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Alternative #4: SHIFTING ACQUISITION <br />MOVING CANALS <br />advantages: implements <br />the acquisition burden <br />side of the canals <br />BURDEN BY FILLING AND <br />Thoroughfare Plan, shifts <br />to land owners on either <br />disadvantages: high costs without reducing <br />amount of right-of-way needed, necessitates <br />extensive agreement with Drainage District <br />Alternative #5: SHIFTING ACQUISITION BURDEN BY BOULEVARDING <br />ALONG THE CANALS <br />advantages: implements Thoroughfare Plan, shifts <br />the acquisition burden to land owners on both <br />sides of the canals <br />disadvantages: more complicated intersections, <br />high cost without reducing the amount of needed <br />right-of-way, constrains potential for future <br />canal widening. <br />Alternative #6: APPLICATION OF VARIOUS ALTERNATIVES <br />advantages: attempts to apply most appropriate <br />alternative to specific location <br />disadvantages: breaks down continuity and <br />completeness of a unified plan, increases <br />administrative and staff costs for specific <br />studies, fairness issues could be difficult to <br />resolve, increases time needed for development <br />approval. <br />Alternative #7: UTILIZING CURB AND GUTTER DRAINAGE WITH <br />EXFILTRATION OR RETENTION SYSTEMS <br />advantages: reduces right-of-way needs through <br />design and extensive improvements <br />disadvantages: high cost, may not be appropriate <br />in some areas. <br />Alternative #8: RE-CLASSIFYING AND DOWNZONING PROPERTIES TO <br />REDUCE RIGHT-OF-WAY NEEDS <br />advantages: reduces right-of-way needs <br />disadvantages: abandons previous direction of <br />development regulation, affects current public <br />and private development proposals and plans, <br />increases housing costs and probably utility <br />costs (smaller customer base) <br />Alternative #9: DESIGNATE HIGHEA`CLASS ROADS TO AREAS WHERE <br />RIGHT-OF-WAY ACQUISITION WOULD BE LESS <br />EXPENSIVE AND EASIER TO ARRANGE <br />advantages: attempts to minimize acquisition <br />costs <br />disadvantages: alters Thoroughfare Plan, alters <br />traffic improvement plans and programs, could <br />decrease efficiency and function of present <br />system, may not utilize previous dedications <br />(presently designated thoroughfares are probably <br />the most feasible in terms of acquisition costs) <br />*Conclusion <br />In contacting the right-of-way agents in Palm Beach, Martin, and <br />St. Lucie Counties, staff has discovered that all three of these <br />counties have a policy similar to the County's present policy or <br />policy alternative #2. In all three counties, rights-of-way are <br />17 <br />OCT 31 1995, BOOK 62 PrvjF 603 <br />