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the currently stripped median, obliterate the lines, re-stripe it to keep the same number of lanes, have a crossing guards -all these things can be part of an encroachment permit to ensure that the traffic is able to function on the street and that pedestrians can get through -schools, buses, those types of.....that's part of an encroachment permit. Now, if you're looking at the standpoint of wanting dollars -the dollaz side - if you want more money -cash or something -that would be a different way. Council Member Glaze: When we talk about what the disruptions will be and like that....you know, it's nice, after they've torn up the street to have it landscaped and like that -but, during that period of time we're going to have business disruptions -we're going to have noise and dust and dirt -the problem is that a lot of people do not live close enough to Lewelling Boulevard to remember what it was like when that sewer went in originally. And, if you grab some of those people that were there...I was there and Julian was there....and remember what that was like - I don't care what circulation plan anybody comes up with - is that when you start taking that particular street and run it through Washington and Lewelling -get to that intersection and you tell me what circulation plan that is on anybody's books that will truly work? We're going to be tearing up a street that we talk about school kids crossing the street and they aze all crossing Lewelling. We've got a major part of the kids that are going to be crossing Lewelling at that point. We've got 42 % of the kids that go to Arroyo that aze gonna have to cross that street again and through that construction project just to go to the High School. We've got elementary schools -we've got playgrounds. All those kids - we have no facilities on the other side of Lewelling - so they're all coming from the other October 20, 1997 -Verbatim Transcript, Item 6.A 16