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consolidating with corresponding (and sometimes overlapping) <br />units of other local governments and state government. We <br />may never see the day when there will be wholesale <br />consolidation of city and county governments, and indeed, that <br />may not even be desirable. But in this age of lim.ited resources, <br />the committee believes that all local governments should seek <br />every opportunity to consolidate and coordinate similar <br />activities. The example of the law enforcement agencies which <br />would be continued as separate entities, but physically <br />consolidated into a single tri-agency facility provides a helpful <br />template; but it also suggests that other candidates for increased <br />intergovernmental consolidarion, coordination or cooperation <br />may need to spend considerable periods of time evaluating and <br />becoming comfortable with those actions. The steering <br />committee also recognizes that actual intergovernmental <br />consolidation, or even the physical combinarion of separate <br />agencies under the tri-agencv model, may not be appropnate or <br />desirable in ev_~ry case. But opportunities for consolidation and <br />for lower levels of coordinarion and cooperation should not be <br />overlooked. The county and other local governments need to <br />cultivate an attitude which discourages territoriality and turf <br />protection and which seeks creative new ways to make local <br />government more responsive, efficient and cost effective. The <br />county also needs to do a better job of educatin~ the public <br />PAGE 5 <br />4c:/rri/~'~rilitiPC Tnt (1Z/1RI~QS <br />