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<br />IkfYl 6.~ <br />3/BD!Dw rfhndCrlif <br /> <br />To: The Honorable Stephanie Klinseng and members of the Elk River City Council <br />From: Matt Chriatiaansen <br /> <br />Re: 193rd Corridor Study and Extension Project <br /> <br />I am writing to you to express my concern and disappointment with the apparent <br />direction ofthe193rd Corridor Study and its Future Extension project. I will grant that this <br />city is lacking in efficient East/W est Corridors and that as we continue to develop these <br />corridors will be even more important, however, the way that this project was approached <br />it seems that you as a City Council made an arbitrary decision th:;tt is based on little or no <br />facts, has no data to suggests that this is the best area for the corridor. Additionally, your <br />decision disregarded the Planning Commissions suggestions and the City's own <br />comprehensive plan. Further, I feel that the long range implications of turning this area <br />into a collector have not been adequately addressed or for that matter even looked at. <br />I understand that when 193rd was originally laid out, on paper, it was looked at to be a <br />though street, however, I doubt that it was looked at to tie into CASH 13 and find it hard <br />to believe that any Council would choose to turn a residential street into a highway <br />bypass. I would further suggest that the City Council that approved the first developments <br />off 193rd were not thinking of this road as a major collector and if they were that they <br />made a grievous error in the way they allowed the developer to orient the homes so that <br />they have driveways that back onto 193rd. This error was perpetuated as further <br />developments were allowed to impact 193rd and further complicated when the City <br />Council allowed a developer to turn 193rd into a parkway. This is not to mention that fact <br />that this solution, in reality, only provides East/West access to 169 not across the city, <br />and will continue to degrade an intersection that, by the City's own recent study, is <br />already close to failing. <br />If the goal for the city is to identify and construct East/W est corridors to provide for the <br />future expansion of the city, then it seems to be less then logical to look at just one site. It <br />is incumbent upon you as a Council to look at all the alternatives and balance the effects <br />fairly across the city. <br /> <br />~3-~~3.' i72:f <br /> <br /> <br />~ <br /> <br />*. Matthew D Christiaansen <br />19407 Auburn St. NW <br />\ Elk River, fIIN 55330 <br />