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. . MR. COLESTOCK: One of the interesting things about this is that Roberts properties, for one, we for another, I think Tyson for another, have all been told that if we want to build new buildings and pave new areas of the industrial park, we're going to have to have holding ponds. As a matter of fact, I appeared before the Council here a year ago to get a building permit and we agreed to put a new holding pond in at substantial expense and also at the expense of not being able to utilize more than 40% of our land area for building. Now I find that apparently the system was not adequate at that time. I find it hard to believe, in view of the fact that when the open ditch existed there we, nor no one else, ever had any problem with flooding. We did have water rising in the ditch - that's true. We did have water rising in holding ponds - that's true. But we never had any problem with flooding. I don't see - although I have not made any calculation as to the run-off requirement or the (inaudible) required to take care of what run-off we generate in that area. I doubt very much that we would have had any problem with what- ever developed - even with 100% coverage of buildings. I still feel that the problem that has developed here and the thing that we're arguing about is the fact that the village has had to find a way to take care of the run-off which is generated by the northern development of Arden Hills and of Shoreview. I see nothing more or less to it than that. The fact is that 20 years ago, when we first started this park - when Roberts first started in the park - none of us had any problems and none of us antici- pated any problems. We paid for sewer and we paid for roadways and we paid for all of the facilities. Up until the time this sewer was built and this road was put in, we had no problems. Now all of a sudden we're faced with problems which are going to cost us a lot of money and which we really don't know whether we have an answer to. I think that this is about the size of it. I haven't said much for a last word, but that's our position. As a group in the industrial park, we feel we are adequately taken care of. We needed nothing further from the village. One thing I want to remind you of, Mayor Woodburn, when you said that this sewage system was developed primarily for the industrial park - do you recall when the water system was put in the village? Do you know that a representative of Roberts Construction and myself and one or two others here were the movers and shakers that got it going? That was spread on the whole village because it benefitted the whole village. That's what's happening here. I think a parallel case can be drawn and a parallel case can be made for the benefit the village is receiving from having this work done. MAYOR WOODBURN: What is the Council's pleasure? Action consisting of holding this over and modifying the outlined assessment or approving it? What does the Council want to do? COUNCILHAN JOHNSON: Your Honor, I guess counsel repre- senting the assessed people here seems to feel (inaudible) and apparently he's never talked to the engineer. I really got the feeling he didn't know what the system is all about. If there is any advantage in him learning a little bit more about the system and reconsidering, then I'd say it's worth that time. (Inaudible). 22