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To: jpmac who wrote (11605)	7/23/1998 8:04:00 PM
From: Jacques Chitte	Respond to of 71178

I don't see any good in taking down the fence. Or even admitting it into the realm of possibility. The utility's official reason for putting up the fence is because the lot had become a liability. The utility doesn't need some kid getting hurt on that land - guess who'd get sued. A neighborhood watch depends on the goodwill and cooperation of the parents. If that were available, the parents would have Taken The Hint the first or second time the police went to their houses with complaints about what their kids were doing there. So I conclude that the neighbors are a dysfunctional lot (this is corroborated by some of the other goings-on) who'd shirk their duties in a hot second. For me that fence is guaranteed peace of mind. I'll trade that for the subjective beauty of an open dirt lot any day. One thing that is strangely absent from the discussion is that this unfenced area was an aberration. All the other right-of-way tracts are fenced or developed into pocket parks. Have been since we moved in 7 1/2 years ago. The city decided not to pursue the park option with this parcel because two transmission towers are present. And I kinda imagine the discussion of just whod pay for removing the fence would be a real keeper! I'm tickled pink that the city and the utility got their heads together and worked out a way to share the five-figure cost of raising the fence in the first place. I like to quote Bob Frost's line: "Good fences make good neighbors". Earthy wisdom, that.