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limited extent to which, in planning for the future, county <br />departments and agencies have given serious thought to <br />consolidating with corresponding (and sometimes overlapping) units <br />of other local governments and state government. We may never <br />see the day when there will be wholesale consolidation of city and <br />county governments, and indeed, that may not even be desirable. <br />But in this age of limited resources, the committee believes that all <br />local governments should seek every opportunity to consolidate and <br />coordinate similar activities. The example of the law enforcement <br />agencies which would be continued as separate entities, but <br />physically consolidated into a single tri-agency facility, provides a <br />helpful template; but it also suggests that other candidates for <br />increased intergovernmental consolidation, coordination or <br />cooperation may need to spend considerable periods of time <br />evaluating and becoming comfortable with those actions. The <br />steering committee also recognizes that actual intergovernmental <br />consolidation, or even the physical combination of separate <br />agencies under the tri-agency model, may not be appropriate or <br />desirable in every case. But opportunities for consolidation and for <br />lower levels of coordination 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 />PAGE 5 <br />ksj/cd/Facilities.Int 04/07/95 <br />