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has investigated the request and due to the location of utility poles, canals, and trees, there is not enough room to build a safe adequate road. The right-of-ways are not County right-of-ways, but are owned by property owners within the Fellsmere Farms Water Control District. RECOMMENDATIONS AND FUNDING Since we are receiving numerous requests for road improvement and maintenance in the Fellsmere area, staff recommends the establishment of MSBU's (Special Taxing Districts) to fund improvements of the roads in the west Fellsmere area, as well as the southeast Willow Street area. An MSBU ordinance could be prepared prior to Jan. 1, 2003 for .the FY 03/04 tax year. ATTACHMENT Letters from surrounding property owners Public Works Director Jim Davis stated that he had received several requests recently regarding maintenance of the streets in that area. The County could not design or build roads in that area that would meet the Department of Transportation Green Book standards. Staff is reluctant to grade the path that currently exists as there is inadequate drainage. There is also the question of where the funds would come from to improve these roads as most of the residents have indicated they would not be willing to contribute to a taxing district to raise funds for that purpose. Commissioner Adams noted that this has been discussed since 1993. The issue is much larger than this request and is not going to go away with the growth in that area. People are buying property in the area with the assumption that the County takes care of the roads A taxing district is the only solution unless the County wants to raise the gas tax or some other revenue producing source. She estimated there would be more than 100 miles of roads which need to be brought up to standard with the attendant problems, such as JULY 16, 2002 -90- 5