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Park & Recreation Commission Minutes of October 27, 1999 Page 3 people expect noise in their front yards but not in their backyards. She wants to see this proposal end here tonight. LaVerne Warren, 1221 Fernside Street, has lived in her home for 35 years and agrees with Ms. Clement; she opposes the project and privacy is her biggest concern. Terri Marymee, 1245 Fernside Street, spoke in opposition to the proposal and felt that many more dogs and people would be using the property if it was developed a Commissioner LaBerge asked the neighbors what they currently see occurring on the property. The response was dogs barking, night time activity, four wheel drive vehicles. He noted that if this was a City park, it would be monitored by the Police Department. Most of the neighbors were in favor of the aesthetics improvement of the property with the exception of the paved pathway and the benches. Cathy Sanford, 1624 Fernside Street, stated she bought her house because of the easement and that she would have to put up a fence for privacy and was opposed to it. Chairperson Morton stated that 45 people were in favor of the proposal and suggested working with SFWD to clean up the site every quarter and incorporating into the City's annual clean-up day. Dorothy Justen, 1572 Alameda, spoke about the letter she sent to Superintendent Hover in opposition to the project; she would be in favor of a clean-up. Commissioner Slusser suggested having the group work with City staff, the Pride and Beautification Committee and SFWD on this project. He felt that the neighbors have common ground and they need to talk to one another to see how they can come together. Commissioner Slusser volunteered to assist the group with this proposal. The group asked what their code enforcement rights were and Superintendent Hover agreed to contact Code Enforcement to get more information. ITEM 2 - POLICY REVIEW FOR REMOVAL OF EUCALYPTUS TREES Superintendent Hover explained Gordon Mann's memo regarding policy review for the removal of eucalyptus trees due to an outbreak of the Eucalyptus Lerp Psyllid. As Mr. Mann's memo detailed, this recent outbreak is causing problems with local eucalyptus trees and there is no treatment or known predator which will eliminate the pest. Infestation results in heavy leaf drop with a sticky honeydew secretion that is a nuisance and is difficult to clean. The trees lose most of their leaves and then produce new leaves which in turn are infested. Mr. Mann is looking for direction from the Commission regarding requests from residents to remove these infested trees. The City has approved the removal of all trees that have died from this infestation but there is some question regarding removal of infested trees that have not died.