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i i a <br /> F <br /> k <br /> Board Of Selectmen Page Six <br /> Regular Meeting <br /> Wednesday, JanuarY 7P 1986 <br /> That's the kind of issue that I think you can only solve if you <br /> say 'we're going to bite the bullet and create a d�.strict' and then <br /> everybody pays in proportion to their own. . .into the sytem, Now <br /> what David said in connection with briiiging roads up to a certain <br /> standard before that district was formed. . ,we ' d be happy to talk <br /> about that. on the other hand , we can make a. case that we maintained <br /> a disproportionately large number or miles of road, unilaterally; but <br /> nevertheless , I 'd stall keep that open and say that we '-d be happy t <br /> talk about that because we really do 'ant a. long-term s lution. Certainly <br /> a, lot of time has been spent by not only the peninsula -Council among <br /> thems1eves trying to "divvy" up the responsibility in this connection <br /> and Popponesset Village and New Seabury. The amount of'time vire 'ire all <br /> spent would pay for an' awful lot of fixing roads if we just translated <br /> that time into dollars . I think that we 'd be willing to try to bend <br /> over backwards to maybe do more than our share in that respect to get <br /> a. long-term olutio :, <br /> Mark Devereaux (Bright Coves �'I' o way beim looked <br /> g <br /> at at the present time , I would resent as a taxpayer paring tree taxes <br /> for maintaining roads * I pay one for the Town of Mas pee I pad- one <br /> to the Peninsula Council for any summer home and then, this would be a. <br /> third one, why don' t we have , on an organized basis t have the Town take <br /> over these roads t a. are in question, . *as a. long-term solution over a, <br /> per'lod of time, This appears to me to be more fair than going the other <br /> route were we still have complexities facing us. I think it' s best- <br /> that <br /> e tthat the Town, where we pay our taxes , take over the main roads where <br /> the Town services are extended such as popponesset Island. I know we <br /> don't have the money at this particular time but that would be the fi 'al <br /> solution, in my estimation. ' <br /> Ernie Virgilio, Director of DPW: "We have worked very hard <br /> developing a program to accomplish exactly what you r. Devereaux are <br /> talking about. It would have been ready for this May Toy Meeting had <br /> there not been so much objection to it. I had, intended on taking all <br /> the main roads in what I call the "loop" area, which is wading Place , <br /> Shore Drive , Ro.c,k Landing, Summers.ea, Uncle Percy's Road. I needed two <br /> years , two years a -o to prepare for right now and it was unacceptable to <br /> manypeople" . <br /> r. Hanson: 'II wanted to make a point that we have programs <br /> in the works for this" . Mro Lawrence : "You have to understand that there <br /> 0 <br /> are plentyo people on these roads that -do not want tern taken' <br /> Mr. oebeils ; "I would like to offer a possible su e tion <br /> gg <br /> now that the Selectmen have given us some Iapetus to go ahead and we <br /> are mor6 aware that there is a very real concern about all of the roads <br /> and perhaps three or Four of the roads in particularwe *perhaps we could <br /> gather everybody together within the next week o to <br /> weeks to iron out <br /> the problem of the roads that are in the worst condition to see if we <br /> can find solution to that problem and perhaps talk about the long-range <br /> g ge <br /> olution and cone back and report to the Selectmen of progress , We are <br />