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? Mr. Anthony Russo, stated he is an attorney and a resident of Beecher's Brook Drive. He stated he is present w'ith his brother Frank and Mr. Marc Raia, who are also residents of Beecher's Brook. All of the property owners of Beecher's Brook have authorized them to speak for them and on their behalf. Mr: Anthony Russo explained Beecher's Brook Drive has many chuckholes and is not in the best condition. For the.past 10 - 12 years the Village has unclertaken the project of filling the holes about once a year at the Village's expense. He said this was apparently satisfactory until recently when the residents on Beechers Brook received a letter from the Village Law Director advising them that the Village will no longer make those repairs and inviting the residents of Beechers Brook to attend the June 21 Council Meeting to express their opinion. He reported the residents had a meeting to discuss the letter and thus, he,. Frank. Russo and Marc Raia were authorized to attend.this meeting speaking on behalf of all the residents of Beechers Brook. A4r. Anthony Russo said that based on the history of Beechers Brook and why it is in the condition it is today, is an unusual situation. The residents feel.the Village is responsible to repair the street and that the problems should have been.resolved long ago. He asked Mr. Marc Raia to explain why the..road is in the condition it is in. Mr. Anthony Russo said, in essence, what the residents are requesting of the Village is that the road be properly repaired and resurfaced one time at the Village's expense and then subsequent to that, the Beechers Brook_residents will take the responsibility to maintain the road. Mr. Marc Raia - 893 Beecher's'B'rook Drive - read a June 21, 1982 letter from the Old Beecher`s Brook Residents to Mayor Beebe and Council. (Copy attached to minutes). When the plans were made for the construction of the Aintree Park Development, including new roads, Old Beecher's Brook was not a part of those plans. (Quoting from the letter) -"Since the residents did not want a new wider concrete road.and sidewalks, the Village Council chose to get a $5,000 bond from Big Four which was to be held until after all construction of all homes and roads was complete, and until after Old Beechers Brook Road was repaired back to its original condition. . After construction was complete, the Village Council gave the $5,000 bond back to Big Four without Old Beechers Brook being repaired, and in fact without ever checking with the property owners. When CEI put in the new giant poles along the east side of I 271 and behind the properties of the residents of Old Beechers Brook on the west side, the heavy construction equipment they brought in added to the destriction of the road. CEI spent no money.for repair of Beechers Brook. The problem has come up.before Council several times and nothing was ever resolved. The Beech Hill residents would like to.see the.following (quoting from the letter) "Mayf ield Village would repair and resurface in asphalt the old section of Beechers Brook at Village expense,'orie time only, by a compet,ent contractor. The contractor and materials and methods to be approved.by the property owners involved since we have two acknowledged experts in road construction to make certain we get a decent job. It would include a blockade at the southern end of our old section, which would then make it acceptable to us to be fully responsible in the future for any maintenance, repairs, or resurfacing."