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ON MOTION by Commissioner Ginn, SECONDED by Commissioner Adams, the Board, by a 4-0 vote (Commissioner Macht absent) unanimously approved Alternative # 1 approving the request for additional work under the Carter Associates, Inc. Vero Lake Estates Drainage Permitting Agreement, pursuant to staffs recommendations. AMENDMENT IS ON FILE IN THE OFFICE OF THE CLERK TO THE BOARD 11.G.5. PAVING OF WILLOW STREET (130TH AVENUE) SOUTH OF CR -512 IN SOUTHEAST FELLSMERE The Board reviewed a Memorandum of September 30, 1997: TO: James E. Chandler, County Administrator FROM: James W. Davis, P.E., Public Works Director SUBJECT: Paving of Willow Street(1 0th Avenue) South of CR512 in Southeast Fellsmere DATE: September 30, 1997 DESCRIPTION AND CONDITIONS The Public Works Department staff has, over the past few months, re-evaluated the methods to fund the paving and drainage improvements to Willow Street south of CR512. Staff analysis has identified several unique circumstances which complicate developing an equitable special assessment or MSTU Benefit Area. The circumstances include: 1) The benefit area must include a portion of the City of Fellsmere which fronts approximately one mile of the project Including this small portion of the City requires joint public hearings, separate legal ads, and administrative costs which are more than the revenue received from this small area. 2) Berry Groves owns approximately 3,700 acres of productive citrus grove at the south end of Willow Street south of 7r Street. Many citrus hauling trucks and grove employees use Willow Street for access. When staff investigated including this area in the benefitted area, it was apparent that agricultural land uses result in a different type impact upon the road than residential uses. Staff considered various types of assessment formulas including assessed value of land (ad valorem), acreage, and trip generation rate. All methods resulted in the agricultural land use having a disproportionate share of the project cost. Some of the land mass is a substantial distance from the south terminus of the proposed paving. Due to a depressed citrus market, staff is of the opinion that Berry Groves would not support funding the majority of the project costs. 3) Currently, the acreage owned by Albert Kahn (approx. 800 acres), is used mainly as unimproved pasture with a very low assessed value. Using ad valorem assessed value in developing an assessment roll will result in a very low assessment which would not reflect future trip use once single-family homes are developed. OCTOBER 7, 1997