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. of the benefit that would be received. Assuming then a total cost of $23,900, there are 3600 feet of assess.able abutting property and if you were to assess that cost 100%, it would run to $6.65 for the assessable footage on the property within Arden Hills. Obviously, the purpose of the hearing tonight is to determine the feasibility if we're going to assess and if we're going to assess 100%. If the Council decides not to go the assessment route and pay for it out of general funds or some other thing, then obviously we wouldn't include it in any financing. If it's going to go the assessment route, then obviously we want a maximum situation presented at the public hearing tonight. As you know, we're planning a bond issue sometime in February, assuming all of these projects that are .presently under consideration finally materialize, so that we know what the total bond issue'would be. If we have to finance it, that's the amount that we would finance over a 15 year period, assessable at the maximum assessment rate per- mitted by law, which would be 1% more than what we receive on the bonds, but not exceeding 12%. Obviously, an assessment hearing would be held probably next fall, after the project is in or substantially completed. So there would be no assessments commencing until the year 1983. At this particular point, assuming it's an assessment approach, that's the pur- pose of the hearing tonight. If the Council decides to waive all assessments and pick it up with some other funds, that's a judgment dec is ion you can make' at a later date. MAYOR WOODBURN: We can decide to go through the assess- ment procedure and later on still decide not to assess it at all, or in part, or up to $6.65. MR. POPOVICH: That's right. MAYOR WOODBURN: Mrs. Zehm, are there any written ques- tions? DEPUTY CLERK ZEHM:. I do not have any. MAYOR WOODBURN: I will open the meeting now to public comments. They may be either for or against. . MR. MAX STOUTENBURG, 1435 West County Road E: I would like to know if and when they do plan on widening that bridge. You're saying right now that the bridge isn't actually part of that proposed plan at the present. So it will go through just like the County Road E plan did, where they left a two lane bridge and a four lane on either side. When do .they plan on putting the bridge in if they don't plan on doing it now? MR. WAYNE LEONARD: The present bridge, the way the thing is being utilized, it's basically a two lane bridge - one in each direction. As part of this project,. we would widen the roadway off the end of the bridge so that we would have four lanes - that is, two lanes'in each direction. The remaining problem, as I see it - that probably will be adequate 4