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Fred Mensing, directed a hypothetical question to staff, that if ABC construction <br />owns part of a subdivision and they elect to sell that entire portion, would sidewalks have to be <br />put in place to sell for a block sale in an in -completed subdivision. <br />Attorney Collins said, "No," they would take that block subject to the same <br />deferrals status; and they could activate it at such time as they felt market conditions warranted <br />and they posted a security. <br />Joe Wiggins, 895 116 Street SW, talked about unpaved roads and the safety of <br />children using the subject road because of the lack of a sidewalk, and desired to see a functional <br />sidewalk or a pathway, even if it is in the rough. <br />Chairman Davis, explaining the difference in Mr. Wiggins' concerns for <br />installation of new sidewalks, pointed out the changes the Board has made in the County's <br />Ordinance regarding the requirement of sidewalks in subdivisions, as well as, explained the <br />nature of today's emergency ordinance that surrounds the calling of Letters of Credit on <br />sidewalks that were already created under the new Land Development Regulations in 2004. <br />Bruce Barkett, Esquire, 756 Beachland Boulevard, and a member of the <br />Committee that made some of the proposed recommendations, appreciated the efforts of the <br />Board, and said the Committee endorse all three recommendations put forward, specifically the <br />one-year extension on the site plan approval, the reduction of maintenance bond for paving and <br />drainage from three years to one year; and do not support the step down from 25% to 5% but <br />understood it. The Committee supports staff's recommendation for the sidewalk security <br />requirement, but reserve the right to recommend some tinkering later on, because they are still <br />not convinced that security for sidewalks is necessary in the long run, since you do require the <br />sidewalk to be built in front of the house before a Certificate of Occupancy (CO) is issued; but <br />for the emergency ordinance sake they would support it. <br />February 17, 2009 6 <br />