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Best suggested the following hypothetical situation and aske <br />Collins what the staff position would be on the new road and <br />the existing one <br />Joyner is the developer of an existing 14 lot <br />subdivision served by a private road with a road <br />maintenance agreement (RMA). She has extended the <br />road and added an additional 12 lots. <br />Collins stated that the roads in the new subdivision would <br />have to be paved and the existing Class A private road would <br />have to be upgraded to public road standards. He stated it <br />would be the responsibility of the developer to pay the cost <br />of upgrading the existing private road. In response to a <br />question from Olson, he stated that an existing Class B <br />private road used to access a new development could be <br />required to upgrade to Class A status because of the <br />additional lots being served, i.e., it was possible to move <br />from one private road class to another just as it was possibl <br />to move from private road to public road status. Collins sai <br />that the only responsibility existing residents would have in <br />the case of a private road being upgraded by a developer woul <br />be to maintain the road at the standards set for the private <br />road class to which it was upgraded. <br />The situation of what would happen in the case of development <br />taking place at the end of a private road which existed befor <br />private road standards and RMAs were in place was posed. The <br />consensus was that the new development would be responsible <br />for any required upgrading of the existing road and also <br />maintenance unless existing property owners could be persuade <br />to share in the maintenance responsibilities. Eidenier asked <br />what would happen if the existing right -of'-way was not the <br />required width. Collins stated the developer could apply for <br />a partial width right -of -way which would require County <br />Commissioner approval. <br />Best asked if there were any more questions or comments on <br />IV- B -3 -b. There ensued a short discussion on the grammatical <br />correctness of adverbs in the text. The TAS finally agreed t <br />drop the word "maintained." The following wording for <br />IV -B -3 -b was finally agreed to by the TAS: <br />All subdivisions shall have a coordinated street <br />system via a public or private street and access <br />to a public,.state or municipal street. All <br />subdivisions containing private streets shall have <br />at least one street which intersects with or joins <br />an extension of a public, state, or municipal <br />street, or another private road. <br />K <br />