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Fp" - APR 2! 1993 BooK-7 89 FA,, 412 cost of the project includes the cost of paying for right-of-way, if the property owners want to lower the cost and still get the road paved, they must donate the right-of-way. Frank Vilardi, 12555 79th Street, favored the paving project but disagreed with the traffic count because the drivers went around the barriers used for the count. He did not believe there are 600 cars in the whole area. He contended that a large portion of the traffic is employees of the grove. Gary Bagaley, 81st Street, agreed that residents in the unincorporated area try to stay away from driving on Willow Street because of the wear and tear on their vehicles. He commended Berry Groves for maintaining Willow Street in the past. Mr. Bagaley also urged the Board to pave Willow Street because during the recent major storm vehicles could not use that roadway for 3 days. He urged the County to consider funding 50 percent of the cost of this project. Director Davis explained that the 50 percent funding is limited to roads which collect traffic from a large geographic area and funnel that traffic to a major highway. Those roads handle 1,200 or more cars each day and that is the criterion that most engineers in the industry use to define feeder roads. In 13 years the County has funded 50 percent of the cost for only two projects which are 1st Street S.W. and 16th Street. He pointed out that the 600 cars were counted at the CR512 end of Willow Street and decreased to about 250 cars at 89th Street and 60 to 70 cars at the south end. Georgia Alan, resident of Roseland, appeared before the Board representing Anthony Wallace of Tropical Land Real Estate. Realtors are in favor of the paving because they will sell more real estate with the paved road. She pointed out that the County has always allowed people who buy 4.63 acres to consider that as 5 acres. The realtor was concerned that when the right-of-way is taken from the 5 -acre tracts it would make the lots much less than 5 acres. She urged the Board to keep that in mind and do nothing to harm the people. Eleanor Shefski, Mulberry Street, opposed being assessed for Willow Street because she anticipated that she would be assessed again when her street is paved. Charlie Dyer, resident in the unincorporated area, owns 5 acres and asked whether the owners who donate right-of-way will be assessed also. He felt that the truckers would use the paved road rather than the dirt road. He realized that it will be a couple of years before we see any asphalt on that road and urged the County to maintain the grading of Willow Street in the meantime. 8