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3 as well as up Judith. With the construction of that pipe to the intersection of Oxford, it will necessitate the removal of a good portion of the pavement that already exists. County Road C-2 is what is known as an MSA street - that's a Minnesota State Aid Street. What that means is, that right now as you pay for your gasoline at the pumps, there's a certain number of cents added for state taxes. Also when you buy your license plates. Approximately II percent of that money ultimately comes back to the various cities in the state for bringing up to standard and maintaining special roadways within each community, known as MSA roadways or Minnesota State Aid roadways. These are the collector roads for neighborhoods. For instance, these various roadways empty to County Road C-2. County Road C-2 comes to Lexington, or, going the other way, to Victoria. What all this really means to you as property owners is that the Council has passed a policy that says the existing single family and duplex lots that are taxable would not be assessed for the up-grading of MSA roadways. So it is proposed that as much as we would be tearing the roadway up with the storm drain construction - if it's passed - that it would be put back as up to standard MSA road. It would be 36 feet wide - parking prohibited on one side, and we would recommend the side with the county open space since no one lives there, with a short section widened to 44 feet for left turns and through traffic once the piece of County Road C-2 gets built some day. This would be built to state standards, which means it would be a 9-ton road with concrete curb and gutter on each side, and predominantly 36 feet wide. MR. POPOVICH: Mayor and members of the Council, the published notice of the total cost of the project is $406,533. Of that, the city's share is $222,130. That is accounted for in the storm sewer construction on the Lexington segment that the county will be assessed $ 184,000 and the city share of that Lexington segment would be $87,690 and the balance of the project - the city share is $64,840 for a total of $152,000 so when you take the Lexington portion and then the rest between County Road C-2 and Judith, there's a total of $152,530 for storm sewer to be raised by the city, and the county paying $184,000. Of the $l52,000 - following the city's assessment policy - there are 67 lots at $295 per lot which will raise $l9,765. For R-l and R-2 properties, about lO and a half acres will be assessed at $995 an acre. That will raise $10,400. The shopping center with 19.7 acres will be assessed at $1,990 per acre and they will pay $39,203. There's a little portion of Josephine Road that would be assessed to Ramsey County - it's $2,l25 - so the total assessments will raise $71,54l of the storm sewer construction and the balance would be paid from general funds which is $80,989. As to the County Road C-2 assessment -the street portion - the estimated constructio~ cost on MSA standards would be $69,600, and on the 7-ton axle load the cost would be $52,690, for some $16,900 difference.