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APR 10 1985 BOOK 60 PGE 480 Commissioner Bird asked why we can't anticipate now where the power lines will be installed, and Director Davis explained that a nuisance strip might result because the County's needs might encroach upon the City's power line easement. It was felt some of the County's drainage needs could be accomplished in the City's easement area. Commissioner Bird stated that since we know that the County needs 100 ft. of right-of-way and the City needs 30 ft., he could not see why we could not establish where that 130 feet would go, take the City's 30 feet off either the north or south edge, and then get our 100 feet later on. Administrator Wright felt that if we did not acquire this right-of-way, people could have their property bisected by a powerline 40 feet in. Attorney Brandenburg explained that by doing it as Commissioner Bird suggested, the City would have to pay a lot more because they would be leaving a strip of property that would be useless to the owners and would have to pay more in severance damages. Commissioner Bird could understand the property owners' reluctance to donate property because he realized that when that road is built, it will connect U.S. #1 and Indian River Boulevard and those owners will be sitting on real estate worth multi -millions of dollars. He expressed his reluctance, however, for the County to buy any right-of-way unless it was absolutely needed. Administrator Wright believed that if we don't buy it, then the City is going to move right up to the property line and acquire their right-of-way, which will make our road offset at the intersection. Commissioner Scurlock suggested that the City of Vero Beach just go ahead and get the alignment so that it is not offset and then worry about our additional requirements when we get to that point. 49