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people exercising their dogs along the pathway as well as the lit- tering and damage to wildlife. They all felt outsiders might mis- takenly consider their property to be public park area. Another condominium owner, Burton Emerson, said he had paid a premium price for his property adjoining the lake and was often distrubed by people parking late at night under his bedroom windows. A New Brighton resident, K.D. Messer, .592 Rolls Road, said he has lived on the pond twelve years and maintained 50 feet of back yard down to the pond and he wondered if it should prove necessary to erect a fence to separate the public from private property, who would be responsible for erecting such a fence. Councilman Stauffer and Haik agreed that the City owned it to the residents of that area which is so densely populated and isolated to develop some recreation and open space for them on the publicly owned property. Councilman Haik told the opponents of the pathway that she also lived on a-lake-, Silver Lake, which is-public property and she and her neighbors have found it is up to them to delineate out- siders who use the lake, the division of public and private property and her experience had been that most people were very cooperative once they became aware of the distinction. Councilman Stauffer also pointed out to the condominium owners the fact that the apartment dwellers on the other side of the pond also should get some benefit from the City owned natural resources in that area and wondered if many of the property owners adjacent to the holding pond had not • erroneously considered the land fronting on the pond as their own when is reality it belongs to the City. The Mayor suggested it might be advisable to have the City indicate by staking where its property extends since the condominium owners are evidently having difficulty getting this information from the builders . Dennis Engle, represent- ing the owners association board said there are 148 other units in the complex besides the four who spoke and a majority of these had indicated they favored such a pathway be built for walking and jogging purposes but agreed to take another survey to affirm the previous poll of Mirror Lake Manor. Councilman Sauer and Sundland said they would like to postpone a de- cision on the pathway until the poll has been taken and all residents near the pond had been notified regarding the City's plans to con- struct the chip walkway around the pond. It was also agreed that the City should provide an access to the recreation area. Motion by Mayor Miedtke and seconded by Councilman Stauffer to table any action on the chip pathway on the City' s property around the perimeter of Mirror Lake until all the City residents in the area of Highcrest, Foss Road and 37th Avenue N.E. who live in the vicinity of the lake as well as New Brighton neighbors have been informed of the City' s plans. Motion carried unanimously. (4)