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COMMISSIONER WODTKE ASKED ATTORNEY COLLINS ABOUT THE REFERENCE IN DR. BURNS' LETTER DATED SEPTEMBER 23RD IN WHICH HE QUOTED FLORIDA STATUTES AND STATED THEY WERE FORMALLY NOTIFYING THE COMMISSION THAT A HAZARD EXISTS ON 16TH STREET. HE NOTED THAT THIS APPARENTLY REFERS TO THE FOLLOWING: "ANY HAZARD THE SCHOOL BOARD FINDS ON HIGHWAYS DIRECTLY ADJACENT TO A SCHOOL ARE TO BE REPORTED WITHIN 24 HOURS TO THE GOVERNMENTAL AGENCY WITH JURISDIC- TION." COMMISSIONER WODTKE FELT THIS STATUTE WOULD BE MORE IN REFERENCE TO AN EMERGENCY SITUATION, SUCH AS A FALLEN TREE, ETC, HE AGREED WE NEED TO DO THE WORK, BUT THE FACT THAT WE ARE PROCEEDING UNDER THIS APPROACH ON BEHALF OF THE SCHOOL BOARD CONCERNED HIM. ATTORNEY COLLINS NOTED THAT AFTER THAT LETTER WAS WRITTEN, THE COUNTY DID RESPOND, AND WHETHER OR NOT THE REQUEST WAS THE TYPE OF HAZARD MEANT BY THE STATUTE, HE FELT IS DUBIOUS. HE ALSO FELT THERE IS SOME QUESTION AS TO THE CONSTITUTIONALITY OF THE FACT THAT PLACES THE RESPONSIBILITY ON THE GOVERNMENTAL AGENCY RATHER THAN THE SCHOOL BOARD, BUT BELIEVED AT THIS POINT, THE BOARDS ACTIONS ARE OVER AND ABOVE ANYTHING REQUIRED AND THAT WHAT WE ARE DOING IS A VOLUNTARY ACTION ON THE PART OF THE BOARD RATHER THAN ANYTHING REQUIRED. COMMISSIONER WODTKE REQUESTED THAT THE ADMINISTRATOR SHOW HIM ON THE MAP EXACTLY WHAT IS PROPOSED, AND ADMINISTRATOR NELSON EXPLAINED THAT THE BIKE PATH TERMINATES AT THE EDGE OF THE ROAD. THERE IS A PAINTED PEDESTRIAN CROSSING; THEY WANT TO CREATE A SIDEWALK TO TIE THE STREET TO THE BIKE PATH. HE POINTED OUT ON THE MAP WHERE THE BRIDGE WILL.GO OVER THE CANAL AND NOTED THAT THE CONSTRUCTION WOULD BE THE SIDEWALK AND A FOOT BRIDGE; THE TRAFFIC WILL STOP WHERE THERE IS A STOP LIGHT NOW. THE ADMINISTRATOR STATED THAT THEY WILL PUT ADDITIONAL SIGNS THERE, AND HE WOULD LIKE TO PUT IN A ZEBRA HATCHMARK ON THE ROAD FOR MORE VISIBILITY. DISCUSSION AROSE ABOUT FUNDS FOR THE PROJECT, AND THE ADMINISTRATOR FELT THEY SHOULD BE TAKEN FROM FEDERAL REVENUE SHARING. COMMISSIONER FLETCHER NOTED THAT WHERE THE FUNDING WAS TO BE TAKEN FROM WAS LEFT BLANK ON THE ADMINISTRATOR'S MEMO, AND HE FELT HE MIGHT HAVE TO WITHDRAW HIS MOTION. DEC 31990 29 Rook 45 F4.