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LENGTHY DISCUSSION FOLLOWED, <br />ATTORNEY COLLINS COMMENTED THAT HE WAS REALLY PERSUADED <br />BY THE STATE ROAD SPECIAL ACT, AS FAR AS THE COUNTY HAVING ACCESS <br />TO THE RIVER S EDGE. HE ADVISED THAT HE WILL RESEARCH•THE STATUTES <br />THAT MIGHT HAVE EXISTED IN THE QUAY DOCK DISTRICT. ATTORNEY COLLINS <br />COMMENTED HE WAS"NOT GOING TO RECOMMEND TO THE BOARD THAT THEY DO NOT <br />HAVE A RIGHT ON THIS ROAD TO THE RIVER - HE FELT THE BURDEN NOW SHIFTS <br />TO THE PETITIONERS TO PERFECT WHATEVER PRIVATE RIGHTS THEY HAVE. <br />COMMISSIONER BIRD STATED THAT HE HAD NOT HAD A CHANCE TO <br />VISIT THIS SITE AND WOULD LIKE VERY MUCH TO MAKE AN ON-SITE INSPECTION. <br />LEON BLANTON, PROPERTY OWNER AND RESIDENT ON QUAY DOCK ROAD, <br />APPROACHED THE BOARD. HE GAVE A BRIEF HISTORY OF HIS FAMILY USING <br />THAT ROAD SINCE 1917 UP TO THE PRESENT TIME, AND URGED T -HE BOARD TO <br />DO EVERYTHING WITHIN ITS POWER TO KEEP THIS ROAD OPEN, <br />COMMISSIONER WODTKE SUMMARIZED THE POINTS MENTIONED <br />PREVIOUSLY AND WOULD BE WILLING TO STUDY SOME RECOMMENDATIONS, AND <br />ALSO NOT TO MAKE THE ROAD A DEAD END ROAD - IT SHOULD BE MAINTAINED <br />BY THE COUNTY. <br />COMMISSIONER SCURLOCK COMMENTED THAT THIS ROAD HAS BEEN <br />MAINTAINED BY THE COUNTY TO SOME EXTENT, AND HE WOULD LIKE TO SEE IF <br />THERE WOULD BE A WAY TO WORK OUT A SOLUTION THAT WOULD PLEASE EVERYONE <br />CONCERNED. HE ADDED THAT THERE ARE SOME TAX PROBLEMS INVOLVED WITH <br />THE PROPERTY THAT MUST BE STRAIGHTENED OUT. <br />CHAIRMAN LYONS FELT THE BOARD WANTED TO MAINTAIN THE RIGHT- <br />OF-WAY ON QUAY DOCK ROAD, PARTICULARLY TO THE RIVER, IF POSSIBLE, AND <br />SUGGESTED TURNING THE MATTER OVER TO THE ATTORNEY FOR RESEARCH AND <br />HIS OPINION ON THE MATTER. <br />DISCUSSION FOLLOWED, AND IT WAS DETERMINED THAT ATTORNEY <br />COLLINS WOULD GET TOGETHER WITH ATTORNEY RODDENBERRY IN ORDER TO <br />OUTLINE SOME SOLUTION, AND THE MATTER WILL BE LEFT WITH ATTORNEY <br />COLLINS TO OFFER ADVICE TO THE BOARD AT A LATER DATE. <br />37 <br />JAN 141981 <br />Boot ` ` i' <br />