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. . . . , ~'t,u Thomas F. Lynch 3220 No. Hamline Avenne Arden Hills, MN 55112-3729 RECEIVFD JAN 0 6 2000 January 5, 2000 CITY OF ARDEN HILLS Honorable Mayor and Members of the City Council City of Arden Hills 4384 West Round Lake Road Arden Hills, MN 55112-5794 Re: 2000 Street Improvement Project for Ingerson Road/Ingerson Court/Fernwood Court/Carlton Ave. and Cannon Ave. Honorable Mayor and Members of the City Council: I have been a resident of Arden Hills for 35 years, moving to 3210 North Hamline in 1965. During that 35 years, I have served on several committees and task forces for the City of Arden Hills. Eleven years on the Planning commission, the last two years as Chainnan of the Committee. I also served as Co-chair of the Lake Josephine Improvement Association. In 1981, I was able to obtain a lot split and built my present retirement home at 3220 North Hamline Avenue. Recently, as of August 30, 1999, I was appointed to serve the City of Arden Hills on the Surface Water Quality Task Force. I believe this shows my commitment to the City of Arden Hills. On November 30, 1999, I attended an informational meeting on a street improvement project in the Hamline/lngerson Road neighborhood. This proposed project came as a "bolt out of the blue." I had no idea while serving on the Surface Water Quality Task Force that the City Council had hired an engineer to study the street improvement in my neighborhood. Our Task Force had met several times, discussing surface run off. In all of our discussions, we never once thought of directing storm water from streets directly into a Lake, such as the City's engineer is now suggesting at Ingerson and Fernwood. Furthermore, curb and gutter is being planned for Hamline Avenue which now has ditches and culverts. Plus, all streets in the area would be widened, increasing more runoff from impervious surfaces.