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- r AN 1996 Boos 63 PAGE 211 Commissioner Bird asked if he was saying all of the 9 districts will pay a share for replacing the Merrill Barber Bridge, and Director Davis confirmed each district would pay a proportionate share, not only for the bridge, but for the approach to it. The further away the district, the lower the percentage they would be charged. Commissioner Bird inquired about the percentages to be paid by the North Barrier Island District and the South Barrier Island District, and Administrator Wright advised it would be 31% and - 29% respectively. Commissioner Bird asked if there are any other major expenditures, such as the bridge, that have been apportioned throughout the districts, and he was advised just the access to the bridge, which would include a portion of the Twin Pairs project. Director Davis explained that the DOT had a problem justifying funding the off system link of the Twin Pairs project, and the cost we are including as a county contribution (about $400,000) is just for that off system link which will tie the Boulevard to U.S.1 and serve as an approach to both bridges. Commissioner Bird continued to discuss the breakdown of costs within the districts, noting that medical offices appear to be paying 21 times as much as other offices, and he assumed there is some hard data to justify that. Michael Brown of Barton Aschmann, Consultants, advised that all these numbers are based on trip generation types. They set traffic counters out all over the county, and while the trip generation figures for that particular category are higher than the state average, those are the numbers their study came up with. Commissioner Wodtke asked if Medical Office refers simply to a regular doctor's office or a medical clinic, and Mr. Brown advised they were referring to a doctor's office as such; 4