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<br />Page 1 of 1 <br /> <br />Mcpherson, Michele <br /> <br />From: Dale.Dhooge@upsher-smith.com <br />Sent: Tuesday, February 1S, 200S 11 :41 AM <br />To: Dale.Dhooge@upsher-smith.com; mmcpherson@cLelk-river.mn.us <br />Subject: Re: Municipal Liquor Store City Council Agenda <br /> <br />Dear Michele; <br /> <br />I was wondering if you had any feed back or direction on getting the sidewalks installed along 18Sth. I have not <br />heard from you. The only City Park on the north side of highway 10 must be accessed by this narrow road with a <br />40 mph speed limit and no sidewalk. With increase traffic volumes the surrounding communities believe this <br />needs further review. Other families are getting a petition put together. Some residents want to petition the <br />liquor store in general. I believe the petition will just be directed at getting sidewalks installed along 18Sth that is <br />what we believe we can influence. We have had one meeting on this and another planned this week. Some <br />members of the group requested contacting investigative reporters from two news stations (KSTP 5 and FOX). <br />I'm not in favor of doing this because I want to give the council & city the chance to work through the proces s. I <br />do not want make a big deal out of this I really don't have time and do not want unnecessary publicity for anyone <br />but, we have not receive much of a response on an issue we should not even have to petition. It should just be <br />done. Please drive the road it is common sense when two cars going 40MPH barely make it by each other let <br />alone a pedestrian on the road. I was surprised that at the city council meeting no city council members even <br />asked a question about residential! pedestrian safety it is a standard traffic planning practice to look at how <br />projects effects traffic flow. Surprising most of the people in the community do not even know the liquor store is <br />occurring. It is unclear who received notification of the project. I know I never received a notification of the <br />project from the city. All residents contacted so far within the Guardian Angels also have no knowledge of the <br />project (we have only contacted a few residents so far but just received the full list of residents). Will a petition <br />from our neighborhood be enough to get someone to respond to us and get some action? What other resources <br />can my community contact to help in this effort? For a few hundred feet of sidewalk I find it a waste of resources <br />to organize a large group that I can already tell has different agendas regarding the placement of the liquor store <br />in our neighborhood. I would really appreciate it if you would provide feedback if you feel a petition would be <br />sufficient to get some action we don't want to get anymore people involved than we have to. <br /> <br />I'm really sorry for bothering you about this I know you are busy but we would appreciate feedback we are just <br />trying to look out for our kids that like to go to the park down the street or visiting a friend. <br /> <br />Sincerely; <br /> <br />Dale Dhooge <br />612-221-0097 <br /> <br />2/15/2005 <br />