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MR. POPOVICH: Mayor and members of the Council, the total cost here is $43,134.28. If it was 100% assessed, it would be approximately $39.55 per front foot. On the 25% basis, it would be $9.88 approximately. This one is proposed to be consolidated - the top four on your list are the ones that are proposed to be consolidated if they're all ordered in. The same general comments would apply to this as I said earlier. It was 71% petitioned. MR. ANDRE: There are no written statements. ACTING MAYOR JOHNSON: Okay, we will open this hearing to the public. We're talking about project P-82-29, Chatsworth between Brooks and Transit. Are there any questions or comments? MR. LEE VENNE, 2470 Chatsworth Street: I have a few things. One, what is determined a "fair" street and a "poor" street? I don't think the street is in bad shape. It's not a through street - it just connects - there's no through traffic through there. I don't understand why it's considered fair or poor. What makes it - what's the grading system on that? Another item I have is - I just moved in there last summer. My plans, when I bought the house, I would like to put a tuck-under garage in. It has no garage now. If you went and did this and raised the elevation - my driveway is fairly steep - it would change the ability to put the tuck- under garage in. It would probably be lower than the street. I was one of the people that signed that petition. When I signed the petition, I didn't know that that was my approval. I thought that was just for cost estimates. That may have been a problem on my part - I don't know. Like I said, I just moved in and when the petition came around, I saw people signing, and I thought well, this is just an estimate to get the ball rolling to see what it would cost us. I wasn't really prepared to pay - just moving into that area - prepared to have an assessment that large put on my property taxes. I don't know many of the people arou~d the area. I don't communicate very well. I just got this notice about a week and a half ago and some of the people on the street are older people - they leave for the winter and aren't around to talk to about it. I was just wondering if there's any way you could vote on this later so that I could talk to more people in the neighborhood about this. MR. ANDRE: Your interpretation of what you thought was going to happen is right and that is, the petition is for a hear~ng before the City Council and all the people are notified. The purpose~is to give those people an opportunity to express their views, pro or con, for the improvement. The petition in this case I think was signed by approximately 70% of the people, which indicates there is a general (inaudible). The purpose of the hearing is to hear the people before the Council makes a decision. By the people -2-