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NOV 2 4 15-87 7 p BOOK 8 O FAGS 188 just go ahead, bite the bullet, buy the property and keep it. He did not believe we want development along the river in any event; it is low and it is wet. Attorney Michael O'Haire noted that he did not care whether the road gets built or where it gets built, but the county is going to pay the money and buy the property because the county has told his clients they can't use their land, and that's condemnation. Commissioner Bird explained that all he is trying to determine is whether it may be possible that we are going to commit to buying a particular piece of land and then find out the alignment doesn't fit. Director Davis asked Mr. O'Haire if there is a gradual shift in the alignment as the Boulevard south of Barber Avenue meets Barber Avenue, whether his client might be willing to make a gradual shift in an exchange of deeds in the future, and Mr. O'Haire stated that he did not know but would not slam the door on that possibility. Commissioner Eggert asked why, since we have discussed different alignments and.the DER found this the best one, we now open the subject, and the Chairman continued to stress that it is time to tell them to "take a hike," bite the bullet, and purchase what is needed. Commissioner Wheeler commented that he talked with them also, and his position was that if we can get the property for free by moving the highway approximately 200' east, that would be the extent of our involvement. Any problems they had with fill or with building within the City limits, would be their problem - we would be out of it. Chairman Scurlock felt they have not talked about this to every Commissioner, and Commissioner Wheeler continued that his concern is this now has gone so far that he, as one Commissioner, is really not interested in going in and even renegotiating the alignment of the intersection. They would have to do that, and he did not think there is time. The road is ready to go.