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easement to Mr. Kirrie's predecessor, the Semblers, which enures to Mr. Kirrie's benefit. <br />Whether that strip exists or not, Mr. Kirrie either has frontage on a public road or an <br />easement to access it. He does not have any frontage on 130" Street, which is separated by <br />at least 330 feet from his nearest boundary. The County could not take any steps to bar Mr. <br />Kirrie from accessing a public road (129" Street) without inversely condemning or taking <br />his property. The Board has the right to take steps to try to provide access to 130" Street. <br />Staff s memorandum outlined what would be involved and the expenses they can estimate. <br />The Board has the right to make those efforts in the name of economic development if they <br />feel it appropriate. <br />County Attorney Collins advised that he had spoken with Mr. Kirrie who has always <br />thought that 130" Street would be a better place to access his property, but he has been <br />unable to come to an agreement as to how the expenses would be borne and what he would <br />be required to do. If the County did find the means to access 130", Mr. Kirrie would <br />probably be willing to do so. The main point is that if property has frontage on a public <br />road, access to that road cannot be denied without effecting a taking of property which <br />would be compensable as a condemnation of the property. <br />Environmental & Code Enforcement Chief Roland DeBlois advised that he had, per <br />the Board's direction at the last meeting, reviewed the various issues on this matter which <br />date back to 2000. The purpose of staff s report was to point out the complexity of the issue <br />of providing Mr. Kirrie's property access by way of 130' Street. He advised the numerous <br />environmental restraints to overcome and permits to be obtained in order to provide the <br />Kirrie property access that would not impact the residents on 129t' Street. (Clerk's note: Mr. <br />DeBlois' 5 -page memorandum with related maps is in the backup, pages 191-213). He <br />declared it is difficult to determine the costs without doing a complete study, but he <br />estimated it would run between $420,00 to $502,500. He cautioned the County could run <br />August 5, 2003 <br />18 ,-SS <br />