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M M The length of time in acquiring right-of-way for petition paving projects is significant and increases the time frame for petition paving projects from the time the project is first initiated until construction begins. In addition, the amount of work for acquisition of right-of-way in the case of unwilling owners will overtax the ability of the county's right-of-way agent to provide the right-of-way services in a timely fashion, especially if a number of parcels go to condemnation. The county currently has a backlog of petition paving projects in subdivisions where adequate right-of-way is available for construction and no additional right- of-way is required and could direct its efforts to those projects. The county's main interest in getting roadways paved, .is- to eliminate the expense of maintenance grading of unpaved roadways. Currently the county can identify 3 locations where an existing grader route is causing an unusually high cost, or delay, in providing roadway grading. At these locations the need for additional right-of-way is as follows: 1) 5th Place west of Old Dixie Highway; Need 50' in the first 380' 2) 10th Place west of Old Dixie Highway; Need at least 10 additional feet. 3) 7th Avenue between 8th Place and 10th Street. (Behind new Shoney's) Developer is paving from 10th Street to where his property ends. We need 35 additional feet of right-of-way south of there. In determining the answers to these situations it seems that certain values must be upheld in analyzing the merits of each particular course of action and determining the merits of that course. Among the values considered should be the effectiveness in the course of action in allowing the county to achieve its goals of increasing the number of paved roadways in the county. Another value --would be the fundamental fairness to the county's citizens and. to the county itself in providing a suitable compensation package and a least cost approach. Third, what will be the effects on obtaining right-of-way for other county projects and the effect on community support for other county projects requiring right-of- way. It should be pointed out that one of the problems with purchasing right-of-way from only those who are not willing to donate is that the cost of the right-of-way purchase would be shared by those citizens who have donated right-of-way unless the current ordinance is changed to redistribute the way costs are assessed. For instance, in a ten lot subdivision with approximately equal: frontage with one unwilling owner, the costs of the right-of-way acquisition is added to the assessment and instead of being totally distributed to the unwilling owner, the other nine owners would pay a prorated portion of the right-of-way acquisition costs according to the current assessment ordinance. RECOMMENDATION AND FUNDING Staff recommends that the petition paving program be divided into two categories of projects. One category would be termed the priority petition paving program. The second category would be -the regular petition paving program. The priority petition paving program would consist of those projects for which the county would purchase right-of-way if it would realize a savings in maintenance JAN 0 8 1991 39 BOOK _PA6E.Ji