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FEBR. UA!KY 2g, 1999 <br /> <br />PUBLIC WOKKS COMMITTEE <br />CHA/RMAN GEKR.Y ZIMMERMAN <br />15153 NOWTHEN BLVD. <br />RAMSEY, MN 55303 <br /> <br />SUBJECT: STOP SIGNS <br /> <br />I AM WR//ING TH/S LETrEK TO YOU AND THE PI/BLIC WORKS COMMITTEE ON BEHALF OF <br />SEVERAL AP, EA RESIDENTS CONCERNED ABOUT TI-IE INTERSECTION OF POTASSIUM ST <br />AND 143~'v LA_NE. <br /> <br />THIS INTERSECTION IS A BUS STOP FOR MANY CHILDREN, K-t2, WITH STOP TIMES <br />VARYING THROUGHOUT THE DAY. BECAUSE POTASSIUM ST. IS A MAIN ROADWAY FOR <br />THIS SUBDMSION, IT IS HF_.A~Y TRAVELED. THE CURVES IN THE ROADWAY AND Tf-IE <br />SLIGHT HILL PUT TH/S INTERSECTION AT I-]]GH P,/SK FOR AN ACIDBNT TO OCCUR. <br /> <br />THERE AJIB NO STOP SIGNS ON POTASSIUM ST. EXCEPT FOR THE LOCATiON OF <br />POTASSIUM ST. A2qD SLrNWOOD DRIVE. TI-IE SPEEDS IN THIS ARF~ AT TIM[ES ARE <br />GREA'IEK THEN THE 30 MPH LIMIT. GIVEN THIS, TI-IE SLIGHT HILL, THE CURVES AND THE <br />LARGE NIIN~ERS OF CI-~_ .F)REN OUT IN TI-IE ROADWAY, SHOWS TIIAT SOMEII-IING/qEEDS <br />TO BE DONE TO SLOW TI{E TRAFFIC IN THIS AREA WHERE CHILDREN ARE WAITING FOR <br />OR. DEPAKTING TH]E SCHOOL BUS. <br /> <br />I WOULD APPRECITATE THE COMMITTEE LOOKING INTO THIS MATTER AND <br />AUTHOR/ZING THE PLACEMENT OF THREE STOP SIGNS AT THIS INTERSECTION. SEE <br />DRAWING BELOW. PLEASE CONTACT !~E AT THE POLICE DEPAK~ DURING <br />DAYTIME HOURS. <br /> <br /> SINCERELY, <br />~SINGEWALD <br /> <br />CC.DEAN KAPLEK <br /> <br /> I <br />$1 <br /> I <br /> I <br /> I <br /> I <br /> I <br /> I <br /> I <br /> I <br /> I <br /> <br /> <br />