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JUL 18 1994 BOOK 5 7 FACE 751 Attorney Brandenburg, speaking as a resident of the area, informed the Board that this is such a small job that it seems the majority of the cost of getting a contractor to do this work results from his cost in having to mobilize his forces to do it. The Attorney continued that Dickerson presently is doing the subdivision right next door, Laurel Court, and they would like to negotiate a price with him while he has his forces available and mobilized. Attorney Brandenburg further noted that the Commission has a blanket asphalt contract with Dickerson, and he felt the asphalt could be handled by issuing an order under that to do the asphalt work; the curbing and grading could be done as a separate matter. Attorney Brandenburg continued to stress that this project is so small that it is not susceptible to being placed out for bid. In addition, to place it out for bid, it would have to be engineered in-house with the engineering department preparing specs, etc., and the time that is required for the engineers to do this and draw plans would be almost half the cost of the project. He reported that what they have done instead is just drawn the cul de sac out there where it is supposed to go and at what elevation and had three contractors come out and give them bids. Attorney Brandenburg noted that from the background, it is obvious that the County and the ,residents along the street will get a worse deal by going through the normal County bidding procedure. The Florida Statutes do not require a county to go through the bidding procedure, and our own bidding rules have a provision that it is not necessary if there is a situation where it is obvious the bid is not going to work. Attorney Brandenburg, therefore, requested the Board's permission to follow the procedure he suggested. Commissioner Wodtke stated that he had thought we were abandoning the road and then proceeding under our petition r