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2 nine-ton design which is a standard for MSA, construct curb and gutter on both sides, and it's our recommendation that the roadway be 36 feet in width. That's the narrowest it's possible to build and still retain parking on either side. This is what's known as Alternate lA. Later we will be talking of costs and expenses. There are four alternatives. Alternate lA is a 36 foot wide roadway with no sidewalk,and it would be done this construction season if approved. Alternate lB is identical in that it's 36 feet wide. The difference is it would include a sidewalk on one side, if desired. It's not our recommendation because of the relatively low traffic volumes. So that was Alternate lA which is 36 feet wide and no sidewalk, and lB which is 36 feet with a sidewalk on one side. We would also be open to comments, if either of these two are approved, as to which side you would desire to have the parking on and which side the parking would not be on. We can only have it on one side or the other at 36 feet wide. That's a state requirement. The other two are Alternates 2 which is identical to Alternate 1 except it's 44 feet wide. The advantage is having a wider road- way and being able to park on both sides of the street. The dis- advantage is that it's moving closer to your home with the asphalt and curbs and the traffic. Alternate 2B is the same - 44 feet in width, but as in IB, it has sidewalk on one side or the other. In addition to being petitioned for, this particular roadway was rated through a scoring system used by the city earlier this year as with all MSA streets. What these are is a designation of roadway eligible to receive some cash from.the state in rebates from license plates and gasoline tax. These are specific roadways that form a system. To relate to you - you know about the interstate system where 1-35 and 94 are, and you go to the state highway system such as Rice and Snelling. Then comes the county roads such as Dale, County Road C, and then the more important city roadways which are called MSA, and that's where Iona comes in. That's one of those, and the other classification would be regular residential streets such as Kent. As I say, this is the paving portion. The costs will be reviewed later in a fiscal presenta- tion, but I do feel it's important that you all at least under- stand going into this that if this is built to the state aid standards through either of the alternatives discussed, the city policy on this type of roadway is that no normal residential lot would receive any assessments for street paving. The one exception on this street is this lot between 567 and 591. Since the school board does not pay taxes they do not qualify for the free roadway assessment policy. With the exception of that one lot, all of these parcels are recommended by the staff in compliance with the existing city policy to have no assessments for paving.