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.....;) . . 12 Now, some people may want to get into some of these assessment procedures and things of that nature but you will notice in the brochure we point out that after construction bids have been let and the bonds issued, ~en we hold a second hearing. Prior to that hearing there is filed in the Village Clerk's office a list of every individual in the community that will get service and who is being assessed, with their name, their property and the dollar amount they are being assessed. Then there's a two week period when it's published. l~e hold a hearing and you can come in and ccmplain or agree or what have you as to .,vhether that assessment is satisfactory to you and, of course, the rule on assessments is that it must be commensurate with the benefits received by the property. I tell you this so we don't get into the assessments tonight. These are not exact costs. These estimates are conserva- tive in that we have given the highest or worst picture. Our experience in Rosevilla and elsewhere is that we have always been able tc be better than this. Fer example, we estimated in RosevUle front fcot cost at one figure and it was ccnsiderably less when we finally came around to making the final estimates so I am inclined to believe that the total costs will be then less than we show here. Hew much we can't say but so no one can $ay we have tried to mislead yay we have tried to give you the worst possible picture as far as the assessment costs may be. Another thing - assessments in Minnesota are usually spread out over a 20 year period of time. That's the time most communities use in spreading out the assessments. It could be shorter but we felt in view of the fact that there is school debt here and perhaps need for additional school debt and other types of requirements in a growing suburban area, rather than get it shoved into too short a