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, . a pathway and they don't see an advantage to that. I think Mr. Popovich explained - or tried to explain - that what we're going through is a procedure that notices the public that we can at least consider this - this possibility. I think Councilman McAllister has kind of signalled our basic view of this, but what we want to hear from you - and I guess we already have pretty well - is whether you feel at all benefitted by a curb, a gutter and a path. The Mayor said a moment ago - some people really like sidewalks and are willing to pay for them and ask for them - and we had some people a couple of weeks ago asking for street lights and wanted to pay for them and that kind of thing. We, on the other hand, have a problem because Mr. Leonard comes offering us a tremendous improvement in the street - obviously there may be some disagreement - but at any rate Lexington Avenue probably needs improvement and if:'we're going to get paths and we have to have some curbs and gutter - he explained to us a couple of weeks ago the advantages of curb and gutter over a wider shoulder - and we could hear that again, I suppose, if we wanted to. I think the village is fairly convinced that - on an overall basis - we'd like to have a path on our side - on the west side of the street - the County is going to put it in - and the curb and gutter sort of comes with it. It's a real problem for us paying for it north of 96 because we have nobody to assess there. As you know, we can't assess the federal government. - . . I think our feeling is pretty strong that it's a village-wide advantage - if it's an advantage - and that we ought to 'take village general funds for.it. The Mayor hasn't explained that he has, in my opinion, the best back- ground to do this, but we have some options and they involve trade-offs of this first and this second as to where we can go. I think, your Honor, that that might be the most help- ful - for you to suggest the State moneys for that portion- we might even consider some park funds - and where we'd be and how long we might have 'to wait to do it. . MAYOR WOODBURN: I started into it before. I guess, briefly, we maybe have some money squirreled away for Hamline, for lawsuits that are against us, and for capital improvements. Hamline - both in the short term, perhaps, a lower improvement, towards 694 - and then a longer term improvement 'towards 96. Some of the park funds are desig- nated (inaudible) but could go towards the pa'thway. We have a little money left in the State aid funds, which come basi~ally out of your gas tax, for some of these improvements. If we put that all together, we could probably come up with something. The most that it would do would be to delay Hamline Avenue for half a year, if that was to go forward, which is not decided but much talked about. Councilman Hicks? -13-