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J A N 1986 BOOK 63 FAGc 291 Mr. Robinson clarified that what he is talking about is giving up road R/W not being used right now, but that is needed for the future. Administrator Wright noted that the instance Mr. Robinson was referring to was an off system dedication. Chairman Scurlock expressed his opinion that possibly the County should pay for all right-of-way so that everyone gets treated fairly whether they are going to develop now or later, and then the only question is the methodology of paying for the R/W. Administrator Wright concurred that we are going to have to come up with a R/W acquisition methodology and we are probably dealing with one of three things - special assessments, a gas tax or ad valorem taxes. He did feel the special assessment would be the best, and felt we will have to face this very shortly. Mr. Robinson believed the gas tax is a possibility the County hasn't used yet. Discussion ensued about the fact that we only went to 2t while most other counties went to 44 and now the state says you can go to 6¢. Commissioner Lyons left the meeting at 6:15 o'clock P.M Commissioner Wodtke felt we need to look at the practicality of some of the primary and secondary roads actually being four laned. For instance, he did not know the economic practicality of us saying that 16th, 12th and 4th Sts. are going to be four lane highways into U.S.I, and if so, he would like to have an idea of what the cost might be. Also if all this is going west to east, do we want to channel some of it somewhere else? Administrator Wright noted that one other option is density reduction, and Chairman Scurlock commented that in major cities, buildings are pulled down for highway expansion. The Administrator agreed that we need to look at the Thoroughfare Plan continuously as the county grows. Director Davis pointed out that we are not indicating that 16th St. or 8th St. or 1st St. SW will be four laned. At this 14