HomeMy WebLinkAbout2001-05-14 Jeanne Anderson Email to OPHKris Danielson
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Dear Ms. Danielson:
Jeanne Anderson o ma@wrmed.com]
Monda Ma 14, 2001 3:24 PM
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Proposed Wal on Os Ave.
I am writin to object to the proposal to place a Wal on Os Ave.
Thou I do not know the zonin re I will have to sa the
nei is residential, with churches, schools and professionals.
Yes, a funeral home is also a "business," but who g oes there if the don't
have to?
Compare the avera person's infre visits to the funeral home with the
avera person's need for supplies at a place such as Wal I don't
know if there is a le reason for distin between these 2 t of
businesses, but I do know that I g o to Tar or Wal-Mart fre
(probabl once a week or so) but I almost never g o to funeral homes
(perhaps ever several y ears or so). So there is a factual difference
between the two t makin a major impact on the traffic volume and flow.
I am concerned about the safet of children walkin to the 4 schools in the
area and I feel the addition of a Wal will draw more traffic up South
Fourth Street and South Third Street, a detriment to the safet of our
school children. It will also ne impact our q ualit y of livin with
the increased traffic noise and the safet of all pedestrians just tr
to have a peaceful walk around the nei or actuall tr to visit
a nei across the street.
I live on South Fourth Street and m nei is q uite lovel The
elementar school is 2 blocks awa and the j unior hi is also 2 blocks
awa How wonderful for m kids and the other children in m nei
to be able to walk to and from school to home. This is an old-fashioned
real nei the kind the new developers are tr so hard to recreate.
I wish I could work full-time at writin letters and callin people and
doin whatever I could to make it a better place b workin to eliminate
and slow down the traffic. I would if I could, but I have to work full-time
to support m and m famil instead. I don't understand wh we cannot
make the safet of children walkin to school and the safet of pedestrians
more important than rushin around in our cars. Especiall in a residential
nei There is somethin wron with our priorities.
But, we can rearran our priorities if we choose to.
I doubt it it's common knowled in m nei that this pro is
proposed. I am sure if more people were aware of this y ou would hear
objections from most.
Please print this letter out for y our plannin commission and call me to
discuss the status of this project.
Thank y ou.
Jeanne M. Anderson
1109 South Fourth Street
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Stillwater, MN 55082
(651) 430-8457 ( W )
(651) 439-8093 (H)