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City Council Minutes May 6, 1991 Page 5 e Proctor. He stated that a vehicle trying to make a left hand turn from County Road 77 to go south on Proctor would be crossing four lanes of tI'affic. .k i~~-'fJ!jglk~uJ3i!Ll~ake Lisa Thi elke questioned how close the road would be to the actual daycare center property. Terry Maurer indicated that currently the road is 40 feet from the property and with the proposed reconstruction, the edge of the driving lane would be 38 feet from the daycare property. Ms. Thielke stated that Minnesota winter roads are not a 1 ways safe and that. when people come around the corner they could slide into the playground area. Ms. Thielke requested that the speed he restricted on the road in that area and that the road be moved further from t.he daycare property. Rob Otto - 945 Proctor Road Bob Otto expressed his opposition to the proposed assessment project. He indicated that a four lane road would not benefit his property and that it would increase the traffic and reduce the value of his property. MnTk-.P~!!lt~rg as t e Mark Pendergast indicated that he is the owner of the commercial apartment bui l(ling on School Street and Proctor Avenue. He indicated that he did not feel the street project was necessary. He stated that, when completed, the road would be too close to his apartment buildings. f~q!!!EmrtJkth~gck ::_At!~.Qrn eLJ:'.~p..rgsen.t i QLLQ..qy__@.~Dan Kreu se r Edmund Ba.bcock indicated that the Kreusers are in opposition to the project. He indicated that, to his knowledge, this is the first time in thirteen years that the City Council has initiated an improvement on the County's la.nd. He further stated that he does not believe t.he City and the County have entered into a Joint. Powers Agreement.. Mr. Babcock st.ated that according to the City Engineer, the traffic count of 6700 on Proctor was taken south of School Street. He stated that most of the project is being const~lcted north of School Street and felt that a traffic count should be taken in this area. He further stat.ed that t.he Krellsers did not feel this improvement would benefit thei r property. He stated that. the Kreusers are concerned about the prox i mity of the edge of the new roadway as it abuts t.he dayca.re play area. The corner of the play area will be 27 feet from the edge of the new roadway. e Mr. Babcock presented the Mayor with a petition containing 311 names of people who feel that the road situation would endanger their children at the daycare center and that the project should not be done. He also submitted to the Mayor another petition containing 22 names of property owners affected by the project who are in opposition to the project.