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MR. REGAN NEXT DISCUSSED HAVING A COMMISSIONER OR A MEMBER OF THE COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT ADVISORY COMMITTEE ATTEND A FLORIDA COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT ASSOCIATION MEETING WITH HIM IN FT. LAUDERDALE. THIS EXPENSE IS CHARGEABLE TO THE COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT PROGRAM. ON MOTION BY COMMISSIONER SCHMUCKER, SECONDED BY COMMISSIONER 4 DEESON, THE BOARD UNANIMOUSLY APPROVED OUT -OF -COUNTY TRAVEL FOR COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT DIRECTOR ED REGAN AND ONE MEMBER OF THE COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT ADVISORY COMMITTEE TO ATTEND THE FLORIDA COMMUNITY DEVELOP- MENT ASSOCIATION CONFERENCE IN FT. LAUDERDALE, NOVEMBER 1-3, 1978. ATTORNEY RALPH EVANS OF THE FIRM OF COLLINS, BROWN, VAN DE VOORDE & EVANS, APPEARED BEFORE THE BOARD TO REPORT ON THE STATUS OF CONDEMNATIONS ON BARBER AVENUE AND STATE ROAD 60. HE REPORTED THAT TRYING THESE LAWSUITS IS SUBSTANTIALLY MORE EXPENSIVE THAN SETTLING THEM, BUT NOTED THAT THE DOT DOESN'T ALLOW MUCH LEEWAY. HE EXPLAINED THAT AFTER THE ORDER OF TAKING, THE PROPERTY BECOMES THE PROPERTY OF THE STATE, AND YOU CAN BEGIN CONSTRUCTION, BUT MUST DETERMINE THE COMPENSATION TO BE PAID TO THE LAND OWNER, TAKING INTO CONSIDERATION SEVERANCE DAMAGES, ETC. HE INFORMED THE BOARD THAT STATE ROAD 60 IS NOW ACCOMPLISHED AND THE CONTRACT IS TO BE LET NEXT SPRING. ATTORNEY EVANS THEN DISCUSSED THE THREE LAWSUITS FILED RELATIVE TO THE CONDEMNATIONS FOR BARBER AVENUE; INVOLVING LUDEN LUMBER, A-1. CITRUS, AND RALMAR ASSOCIATES. HE NOTED THAT SUFFICIENT DRAINAGE WAS NOT PROVIDED IN THE PLANS FOR THE GROVES ON THE NORTH SIDE OF THE ROAD. PLANS HAVE NOW BEEN PRESENTED THAT CARTER & ASSOCIATES HAVE REVIEWED FOR THE LAND OWNERS AND FOUND SATISFACTORY. MR. EVANS CONTINUED THAT THERE IS AN EXISTING PUMP WHICH IS IN THE RIGHT-OF-WAY. ESTIMATES REFLECT A REPLACEMENT COST OF APPROXIMATELY $8,000 TO $9,000, AND THE OWNERS WISH PAYMENT FOR A NEW PUMP. ATTORNEY EVANS QUESTIONED WHAT HAPPENS TO THE OLD PUMP SINCE THE COUNTY, IN ESSENSE, IS BUYING IT. HE STATED THAT HE IS NOT CERTAIN ABOUT THE RELATIONSHIP OF THE COUNTY AND THE DOT IN REGARD TO THESE LAWSUITS, BUT FELT WE ARE IN THE SAME POSITION NOW AND WILL HAVE TO GO THROUGH TALLAHASSEE, THOUGH IN THE FUTURE THE COUNTY WILL BE TAKING OVER CONSTRUCTION. THE CHAIRMAN THOUGHT THE COUNTY HAS TO SECURE THE RIGHTS-OF- WAY AS OF OCTOBER 1ST, BUT ATTORNEY EVANS POINTED OUT THAT THESE PARTICULAR ONES WERE SECURED PRIOR TO THAT TIME, AND HE HAS ALL THE 101 OCT 18 19 8