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r4R. GEORGE HEI.1BREZ ~ I happE-~n co be a re12tive of the owner of that landp r~r. Burger. The reason this is probably being developed now is because Burger lost his wife a year or two ago and he's quite ill. The daughters don't know exactly what to do about him. They want to place him in a home because he's alone and can't take care of himself. That's beside the point, but that's the reason he probably sold. I remember years ago when the same people came and wanted a street in there. Trouble those days was that Mr. Burger was rather stubborn. He didn't want to dedicate half of that street and he didn't want to take any trees out - whatever there was there - so the deal didn't go through because the Counr.il at the tirne didn't want to pay. or buy that property and pay for it. Now the plat is being submitted to you and actually, I figure today that Burger is giving almost two lots of land for the dedication of Shryer and also dedication of Oxford. Oxford isn't marked, why is that? l>LAYOR DE.f:lOS ~ That I s Oxford there 0 ~I1H. MEf-1BREZ ~ But the green line shows the paving will be away from the homes to the north, isn't that right? You mentioned grass and so on. I don't believe that would be for sale if Mr. Burger was in good health. He's got to do something - or the daughters - to take care of him. Years ago we had no ordinances and we used to have houses built 70 feet back of an alley or a street or anything that they had. Now, of course, we have ordin- ances providing that you cannot build more than one house on one lot. That's the reason this plat was submitted, because as it is now the only thing you could do is build one house on that big piece of land. I know that the village is improving with their ordinances - they're doing a better job. I've gone through it for many years and I'm happy to know that we have rules and regulations. A man cannot build a house bac~ of the street - that's 30 feet - but if other streets are a little further away. he can build according to the other homes, but 30 feet is a minimum and it's a good thing. As Mr. Anderson pointed out, we need good streets in this community and this is one way to do it. We're getting the property free - I'm talkiI1g about the city now - the property is free to the ,-'ity because this man had to dedicate that kind of land to get the street in, so I hope that you will consider that. HH. DAVIS: 'J'he only reason he'll give it now is because it benefits him - the sale of the property - but when it benefitted the rest of us they weren't willing to do it then. 6