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17219 Highway 10 N.W. · P.O. Box 304 · Elk River, MN 55330 · 441-2300 3uly 13, 2001 Mayor Klinzing and City Council, I would like to first of all thank you for your consideration during the platting process for Mississippi Ridge. City staff was very helpful and I felt the process went smoothly. I know Mississippi Ridge will be a benefit to the Elk River Community. I have one last issue regarding Mississippi Ridge that I would like to discuss with the City Council. This issue is the construction of the final turn signal arm at the intersection of Highway 10 and 171st Avenue. Terry Maurer estimates the cost of this final arm will be between $40,000 and $55,000. City staff is recommending that the total cost of this signal arm be assessed to Mississippi Ridge. I understand and appreciate their recommendation. However, I do not believe Mississippi Ridge is the only property that benefits from this signal. In order to provide properties to the north of my plat access to the signalized intersection, I was required to buy a parcel that would not have otherwise been part of my plat. Although the purchase of the parcel was at great personal expense, I didn't argue against it because I knew it resolved a dangerous issue. However, it seems inconsistent to require access through my plat to the signalized intersection to resolve a safety issue for these properties and now argue that my plat is the only property that benefits from the signal being erected. The other three arms of this signal were erected without any direct cost to adjacent properties. I'm requesting that the Council give my property the same consideration. In fairness, I feel the city should recognize that other properties, as well as the public using Highway 10, benefit from the final arm of the signal being erected. S'c'6~tt p-~wel~