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Mr. Tillman advised that the total responsibility of the water district is to provide drainage and nothing else. He explained that the district entered into an agreement back in 1977 for the County to provide the maintenance of the roadway. The 30 -ft. road right-of-way is owned by the Fellsmere Water Control District, as are most of the roads in the Fellsmere area. There are no official public roads along Fellsmere's 300 miles of ditches. The dirt roads are either on private property or belong to the water district and are maintained by the County or the City of Fellsmere. Commissioner Scurlock inquired if there are any landowners along the.roadway who would be willing to donate additional right-of-way, and Director Davis advised that they have not contacted any of the property owners as yet. Chairman Bird understood that we have three options. One would be to do nothing; the second would be to bring in extra material and do some type of improved grading; and the third would be to pave that stretch of road after obtaining sufficient road right-of-way. Director Davis emphasized that although 130th Avenue is on the county's grader route, it is heavily used by citrus trucks during the picking season, and during a wet season it doesn't take long for the trucks to wreak havoc with the road. A row of dead Australian pines are also a hazard. The actual width of the passable road is only 18 feet and more right-of-way would have to be donated or purchased to handle the necessary drainage. Commissioner Wheeler felt the County has the_responsibility to make the roads passable if we are going to issue permits and allow people to build out there, and`Commi'ssione"r Scurlock agreed that the main thing here is that the Commission has allowed that district to develop without adequate roads. It seemed to him that the proper approach would be to first make contact with the current landowners to see if we can get enough right-of-way donations to expand the roadway and then see what size roadway we can come up with. If it is determined to be cost feasible at that point, we could establish a special assessment project. He warned that the cost for the improvements may be more than the County or the residents can afford. Mrs. Boisvert pointed out that when Mr. Davis visited her after their telephone conversation, he came in a County vehicle after the grader had just gone through. Director Davis stated that the roads in that area are graded equally, and he had no idea that road was being graded that particular day. 15 ar K 4 4 SEP 17 1991