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Board of County Commissioners -4- March 18, 1980 <br />engineers, this force main will cost the County $55,000 to. <br />construct and no telling how much in pumping expenses. This <br />entire two miles is being constructed to reach the proposed <br />site under the pretext that this is the best site available. <br />It is not. The proposed site is entirely surrounded by a <br />fine residential area with homes or property assessed on the <br />County tax rolls at values between $50,000 and $100,000. <br />Less than 1/4 of a mile away from the pfesent plant on exactly <br />the same route as the proposed force main there is a large <br />tract of land used as a cattle ranch'a long—distance away <br />from any human habitation. To give you_an_tdeayof comparable <br />values, the land within the first 1/4 mile of the route of <br />the force main has one tract of 160 acres with a just value <br />assessment (not ag value assessment) on the tax rolls of the <br />County at $600 an acre and another tract of 327.90 acres <br />with a just value assessment of $1,263.16 per acre. We don't <br />have to speculate as to the current market value of this land <br />because it was sold on December 3, 1979 by John D. Cole and <br />wife, clients of Collins, Brown, Caldwell & Evans, to Glickman, <br />Klein and Deitch for $1,900,000 for the entire 719.81 acres <br />in this ranch at an average price per acre of $2,639 which <br />includes 3/4 of a mile of frontage on Kings Highway. The <br />part of this ranch which we refer to as -a proper site does <br />not front on Kings Highway. Its value would be considerably <br />less than the average price but even the average price is <br />much less than the value of the property surrounding the <br />County's proposed site. The'per acre assessed value of the <br />lands of the surrounding owners runs from $3,000 an acre to <br />$25,000 an acre. The County could acquire a sufficient land <br />area within this first 1/4 mile to permit construction of a <br />proper plant. Then the County could eliminate 7/8 of the <br />distance of this force main, saving about $48,125 which could <br />Al <br />be more properly used to acquire a larger land area and to <br />Q <br />construct a treatment plant that will not contaminate the <br />SD K. 43 -ma � 277- <br />-MAR 191980 - <br />