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Parks & Recreation Committee Meeting Minutes September 5, 2007 the trees were planted years ago on the north, northwest and west sides of the park as a sound barrier by Centerville Elementary students as an Arbor Day Project. Public Works has since trimmed these trees and cleared much of the brush between the trees. With the storm damage and the trimming/clearing of the brush, the Downing's home is now quite visible from the park. They would also like a barrier between the park and abutting property owners to deter children from using the yards as a path to the park. The committee members informed Mr. & Mrs. Downing that while sympathetic to their issue they had discussed this at the last committee meeting and decided the City cannot let neighbor by neighbor dictate how the Parks & Recreation Committee or Public Works take care of parks and stated the property lines should be kept clean and visible. The committee stated they would prefer Public Works continue to keep areas clean and trimmed and if residents wanted a barrier they could plant shrubs and/or trees on their property to block the view of the park. Council Member Lee stated this same issue came up while Hidden Spring Park was being designed and the committee had the same answer. Mrs. Downing stated that while she was on the Parks & Recreation Committee the City approved and planted lilacs along the property lines at Royal Meadows Park, so it has been done and while not asking for any special consideration for their property, they would like to see a landscaping plan incorporated into the park renovation plan to help buffer the abutting properties. Mr. Downing stated they would be willing to donate trees. Chairperson Seeley stated that the committee did not want to reverse their original decision to not create borders with plantings or berms on park property lines as they cannot possibly do this for all the parks. She also said that the trees which were damaged by the storm may possibly be replaced since this was a different situation. Ms. Downing said the trees that were damaged by the storm have not been cleaned up as of yet. Ms. Stephan will refer this to Public Works. The committee will discuss possible replacement of trees and will look at some landscaping options when the park is renovated at the next scheduled committee meeting. Perhaps donations could be found to defray the cost of landscaping. The official response from the Parks & Recreation Committee is the City cannot pick and choose which residents and which borders to create buffers or barriers on and while not adverse to residents donating trees, the committee will not reverse its original decision to keep property lines clean and clear. IV. CONSIDERATION OF MINUTES August 1.2007 Parks and Recreation Committee Meeting Minutes Motion was made by Chairperson Seeley, seconded by Committee Member Mosher to approve the August 1,2007 Parks & Recreation Committee Meeting Minutes as is. All in favor. Motion carried unanimously. V. COMMITTEE BUSINESS ADDlication for AppOintment to Committee Ms. Sara Fehrenbacher, 7330 Peltier Lake Drive, submitted an application for becoming a Parks 20f5