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• shared by other lakeshore residents and city officials of New Brighton. It was his contention that improving the pathway for general usage would tend to increase the incidents of littering the shoreline, vandal- ism of residents' belongings and landscaping now experienced by the home owners as well as practice of outsiders cutting through people 's back yards which are not maintained down to the shoreline past the City' s property line. He pointed out that the pathway would now run within 10 feet of one resident's back door. This resident later identified herself as Mrs. Orville Melsby who opposed the pathway because of its proximity to her home at 520 15th Avenue S.W. Dennis Connors, 620 Con- tinental Drive shared Mr. Obinger' s concern about who would maintain the pathway and Mr. Obinger concluded his remarks by thanking the Council for allowing him as a non-resident to express his concerns and saying "though a park area might be nice, its advantages were far outweighed by the problems which the residents will experience if a formal pathway encourages persons other than those living on the lake to use it" . Vernon Anderson, 2712 34th Avenue N.E. , owner of the Lakehill Apartments located on Highcrest Road told of the problems he now has with people who leave their vehicles in the apartment parking lot when they use the lakefront. He feared the path might be constructed in such a manner as to encourage its use by motorcyclists as a race track and said he failed to see how the pathway could benefit his property. Joyce and Ken Cleland, 670 Continental Drive and Phil Van Tassel, 650 • Continental Drive told of having to extinguish fires set by smokers on the lakefront near their homes with the latter saying his experience as a Minneapolis policeman led him to doubt that emergency vehicles would be able to respond to fires or accidents which he felt will increase with the addition of people who use the lakefront for recreational purposes . The Clelands agreed with this saying they resented having to serve as baby sitters for the children who play near the lake now as well as having to police the area where young couples , smokers and drinkers now trespass on their property. Their neighbor Robert Hanson, 668 Continental Drive echoed their complaints about vandalism to fences and trees on private property and their fears that there will be an increase in the destruction of wildlife on the lake if the pathway is improved. Randy Mikkelson whose condominium at 3917 Foss Road overlooks the lake was the only speaker from among the approximately 30 neighbors in at- tendance who said he was "not sharply for or against the pathway" . He only wondered if the walkway could be left grassy and improved just enough so that it would not become a recognizable public pathway but jogging and walking around the lake would be possible. He said he was reluctant, however, to arouse the resentment of home owners on the other side of the laek who might view him as an intruder if he used the pathway which up to now they had considered part of their back yards . He was also curious about the fences which prevented passage along the walkway. This question drew a response from Mrs. Carol King, 517 15th Avenue S .W. , who said she was in the process of complying with the City 's directions that she remove both the wood and steel fences which extended past the City' s property line. She said her late husband had sodded all the way (2)