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stay as it was in the past and allow him to share maintenance; and, third, if the County is going to abandon the bridge, that the work done in the 'So's be repaired. Discussion continued at length as to Mr. Platt being given either the bridge or the maintenance of it and as to building a bridge to private property. Mr. Crews agreed that Mr. Platt owned only the road leading to the bridge, but this bridge led to the old Fellsmere Farms development which contained hundreds of ten -acre tracts. Commissioner Scurlock believed those tracts are now owned by just one or two people. Commissioner Scurlock described the process of assessment to build and repair roads and, in that way, whoever is receiving the benefit is paying for it. Attorney Vitunac advised you cannot assess for a private purpose. He added he did not know how the bridge was originally built but probably it was an illegal expense at the beginning. Now that we have become aware of that, we have abandoned all interest in it and that is the only way to solve this, unless the Board makes it a public purpose by making it a public road, but we cannot maintain a public bridge over a totally private area. It would be continuing an illegal expense. Commissioner Scurlock asked if Mr. Crews would dedicate the road leading to the bridge and from it, would that be proper. Attorney Vitunac said he thought so. Commissioner Scurlock asked Mr. Crews if he were willing to dedicate the road to the County for public use. Mr. Crews explained that when the ditches were dug they were laid out between these ten -acre property tracts so that the right- of-way for the ditches was forty feet. The ditches were originally small ditches so there was plenty of room beside them inside that forty foot right-of-way for roads. As the years have gone by the ditches have expanded where the ditch takes up all of the forty - foot right-of-way. He explained this caused a problem not only for himself but for everyone, because to go anywhere the road has to be on somebody else's property, unless they give it away to the County, or whoever. It is a situation that has developed and evolved over a long period of years. There was more discussion of dedication of the private road and Chairman Bird recommended we need the whole package one way or the other. He felt it would be proper to give Mr. Crews back the bridge, since it is a private road going to and through private property and leave it at that. If in the future the situation changes and there is need to have access to a great deal of 23 MOK G FAG` F U0 d .