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that the capped rate has not yet been approved by the City Council but would be by the next step in the process. it was asked if there was an alternative to the project such as no curb and gutter. Mr. Elfering answered that the road has been seal coated in the past but that practice would not provide any long term improvement with the current condition of the road. He thither stated that the City's policy is to urbanize the street section to improve drainage and protect the edge of the road. It is possible to do a rural section with no curb and gutter but the neighborhood would have to bear the entire cost of the project. A resident commented that he liked to back things into his yard and would not be able to do so with the proposed barrier curb. Mr. Elfering replied that the City could install surmountable curb if the neighborhood preferred it to barrier curb. A resident commented that she lives on a corner lot and her sprinkler system gets damaged by vehicles driving over her yard every year. Mr. Elfering stated that curb and gutter would help solve that problem since plows and other vehicles can feel the curb and would know to not stray any further. A resident asked if the width of the proposed street would match the existing street width. Mr. Elfering answered that it would be close. The new section would be 29.5 feet from the back of curb to the back of curb. The current street is about 30 feet wide. He added that there will be some grading necessary outside the street section but his intention was to minimize the impacts. The amount of grading would depend on soil conditions. The City Administrator added that if the project moves forward the City would hold a plan review meeting for the neighborhood to come in and look at the design and make comments or ask questions. It was asked if assessed values change based on utilities needing to be relocated. Mr. Elfering said private utilities are responsible for the cost of moving their utilities and there would be no effect on assessments. There was a comment that a streetlight on the edge of a property would likely need to be moved and would also need to be fixed since it was broken. Mr. Elfering stated that the City would take a look at it. There was a question on why residents of Dianna Lane were paying extra on their electric bills for having underground electric lines. The City Administrator stated he wasn't sure why that would be and said the City would look into it. A resident asked why the assessment numbers go up when Reidmond Lane is added to the project. Mr. Elfering answered that the reason is the front footages on Reidmond are very large so the costs per frontage increase. Basically not 37