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light of the fact that there are several individuals here for one or both of these public hearings. 8. REQUESTS AND COMMENTS FROM THE FLOOR Anthony Zuk, 5671 Quincy Street. Mr. Zuk stated his appreciation for fixing Quincy Street. Mr. Zuk stated it has been about five years since that street has been repaired. Mr. Zuk stated he called Monday, kids were playing in the snow banks back there and people thought it was funny to go through that puddle at about 50 miles an hour and splash the kids. Mr. Zuk stated this happened to his son. Mr. Zuk thanks the Mayor for getting Public Works for getting that project done. Mr. Zuk stated Oakwood Park, regarding the trails behind Oakwood Park. The kids have jumps back there that they use their bicycles. Mr. Zuk has found empty beer bottles, and empty liquor bottles. There is also matches around there and there are cigarette packages. Mr. Zuk expressed 11 a fear of his son going back there without supervision, he is 6-years-old. Mr. Zuk stated the police department should have a walking beat, or park their cars and walk over there. Mr. Zuk stated there is graffiti on the playgrounds, too, and Mr. Zuk's son is learning the phonics, and sees these words. Mr. Zuk stated on the trail walk behind Oakwood out to Greenfield Park there is a bridge across the creek there. The cables that support the bridge on the sides are all down and that could very much be a hazard. There is also graffiti on there, too. Mr. Zuk stated this needs to be repaired, and this also should have been policed. Mr. Zuk stated there are matches, empty beer cans, and liquor bottles there,too. Mr. Zuk stated he thinks the police could pass on to the Chief they might want to walk through the area instead of sitting on Long Lake radaring, or on County Road I radaring. Mayor Coughlin stated the police do their utmost to try to balance things out, it is difficult to coordinate this, and Mayor Coughlin offers "hats off'to the police who are doing a wonderful job. Mr. Marty would like to add, if you have a question or concern about the roads and streets, instead of calling the Mayor or Council Member, call Public Works. This is one of the things we t start talking about. If you have a street concern, get a hold of Mike or somebody over to get it taken care of. (Mike) responds to Mr. Zuk's comments. There was a sanitary sewer repair made in that area about three, four, maybe even five years ago and there was a sleeve put in that eliminated us from excavating the entire site and putting a new piece of concrete pipe in. That sleeve started to fail late this winter and when the comment was received from Council, it was checked that night, the next day I asked one of the sewer employees to go up and check that. That particular operator also operates the snowplow in that area, he said he noticed there was a sink hole developing in that area the last time he plowed it, which was about a week ago. Unless we get 6 U:\CARIS\COUNCIL\MINUTES\MVCC22.MAR