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!y <br />with serious repercussions. Enforcing the leash laws, as one respondent recommended, is <br />also an important measure. This may take more funding for animal control, but in the <br />long run it makes for a better community situation, with or without trails. The structure <br />of fines and record keeping can be quickly addressed. Annual follow-up on license <br />renewal could produce additional revenue which would fund some of these <br />recommendations. <br />Another aspect of trail implementation is in the design. The aesthetics of the system can <br />strongly affect peoples' attitudes about it and it seems to be a strong point of contention <br />within a ,community if it is done improperly. We have akeady encountered this issue in <br />Prior bake. Design also affects how likely noise and .trespassing and other concerns can <br />be alleviated. We do not know the details of the design of the respondents systems, but it <br />appears that it can play a role in community satisfaction. <br />,:~ <br />One aspect not touched on by the survey, but that does come up repetitively in other <br />research, is that there tends to be some churning of ownership when trails are put in. <br />Property values have typically increased, not necessarily the adjacent property, but <br />property within a block or two of the trail. This has to do with the desirability of trails. It <br />would be helpful if the design could minimize this effect. <br />,.~ <br />12 <br />