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s <br /> ■ <br /> Board of Selectmen Page Three <br /> Regular Meeting <br /> Wednesday, January 79 1987 <br /> General Laws is a district legally is forted by whatever boundaries <br /> e choose to identify the di8trict and 't becomes a quasi-government <br /> organization and form that point of vi6w, everyone can be equally <br /> apportioned to take on the repairs - of roads . I made a.ry,� resenta.tion. <br /> on December 20 to the Penin ula. Council with a proposal of how the <br /> district might be formed. t -has to be approved by the Town Meet ing <br /> before before anything else - occurs . we would like to pursue this" . <br /> It appears that this right not be able to be accomplished <br /> for the up-coming Town Meeting and that it might be six to nine months <br /> before such a proposed district could be a reality. Wien any actual <br /> work could begin to repair the roads after that point cannot be as- <br /> certained <br /> s- <br /> cert .fined at this time. In the meantio e , mr. Carlson rade the suggestion <br /> that the r-oad be posted as impassable - use at your own risk - from our <br /> end of the road. Mro Burdon said that the Corporation would be agree- <br /> able <br /> .gree- <br /> a.ble to post it as impassable from the other end. The suggestion arose <br /> to block it that section of Shore Drive if it were a ratter of pre- <br /> venting. injury. Ir. � Carts on maintained , "It is not our ,road. All I 'm <br /> interested in at this point is tha'._.protection of people in our area <br /> that are going to use that road attempt to use that road that they <br /> either have a, warning or are unable to use it so that nobody gets hurt" . <br /> There is access through -the use of other ro ads . Mrs Carlson said in <br /> answer to a. state tent by Dr'. Elizabeth Petti, 'School buses do not use <br /> that road or they d- not plan to use that road be'cause it is impassable" . <br /> Ainsley Rockwood spoke , Suppose someone were injured on <br /> that .road - it's not posted - and a, suit were taken out, who is re- <br /> sponsible? <br /> e- <br /> sponsibl ` The owner of the road would be responsible , is that right?"..'- <br /> "..'- <br /> Why isn' t it the responsibility o the owner of the road to protect <br /> themselves and keep that road at least in passable condition"' <br /> David Terry, President of the peninsula. Council said , "We <br /> have been talking with Mr, "Burdon, New S eabury Corporationp for several <br /> years about the roads- . We don't have any strong sets against the con- <br /> cept Of a road repair and maintenance district but we have strong <br /> fe,el'ings about it. we have been responsible for repairing and Maintaining <br /> the roads in the six villages of New S eabury for some time . Each lot <br /> owner is assessed a certain number of dollars and each grillage has <br /> representatives who determine the priorities of road repair for their <br /> villages , As a result, the roads in the siX villages of New Seabu y <br /> are in excellent repair right now. It seers illogical to us to be in- <br /> volved, at least at this time i a district which void be a taming -. <br /> organization where all of the road repair priorities are' outside of our <br /> immediate interests so that the liklihood of getting mfr street on a <br /> high priority for repair or Maintenance would be eery low because logic <br /> says that if we fora a district, Shore Road ,, Uncle Pero,'s , Rock Landing <br /> have to have high priority. From our own point of Griew, we lre sitting <br />