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1. <br />He felt the benefited area should be expanded to include all <br />residents lying south and east of 16th St. <br />Commissioner Scurlock asked the Director of Public Works if <br />we even would be considering this project today as a County <br />priority and Mr. Davis stated that we would not. The County is <br />only addressing roads with a 13-15,000 traffic count. <br />Ed Schlitt, Realtor, came before the Board as a trustee for <br />a group developing a piece of property on the south side of the <br />unpaved strip. Mr. Schlitt agreed that they will be benefited <br />from this paving, and that they were probably the most instru- <br />mental in getting this paving project moving again. He did <br />sympathize and tend to agree, however, with the comments of some <br />of the speakers regarding the rather low priority being placed on <br />this road because it is an important road now, being a direct <br />route to the barrier island, and as the improvements on Route 60 <br />are completed, it will be even more important. Mr. Schlitt noted <br />that because his group's situation is somewhat different, they <br />are willing to pay the proportionate share agreed to in the <br />petition regardless of what the Commission decides to do. He did <br />not believe the project costs included the engineering his group <br />advanced so they could proceed with the project; although he does <br />feel it is part of the overall cost. Mr. Schlitt also believed <br />there are some cost factors in the expenses that can be cut back <br />some - such as methods of disposing of the Australian pines that <br />are being removed rather than hauling them to the dump. <br />Since this is the first major road the County is paving on <br />this basis, Mr. Schlitt suggested,in fairness to the residents of <br />the area, not his group which is more directly involved, that the <br />County do some more analysis as to the use of this artery by the <br />public and perhaps develop a sliding scale rather than a set <br />50/50. <br />Commissioner Bird asked the Public Works Director about the <br />engineering costs of which Mr. Schlitt spoke, and Public Works <br />Director Davis explained that staff indicated that if this were <br />49 <br />MAR 6 1985 BOOK 60 raF 90 <br />i <br />