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DON SAPPINGTON: No, they come in through the front of the house and they hibernate under the shingles in our house. They hibernate in the fall and they come out in the spring. This is an everyday occurrence in our living room. They are everywhere. You can collect maybe ten or fifteen bugs and kill them and you can leave the room and come back in ten minutes and there will be half a dozen more bugs. The bugs are harmless and they don't bite. JOHN OXIAN: Would spraying the trees help to get rid of the bugs? DON SAPPINGTON: Spraying the trees would help, if they're sprayed properly in late summer. The reason why we have had so many problems this year is because I was incapacitated most of last year due to health problems. Every year I spray the front of our house at least half a dozen to a dozen times. We didn't seem to have as many problems other years as we have had this year. I did receive some information about this problem from both the Park Department and Historic Preservation. I called the Cunninghams who live across the street; because, Mr. Thompson from the park department said that there were some box elder trees across the street from me. I figured if they're across the street, then possibly my neighbor, who also lives on a bluff, would have the same problem. My neighbor told me that they have had no problems whatsoever. I then called Chuck Shock, who lives on Dushane Court, and he told me that he had six or eight of these bugs in his house all spring. That leads me to believe that these bugs are not coming from across the street; but, coming from the tree that is sixty feet from our house. All of the information that I have here talks about everything, expect cutting the tree down. I am all for not cutting trees down, if there is another solution; but, according to most of this information there is not much encouragement. JOHN OXIAN: When you look at this picture, (refer to photo #4 attached to C of A), there are two trees that have been cut down. How long ago were these trees cut down? DON SAPPINGTON: They were cut down while I was in the hospital this past summer. JOHN OXIAN: Why were the trees cut down? DON SAPPINGTON: They have been dead for three years and they finally got around to cutting them down. Mr. Thompson, from the park department, told me that he would be willing to cut the infected trees down and replace them; but, he would not be able to do this without first getting permission from the HPC. MARTHA CHOITZ: I will make a motion on application 2004-0304, that the park department be notified that these two trees should be removed and replaced with hard wood trees that would be appropriate for Leeper Park based on their guidelines. Also, the old tree stumps are to be removed once these trees are cut down. CATHERINE HOSTETLER: Seconds the motion and it passes unanimously. 2