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I I ! I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I January 25, 1995 Dear Council Members, With ~he recent turnover of council positions, it is important to reiterate our concerns with the increased traffic from Bison!Street through our neighborhood. We are requesting the closu=e of 171st at Bison Street. Attached is a copy of one of the petitions previously submitted (voicing our timely concerns over the inadequate situation) including some past correspondence to City Council. In addition, a petition is attached for the closure of 171st at Bi,on Street. It haslbeen nearly two years since any actions have been taken with ~egards to the improvement of Bison Street (the last project being, I believe, ~92-20 and ~92-23) and to date nothing has been done to alleviate the increased traffic t~roug~ our ne%g~borhood. We have been to numerous meetings with ~lty administrators and the city council, and have submitted numerous petitions asking for alternatives to the presen~ situation. The outcome for our efforts thus far is total ~rustration on the part of the citizens of Golden Eagle EstateS. Traffi~ has increased significantly to the detriment of the qualit~ of our neighborhood. The traffic primarily originates from De~lwood Hills and Trott Brook Ridge Developments located on new~y created dead end streets off Bison Street and south west of our neighborhood respectively. The new development traffi~ cuts through our neighborhood solely for convenience but not one of the 81 homes in Golden Eagle Estates uses the new development's roads. The citizens quite frankly have lost faith in the city governmgnt realizing that their concerns have fallen on deaf ears an4 cannot understand why the double standard exists when we haveivoiced our strong objections to the situation over the last 6-7 years. We believe the only acceptable alternative at this point is to close l~lst Ave. N.W. where it meets Bison Street, until that time when Bison St. can be connected to Trott Brook Ridge. At that~oint, the traffic from Bison Street and the Dellwood Hills development can be dispersed among more than just one route t~rough our neighborhood and we would not object to 171st being reopened at that time. In the meantime we will still beiimpacted by the traffic from Trott Brook Ridge which cannot b~ helped. It has been stated that school buses require 171st to remain