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2-18-02 Page 4 Mr. Metzung: Mr. Kerver asked what can I do. I said you have to be vigilant. Frankly, he has been. Mayor Rinker: This is not new. This is generally what we have done--maintenance overall. Council President Buckholtz: Maybe if we did a cooperative--if he needs equipment or they need people or we need their help with access, maybe we should do that. Mayor Rinker: We have done that. We have gone in. There were times, historically, where they were not crazy about it where we went in and did some kind of work. The problem is that it is always a band-aid technique. I would agree, to some extent, maintenance is one of the ways to do it but we have constantly been trying. Mr. Metzung: I have talked to the naturalist who continues to trap the beaver. For a while, they wouldn't touch the beaver but they have changed that attitude now. As the problems arise, they trap and remove (which is a change for them.) Council President Buckholtz: How long has Mr. Kerber been dealing with this? Mr. Metzung: Mr. Kerber has been with the Metroparks for quite some time. Mayor Rinker: I think Mr. Kerver has had this since he bought the house. Council President Buckholtz: Have we always had a cooperative relationship with the Parks. Mayor Rinker: It's not that we don't. There have been instances where we thought we had a solution but we ran into an impasse, not only with the Metroparks but with property owners downstream, and there was a lot of human cry. We had intervention from the Corps of Engineers that got a notion that we weren't able to do the work up in there. In all other respects, over the years there has been pretty much an ongoing dialogue between our Service Department and the IVletroparks. The philosophies (as Doug was saying) have shifted over the years, but overall, we have always shared a common border and with all of our personnel we deal with them on a pretty regular basis. I don't think we should give the misperception that we haven't had a good working relationship. Council President Buckholtz: We will keep an eye on the situation. Buildin? - Mr. Samac: All the issues have been cleared for construction of the A1terCare project. I am guessing it will start as soon as we get the first break of Spring. Parks & Recreation - Mr. Thomas: The Recreation Department took 53 skiers up to Holiday Valley today and they are on their way back right now. We anticipate our Teen Adventure Camp will be filled within one week.