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M' <br />CARL EVERATT, 136 31ST AVENUE SW, STATED THAT IF THE COUNTY <br />PAVED THE ROAD, HE WOULD DONATE THE RIGHT-OF-WAY, BUT NOT IF IT WAS <br />GOING TO BE ASSESSED. <br />CHARLES SULLIVAN, JR., 31ST AVENUE SW, STRESSED TO THE <br />BOARD THAT THIS WAS AN ARTERIAL ROAD FROM 27TH AVENUE, AND OVER A <br />THOUSAND PEOPLE USE THIS ROAD TO GET TO THEIR HOMES IN A DAY. HE <br />POINTED OUT THAT EVERY TIME THERE IS A RAIN, THE ROAD'S CONDITION <br />BECOMES VERY BAD DUE TO THE HEAVY TRAFFIC. ATTORNEY SULLIVAN URGED <br />THE BOARD TO PAVE THIS ROAD FOR SAFETY AND HEALTH REASONS. <br />CHAIRMAN LYONS FELT A MAP CLASSIFYING ALL THE ROADS IN <br />THE COUNTY WAS IMPORTANT TO HAVE. <br />COMMISSIONER SCURLOCK INTERJECTED THAT THIS ROAD AT ONE <br />TIME WAS PUT ON THE PRIORITY LIST AND THEN SKIPPED OVER, HE NOW <br />FELT THE ROAD SHOULD BE PAVED AND PAID FOR BY COUNTY FUNDS, <br />DISCUSSION ENSUED ABOUT USING THE SAME METHOD OF PAVING <br />AS WAS DONE ON REBEL ROAD AND.CITRUS ROAD SEVERAL YEARS AGO. <br />ADMINISTRATOR NELSON EXPLAINED THAT THEY JUST PUT AN <br />ASPHALT CAP ON THE ROAD AT ONE-THIRD THE NORMAL COST OF PAVING A <br />ROAD, HE COMMENTED THAT OUR COUNTY ENGINEER COULD NOT PROFESSIONALLY <br />RECOMMEND THIS "NEW,CONCEPT" METHOD, <br />COMMISSIONER BIRD INQUIRED IF THE COUNTY WAS BOUND BY SOME <br />CRITERIA IF A ROAD WAS DESIGNATED AS A MAIN ARTERIAL ROAD. <br />ENGINEER DAVIS EXPLAINED THAT IF AN ARTERIAL ROAD WAS TO <br />BE FUNDED BY GAS TAX MONEY HELD IN TRUST BY DOT, IT MUST BE BUILT <br />ACCORDING TO THEIR STANDARDS. HE ADDED THAT AN ANALYSIS WOULD HAVE TO <br />BE MADE AS TO WHETHER THE °ANEW CONCEPT" METHOD WOULD OFFSET THE COST <br />OF MAINTENANCE OF A STANDARD TYPE ROAD. <br />COMMISSIONER BIRD FELT THAT SINCE OTHER ROADS ARE PAVED <br />AS YOU PROCEED SOUTH, THE COUNTY IS SOMEWHAT OBLIGATED TO PROVIDE <br />ANOTHER EAST -WEST CONNECTOR ROAD. HE STATED THAT SINCE .IT WAS SUCH <br />A HEAVILY TRAVELLED ROAD, THE COUNTY SHOULD PAVE IT. <br />INTERGOVERNMENTAL COORDINATOR THOMAS STATED THERE WERE <br />FUNDS IN THE CURRENT BUDGET THAT COULD BE MADE AVAILABLE; AND IF <br />MORE FUNDS WERE NEEDED, THE COUNTY TRUST FUNDS COULD BE USED. <br />SEP 16 1981 Boos 4i PAGE484 <br />