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Regular Council Minutes 10/23/06 Page 5 STANDING COMMITTEE REPORTS: Activities Committee - Mrs. Mills reported the Committee met on October 4th. The Committee recapped their summer activities and summer concert evaluations. Also discussed were the upcoming holiday events: Tree Lighting, December 3`d; Singing Angels, December 9th; and Menorah Lighting on the 15th. Also discussed was the three year contract for electronic fireworks by Zambelli. Summer Concerts for 2007 were also discussed. The next meeting is scheduled for November 1St Architectural Review Board - Mr. Marrelli stated that there was no meeting, so there is no report. Beautification Committee - Mr. Saponaro reported that the Beautification Committee met on Monday, October 16th. Minutes are forthcoming. On October 7th, the Committee held another clean-up day, cleaning up in the Yours Truly Plaza. It was a beautiful day. Many bags were removed. It was brought to our attention by Bill Buckholtz and Edie Wohlgang that there is an area behind and adjacent to the plaza that is so strewn with garbage. It is a real problem. They asked that this be brought to Mr. Marrelli's attention. Mr. Marrelli asked if it is in the woods there. Mr. Saponaro indicated it is. What we did was supply everyone with gloves and pinchers for garbage pick-up. They did not have enough time to clean up in that location. Mayor Rinker asked whose property it was. Mr. Marrelli said he thought it was Russo's property. It is beyond the shopping center. Mr. Marrie indicated it is in the woods, so it probably is. Mr. Saponaro stated that people on the Committee offered to take pictures, but he indicated that our Committee beautifies, we will pass this along to John. Mr. Saponaro aslced Mr. Marrelli to do what he could with that. It is pretty bad. Mr. Marrelli responded that we have been watching the dumpsters and trying to get people to keep their garbage in the dumpsters. Mr. Buckholtz added his thanks to the people such as Mrs. Eisenberg, Jean Britton and Edie Wohlgang that called this to his attention. Mr. Buckholtz suggested that along the north border of that shopping center is a board on board wooden fence. If that were to continue across the eastern portion, not the whole way, the problem might be alleviated. Circumstantial evidence indicated that it was probably more problems with the trash collector, but it did not seem that way. There were at least a dozen and a half lids to 5 gallon pickle/paint tubs, glass, syrup pitchers, all kinds of stuff in there. Some of it clearly is blown in there, other stuff, Mr. Buckholtz does not know how it is getting in there, but if that same fence were to continue only about maybe 15 or 20 feet around at the edge of the parking lot, that might help. Most of the garbage was to the east, but it was actually in the backyard of the residents to the north as well. Mr. Saponaro advised the Committee that he would bring this to Mr. Marrelli's attention for action upon it and report what is going on back to us. Mr. Marrelli stated that he has had their landscaper that works the plaza clean that twice already probably in the last two months. He does not think he is going into the trees. He is taking care of the perimeter. Mr. Saponaro stated he is not, this stuff is truly buried in there. It is pretty bad. Mr. Saponaro also reported that this past Saturday the 21St, a group got together including himself, Patsy, Jean Britton, Carol Marrie, Marge Eisenberg, Peter Gall and Joe Doran and