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OCT 9 1985 <br />TO: DATE: FILE: <br />The Honorable Members of October 2, 1985 <br />the Board of County Commissioners <br />THROUGH: <br />Michael Wright, <br />County Administrator <br />FROM: James W. Davis, P.E. <br />Public Works Director <br />DESCRIPTION AND CONDITIONS <br />Request for County to Accept <br />SUBJECT: Maintenance of the Following <br />Roads in Vero Lake Estates <br />Subdivision <br />1) 97th Avenue North of 83rd St/ <br />Beverly Parker <br />2) 100th Ave South of 83rd St/ <br />Robert Laster <br />REFERENCES: Beverly Parker to Jim Davis <br />dated Aug. 21, 1985 <br />The County Public Works Division has received two individual requests for the <br />County to assume grading maintenance of 97th Avenue from 87th Street to 83rd <br />Street (approx. i mile) and 100th Avenue from 87th St to 81st Street (approx. <br />3/4 mile). The subject roads are located in the central portion of the <br />subdivision as shown on the attached maps. <br />ALTERNATIVES AND ANALYSIS <br />The above roads were evaluated using the County's Road Maintenance acceptance <br />forms. Both roads serve only 1 home and the numerical rating of 70 does not <br />warrant County maintenance. In the case of 97th Avenue the County does grade <br />the next street over (97th Court) and the Parker home is close to that road. <br />RECOMMENDATION t <br />Based on the County's Evaluation Program, it is recommended the roads not be <br />included in the County's grading program and that these right of ways <br />continued to be mowed. <br />Referring to a County grading map showing which roads the <br />County grades and mows, Public Works Director Jim Davis explained <br />that the County presently mows the right-of-way on 97th Avenue <br />from 83rd Street to 87th Street, approximately 1/2 mile. When <br />the subdivision of Vero Lakes Estates was established back in the <br />1950s and early 1960s, a grading route was set up and of the 77 <br />miles of right-of-way in the subdivision, approximately 30 are <br />graded and the rest are mowed with a bush hog. Over the 25 -year <br />period, the County has maintained its grading of the roads in the <br />subdivision, but has not accepted any new roads for maintenance <br />except at the direction of the Board of County Commissioners. <br />J <br />Today people are buying lots and building homes in the <br />subdivision on unmaintained roads which, in some cases, are 1/2 <br />to 3/4 of a mile from the nearest graded road and the economics <br />22 <br />� � r <br />