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M M attachment #3). Since that meeting, various staff have researched and discussed the various issues involved and have coordinated with Commissioner Adams. As a result, staff has come to a consensus on an approach that it feels will help resolve several problems. The Problems There are three basic problem areas that the property owners and staff wish to address. These are: 1. Parcel "Buildability": Since no plat has been filed, few of the existing parcels have been created in a legal manner. Parcels which are not legal, grandfathered -in parcels are not buildable at this time. Thus, there is a need for many of the parcels to be grandfathered -in and made legal for future development (e.g. single family residences). 2. Road right-of-way: Since no plat has been filed, no dedicated road rights-of-way have been created and no single entity is responsible for, or able, to make road improvementd. There is a need to establish road rights-of-way that provide formal, legal access to all parcels, and which will allow for possible future improvements and maintenance. 3. Road and Drainage Improvements: Since no dedicated road rights-of-way exist, there is no legal mechanism yet in place to allow for coordinated road improvements or maintenance. Eventually, there will be a need to improve road and drainage facilities that serve parcels. Although concerted action by the property owners could resolve these problems, staff concludes that such concerted action will not be forthcoming and that the county will need to take the initiative. It is also staff's position that the Pine Lake Estates property owners, rather than the general public, should bear the costs involved in resolving these problems, since the property owners will directly benefit from such actions. Requested Board Action Staff has mailed a copy of this report and an invitation to the September 21st "public discussion" Board of County Commissioners meeting to all Pine Lake Estates property owners, as identified on available tax records. Staff requests that the Board consider staff's proposal (contained in this report), receive input from property owners, and direct staff to initiate actions to resolve the problems previously described. ANALYSIS: Unique Circumstances Surrounding Pine Lake Estates The basis of staff's recommended solutions is that the Pine Lake Estates situation is unique. During public proceedings to down - zone portions of Pine Lake Estates to one acre zoning (held on August 18, 1982 and on January 5, 1983), the Board of County Commissioners established a policy of allowing development of Pine Lake Estates to proceed under the restrictions of one unit per acre zoning, while at the same time recognizing and grandfathering -in then -existing parcels of record that were smaller than one acre. In addition, in August of 1982, the county and the original Pine Lake Estates developer commenced, but never completed, a process to establish county rights-of-way in Pine Lake Estates. That process 17 BOOK PtAGE LSFP 2i 1993