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Regular City Council Meeting Monday, October 8, 2018 Page 2 people drive in their , driveway and the grass on either side gets tracked up. He stated last year it was like a parade, with people driving in his yard, trying to back up, people jammed in the circle, and he thought there was a safety issue. He stated when people park in the cul-de-sac in front of the fire hydrant there is no way a fire truck is ever going to get through so if something happens, the City will have as major problem. He thought the City needed to try to stop the traffic from going into the cul-de-sac. If the cul-de-sac is free, then people can come in, turn around, and leave. He felt the City had a liability on their hands. Mr. Schraad stated another concern is that people who do come into the cul-de-sac use their driveway as a turn around. This past week, three vehicles dug into his grass area. He noted it is not the garbage trucks. Mr. Schraad stated the third issue he has is the trailer court. Four years ago, he met with a couple of people from the City and the trailer court agreed to replace the evergreens that were missing and this past year, the trailer court did plant three small trees. Another is- sue is the trees that were removed and never replaced. He stated the trailer park is not living up to the agreement made four years ago and not doing anything about it. Mr. Schraad stated another issue is the area along Rose Place that has a lot of trash and junk on the property. The owner has promised to clean it up every year, but nothing has happened to date. There a lot of code violations and he would like to see that corrected. Councilmember Willmus stated the last time Mr. Schraad came in, the Council directed staff to be more proactive as far as cleaning up that extension of the right-of-way. Mr. Trudgeon indicated it was cleaned up but keeps coming back. Councilmember Willmus indicated something needed to be done and have continuous follow up. Mr. Trudgeon stated he will follow up on this and staff will also put something in place so on a regular basis the City is checking to make sure the property is cleaned up. Mr. Schraad stated a park recreation person did some work out there and thanked that worker for the work done. He stated this is an eyesore and he would like to get the prop- erty cleaned up. Mayor Roe asked if the issue was on the trailer park property or the right-of-way or both. Mr. Schraad stated the junk is from the curb line down the street to the property. He stat- ed three years ago, he was at the meeting to ask that the grass in the right-of-way be cut. It was cut once but the weeds are out of control. He asked that the weeds be cut periodi- cally by the City because it is the right-of-way and the City's responsibility to take care of this.