinions on TCRPC and CEDS. Key discussion topics included the following: (1) the funding that the County has received through TCRPC for Homeland Security Training and the Brownfields Assessment at the old Gifford Landfill; (2) TCRPC's refusal to grant the County's request to change the name of the Seven50 Plan to reflect the actual number of counties remaining in the initiative; (3) TCRPC's development of a lobbying group to ask for state assistance to help with mitigation strategies for the upcoming All Aboard Florida high speed railway; (4) the newly created Governor's subcommittee; and (5) the necessity to defend representative democracy from unelected authorities. No Board Action Required or Taken 6. APPROVAL OF MINUTES G.A. REGULAR MEETING OF DECEMBER 10, 2014 The Chairman asked if there were any corrections or additions to the minutes. There were none. ON MOTION by Commissioner Flescher, SECONDED by Vice Chairman Davis, the Board unanimously approved the minutes of the December 10, 2014 meeting, as written. January 21, 2014 3