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-3- Approximately 150 interested residents responded to the notice of the hearing • which was mailed in accordance with the law and the following views or opinions on the making of said improvements and on the levy of assessments to pay the cost thereof were stated as follows: Don Harkcom, 3001 36th Avenue N.F. wanted to know the approximate individual assessment per front foot which would result from the improvements and also whether maintenance estimates had been considered before the proposed improvements were considered. Tony Jambour, 3200 36th Avenue N.F. wanted "The city to leave his street alone". P.A. Bernard, 3201 36th Avenue N.F. expressed displeasure with the slides saying they accentuated the flaws in the street beyond their true condition and requested a definite per foot cost for the improvements. Gerald Dunphy, 3104 36th Avenue N.E. presented a petition signed by members of 36 households on his street and said 33 of these had indicated that "they don't want blacktop because it will make a race track of 36th Avenue". He later reiterated that the "people don't want the street". Mike Lamey, 3008 36th Avenue N.F. said he didn't want the whole street torn up. Roger Kittelson, 3309 36th Avenue N.E. said he had lived on the street for 12 years and last year was the first year the Maintenance Department had patched the holes and he felt there should be a special Maintenance Fund established whereby the • assessments could be prorated to all city residents. He also asked for the ex- pected life time of the proposed improvements. Robert Pulscher, 3524 Skycroft Drive and Stephen Callaghan, 3523 Skycroft Drive, both wanted to know how rapidly the roads might deteriorate and what the likeli- hood of complete deterioration would be if the improvements were not made. C.W. Kirk, 3612 Penrod Lane, stated that his street is only 15 years old and questioned whether it should have lasted longer, attributing the damage to the road bed to the rerouting of traffic from Silver Lake Road. He stated that "the improvements did not result from a demand of the citizens" and his inference was that the proposal was "make work" for the engineering company. He also questioned why the project was considered in a time of inflation. During the discussions with these residents Mr. Comstock said he was unable at that moment to give exact assessment figures until he knew which parcels of land would be assessed by the Council and pointed out that an increase in the last few years in the cost of building materials of over 50% made exact estimates very difficult. He also said the Maintenance Department is unable to do an adequate job of filling cracks in the road because they do not have the sophisticated equipment necessary for the job and the cost of such equipment for one community is prohibitive. Mayor Miedtke told the residents that the Council had been advised by the Mainten- ance Department of the deteriorating street surfaces and that the engineer had prepared the Preliminary Report on the improvements at the direction of the Council. • He also said in replacing the roads if they deteriorated completely the cost of concrete could run as high as $37.00 a front foot. It was also his belief that the Council had evaluated all the alternatives before proposing the improvements.