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11 <br />maintenance, and costs (or the sharing of these <br />secondary road improvement or maintenance <br />responsibilities) to county governments. Orange County <br />specifically emphasizes the undesirability of counties <br />bearing or sharing the costs of secondary road <br />improvements and/or maintenance. However, if the <br />responsibility or the sharing of responsibility for <br />secondary road improvements and/or the maintenance of <br />roads is foisted upon county governments, then Orange <br />County requests that counties also be given the <br />authority to levy fees, tolls, and other charges as may <br />be necessary to provide funding to address this new <br />responsibility. A new responsibility should include <br />new revenue opportunities to accomplish the identified <br />needs; <br />18) Mental Health - Support Mental Health Reform and seek <br />legislation that assures local capacity to serve the <br />needs of citizens. The state must support local <br />government, both financially and statutorily, to equip <br />itself with adequate tools for crisis intervention and <br />appropriate housing for the mentally ill to allow their <br />