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will be 'done over the years, but from the point of view of living on a quiet street, he felt it is detrimental to his property. Nancy Offutt, liaison for the Board of Realtors, wished to know if the ratio of intensity from a local road to a collector road is in the same ratio with the percentage 25% to 50%. Director Davis felt it is hard to generalize. Basically the ratio is not equal, but the nature of the work does not involve only paving, but also drainage, possibly curbing, etc. He also did not feel you can make a comparison of the 75/25 ratio based on traffic count because a local road usually has less than 400 trips a day, while a collector road serves to collect traffic from the residential streets. Mrs. Offutt stated that she was just asking about possibly having a more consistent ratio as it seems there may be more beneficiaries than was assumed. Commissioner Scurlock felt when you look at the presentation of how we got to the 50/50 formula, it may be a little clearer. We went through a series of workshops before this came to the Commission for approval. Benefit is one thing that must be considered, and he did not believe anyone can argue that there is no benefit. Then you must consider classification and must look at the common average and not consider the uniqueness of every road. What we wanted is a uniform consistent policy to figure out how to pay for these. After hearing the comments today, however, Commissioner Scurlock believed the road in question is actually a hybrid situation, and, therefore, possibly should be something other than a 50/50 split. He agreed the timing is unique and that we moved ahead because of new development, but we were able in this way to take advantage of a contribution to make a needed improvement; also there was additional cost involved because of the special consideration given the oak trees, etc. All these factors must be considered, and it is a complex situation. 53 • BOOK 0 pAr, UL 94 .