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11-17-03 Regular Council Minutes Page 13 ROUGdI DRAFT -1VOT REVIEWED OR APPROVED BY COUNCdL engineering, we don't want to get into very fancy, you know, you're going to be building Central Park where you come through and you are dredging and doing all sorts of extra stuff, however, I would add when you look at what we are doing at Wiley, on the Palermo property, what we are doing up by the ball fields right now is such an extensive amount of earthwork movement that I think that is probably a good opportunity for us. We've already taken advantage in a number of ways by having our resources available within the vicinity so we don't have to truck them off in other places. I think the timing really is what we are trying to do. But beyond that, I'd like to start soon. Mrs. Mills said URS has had a proposal as far as landscaping on the table but I think I agree with you Mayor Rinker in as much as if we have the ability to enhance some of that landscaping, let's to do it now-especially in the cemetery area. I think it's a good plan. Dr. Parker said my only question or thought is if we know how much it is costing us to do what was originally planned, (I don't know what it is), I think you need to give these guys some kind of parameters as far as expenditures so that they either don't go hog wild or don't go under what we want. I don't think the problem is with them going under, I think the problem is with them going hog wild. Also, I think it would be nice to get some kind of commitment on them if we need revisions as to the cost so they don't come back to us with a lot of cost and everything. Mrs. Mills asked, wouldn't that be something that Mr. Metzung could work with this company. Council President Buckholtz said I was going to suggest to Bernie-it is my understanding that this is part of a settlement negotiation and we already discussed this. In trying to acquire the land one way or another, there has got to be a settlement that has yet to be negotiated. So whether it is dollars or plant material, we'd rather see it be plant material that is controlled by us. What I wanted to add is I had an opportunity to meet Mr. Ferinbach and the first question Iasked-had everything and nothing to do with this particular project. My first question was, because I heard it come out of the audience at several meetings, is there plant material and soil material that is more conducive to sustaining road salt and these kinds of things and he was all over that. In other words, we are really starting a process here earlier than we would have normally--had we acquired all the land along S.O.M., we wouldn't necessarily be doing this right now but because part of the negotiations to try to come to conclusion or fruition with Whitehaven, we are doing it now but there are other issues that are getting resolved or----so when he picks plant material, he is looking at what grows well here, what grows well year around, so again, that's what we are hoping to grow out of this-(no pun intended) but we're looking for that solution. Mayor Rinker said and I would like that. There is one other element-that I asked them to look at when I mentioned the west side. We've talked about seriously clipping the ball field (the one ball field that would be remaining at Wiley so that home plate is not right outside Olive Phillips' bedroom window, but we'd flip it 180° probably. Either that put home plate at the northwest corner or at the southwest corner. We are kind of playing around with that. With the dredging that is going on, it is no longer the second field, part of the plans include a trail that comes off of the parking at Skoda, Minotti and just works its way up to our parking lot; just that little leg right in there. That would be the time, I think, to look at making that run along what would be the first