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Fr ­ <br />JAN 141981 <br />actually -maintained since 1975. <br />BOOK 45 PACE iJ <br />It does not, however, provide <br />any access to the river but instead merely provides a driveway <br />for the petitioners. The petitioners would prefer to have the <br />map amended to show the roadway terminating at the western boundary <br />of Government Lot 3. In this regard,it should be noted that <br />i <br />amending the maintenance map to reflect the actual area maintained <br />will result in cul de sac in Government Lot 3 and a county maintained <br />1 <br />driveway for the petitioners. As noted in Attorney General's <br />Opinion 078-88, June 1978 "-•--unless expenditure of public funds <br />for maintenance (of a county road) would serve public purposes, the <br />Board of County Commissioners may not expend public funds for such <br />purpose..." <br />ATTORNEY W. E. RODDENBERRY, PETITIONER, APPROACHED THE <br />BOARD AND GAVE A BRIEF SUMMARY ABOUT THE PROBLEM STATED ON THE <br />PRECEDING PAGES. HE THEN REVIEWED THE HISTORY OF THE STATUTES IN <br />TERMS OF MAINTENANCE OF COUNTY ROADS, AND THEN HE DISTRIBUTED <br />PHOTOGRAPHS OF THE AREA TO THE BOARD. HE EXPLAINED THAT UNDER THE <br />PROPOSED COMPREHENSIVE LAND USE PLAN, THE AREA WAS DESIGNATED AS <br />ENVIRONMENTALLY SENSITIVE AND THOUGHT THAT, AT MOST, ONE MORE HOUSE <br />MIGHT BE BUILT IN THAT AREA. ATTORNEY RODDENBERRY THEN REQUESTED THE <br />BOARD AMEND THE MAINTENANCE MAP IN GOVERNMENT LOT 3 TO HELP ALLEVIATE <br />A <br />THE PEOBLEMS THE PETITIONERS ARE EXPERIENCING. <br />LENGTHY DISCUSSION FOLLOWED CONCERNING THE PROCEDURE FOR <br />PAVING AND RESURFACING OF COUNTY ROADS. <br />DEWEY WALKER, OF THE ZONING DEPARTMENT, CAME BEFORE THE <br />BOARD AND SPOKE ABOUT THE HISTORY OF QUAY DOCK ROAD. HE RECALLED THAT <br />IT WAS ONLY A TRAIL AT ONE TIME, BUT IN 1929 HE PERSONALLY OBSERVED <br />THE COUNTY PUTTING IN THE ROAD. MR. WALKER SPOKE OF THE PROBLEMS <br />VARIOUS PEOPLE ENCOUNTERED ON THE ROAD WITH MR. HOLMES, WHO CLAIMED <br />THAT HE OWNED THE PROPERTY. HE ADVISED THAT THE COUNTY HAS ALSO <br />MAINTAINED, TO SOME EXTENT, THE DITCH ON THAT ROAD. MR. WALKER <br />COMMENTED THAT QUAY DOCK ROAD HAS ALWAYS BEEN OPEN, AND HE REQUESTED <br />THE BOARD TO KEEP IT OPEN, AS IT IS A WAY TO GET TO THE RIVER. <br />s <br />34 <br />