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MR. ANDRE: Excuse me, Jack. That 18 I mentioned - that was the petition in opposition to it. (Inaudible). That petition reflects three original petitioners that have signed this petition in opposition. MR. JOHN DEVINY: So we're kind of split. MAYOR DEMOS: It's pretty close. MR. JOHN DEVINY: I think that's good. We made every effort in discussing this with people to point out this possibility. I think there was no question among the people I talked to that functionally, the street is not in good condition. Marsh Anderson, I think, addressed it very finely, and I won't try to repeat many of the things he said, the reasons that we were interested in having an improvement made. I think that's the important thing to keep in mind. There was a desire for an improvement. It was not a desire to have a 32 foot wide street with 15 beautiful trees - which I am quite sensitive to also, and I see that one of mine is earmarked, which I personally planted, for possible problems. I would be very comfortable with a 29 foot street. I would be very comfortable with a 25 foot street, just the way it is. I could care less about the width of the street. That seems to be an issue that was not addressed originally and is open to some consideration. So the matter of functionality (inaudible) that as a street, per se, much is left to be desired. I am very sensitive to the question of the environment and I share those views quite a bit. I cannot, in the wildest parts of my imagination, believe that an improvement of the street is going to increase the speed down the street, as pointed out along Judith. That seems to me to be much faster and in worse condition than ours is. The only other thing that I think comes to mind is - we were discussing this at the dinner table tonight and my II year old daughter, who was listening to my wife and I, I saw her very intently - I said, what do you think about this whole thing? From a child's point of view? She put it so simply. She said dad, our street is just plain ugly. Why can't it look at least as nice as Merrill (inaudible) County Road C-2. Maybe that's too simplistic, but I think, from an aesthetic point of view, I certainly share that observation. I think we have had a good amount of support. I suspect that if we can salvage most, if not all of the trees, that that would certainly be reflected more favorably on the part of those who have concerns. I would like to have that as the major consideration - that it be no more than 29 feet and that we save every possible tree in the area. I think we still stand with a substantial vote in favor of' an improvement on the street, and I hope the Council will act accordingly. ~hank you. MR. ANDRE: (Changed Tape) . 3/5 vote in this case. If it is less than 35%, then it requires a 4/5 vote. That is the only - this is a legal reference and it does not really relate to the number of signatures and this type of thing. It relates to what is required, as far as a vote, legally. MAYOR DEMOS: Anyone else from Merrill Street? 12