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Minutes of the Special Meeting of Council Monday, May 7, 2012 Page 3 Mayor Rinker thinks it is a great idea. We definitely should encourage it. Between the Parks and Rec Department anything we can do to encourage that kind of discussion, I would love to see some proposals and do something more than just mow the lawn and keep it passive greenspace. If it's something tliat would serve the neighborhood, by all means we would like to talk. Ms. Lynch agreed. It has changed. It's nice to see the young children. There's an awful lot of young children that would use it. Back 17 years ago we did not ha.ve that. Mayor Rinker agreed. This is a great head's up. Ms. Lynch continued, I can canvass the neighborhood also. Council President Buckholtz asked, do you have a homeowner's association there? Ms. Lynch replied, no. Mayor Rinker stated, there's always a time to start. Ms. Lynch stated, we do have some other people unbeknownst to us who incriminate us. We have a mixed neighborhood. We have senior citizens. We have transitional. We have a lot of young people coming in. There's a lot of people walkirig their dogs from other communities, Mayfield Heights, because it's a nice place to walk the dog. There's not a lot of traffic. Maybe we can get together and talk about this. At the very least, we do need the ruts fixed and the scheduled maintenance. Mr. Metzung replied, the history of that piece of property is it is always very wet. It will be a while before we can get in there and straighten anything out. Ms. Lynch stated, it's not wet now. Mr. Metzung continued, we did use it. It was the Service Department that had the training there for the backhoe. The area continues to be wet. When we do mow it, we typically don't get in there until fairly the middle of summer. We have only mowed the front 30 feet or so. Ms. Lynch stated, I have been living there for, in the past, you have mowed it. Right now it is very drY• Mr. Metzung sta.ted, we will take a look at that. Ms. Lynch asked, can you give me a timeframe? It's a hazard. Mayor Rinker stated, I think we should make it a priority and get it done so we are not debating that issue. Then we can look at if there are drainage issues, if we are going to do some other more park- like development rather than just leaving it fallow, that would be the next step. Let's follow up with that. Right now we have to get in and try to get it straightened out as much as we can weather permitting and the soil condition permitting. Thank you.