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(20020089 10. Provide that in the event the licensee fails to maintain proper signage and or fails to remove the gate upon termination, the County may erect the appropriate sings or may remove the gate at the licensee's expense; and 11. Provide that the licensee shall take no action inconsistent with the rights and interests of the County of Hall and the Department of the Army as expressed in the easements granted by the Department of the Army to Hall county and recorded in the office of the Hall County register of Deeds He contacted the public works department and they did not see a problem retaining the right-of-way on the roads. By providing the license if it was necessary in the future the county would still have the right-of-way. Jeffries stated that there is not to be any development in this area and he would like to see it handled as simple as possible. Eriksen also stated that it should be as simple as possible but he would like to see the county retain the right-of-way. Logan also agreed that the county should retain the easement. Hartman made a motion and Jeffries seconded not to retain the easement on the roads. Eriksen stated that he did not see a problem with the county retaining the easement. Logan questioned what the county's liability would be if they retained the easement. Januelwicz stated that the county only retained the easement and the roads were not opened it would limit the county's exposure to any liability. It would not be any different that a public utility easement. Janulewicz stated that if the gates were installed there would need to be sufficient signage. The vote on the motion to not retain the easement was taken. Arnold, Eriksen, Lancaster and Logan all voted no and Hartman, Jeffries and Humiston voted yes. Motion failed. Eriksen made a motion and Arnold seconded to approve the County Attorney's recommendation to retain the easement on the property. Arnold, Eriksen and Lancaster all voted yes and Jeffries, Humiston, Hartman and Logan all voted no. Motion failed. Logan made a motion and Hartman seconded to leave the property as it is and to maintain the right-of-way as it is. Discussion was held on having a joint meeting with the property owners to decide on the signage and the keys. This is only the right-of-way it is not a county road. Arnold, Eriksen, Hartman, Humiston, Jeffries, Lancaster and Logan all voted yes and none voted no. Motion carried. PUBLIC PARTICIPATION - Chairman Lancaster called for public participation and no one responded. 4 DISCUSSION FROM NEBRASKA HABITAT CONSERVATION COALITION, RON BISHOP - Jim Eriksen introduced Ron Bishop. Mr. Bishop was present to discuss the Nebraska Habitat Conservation Coalition that has been formed and to explain the purpose of the coalition. There are 22 members of the coalition at this time. When the U.S. Fish and Wildlife proposed the designation of the critical habitat for the piping plover they felt it was necessary to protect the interest of the local entities. They are also anticipating five or six private organizations to join the coalition. Under the interlocal agreement they have funding to hire an economist that has had experience with critical habitat designations and also hire a firm out of Cheyenne Wyoming that have had experience on endangered spices issues. At this time they have submitted sixteen pages of comments on the proposed designation. The coalition feels that the U.S. Fish & Wildlife are not following the law regarding the designation of critical habitat. They want to offer membership to the coalition to the county. Mr. Bishop stated he would leave a copy of the interlocal cooperation agreement for the county to review. This 5