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the driveways' that previously had tar and things in there - it really contributes to the neighborhood and we're all concerned with home values and the important thing in real estate - I'm not in real estate although I did study it for quite awhile at one time in my life - the appearance and the neighborhood and the location - that's everything when it comes to value. We are talking about a tremendous improvement in the values of our property because of this. One gentleman mentioned that the road i~ in good shape -.I agree with him. It was resurfaced not too long ago - a couple of years ago. It was a temporary job though and five years down the line, no matter what we talk about - the economy going downhill, people making less money - but I don't see anything coming down in price. This road, in another five years, will probably be 50% higher. I don't know, but you can talk to the experts and they don't know which way the economy is going, but anything you can bet on - I happened to be around in the last depression and I never saw things get cheap until everything went to heck and they were expensive then by the standards of the salaries. No matter how bad con- ditions get, things will always be higher than you can afford. Believe me. I think to buy this road at this price "is a bar- gain compared to what it might be later. Looking at the 'aesthetic values and the values of our property - I think we're all going to be better off in the long run by putting in this road. I want to reiterate - there was no question in my mind, when the young gentleman approached me - they told me exactly like it was - that they were asking for an improvement that was going to cost money. They didn't know what it was going to cost, but they felt that there were enough people interested in it. I hear all these people that signed the petition and I say that we are in favor of it and I'll go with the majority anytime. MRS. SHERRELYN HOKENSON, 2461 Brenner Avenue: Just to reply to the gentleman that was just up here - having the job done now because it will probably be cheaper than in the fore- seeable future - I was just wondering about all the tax dollars thrown out the window to put (inaudible) a good serviceable street that was just resurfaced. Also, with re- gard to the misrepresentation of the petition circulated - there are people here - I did not sign the petition - there are people here that I've spoken with that are probably ernbar- assed to say that they didn't read it, but who looks to a neighbor, someone that lives just down the block from you, misrepresenting something like that? If you really want to know what people want on our street, we would ask for an extension so that we could recirculate a petition now that everybody here knows what it is about. There was even an instance last week where one of my neighbors called the gentleman in and he said oh no, this is just for a survey - this is just so we can keep the costs in mind. It hasn't been accurately represented. The people should have read it but many of them didn't. 5