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<br />(8 ) <br /> <br />What I am asking is no small undertaking. <br /> <br />It's not <br /> <br />being done now on a local, regional or state level. For <br /> <br />example, on a regional level, the West piedmont Planning <br /> <br />Commission which has developed regional plans for numerous <br /> <br />regional services, has no regional plans for public service <br /> <br />agencies. <br /> <br />AS you all know, in most cases, one can only get federal <br /> <br />! <br />f <br /> <br />or state funding for programs if they conform to regional <br /> <br />plans. <br /> <br />Currently, there are regional plans for land use, <br /> <br />water and sewer, housing, energy, criminal justice, transporta- <br /> <br />tion and other regional services. <br /> <br />There are no regional plans <br /> <br />for public services such as libraries, drug agencies, mental <br /> <br />health, poverty agencies and other big budget agencies which <br /> <br />pass through the commission for program review. , <br />Wet:t- ""eJ~ pA.nmnCj <br />The result, as I see it, is that the~Commission has <br /> <br />served as a rubber-stamp for almost all public service <br /> <br />funding applications. <br /> <br />Obviously, if there are no regional <br /> <br />plans for public services, it follows that a funding application <br /> <br />cannot be in conflict with regional plans, programs and <br /> <br />objectives, the key to the funding process. <br /> <br />T h:H'9 1il.:..~u L01n 1:.~il~:'t: 't.LCl.d!Li~nall, T ~~rtnn!!:.;::li~l.alf.& hi'v-. <br /> <br />'8e,.:.~t.a ;10 .I'P"i:oh4fJ pJlV1S: ~r ,PoibJ,'c.. serll;~@S M.vE bt!2@n <br />~Q1T Th~T 'A8~~ a~QAgi8e 1.~~L~48".~.~9~~'r~'~~ne~~. <br />, <br /> <br />~,t;:'fJred h:i. ,te;:;J<&j t :r;:j lr ~ 12' 11.& that the Commi ss ion, through its <br /> <br />own choosing, has denied itself the tools to evaluate and control <br /> <br />costs which, each year, amount to millions of dollars. <br /> <br />Several weeks ago, I asked the Commission to study the <br /> <br />feasibility of developing a regional plan for Chapter 10 <br /> <br />Agencies - - a plan containing evaluation criteria covering costs <br /> <br />and output coupled with regional goals and objectives for the <br />