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• • • Minutes, Regular Meeting, August 5, 1981, Page 8 left there for months. It's not something that just occurred. Look at Farrington; it doesn't need asphalt on it, either. We've already tried that .and it all came off. And another thing - T came to Jim last July a year ago and asked for street lights at the park. Now the park belongs to everybody, not just. Fairmont Park. It belongs to everybody in this City. It needs some street. lights right there and when there aren't any it's dark, very dark. Well, Jim told me that they had made a mistake, it got bungled up and that's why the lights didn't go up. But still, after a year you begin to wonder why something doesn't get done. You people are our representa- tives. I know they took you to Walden, they. told you what your job was going to be. I think I read that all you are sup- posed to do is set down here and make policy. You aren't sup- posed to get involved in running the City. Now, I differ from that. I think if you are going to be any representative in my district you should get out and look around; maybe in the whole City. Some other Councilman may bring something up that you may have to vote on, and you should do this to be a good councilman. If any of you want to talk to me I am available any time. Let me say I have gone through the proper channels. I talked to Mr. Hodge and Mr. Hudgens, and now I am here. I •- am not getting much results. Out in our park area we have the aristocrats of trees, oak trees, and some die every year be- cause the City tractors keep the bark knocked off. Some die every year. Do you know what they did? They're killing all of them and they went out there and planted four tallow trees. Trash trees! Every horticulturist knows tallows are trash trees. But that's the way we operate here in the City. Some of yqu may think that's silly, doesn't make any difference, but it does make a difference. The quality of what goes into your City matters. It tells you what kind of City you are going to have. It makes a difference what kind of people you are going to attract to your City. In our City they are covering it up with con- tainers down here and they're tearing it up out in other areas and it is going to flood. So what I am asking you Councilmen to do is take a look at what is going on. Thank you. 11. Administrative Reports: Hudgens: Mayor, Chief Freeman brought to my attention this morning the fact that our Detectives have recovered about $40,000 worth of property in addition to 6 stolen cars. I think they are to be commended for this. One other thing - I would like to request a brief executive session. • 12. Council Action Councilperson Longley stated he would be out of town all next week.