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improvement projects which increase the capacity of the arterial system. The money collected in a district is spent within that district. Councilman Howard commented that people he has talked to feel some of these funds should be used to pave local dirt roads. Director Davis explained that the way the county ordinance has been developed, you cannot spend any part of the impact fee dollars on local roads. If we had considered local roads, the impact fees would be much, much higher. The goal we focused on was the collector and arterial road system which serves all of the residents in the county. Councilman Vernon Krause inquired if the proposed improve- ments on A -1-A would fit into those categories, and Director Davis confirmed that they would; A -1-A is an arterial road, and it is the primary road for the Districts on the beach. City Manager Little reiterated that the City would like to have the full amount of money ($473,000) which is now in the impact fees for those Districts to be used on improving A -1-A. He explained the reason they are just asking for the funds that are there now is that they realize as additional impact fees are collected over there, other funds will be needed for improvements on A -1-A outside of the City limits. Councilman Krause asked if we know the cost difference between 5 laning and 3 laning the section between Beachland and the Causeway, and City Manager Little advised it would be about half a million more. He noted that if the County wished to contribute that amount, the City would be happy to proceed with the 5 laning. Mayor Macht commented that, as to the load the road carries, A -1-A is the only arterial that traverses the length of the barrier island, and in that sense it becomes a local road. He felt if more commercial zoning could be allowed along A -1-A for some additional nodes, it would alleviate some of the traffic 7 FEB i 1989 RooF 76 o;c 155