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8901 4 7 PAGE 483 LENGTHY DISCUSSION FOLLOWED ON THE SUBJECT OF WHICH ROADS ARE MAIN COLLECTORS, AND WHICH ARE SUB -LATERAL - THIS WOULD ENABLE THE BOARD TO KNOW FOR WHICH ROAD THE COUNTY IS RESPONSIBLE, AND THOSE THAT WOULD REQUIRE AN ASSESSMENT. WILLIAM B. HERRICK, 3620 FIRST ST. SW, APPROACHED THE BOARD STATING HE DID NOT WANT TO GIVE UP 20' TO WIDEN THE RIGHT-OF-WAY AS IT WOULD WIPE OUT HIS FRONT YARD. HE DID NOT THINK IT WAS FAIR;. ALSO HE DID NOT WANT TO HAVE TO PAY FOR PAVING THE ROAD. DR. BOROVSKY, INTERESTED CITIZEN, STATED THAT IT WAS UNFAIR TO HAVE TO DONATE SOMETHING FOR NOTHING, AND HE OBJECTED TO DOING AWAY WITH SOME TREES IN ORDER TO PAVE THE ROAD. HE ADDED THAT HE MOVED TO THE AREA FOR PEACE AND QUIET AND FELT THIS MATTER NOW UNDER DISCUSSION WAS NOT AN IMPROVEMENT, BUT A REGRESSION. COMMISSIONER WODTKE EXPLAINED THAT THE 20' NEEDED BY THE COUNTY FOR RIGHT-OF-WAY WOULD CONTINUE TO BE USABLE TO THE PROPERTY OWNER; THE COUNTY JUST NEEDS TO HAVE ACCESS FOR DRAINAGE, ETC. ADMINISTRATOR NELSON INTERJECTED THAT THROUGHOUT THE YEARS OF GRADING THE ROAD, THE COUNTY PROBABLY ALREADY HAD THE 20' THERE WITH THE SHOULDERS OF THE ROAD. MR. HERRICK REITERATED THAT HE WOULD LOSE $500 WORTH OF ROSES, AND IT WOULD HARM HIS DRIVEWAY; THEREFORE, HE DID NOT WANT TO PAY FOR THE PAVING OF THE ROAD. COMMISSIONER SCURLOCK EXPLAINED THE FORMULA FOR THE ASSESS- MENT, WHICH WILL COVER A LARGER BASE AND WILL BE SHARED BY MORE PEOPLE IN THE AREA. ENGINEER .JIM DAVIS ESTIMATED THAT THE ASSESSMENT WOULD BE APPROXIMATELY $300 AN ACRE BASED ON THEIR FORMULA. MRS. CHRIS BRANIGAN, 31ST AVENUE SW, STEPPED BEFORE THE BOARD AND GAVE A BRIEF HISTORY OF THE ROAD, WHICH WAS LISTED AS THE NUMBER ONE PRIORITY SEVERAL YEARS AGO - ALL THAT WAS NEEDED WAS THE FUNDING. SHE URGED THE BOARD TO MOVE FORWARD ON THE PROJECT, AND THAT THE ROAD BE PAVED USING COUNTY FUNDS.