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FF'- 7 In' BOOK �'AIJE Commissioner Bird led discussion regarding minimum improvements to this road which would assist the residents while they are awaiting the anticipated petition paving project. Director Davis was concerned that if the County begins an effort to improve and maintain roads which have not been maintained for 20 years, they must be repaired to county standards rather than just fill a hole here or there, because otherwise we would be subject to some liability there. County Attorney Vitunac advised that presently these roads are private roads which the County is not responsible for, and if we go in and do repairs below standard we will be liable for accidents or lack of entrance. Some of these roads are just trails. These people have been living with these conditions for four or five years and if they could wait one more year it will be done correctly. Discussion ensued regarding the $25,000, and Commissioner Bird felt it should be applied uniformly throughout the subdivision because it is not fair to give it all to eight people. Administrator Chandler reminded the Board that this issue has been before the Board many times where we have a large undeveloped area with only a sprinkling of houses and we follow certain criteria to determine if we will grade those areas. Commissioner Bowman pointed out that the problem is if we do minimal repairs, it gets beat up quickly. There is a large amount of maintenance on unpaved roads and we cannot afford to do it all. Commissioner Bird explained to the residents of Vero Tropical Gardens that even though their request sounds simple and easy to fix, we have hundreds of miles of unpaved county roads that are not maintained. We could not do even minimum maintenance on these roads while we refuse to do the same for other people. Commissioner Scurlock felt this situation is different in that the developer conveyed money to the County, and therefore we would not be setting a precedent. Mr. Neal asked whether the residents could do the repairs, and Director Davis responded that there is an ability for any company or property owner to ask for a right-of-way permit to work in the County right-of-way as long as the work is done to an appropriate standard. Bill Koolage, 11 Vista Gardens Trail, thought that the County picked up a certain liability through having issued building permits with no rights-of-way and no road construction. County Attorney Vitunac explained that these are legal roads on paper, dedicated to the public whenever the public wants to accept them. The public has chosen not to accept these roads 34 r