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FEBRUARY 28, 1999 <br /> <br />PUBLIC WOP-aKS COMMITTEE <br />CHAIKMAN GEKKY ZIMMERMAN <br />15153 NOWTHEN BLVD. <br />KAMSEY, MN 55303 <br /> <br />SUBJECT: STOP SIGNS <br /> <br />DEARMR. ZIMMERMAN, <br /> <br />I AM WRITING THIS LETTER TO YOU AND THE PUBLIC WORKS COMMITTEE ON BEHALF OF <br />SEVERAL AREA RESIDENTS CONCERNED ABOUT THE INTEKSECTION OF POTASSIUM ST <br />AND 143~a) LANE. <br /> <br />THIS INTERSECTION IS A BUS STOP FOR MANY CHILDREN, K-12, WITH STOP TIMES <br />VARYING THROUGHOUT THE DAY. BECAUSE POTASSIUM ST. IS A MAIN ROADWAY FOR <br />THIS SUBDIVISION, IT IS HEAVILY TRAVELED. THE CURVES IN THE ROADWAY AND THE <br />SLIGHT HILL PUT THIS INTERSECTION AT HIGH RISK FOR AN ACIDENT TO OCCUR. <br /> <br />THERE ARE NO STOP SIGNS ON POTASSIUM ST. EXCEPT FOR THE LOCATION OF <br />POTASSIUM ST. AND SUNWOOD DRIVE. THE SPEEDS IN THIS AREA AT TIMES ARE <br />GREATER THEN THE 30 MPH LIMIT. GIVEN THIS, THE SLIGHT HILL, THE CURVES AND THE <br />LARGE NUlVIBEKS OF CHILDREN OUT IN THE ROADWAY, SHOWS THAT SOMETHING NEEDS <br />TO BE DONE TO SLOW THE TRAFFIC IN THIS AREA WHERE CHILDREN ARE WAITING FOK <br />OR DEPARTING THE SCHOOL BUS. <br /> <br />I WOULD APPRECITATE THE COMMITTEE LOOKING INTO THIS MATTER AND <br />AUTHORIZING THE PLACEMENT OF THR~E STOP SIGNS AT THIS INTERSECTION, SEE <br />DRAWING BELOW. PLEASE CONTACT ME AT THE POLICE DEPAKTMENT DURING <br />DAYTIME HOURS. <br /> <br />SINCERELY, <br /> <br />CC.DEANKAPLER <br /> <br /> I <br /> I <br /> I <br /> I <br /> I <br />! <br /> I <br /> <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br /> <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br /> <br /> <br />