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12, <br />(tit' <br />-s' <br />r\O t( <br />,qN <br />May 19, 1994 <br />Cindy L Severtson <br />Director ofParks & Recreation <br />City of Arden Hills <br />t I450 West Highway 96 <br />Arden Hills, MN 55112-5794 <br />Dear Cindy, <br />Thank you for meeting with me at Floral Park on Friday, May 13, 1 994 to discuss my <br />concerns regarding parking during baseball games. I am writing this letter to formally state <br />my concerns to the city council. I will propose a two- tiered solution; I will suggest <br />parking restrictions for this summer, as well as suggest ways to decrease traffic and <br />disruption to the neighborhood in Bore seasons. <br />The problem has its basis in the fact that Floral Park is Mended to be strictl y a <br />neighborhood park. There is no parking lot, nor is there any alternative to <br />parking on the <br />adjacent residential streets, Royal Lane and West Floral Drive. My family has ` <br />� y resided at <br />1461 Royal Lane, next to Floral Park, for over ten years so am acutely aware ofhow w the <br />parking problem has escalated steadily to its present level. It has become a clear <br />and <br />present danger as well as a great nuisance. No other park in Arden Hills causes this <br />- P level <br />of neighborhood impact. For example, although Cummings Park hes no ' <br />parlong lot, parking <br />is banned on Wyncrest Court -- users must in the Control Data lot Royal . <br />park yal fills Park <br />also has no parking lot but does have designated on Old Snell' in <br />Pang Snelling, an area <br />separated from homes. Unfortunately, there are no similar alternatives for Floral <br />like Park. <br />Therefore, 1 would like to propose a two - tiered solution; immediate changes . <br />. � angel m parking <br />restrictions to alleviate the current dangerous situation as well as alternative <br />schedulin g <br />p rocedures effective beginning in 1995) to alleviate the di tion to the <br />�a residents <br />description of the problem will clarify the proposed solutions. As state d, there e are two <br />concerns: the safety or and the nuisance factor. The safe motor needs to be <br />. � addressed <br />immediately, as the situation is dangerous for walkers, those entering and leaving g the park <br />(especially children), bicyclists, as well as those driving cars. Ro yal Lane has two curves <br />which severely limit visibility in both directions. The street was not designed for four car <br />widths; in areas where cars are parked on both sides of the street it is difficult for cars to <br />pass in opposite directions and hazardous as they roach the curve. It is an accident t <br />.. � $PP �a <br />waiting to happen' It is also extremely dangerous for anyone walkin g or biking. <br />d- <br />