Close to 200 people met at the Community Center on Wednesday evening to express near unanimous displeasure with a proposal to construct a hiking trail around the Lakeside neighborhoods north and east of Fountain Park.

The concerns of the residents fell primarily into the categories of privacy, security and property values. Some indicated issues with the existing Overlook Trail saying there are people riding motorcycles on the trail and using it after dark with flashlights shining in windows.

Bill Craig, a member of the Sonoran Conservancy trail building team and a member of the town's McDowell Mountain Preservation Commission, proposed the trail plan and outlined a route he said would average at least 70 feet from private property and would be 20 to 25 feet above or below homes in elevation.

Community Services Director Mark Mayer said the proposal had been tentatively scheduled for a Parks and Recreation Commission meeting on April 14, with it possibly going before the Town Council in May.

Lack of neighborhood support may however doom the plan.