. >>> my name is melinda bergener. my husband and i live downhill from the [speaker not understood]. we lest lived in our home for 33 years. during that period the horners house has changed hands many times. owners have come and gone and all of them have made changes to 300 winfield, to the house and to the garden. we never objected to any change and have always been on friendly terms with all previous owners. the last owners decided to regrade their steep garden so their children could play outside. to this end we allowed them to pour a retaining wall and raise the height by four feet of the wooden fence separating our lots. we discussed their reasons and we saw no obstacle to helping them. we even allowed them to stage the construction from our side of the fence since we are downhill and it was easier for them. the consequence of that change for us was that we lost so much light from the increased fence height that the vegetable garden we had was no longer viable. still, we don't regret helping them. but this time it

bergener's concerns with the project. the first one is written by beth roy, ph.d.. i have lived across the street from melinda and arnie bergener for 20 years. i know them to be friendly neighbors, reasonable and socially minded [speaker not understood]. they sought advice from me about ways to resolve the conflict in a collaborative and fair way. i highly respect their inclination. in the event they felt the necessity of appealing for adjudication. as a caring neighbor and counselor, [speaker not understood] my greatest concern is for the well-being of melinda. she has suffered for a number of years from a serious respiratory ailment and is under long-term treatment that is very [speaker not understood]. she therefore spends many hours resting in bed. the function of the bedroom therefore goes beyond a place to sleep. it is a place of respite for melinda as she suffers the debilitating consequences of her disease and treatment. the bedroom looks out on a lovely sunny garden. i can only imagine [speaker not understood] derives from that view. as a mediator, i think i'd like the better resolution to be reached