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compensate the landowners for the full appraised value for their property, and declared that if <br />their property is taken without just compensation, the landowners would be willing to bring this <br />issue to Court. <br />Ruth Stanbridge, 4835 66th Avenue, County historian, felt that the Murphy <br />Act had been done with good intentions, but over the years, it has been corrupted. She believed <br />that the anomalies and inconsistencies found in the historical documents along 66th Avenue <br />would result in massive fees for title searches and lengthy litigations. Mrs. Stanbridge urged the <br />Board to select Option No. 4, to ignore the Murphy Reservations and pay full appraised value for <br />the properties. <br />Attorney DeBraal conveyed that should the validity of a Murphy Reservation <br />be brought to court, the County would have to hire an expert in eminent domain, and also pay for <br />the opposing side's expert. He commented that there were a good number of Murphy <br />Reservations on 66th Avenue, and he encouraged the Board to limit their choice of Option No. 4 <br />to 66th Avenue improvements only, or "burn the book" (of Murphy Deeds) and never use a <br />Murphy Reservation again, although he would not recommend the latter. <br />The Board discussed the possibility of other landowners, who have had their <br />land taken without compensation in a Murphy transaction, contending the Board's payment for <br />Murphy Reservations on 66th Avenue. <br />Mrs. Stanbridge mentioned that Nick Miller's Murphy Reservation maps <br />were flawed, and she cautioned that the County would encounter problems from their use. <br />Chairman Bowden asked Attorney DeBraal to clarify whether his <br />recommendation applied only to the properties on 66th Avenue, and he affirmed that this was so. <br />56 <br />August 12, 2008 <br />