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FEBRUARY 28, 1999 <br /> <br />PUBLIC WORKS COM]VI/~E <br />CHAIRMAN GE1LKY ZIMMERMAN <br />15153 NOWTHEN BLVD. <br />KAMSEY, MN 55303 <br /> <br />SUBJECT: STOP SIGNS <br /> <br />I AM WRITING THIS LETrEK TO YOU AND ~ PUBLIC WOKKS COMMiTtEE ON BEHALF OF <br />SEVERAL AREA RESIDENTS CONCERNED ABOUT THE INTEKSECTION OF POTASSIUM ST <br />AND 143x'~ LANE. <br /> <br />THIS INTERSECTION IS A BUS STOP FOK MANY CHILDREN, K-12, WITH STOP TIMES <br />VAKYING qS{KOUGHOUT TI{E DAY. BECAUSE POTASSIUM ST. IS A MAIN KOADWAY FOR <br />THIS SUBDMSION, IT IS HEAVILY TRA~LED. THE CUP, VES IN THE ROADWAY AND THE <br />SLIGHT HILL PUT TH/S INTERSECTION AT HIGH RISK FOP. AN ACIDENT TO OCCUR. <br /> <br />THERE APE NO STOP SIGNS ON POTASSIUM ST. EXCEPT FOP, THE LOCATION OF <br />POTASSIUM ST. AND SUNWOOD DRIVE. THE SPEEDS IN THIS AREA AT TIMES A_KE <br />GP, EATEK THEN TIKE 30 I~PH LIMIT. GIVEN THIS, TI-IE SLIGHT HILL, THE CUKVES AND THE <br />LARGE NLIM~EKS OF CHILDREN OUT IN Tt{E ROADWAY, SHOWS THAT SOMETHING NrEEDS <br />TO BE DONE TO SLOW THE TRAFFIC tN THIS AREA WHEKE CHILDREN ARE WAITING FOP, <br />OK DEPARTING THE SCHOOL BUS. <br /> <br />I WOULD APPRECITATE THE COMMITTEE LOOKING INTO THIS MATTER AND <br />AUTHORIZING THE PLACEMENT OF THREE STOP SIGNS AT THIS INTERSECTION. SEE <br />DRAWING BELOW. PLEASE CONTACT lyre AT THE POLICE DEPARTMENT DUR/NG <br />DAYTIME HOURS. <br /> <br />SINCERELY, <br /> <br />CC.DEAN KAPLEK <br /> <br /> <br />