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12 MRS. MARGE KVENILD, 2720 North Oxford: Lot 5, Block 2, Gilbert Reiling Addition, Plat 2., Woo~~ill and Oxford, the north- east corner: I am definitely against what I have heard of this project. Maybe I've been misinformed, but my understanding from 1972 was that Oxford was to be continued in alignment when the new section of Oxford came in from County Road C. We have paid for three assessments in there and we have had nothing but trouble since we moved in as far as drainage. We have had nothing but damage to our property - the soil hauled off, put across the street to the west and to the south. We have hauled dirt in there but it was taken out. We have had nothing but a big ditch in there. We have wrecked our cars going out on to Woodhill Drive which has been (inaudible) continually. Now we're in a hole. We didn't have a hole there before when Ramsey County had it. But we have a serious problem now. All we get are a bunch of stones with black top thrown in and in the winter time the snowplows throw it up into our yard. We're having constant drainage of this wide ditch on Woodhill that's slush from the chemicals in the snow and they corne along and it's thrown up into our lawn with damage to any cars parked there and our lawn. If you were to look at the situation you could see the erosion where the dirt has washed out. There was no problem, but we have had a problem since 1972 on water in our yard and the blacktop breaking up and nothing but weeds there because you can't grow grass. We have quit putting grass and sod in because it's just worn out. We feel we were told the City storm sewer was going to go up on our side of Oxford where there is no boulevard on the corner at all. They're right back up to the property. There was a pole there that a car hit and the pole was moved back to the east four feeti so we had more grass there. Now the blacktop is right up to that pole again and it's a bad situation as far as traffic and sliding and we do not feel that we should be paying again. As far as I can see, there's City sewer, water and storm sewer all in the same section on the east side and the hydrant that was across has been moved up toward the existing Oxford which is way out of alignment and we just don't feel we should be paying these assessments again, but we do want the street aligned like we were promised. t1R. JOHN ~mIER, 2776 North Oxford: I am in favor of the project. I live on the east side of the street. I have been called a lot of things, but this is the first time I've been called a sleeping dog. I might add I've been aware of the fact that the easement was on my property since I bought it and I have been in favor of the improvement. With inflation the cost will double in seven years and seven years more it will double again so for that reason I'm in favor of it.