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SENIOR PLANNER DAVID MARSH NEXT DISCUSSED THE PROPOSED ADMINISTRATIVE GUIDELINES FOR ABANDONMENTS AND EASEMENT RELEASES, WHICH WERE PREPARED IN RESPONSE TO A REQUEST BY THE COMMISSION TO DEVELOP SOME POLICIES AND PROCEDURES FOR SUCH RELEASES. HE STATED THAT THESE GUIDELINES WERE WORKED OUT IN CONJUNCTION WITH THE ATTORNEY.- THE TTORNEY,THE FINANCE DEPARTMENT, AND THE BOARD'S SECRETARY. DISCUSSION FOLLOWED ON THE FACT THAT THERE ARE TWO DIFFER- ENT CLASSIFICATIONS AND THAT AN ABANDONMENT REQUIRES ADVERTISING AND A PUBLIC HEARING WHILE A RELEASE OF EASEMENT DOES NOT. THE PROPOSED FEE STRUCTURE, HOWEVER, SETS OUT A UNIFORM FEE OF $100, WHICH COVERS THE COST OF ADVERTISEMENTS. CHAIRMAN WODTKE POINTED OUT THAT WHEN WE ABANDON A ROAD.- SOMEONE OAD, SOMEONE ACTUALLY RECEIVES MORE LAND, BUT. WITH A RELEASE OF EASEMENT, THE APPLICANT IS PAYING $100 FOR A FAIRLY SIMPLE CHORE. HE SUG- GESTED SETTING A FEE TO COVER JUST THE ADMINISTRATIVE WORK AND LETTING THE APPLICANT PAY FOR THE ADVERTISEMENTS NECESSARY, MR. MARSH COMMENTED THAT THEY HAD DECIDED TO GO FOR A UNIFORM FEE BECAUSE EVEN THOUGH IT IS SOMEWHAT HIGHER THAN NECES- SARY FOR RELEASE OF EASEMENTS, IT COMPENSATES FOR THE COST OF ABANDONMENT OF ROADS AND ALSO THIS FEE WOULD TEND TO DISCOURAGE PEOPLE FROM MAKING A REQUEST FOR A RELEASE OF EASEMENT UNLESS IT IS REALLY NECESSARY. COMMISSIONER LYONS DID NOT FEEL THE PERSON WHO GETS AN EASEMENT RELEASED SHOULD SUPPORT THE ONE WHO GETS THE ABANDONMENT, AND CHAIRMAN WODTKE SUGGESTED CHANGING THE WORDING SETTING OUT WHAT THE $100 FEE WILL COVER. MR. MARSH NOTED THAT THERE HAVE BEEN INSTANCES OF A DEVELOPER COMING IN AND REQUESTING A RELEASE OF FOUR OR FIVE EASE- MENTS. HE FELT THE $100 WOULD COVER TWO RELEASES OR FOUR SIDE LOT LINES AND ANYTHING OVER THAT SHOULD BE AN ADDITIONAL CHARGE. COMMISSIONER SIEBERT DISCUSSED THE FOLLOWING PARAGRAPH OF MR. MARSHES' COVER LETTER: 43 BooK OCT 2 41979 1 FA.'F 7