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r BOOK 60 FACE. 91 to be treated as a normal petition paving project, it would simply be added to our existing priority list. Some of the benefited owners wanted to accelerate the project, and to do so, they agreed to perform the engineering work. Commissioner Bird noted that, in other words, the engineer- ing was a contribution, and Mr. Davis confirmed that it was. Administrator Wright wished to point out that the traffic count for this road in March and June last year was 700 cars a day. Dr. Donald Ames, 5445 16th St., understood that 16th Street is classified as a secondary road because it deadends at Kings Highway while 12th Street and Oslo Road go through, and Director Davis agreed that is one of the reasons, but another reason is that an arterial route, SR 60, is half mile to the north and staff feels it will carry most of the through traffic. Dr. Ames believed the same logic could apply to 16th St. because it goes all the way to the beach and probably would be an evacuation route. He also took exception to the statement that he needs access to 16th St. because he does have access to the north of him to Atlantic Boulevard as well as another street that dead ends on his acreage, and he did not think that was taken into consideration in his assessment. Director Davis did not believe Atlantic Boulevard is a completed roadway all the way to Dr. Ames property line and felt the other road is a residential street. Dr. Ames agreed but noted that it is a dedicated right-of- way. He stated that there is an easement to the north of his property between the canal and his property from Atlantic Boulevard and wished to know if the County is saying it is useless and is willing to give it up. Director Davis stated that it is not useless, but it is a restricted type use because the right-of-way is not wide enough for a standard road. He continued that staff does try to 4