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Regular Council Meeting <br />7-21-08 <br />Page 14 <br />program going on right now. Mr. Nichols asked if someone can introduce a motion to Council to <br />have a program. <br />Mayor Rinker stated that we will follow up again. He would recommend we get with the <br />homeowner's association. This is a dialogue we have had before. It is one of these things we <br />seem to run into either wall or it just peters out. Every now and then an individual such as <br />yourself will come forward and ask about it. If we can get some kind of consensus, that is <br />typically why we have homeowner's associations do it. It helps us determine whether it makes <br />sense for us to be able to go into a program that we the Village would promote rather than <br />putting it on individual property owners. We do a lot of things in that way. This is one where it <br />seems to crop up. Mayor Rinker remembers a discussion with the homeowner's association last <br />fall. It seems like there was some fair amount of discussion. We talked mostly about Raleigh <br />and then he heard nothing more about it. We are happy to start that ball rolling again. He <br />certainly would promote talking with the neighbors. It is more than just a squeaky wheel. If we <br />know there are enough people getting involved, we can work out the economics of it better. <br />Mr. Nichols asked if the Village owns 30 feet from the center of the street. Mr. Marrelli <br />said that is correct. Mr. Nichols asked if the sidewalk is still the homeowner's responsibility even <br />if it comes in that 30 foot. Mayor Rinker replied it has always been, but it is because no one likes <br />messing with that. <br />Mr. Nichols said it is dangerous. Mayor Rinker stated Mr. Metzung will go out and check <br />that. <br />Council President Buckholtz said he was on Beecher's Brook the evening of the <br />fireworks. They walked up to see them and he noticed that exact problem with tree roots. They <br />axe knocking some of those sidewalks out. When we tried to do a sidewalk program before, half <br />of the neighbors were gun-ho and the other half did not want to get involved. There is something <br />we can do, such as assessing the situation. Mr. Nichols asked if the Village could help with that. <br />Mayor Rinker said we can. A lot of times it is balancing between who wants it and who does not <br />want it, what kind of costs and what kind of program we can develop to do it. Whatever we do, <br />we try to make it something we can apply throughout the Village. It does not keep us from going <br />forward, but we try to be pretty democratic in the way that we approach•it. As far as notifying <br />residents, we have no specific point of sale enforcement. There is Mr. Marrelli and his assistant <br />Walt. When we go around, we usually walk around on eggshells. We give people notification. <br />Candidly, whenever anyone gets something like that, they don't particularly like it. Some people <br />get upset. It does not mean we don't do it. We always try to keep a balance because what works <br />for one person does not always work for another. The more we can get a buzz in the <br />neighborhood that there is more of a concerted desire on the part of residents to do it, then we <br />move forward. By law that is the way it works. By politics and by human nature we try to <br />promote that. In other words, we are listening to you. This is a first step and the big issue is to <br />get more people involved in it. We will check out your property.