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pr - JAN 1`1 1389 BOOK 75 rA u 62,43 ON MOTION by Commissioner Eggert, SECONDED by Commissioner Bowman, Board unanimously approved the final assessment rolls for the paving of the roads listed in the above memo, and directed the Office of the Clerk to the Board transfer the rolls to the Tax Collector for collection. Public Works Director Jim Davis updated the Board on the status of the petition paving program, and advised that a full report will be given to the Board at the next meeting regarding our efforts in contracting out for engineering services for some of the assessment projects. Staff has not been successful in negotiating a good price with the first engineering firm selected, and are recommending that we go to the next firm. Hopefully, we can do three of the big projects with consulting engineers. The first time out the bids came in at 20% of projection costs, and he did not feel that a 20% engineering fee justifies the County's going outside for those services. Commissioner Scurlock was concerned about the inconsistency of our grading patterns, particularly in the southwest part of Vero Beach where you find several paved roads in a row and then a dirt road followed by several more paved roads. He would like to see us go ahead and square off these areas and get those dirt roads paved so that our grading program is more cost effective. Director Davis advised that they are trying to keep abreast of that and are always trying to consolidate the grading routes. Commissioner Scurlock felt that the Engineering Dept. is doing a great job with the petition paving program, especially with theirr limited resources right now, but believed we need to get a little more aggressive. Chairman Wheeler agreed, but felt that if we are going to have involuntary assessments, we need to approach it in a very consistent fashion. We need to look at this during budget time, 26