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DEDICATION <br />Director Mora related that when a developer realizes he is on a road that will <br />need to be widened at some point, he agrees to dedicate the necessary property to the County, <br />with compensation beyond a certain point. <br />MURPHY RESERVATIONS <br />Director Mora explained that Murphy Reservations are old right-of-way <br />reservations created during the Depression. Lands were forfeited to the State due to nonpayment <br />of taxes, but once they were sold back into private ownership, the State held on to certain <br />mineral and transportation rights, and established a road right-of-way 100 feet from the center <br />line of the existing road. As time went by, and most State road right-of-ways became County <br />roads, those rights eventually transferred to the County. <br />EMINENT DOMAIN <br />Director Mora pointed out that the County has not been aggressive in pursuing <br />Eminent Domain, but due to the size and scope of the road projects, it might become more <br />commonly employed. <br />Director Mora then briefed the Board on how the County determines when to <br />put a road project into the County road widening program, and listed the factors involved in <br />determining the required amount of right-of-way. <br />within the minute. <br />Clerk's Note: Sandra Bowden exited the meeting at 1: 46 p.m. and returned <br />Director Mora presented the highlights of the right-of-way acquisition <br />procedures which had been adopted in March 2007 (Resolution 2007-027), and which were <br />designed to streamline and speed up the right-of-way acquisition process. He thereafter <br />42 <br />August 12, 2008 <br />