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Regular City Council Meeting Monday, October 14, 2013 Page 13 Mr. Falberg noted that several of his neighbors would be losing quite a bit of landscaping in their front yard if the project proceeded; in addition to one signifi- cant Elm tree in the line of the sidewalk; and asked that the sidewalk be realigned to save that tree if the project went forward. Joel Murray, 651 County Road B-2 Mr. Murray opined that nobody on County Road B-2 wants this sidewalk; and referenced an informal survey he had conducted between last Friday and today of residents between Lexington Avenue and Rice Street, with only 4 people of those he polled being in support of the project. Referencing the safety comments of Mr. Wozniak, Mr. Murray questioned why the side streets couldn't be used instead. Mr. Murray questioned the expertise of the engineers in addressing existing drain- age problems, and questioned how trees were categorized as to their health. Mr. Murray noted that the setback was not the same for each house, and noting that the culvert most significantly impacting his home filled with water attracting ducks at times, and if a sidewalk was installed, opined that if will become prob- lematic for him and probably cause water to come into his yard and/or basement. Regarding a buffer, Mr. Murray advised that he would like to see something prac- tical, even though opining that nothing would grow other than weeds. Mr. Mur- ray also noted the need to move some fire hydrants if this project went forward. Mr. Murray opined that he had a real problem with money to finance this coming from the Parks and Recreation Department when a number of items at Central Park had been halted due to a lack of money; and expressed his preference to complete those items and pathways in parks. Mr. Murray referenced a petition of 80 signatures against this project that had been presented in that past, and his additional 40 signatures against it. However, despite the invitation of Mayor Roe, Mr. Murray declined to submit his petition as he had not presented it to those signing it as being an "official" petition. Mayor Roe offered to accept the petition at their discretion and with the permission of those signatories. Thomas Gerbansky, 712 West Court County Road B-2 Recognizing that this pathway had been on the agenda for some time, and that even though federal money for pathway construction, drainage, grading, sewer improvements had been available in the past, since someone petitioned against it at that time, the City Council had thrown the project out. While having raised 6 children while living on County Road B-2 and them walking along the corridor, Mr. Gerbansky noted that traffic at that time was not the same as it is today; and opined that there would be a serious accident soon.