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BOOK V PAGE 561 roads meet minimum standards and criteria established by the Division of Highways of the Department of Transportation for the addition of roads to the System; NOW, THERFMRE be it resolved by the Board of County Commissioners of the County of Lee that the Division of Highways is hereby requested to review the above described roads, and to take over the roads for maintenance if they meet established standards and criteria. Commissioner Gordon A. Wicker seconded the motion and upon a vote the results were as follows: AYE: Cox, Dossenbach, Matthews, Wicker & Dotterer NAY: None The Chairman ruled the resolution had been unanimously adopted. Mr. Leonard Barefoot, County Planner, presented to the Board a request by Mr. Rex Brown on behalf of the White Hill Development Corporation for an extension of time with respect to street improvements in the Lake Villanow Subdivision, Section one. Mr. Barefoot reported that the required improvements were in place except for some minor seeding work in Vallanow Drive which was not paved. The reason for the request for the extension is that the developer will be using heavy equipment on that portion of the street and feared that the equipment would destroy the pavement. Mr. Barefoot recommended that an extension be granted and that a letter of credit be required in the amount of $6,000 which he thought would cover the uncompleted work. Commissioner Bertha L. Matthews moved that the Board grant an extension to the White Hill Development Corporation for the construction of improvements in the Lake Villanow Subdivision, Section one; that the requirement that the letter of credit be in an amount of no less than $6,000 and otherwise comply with the Subdivision Ordinance. Commissioner Raymond C. Cox, Jr. seconded the motion, and upon a vote the results were as follows: AYE: Cox, Dossenbach, Matthews, Wicker and Dotterer NAY: None The Chairman ruled the resolution had been unanimously adopted. County Manager Jim Mills presented to the Board a request that he be authorized to advertise for bids for a computer system. Mr. Nathan Crissman, Tax Collector, also appeared in his capacity as the head of the Computer Advisory Committee. Among the reasons advanced for the need for a new computer system was the fact that the manufacturer of the County's present system is going out of the computer business; that other companies are building more reliable machines and costs for systems have been dropping, and that a new system would provide more data storage space. Mr. Crissman advised that