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Council Minutes of 9/21/2004 somebody was going to mow it. The developer indicated they didn't want to have to ' mow it. The residents indicated that it shouldn't be their responsibility to mow it even if its open green space. The question came up then that what can we plant that will allow for natural growth that simply just doesn't get out of control. That was the idea of the highway grass or something that will grow to a certain height where it will be a ground cover but it doesn't necessarily require someone to be back there with a tractor to be mowing every week. That was the direction he thought it was going when he sent it to ARB from the BZD Committee. He was not concerned with what was being put on the mound, but was concerned with the area from the edge of the mound to the residences. He believes the City Forester and Planning Director were actually going to do a physical inventory to figure out what trees would be saved and what would not. He is not aware of anybody suggesting the entire area would be clear-cut although he understands there would be some significant tree loss based upon the construction of the mound. He will touch base with the Planning Director to find out a way to reconcile this situation. Mr. Skoulis said there is also an issue of the drainage of the water. They're going to take a look and see whether or not there's going to be any grading to be done from the owner's property line towards the mounding area so that the water doesn't drain off omo the residential property. If they find that they do have to grade it towards the mound, to him that means that they have to add soil or sand to raise that part of Parcel E up in order to have it drain downwards toward the mounding area. This will create a wall at the beginning of that grading area. Any waters that will be draining down off the residential property will be going right up against that wall and building up in there. At the presern time, some of the areas behind the homes, especially on Mitchell Drive, are like a swamp when it rains. If a barrier is going to be created there, perhaps we should start thinking of putting in another drainage system at the end of the residential property as has been done throughout the city. Law Director Dubelko said he thought perhaps Mr. Skoulis was misconstruing the commerns from the ARB. He believed it could be understood as referring to all the land on the residerns' side of the land, not the mound itself. He would encourage Mr. Skoulis to work with the Planning Director and City Forester to resolve this misunderstanding. Art Gouker, 26445 Mitchell Drive ^ Also believes there is a misunderstanding regarding what is to be done with the property behind the homes. He spoke to a person who was in his backyard today taking measurements who said the developer was not going to do anything with the first 50 feet. This is upsetting to him as he has been attending meetings for a year and a half where this was discussed. There is a misunderstanding, and it needs to be straightened out. There is standing water in the first 50 feet. When it rains, water remains for a week. If you drive down Brookpark Road and look at the woods, you get one visual impression. If you come around to Mitchell Drive and walk into the backyards, you will see something different. There are vines of poison grapes, poison ivy, and poison sumac growing on dead trees. 13