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. . MR. COLESTOCK: Mr. Mayor, I would say that the general opinion, as far as our group is concerned, is that we would like to see this thing laid over. We would like to meet with your legal counsel and your engineering people and sit down and trade ideas about this. I can't contribute much more to it at the present time. Mr. Johnson, I want to go back and try to answer a question you raised. It's true, a year and a quarter, a year and a half ago, is when this thing first came up. We made known our opposition as far as assessments were concerned at that time. We indicated to you at that time that we felt that this work was being done to the benefit of the Village and we realized why it was necessary. The thing, as far as we were concerned, was that it did nothing for the industrial park. What it was doing was going to drain the northern section - as shown on the map - of Arden Hills and of Shoreview. That's what it was going to do. Your prOblem from there was how to get rid of it after you cross 694. The way you got rid of it was by increasing the size of the sewer going down Lexington and going down Grey Fox Road. That's the short and sweet of it. As I said earlier, if another location had been found for the sewer, there would have been no question about you tearing up Grey Fox Road. You never would have thought of it. It was a great idea once you decided that 's where the sewer was going to go, but it certainly was not a necessity. COUNCILMAN JOHNSON: You are aware that probably the Minne- sota Department of Transportation and Ramsey County use as much of that buried sewer on the west side of Lexington as anybody. MR. COLESTOCK: Yes I am. COUNCILMAN JOHNSON: I think you're also aware that we could not even have gone along or improved our portion of the Lexington improvement unless that storm sewer had been placed down below. MR. COLESTOCK: I don't question it at all. I can see the necessity for everything that's been done as far as that structure is concerned. I understand the necessity for draining that land. I understand that you have to find a way to get rid of it. What we're really discussing today is who is responsible for it. What we are saying is that this is a situation that is to the benefit of the Village as a whole - not to the industrial park. I said before and I'll say it again - we, as good citizens in the industrial park, are willing to bear our share. We're not willing to bear any more. COUNCILMAN JOHNSON: We'll probably have to go back and see if we can get the. State and the County to pay. MR. COLESTOCK: Well, I think that's the responsibility of the Village. The Village has put us in this position and I think if we're going to settle it, the village is going to have to find a way out of it. 15