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. . MAYOR CRICHTON: Excuse me. That's 248 acres in Arden Hills? MR. POPOVICH: Just Arden Hills. We're only talking about Arden Hills' portion now, the $945,527.00:, because it would be up to Shoreview to justify, and they will be holding a public hearing just as we are for their $504,424.00. Assuming that the project were 100% assessed, the estimated assessment rate would then be $3,940.00 per acre. While the City has not yet deter- mined the years of assessment, I would make the same recommenda- tion for purposes of tonight's hearing that they do it on the basis of not to exceed 15 years and the same comments I made in connection with the other improvement would apply here as to approximate interest rates, carrying charges on unpaid assess- ments, as well as the right to prepay. Those comments would be applicable here as well. MAYOR CRICHTON: Mrs. McNiesh, do we have any written objec- tions to this one? CHARLOTTE McNIESH: I have another letter which is identical to the one I just read on the Grey Fox Road improvement from Roger B. Brostrom, R. L. Gould. MAYOR CRICHTON: It's identical to the one we heard earlier. Then I'd like to open the floor to any comments or questions that we may have from the audience, questions of either the engineer or the bond consultant or the Councilor any comments on the proposed project. MR. PAUL MILTON, 3673 North Hamline: I want to ask - is everything inside that line going to be assessed for the sewer? The dotted line you've got over there. MR. POPOVICH: Mayor and members of the Council, on this wall is the green area that was for purposes of the notice. Everybody within the green area got a notice. The improvement part is more jagged. Obviously that is the area to be drained. It is those benefitted people who would be assessed. Now, if somebody is between the jagged portion and where it's straight here, obviously at the time of the assessment hearing they would then be eliminated and not get an assessment, if they're 'outside of the actual improvement as benefitted from construction. But for purposes of the notice, we always include a larger area because you can always decrease it but you can't increase an area once you've published the description. That's the reason (inaudible) . MAYOR CRICHTON: So the land within the dotted line on the transparency is what the engineer has indicated is drained by this area and is proposed as being included in the assessment. At the assessment hearing we will know for sure. It's the land within this that's proposed by the engineer. MR. PAUL MILTON: Well, the dotted line is inaccurate because our property - my neighbors and me - our property isn't 5