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Quickly to go through it, the proposal would be to construct several storm drainage facilities. The first, in Area A, being from the intersection of Simpson and Brenner, collecting the water at that intersection and the other intersections along there and going west, constructing a new pipe to replace a very small eight inch pipe that exists in the swale adjacent to Snelling Avenue, and then ultimately putting it into a 24 inch pipe that continues to the north. Area B would be to collect the water along Clarmar and along Hamline and put it into an existing 24 inch pipe controlled by the County that goes to Lake Josephine. Area C would be to collect the water at the intersection of Pascal and Brenner, take it along to the cul-de-sac where severe flooding is frequent every spring, and then to a new pipe that has been built in conjunction with the Rice Creek Watershed, which carries that water all the way across Lexington Avenue to Little Josephine where it is filtered. A similar occurrence happens to the water on Lydiaigoing over to Hamline, another piece on Millwood that goes over to Hamline, and a short stretch just on the east side of Hamline, south of that new pipe I just mentioned built by the Rice Creek Watershed. The remaining portion would be to collect the drainage along Lydia from Simpson, Arona and Asbury, including some small lines going about half way up those last two streets and also in the frontage road itself. That would tie into an existing 24 inch line that goes under Snelling and to the new pond that's been built over in the Northwestern College area. We are still discussing with the County some potential improvements that could be done to work on that water (inaudible) prior to it going into Lake Josephine. We've been discussing it with the lake engineer and, at this point, we do not have a specific determination because we want to review all the various alternatives that are available if this project passes. Briefly stated, the reason for this project is several-fold, including standing water along several intersections which are a detriment both to the pavements and to the travelling public, extensive standing water that occurs on the cul-de-sac repeatedly, standing water in the area of this last home in Section F, and other miscellaneous water problems that are occurring, although not extensively. As I say, rather than going into considerable detail at this point, I feel that it would be time well spent if we could go on with the hearing and answer any questions you have. MR. POPOVICH: Mayor and members of the Council, the remarks I'm going to make tonight are in addition to those that were made at the informational hearing on November 20. This project was initiated by the Council (inaudible). The total published cost is $646,625.70. That includes the Lydia Avenue repair. If it was all assessed at the 100% assessment rate, it would come out to $2,222.08 per unit, or per lot. The staff is recommending that the assessment be at 25% as a unit cost, or $555.52 per unit. This would raise $161,656.32. The balance of the total cost is to be spread on general taxes or by M.S.A. funds. As in the past, the assessment hearing would occur roughly a year after the project is done and we would propose, based on the current 2