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. ratio that the City is being asked to contribute. We have agree- ments with them on a pro-rata basis, which is an equally divided basis, as we have with Shoreview for their run-off. There's two percentages (inaudible) that Shoreview is contributing to it because of the expense of taking out their water - a total of some hundreds of thousands of dollars. There's a cubic foot run-off basis for each of the areas and agreements have already been made. COUNCILMAN McALLISTER: I would like to ask the attorney - instead of $2750 per acre, do you have another number in mind? If so, what? MR. STEILEN: I do not have another number in mind because . . . COUNCILMAN McALLISTER: Thank you. MR. STEILEN: Can I finish? COUNCILMAN McALLISTER: It seems to me that that's what we want to do - consider another number - but if you don't have one then . MR. STEILEN: Can I just ask one question, because one part of our objection really hasn't been addressed and then we can end it - that is the point that was made that the south end of the park, south of the freeway, was already adequately drained. It was the north part that was not adequately draining. So to say that the south has contributed and caused the prOblems is a mystery to us. An honest mystery. I'm not saying it isn't adequate as much as someone trying to explain the position of the landowners. We honestly believe that we had adequate drainage. Our problems - if you call them that - our needs were serviced by what we had. The sewer facility that we had only became inadequate for purposes of draining the land north of the freeway. That's why we have taken the position that our property hasn't changed. The value hasn't changed. It was adequately drained before and it's adequately drained now. That's the basic reason we're here tonight. We feel that in order to serve the property north of the freeway, we have ended up being assessed. It really doesn't answer the question or address the issue to say that the rainfall per square foot is the same - you're obviously right - it is the same. The question we have is - we were adequately serviced before, nothing's changed, from our standpoint - although the north is better served now - we're not better served. We don't believe, without reason, that our property values have increased and, if our property values haven't increased, I don't believe that the assessment is justifiable under law. MAYOR WOODBURN: Mr. Christoffersen (inaudible). MR. CHRISTOFFERSEN: There might be some benefit in reviewing the presentation I made in the past on what happened. I might add - this is Lexington Avenue and this is Shoreview. Previously, all the drainage north of 694 found its way down, from both sides of 694, to the Lexington/694 interchange and then drained southerly 17