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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. 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. 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. Also, the old tree stumps are to be ground out once these trees are cut down. CATHERINE HOSTETLER: Seconds the motion and it passes unanimously. 2. 2004-0305, Cripe-Witter Cemetery; remove fallen/diseased trees, burn off underbrush, add dirt to fallen graves, reset fallen markers. JULIE SCHUTTE: (See staff report attached to C of A). Mr. Christopher Overpeck, the contractor, and Shane Bartness, a volunteer for the German Township Fire Department, are present and represent the German Township Trustee. They brought pictures of the cemetery. CHRIS OVERPECK: The cemetery has not been taken care of for years. There really hasn't been a lot done to the cemetery, except for it being mowed. There has been a lot of vandalism. There are piles of tombstones. We spoke with the trustee of the cemetery and got a contract that allowed us to mow the cemetery. We have found tombstones now that we didn't even know existed. JULIE SCHUTTE: There are red flags that note where some of the graves are. Our office has a list of the known headstones, but we do not have a grid or a map showing where the original graves are located. JOANN SPORLEDER: Who actually owns the cemetery? CHRIS OVERPECK: I was told by our trustee, Dan Bader, that when a cemetery becomes vacated or abandoned, the township becomes responsible for it. CHRIS OVERPECK: They own the cemetery on the north side off of Adams Road, near the Adam and Orange intersection, and they also own this cemetery. JOHN OXIAN: I would like to have Wayne Doolittle to inspect the cemetery. Joann Sporleder made the following suggestions: 1. A record should be made of the existing tombstones in the cemetery and the names that are on them. 2. A map should be made of the cemetery showing the correct burial sites for those 2