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6 it has been improved. It also states that overall it would improve the appearance of the neighborhood. I don't know how anybody can feel that it's going to improve the neighborhood, especially in this particular situation when there is a loss of 27 trees. No way is that going to enhance the appearance of the neighborhood. It's also been mentioned that it would probably raise the value of a home. I called a couple of realtors last week and I was told that it could possibly enhance the appearance of the house but it would not raise the value per se of the house. This is all I have to say for now. MR. HONCHELL: If I might address a couple of points. As indicated in the letter there were several points of potential benefits including snowplowing and sweeping of streets. When you have a roadway that's irregular as to crown and grade, when you do the sweeping the brooms go over the area that have de- pressions and the same in snowplowing you're not as able to do adequate maintenance as far as the curb back and forth and irregular widths and as far as being straight. Also, there's no curb to do your plowing against. As far as ele maintenance over the years, this road has received the same level of maintenance as all other roadways of its type throughout the area, and regardless of whether heads are shaking in the back, it was seal coated in 1966 and 1974 and is on the current schedule on the north section to be seal coated in 1981. This is all I can say. This is what the City records indicate. MRS. BETTY MC LEAN, 2847 N. Oxford: I state against the road improvement, first of all for the aesthetic value. We have a beautiful street. I happen to have four of the trees which I have been told are not on private property. Nevertheless they are my trees and I hate to see these trees taken off the street. Most of all I don't want to see the extra width and extra traffic we will have going down the street, and last of all, the cost is going to be very hard to absorb when one's financial situation changes from the time we signed the original petition. MR. MICHAEL BETTENDORF, 2751 Oxford: I am also in opposition to this improvement. My concern is not that great as far as putting in the new road, but I'm disturbed about widening it and about Mr. Honchell's remark regarding a four to one slope on the side. I live on the west side which would mean a 4 to 1 slope and I don't have any trees in the boulevard area, but I do have a large tree which was planted some 20 years ago that's probably two or three feet within the property line and I'm disturbed that when you put in a 4 to 1 slope you will be filling over the roots. I