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City Council Minutes - 02/11/02 Page 2 Pat Johnson, resident and task force member, spoke to the value of design guidelines and the opportunity presented by the County's reconstruction of County Road C. Perrie Heider, resident and task force member, spoke about coordinating the streetscape design and construction with the County's design and construction, and about cost efficiencies. She indicated that citizens between Oxford and Rice voiced support for undergrounding electric utility distribution lines. Tim Krienke, business owner and task force member, spoke about the City's assessment policy, cost allocation and community benefits. Maschka asked about funding sources. Bloom spoke about a blend of city, county, and federal tax revenues. Maschka asked about current assessment policies for residential and commercial properties. Klausing asked about the benefits to the community of constructing such streetscapes. Kay Thorpe and Pat Johnson spoke about the positive improvement in homeowner property values as a result of such public investments. Pat Johnson spoke in favor of phasing this streetscape project. Klausing voiced a concern about streetscape elements that were not functional, such as entry monuments. Kough asked about coordination of bids and constructi on. Schroeder commented about the moving in the right direction, but his concerns about maintenance. Maschka spoke in favor of decorative concrete rather than brick pavers. Kysylyczyn spoke about prioritizing bus shelter construction and maintenance, the quality of the drawings in the Report, the desirability of reducing monuments, on-street bicycle lanes, and undergrounding utility lines. Kough spoke about the next steps and assessment policies. Bloom explained the public hearings and feasibility study process. Kysylyczyn thanked the Task Force for their Report.