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L <br />ROAD WOULD BE PAVED. HE STATED THAT SEVERAL HUNDRED CARS A DAY GO <br />OVER THIS ROAD AND WHEN YOU GET A LOT OF TRAFFIC ON MARL, YOU NEED TO <br />GRADE IT AT LEAST ONCE A WEEK. HE THEN ASKED, WHEN, WHERE, HOW, AND <br />IF EVER, WILL THE MORTH COUNTY GET A GRADER UP IN THEIR AREA, POINTING <br />OUT THAT THEY HAVE ENOUGH DIRT ROADS RIGHT NOW IN THIS AREA TO REQUIRE <br />A GRADER FULL TIME, HE FELT THEY PAY ENOUGH TAXES TO JUSTIFY THIS. <br />ISR. SUIT AGREED THAT EVEN THOUGH THEY GET SOME MAINTENANCE <br />IN THE FELLSMERE AREAS THE WAY THAT THE GRADERS ARE GRADING THE ROADS <br />IS NOT SUFFICIENT TO KEEP THE ROAD PASSABLE FOR MORE THAN A DAY OR TWO <br />AFTER THEY ARE GRADED. <br />COMMISSIONER DEESON SAID HE RECOGNIZED THAT THE PROBLEM <br />CANNOT BE SOLVED INSTANTLY, BUT DOES FEEL THAT IT IS THE BOARD S <br />RESPONSIBILITY TO WORK WITH THE PEOPLE IN THE NORTH END OF THE COUNTY <br />AND TRY TO SET UP A BETTER MAINTENANCE SCHEDULE AND TAKE ON SOME OF THE <br />ROADS WHERE THERE ARE ENOUGH HOUSES. <br />CHAIRMAN VIODTKE ASKED ADMINISTRATOR JENNINGS TO EXPLAIN OUR <br />ROUTINE FOR MAINTENANCE OF ROADS. <br />ADMINISTRATOR JENNINGS STATED HE WOULD HAVE TO AGREE WITH <br />MANY OF THE REMARKS MADE BY MR. SUIT AND MR, FLOOD. HE NOTED THAT THE <br />ROADS THAT ARE BEING MAINTAINED UP THERE WERE SET FORTH IN AN AGREEMENT <br />OF SEPTEMBER 10, 1975, WITH FELLSMERE WATER MANAGEMENT !DISTRICT, THESE <br />ARE THE ONLY ROADS THE ROAD AND BRIDGE DEPARTMENT WAS GIVEN PERMISSION <br />TO GO ON, THE ADMINISTRATOR NOTED THAT THERE ARE LEGAL PROBLEMS INVOLVED <br />THAT GO BACK MANY YEARS AND HAVE BEEN DISCUSSED TIME AND AGAIN, BUT NEVER <br />RESOLVED, HE CONTINUED THAT THE COUNTY HAS FIVE GRADERS AND OVER 4OO <br />MILES OF SUB—STANDARD ROADS TO KEEP UP, HE ALSO NOTED THAT IF YOU GRADE <br />A ROAD TODAY AND GET A HARD RAIN IN THE EVENING AND RUN TRAFFIC OVER IT, <br />THE.GRADING IS TO NO EFFECT. THE ADMINISTRATOR EXPLAINED THAT WE WORK <br />THE GRADERS IN A CIRCLE AROUND THE COUNTY, BUT WILL PULL THEM OUT OF <br />THEIR ROUTINE WHEN THEY ARE NEEDED FOR AN EMERGENCY, THE ADMINISTRATOR <br />WENT ON TO POINT OUT THE DIFFICULTY OF MAINTAINING ROADS WHICH ARE <br />GROWING SMALLER AND SMALLER AS THE WATER MANAGEMENT DISTRICT PLACES THE <br />MATERIAL THEY DIG OUT OF THE DRAINAGE DITCHES IN THE ROADWAY. HE NOTED <br />THAT THIS, COUPLED WITH THE FENCES BUILT TO CONTAIN THE CATTLE, DOESNIT <br />LEAVE ENOUGH ROOM FOR A GOOD SIZE GRADER TO MANIPULATE, THE ADMINISTRATOR <br />19 <br />AUG 101977 <br />BOOK 30 PAGE 3J <br />