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Regular City Council Meeting Monday, May 6, 2019 Page 6 ed there were three fences in his yard approximately six inches apart from each other. Mr. Dressler stated about two weeks ago he noticed a person replacing the fence on the west side and called the individual over and pointed out that it would be nice to have the part along his fence taken care of as well. The individual seemed to assure him that it will get taken care of. He did know that Mr. Acree was fix- ing the fence and hoped that will take place behind his place also. Mr. Dressler noted Mr. Acree had said a lot of people are taking photos of his place, which is not true of himself. He did not see Mr. Acree's front yard often. He reported the neighborhood is very diverse with many nationalities in a very small area. He noted on the other side of his house there is a group home. Dressler felt bad that Mr. Acree felt his color had something do with this, noting there are many families of color in the neighborhood. Dressler reported that Mr. Acree collects things and fills up all the open spaces with the collecting and that is called hoarding, which he thought was the problem. Mr. Dressler stated there were two trees growing up into the powerlines in the backyard and needed to be taken down. Instead of going into Mr. Acree's back- yard to take the trees down, the trees were removed through his property. His fence had to be taken down to get at the trees, which gives the City an idea of how full Mr. Acree's yard is. Ms. Connie Wilmes, 396 Brooks Avenue West Ms. Wilmes stated her home is right across from this property. She stated her family is supportive and appreciative of the action and that the City is taking the situation seriously. She stated this did not have anything to do with race, religion, or diversity. The neighborhood is very tolerant and has had many group homes along with many cultures in the neighborhood. She suggested the problem is the constant accumulation of materials that are being brought in, indicating this has gotten to be way too much for them. They lose sleep over it and it breaks her spirit. She said this feels like harassment from that side of the road and felt like Mr. Acree was doing thing just to irritate the neighbors now. She reported the backyard stuff is in addition to the seven or eight cars that are parked in the driveway and never driven. She urged the Council to take action to continue to look at the Code and change it so that kind of accumulation of vehicles and mate- rials cannot happen. She stated her family has been asked to take pictures to doc- ument it. Ms. Wilmes stated her ninety-year-old neighbor, Len Dunaski, 386 Brooks Ave- nue W, asked her to speak on his behalf as well. She said her neighbor still main-