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Administrator Wright felt it is general practice to <br />accept roads brought up to county standards. <br />Chairman Scurlock noted that apparently Director Davis <br />is saying we don't have the in-house capacity of going out <br />and designing the road, bidding it, monitoring it, etc., and <br />Director Davis confirmed that he did not feel we can take <br />this on without our present program suffering. He pointed <br />that we have had many similar requests and if we went along <br />.with this, it would generate many more requests <br />-Administrator Wright agreed that we already are eight <br />months behind on petition paving. <br />Discussion continued as to whether this road ever met <br />county standards, and it was noted that Vero Lake Estates <br />has dirt roads which have been accepted for maintenance. <br />Commissioner Wodtke asked if our standards are more <br />than the residents would have to build to have a usable <br />road, and Mr. Davis felt it would be a gamble. He noted <br />that they .did less work in Shadowbrook and just added <br />asphalt, which he believed is performing fairly well, but he <br />did not want the county to be placed in the position -of <br />supervising that type of job. <br />Jim Wiggins, resident on Apple Way, commented that�one <br />of the Commissioners had said he did not know if it was <br />right to ask the county taxpayers to keep up this road. Mr. <br />Wiggins pointed out that they are taxpayers also and pay to <br />keep ' up the rest of the roads. He stated that he has been <br />unable to find -anyone to take responsibility for the <br />condition of this road, and the blacktop is only 1/4" thick. <br />Commissioner. Bird noted that we all..have a responsi- <br />bility to maintain the main road system in the county, but <br />this is a deadend road serving only a few residents. <br />Mr. Wiggins commented that the county does not maintain <br />either his drainage ditch or this road, and he does not feel <br />52 <br />7984 <br />