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MOTION WAS MADE BY COMMISSIONER SCURLOCK, SECONDED BY COMMISSIONER BIRD THAT A WEIR BE INCLUDED IN THE CONSTRUCTION OF THE CULVERT. THE CHAIRMAN CALLED FOR THE QUESTION. IT WAS VOTED ON AND CARRIED WITH A VOTE OF 3 TO 1, WITH COMMISSIONER FLETCHER VOTING } IN OPPOSITION, AND COMMISSIONER WODTKE BEING ABSENT. CHARLES SULLIVAN NEXT CAME BEFORE THE BOARD AND EXPLAINED THAT HE AND HIS WIFE OWN ONE ACRE IN THE FILLED AREA AND EXPRESSED CONCERN WITH THE LOCATION OF THE RIGHT-OF-WAY. HE FELT THAT THEY WOULD BE CONDEMNING LAND THAT IS SO VALUABLE THAT THE RIGHT-OF-WAY COST COULD .BE TREMENDOUS. MR. SULLIVAN STATED THAT THE MINUTE THEY COME TO COUNTRY CLUB POINTE THEY MAKE A JOG TO THE CITY LIMIT LINE, COMPLETELY TERMINATING ANY DEVELOPMENT BETWEEN THE WESTERN RIGHT-OF-WAY BOUNDARY OF THIS HIGHWAY, AND THE CITY LIMIT LINE. HE FELT THE LOCATION SHOULD BE MOVED JUST A FEW FEET TO THE EAST AND THEY WOULD HAVE ALL THE LAND THERE FOR DEVELOPMENT TO BE A TAX BASE, AND THE RIGHT-OF-WAY COST WOULD BE LESS. MR. SULLIVAN ADVISED THAT HE WOULD BE HAPPY TO DONATE THE PORTION OF HIS LAND NEEDED FOR THIS. HE ADDED THAT HE WOULD LIKE TO BE ABLE TO DISCUSS THIS FURTHER NOW OR AT SOME MEETING THAT WAS MORE APPROPRIATE. CHAIRMAN LYONS COMMENTED THAT THE FIRST MISTAKE WAS MADE WHEN THEY PUT THE HOSPITAL WHERE IT IS NOW - THEN IT WAS LIKE A R -OW OF DOMINOS. HE CONTINUED THAT THE ONLY WAY WE CAN GET A ROAD THROUGH THERE WAS TO USE AN ALIGNMENT AS FAR WEST AS POSSIBLE. THIS IS A PROBLEM THEY HAVE BEEN FIGHTING FOR YEARS, THE CHAIRMAN STATED. HE THOUGHT IT VERY UNLIKELY THAT THEY COULD GET A PERMIT IF THE i ROAD IS MOVED ANY MORE TO THE EAST. ATTORNEY RALPH EVANS, ASSOCIATED WITH ATTORNEY COLLINS' FIRM, COMMENTED THAT THE NEXT STEP IN THE PROCESS WOULD BE TO ADOPT THE RIGHT-OF-WAY MAPS AND RESOLVE TO PROCEED WITH THE CONDEMNATION. HE CONTINUED THAT THE COUNTY MUST PROVE, IN THE JUDICIAL PROCESS, IF THERE IS A NECESSITY FOR THIS ROAD.