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Minutes of the Regular Meeting of Council Monday, November 17, 2014 Page 2 The other area we would like some help with is, was this done right in the first place? Was it appropriate? Are we looking at something that is always gouig to be problematic? We are a small homeowner's association. We currently have a proposal for $30,000. If we are going to do something, we want to do it right. We don't want to do it again. We are hoping that perhaps the Landscape Architect working with the City Engineer could give us guidance and assistance in making sure we are doing the right thing and we have something that will be permanent and look good in the Village of Mayfield for a long time to come. We ask your help in that regard. The second area we are concerned with is the path originally was going to come straight behind the fencing. It was changed. It looks great. It's beautiful. But it now winds into what is behind my house and my neighbor's homes. In so doing, a lot of trees came out to allow it to do that. We are losing more of those trees because they are dying due to the run off and wet conditions there. If I look out my bedroom window now, I can wave to the people walking down the path. That scares me. It's not necessarily a safe condition. It scares us in terms of what that might bring to our neighborhood. Again, I want to thank Tom for taking a step in that direction. The Landscape Architect has drawn up some plans which show conditional screening to maybe at least block the views. We are very concerned. I don't know that what has been drawn up really goes far enough. Some of the plantings are deciduous. It won't do us any good in the winter. I suspect most of you walked that path when it was opened. When you did, you couldn't see us. It was still green. If you walk that tomorrow, you can wave to us. That is a serious concern. I am hoping we can keep that door open until we feel comfortable from a safety perspective that it is not going to be an issue. There's no limit to the path. Anyone can access it at any time day or night. We hope we can continue in dialogue along that direction to have a safe situation. Mr. Saponaro asked, what type of screening have you been discussing? Mr. Schuster replied, shrubs. I don't know what the best thing to do is. Mayor Rinker stated, the short answer is we will continue working with you just as we have been all along. Mr. Schuster replied, good. I was hoping to hear that. Thank you for that answer. Mr. Saponaro asked, what have we looked into? Is this all preliminary right now? Mr. Cappello replied, Jim McKnight has come up with a plan about planting around the bow off the trail and putting some plantings almost directly behind Mr. Schuster's property. Mr. Schuster asked, have you seen the sketches from the Landscape Architect? Mr. Saponaro replied, no, I have not.