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<br />off B-2 continue to experience a hardship because they have to <br />travel B-2 to get to their home. <br /> <br />18. Some residents say people who want to walk can go to the malls <br />or to the parks. But to get to the malls or the parks I guess people <br />are supposed to drive - which kind of defeats one of the purposes <br />of walking, which is to reduce trips in your car. <br /> <br />19. Some residents say few people bike or walk along B-2 now so a <br />pathway is not needed. Yet the absence of a safe pathway discour- <br />ages people from biking or walking along B-2 now. Looking at it <br />you can see that B-2 was made solely for cars; it was not made for <br />and is dangerous for biking or walking. <br /> <br />20. Some residents say the cost of the project is too high and they <br />don't want to pay a part of it. However, we will never have a bet- <br />ter financial opportunity to build this pathway than right now. One <br />doesn't often qualify for a federal grant of millions of dollars to help <br />pay for pathways. As for street assessments, the residential assess- <br />ment formula now is the same formula that 90+% of Roseville resi- <br />dents have been subject to in the past. <br /> <br />v. The Reasons for Undergrounding Utility <br />Lines. <br /> <br />21. Underground utility lines are more reliable than above-ground <br />facilities. They are less subject to lightning strikes as well as dam- <br />age from ice and wind. <br /> <br />22. Underground utility lines significantly improve the appearance <br />of street corridors. The Vista 2000 Report indicates that many resi- <br />dents view aboveground utilities as unattractive. In cities with <br /> <br />7 <br />