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I . Mr. Lieuallen said that a six-month time frame for the plan probably meant that there would be little coordination at the County level. He said e MAPAC, which he described as one of the County's best citizen advisory committees, would probably be disbanded by the County Commissioners. Mr. Haws said he felt it was unfair of Mr. Lieuallen to exclude Mr. Rust from his comments because, after the Cone-Breeden annexation, he did not feel that Mr. Rust was happy with the City's boundaries. He said the City was more or less under seigeand the County's plan was one more example of this. He asked the staff to closely monitor developments on this plan. He said that it might be up to the Council to take action on these matters. He asked the staff what the City could do to further its concerns. He felt the County was taking City money without providing benefits to the City. In response to Mr. Haws, Mr. Henry said a monitoring program was probably the most important thing the City could do. Concerning double taxation, he said the City was working the County Administrator to get more equity from County highway funds. He said several meetings had been held on this subject, but the change of County Commissioners had sidetracked the effort for several months. He said the initiative would have to come from City staff with the approval of City Council and the cooperation of the County staff. Ms. Smith moved, seconded by Mr. Haws, that the Council forward the memo of July 25, from the Planning Commission and City Council to the Board of County Commissioners, expressing some - of the Council's concerns and that the staff continue to monitor the procedure and keep the Council well informed. Mr. Delay said that he concurred with the recommendations and Mr. Lieuallen's comments. He said. the soft edged language of the county's document made it sound reasonable, but it could become a speculator's relief act. He said it could run counter to the interests of the City and other incorpor- ated areas of the County. He said the statistics presented by Mr. Bennett caused him to worry about the consequences. He said if the County were interested in delivering urban services, it should provide them to existing population areas. He pointed out that while most cities paid for their police force, River Road and Santa Clara received the service free while others in the county paid the cost. He said the County plan must be closely monitored as it could run contrary to the interests of those citizens in the cities and other incorporated areas of the county. Motion passed unanimously. IV. CONSTRUCTION CODE FEES UPDATE Mr. Henry reviewed the bills. He referred to page 12 of the agenda. He said there was a lot of cleaning up of Code language and updating of provisions so that they would comply with present State law. He said the existing Code referred to 1973 laws which had since been changed. He said some items would increase administrative ability such as with an item on . page 13 allowing the City to stop projects or deny inspections if other 7/25/79--8 4-11