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Martha Choitz: The people, who live on Riverside Drive facing the water, what are they going to see? What are you going to put there on the top level? Is it going to be as high as Shetterley is now? Jason Durr: We asked Brent what would be a good fit for some trees out there and he suggested using a Bald Cypress tree, large caliper two to three inch calp. Now they're going to be smaller now, but they will grow up. He also suggested the Sycamore trees, which are existing in that area also. We like to alternate species in order to avoid lose of trees in case there is a disease or something that affects the trees in that area. I 8ked him if it would be possible to look at larger trees, larger caliper trees. He indicated to me that a larger tree tends to go into shock when it is transplanted, four -inch, five -inch diameter tree. And the two- to three -inch tree actually outgrows the five -inch tree within a year. Martha Choitz: Do you think it's going to be an attractive nuisance down there? How are you going to protect it? Jason Durr: Well, we are trying to spread out the trees in order to block out the ramp as much as possible. I mean it's going to take a while to grow up the canopy. We'll even look at adding more trees. We're not adverse to that. We just want to make sure that the trees were appropriate for the location. So if you want us to double the trees up at the top from nine to eighteen that's something we're willing to do. It.'s not a point of contention for us. We would just ask that at the location of the 12' pathway that that is clear. As for a nuisance to get down to the bottom of the hill, I know what's at the bottom of that hill. It's a Combined Sewer Overflow. I don't know if other people do know that. There is a chance for sewage to be coming out of that outfall and it's probably not a good place for anybody to be down there. We do have to have a sign out there that actually says a CSO and that's by law that we have that sign out there. I guess I don't know what kept people from going down there in the first place, if it was the steep slope or not. I guess the same situation would be that there is a sewer outfall at the bottom of that hill. Martha Choitz: Reflects about the past projects and problems in the area. Jason Durr: Our intention is to make this a permanent fix. We don't want to come back here and do this again. I want to make sure that this is fixed and this is resolved with this project. That is our goal in this. I'm not familiar with the project twenty years ago to find out what they did wrong. Mary Jane Chase: What materials will the railing be made out of? Jason Durr: The railing? Mary Jane Chase: Yes, the railing that is shown here. Steve Ernst: For the structure it will be a Schedule A steel welded railing bolted to the structure. Mary Jane Chase: Okay, aluminum colored, something that will be really noticeable? Steve Ernst: It can be painted whatever color. It can be painted brown, something that will blend in. Mary Jane Chase: It's understandable that you will need it; however, would that be an attraction? I'm just wondering if we're creating an attraction. Jason Durr: We put signs up at the top of the hill that say CSO outfall. We try to warn people about staying away from there. I'm not going to put a flashing that says: "Come down here, please." But, it's possible I suppose. March 20, 2006 HPC Minutes_Monthly .doc [Preliminary] Page 8