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to maintain roads where we have county residents living in platted subdivisions. They are paying taxes, and what are we doing for them. Administrator Chandler explained that is the reason why we developed the point system on the grading criteria. He didn't know how we could grade all the roads in the county on a costs benefit basis, but he would go back and take another look at the process if the Commission wished. Commissioner Bird pointed out that there are miles and miles of roads in the Oslo Park Subdivision, and he didn't know how we are going to choose those to be paved and those that will not and why they won't. Commissioner Bowman felt it is the squeakiest wheel that gets the grease. Commissioner Eggert noted that we have been talking about bringing in water, sewer and roads for long-term help with affordable housing like Paradise Park and some of those other subdivisions, and that may be something we should keep in mind as we move on with our Comp Plan requirements. Mr. Cain pointed out that some of these subdivisions were platted with very little, if any, county involvement, and the question is where does the County's responsibilities fall when the County didn't get a chance to approve the streets and standards and they just showed up on the plat at the County Recorder's Office one day. Commissioner Bird emphasized that the other side of that argument is the fact that through our process we did accept that plat, and the Chairman of the Board of County Commissioners at that time signed that plat which showed county roads as their road system. The question is how do we turn our back on that now and say that we are not going'to grade their roads. Assistant County Attorney Terry O'Brien advised that Chapter 177 of Florida State Statutes that speaks to tracts of land and 1 , 9 JUJU 9 1990 Boor '0 . Fa, . 4:39 � I