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VAL BRENNAN, COUNTY PLANNING DIRECTOR, INFORMED THE BOARD THAT HE <br />HAD RECEIVED A LETTER FROM THE EAST CENTRAL FLORIDA REGIONAL PLANNING <br />COUNCIL SOLICITING COMMENTS FROM PEOPLE IN THE COMMUNITY IN REGARD TO THE <br />PROPOSED SCHOOL SITE IN THE NORTH END OF THE COUNTY. HE STATED THAT THIS <br />ACTION IS TAKEN BY THE PROJECT REVIEW COMMITTEE AND FROM THERE IT GOES TO <br />THE FULL COUNCIL. AT THIS POINT, THEY MERELY WISH TO KNOW WHETHER YOU <br />APPROVE OR DISAPPROVE THIS PROJECT. LATER IT WILL GET INTO A MORE SUBSTAN' <br />TIVE REVIEW OF THINGS SUCH AS DRAINAGE, ACCESS ROADS, VEHICULAR TRAFFIC, ETC., <br />AND HE WOULD ASSUME, IN THE MEANTIME, UNLESS INFORMED OTHERWISE, THAT ALL <br />THE COMMISSIONERS APPROVED THIS PROJECT. { <br />'1 <br />ADMINISTRATOR JENNINGS INFORMED THE BOARD THAT HE HAD RECEIVED A <br />LETTER FROM ROY AND RAY HOGAN, COLA STREETMAN AND FELDER GUNTER, REQUESTING <br />THE COUNTY TO CONSTRUCT AND MAINTAIN A MARL SURFACE ROAD OUT TO WHERE THEY <br />ARE PUTTING IN NEW FARMS, HE EXPLAINED THIS IS ACTUALLY JUST A DIRT TRAIL <br />ON A CANAL BANK WITH A MINIMUM 30 FOOT RIGHT-OF-WAY AND IS A LITTLE LESS <br />THAN A MILE LONG. IT WOULD REQUIRE A BULLDOZER TO PUSH OUT SOME LARGE TREES <br />AND SOME GRADING AND THE HAULING IN OF MARL, <br />COMMISSIONER MASSEY INQUIRED IF IT WAS A PUBLIC ROAD. <br />ADMINISTRATOR JENNINGS STATED THAT IT IS SET ON THE RIGHT-OF-WAY <br />WHERE IT CAN BE A PUBLIC ROAD. THERE IS 60 FEET OF RIGHT-OF-WAY WITH THE <br />CANAL IN THE SOUTH 30 FEET, AND IT WOULD BE LEGAL TO BUILD A ROAD.ON THIS <br />30 FEET OF LAND. HE CONTINUED THAT THERE ARE, HOWEVER, NUMEROUS OTHER <br />ROADS LIKE THIS IN THE DRAINAGE DISTRICT, AND THIS IS A PROBLEM MORE AND <br />MORE AS GROWERS MOVE INTO NEW TERRITORY TO ESTABLISH NEW GROVES. THE ADMINI- <br />STRATOR POINTED OUT THAT MANY TIMES GROVE OWNERS HAVE BUILT THE ROADS THEM- <br />SELVES, AND THEN THE COUNTY WILL MAINTAIN THEM, <br />CHAIRMAN SIEBERT STATED THAT WE DON'T HAVE A POLICY OTHER THAN THE <br />ADMINISTRATOR HAS JUST OUTLINED, AND WE HAVE SO MANY OTHER PRIORITIES AT <br />THE PRESENT TIME I DON'T SEE HOW WE CAN RESPOND EVEN THOUGH WE MIGHT LIKE TO. <br />COMMISSIONER Loy SUGGESTED THAT IF THE PROPERTY OWNERS BUILD THIS <br />ROAD UP TO COUNTY SPECIFICATIONS FOR AGRICULTURAL ROADS, THE COUNTY WILL <br />ENDEAVOR TO MAINTAIN IT TO THE BEST OF OUR ABILITY. <br />CHAIRMAN SIEBERT AGREED. <br />46 <br />MAR 01976 <br />�� "25 +�:;{x:52 <br />