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Ridgewood Court Pavcmcnt Program - Issucs Pagc 2 oD . I The final time that the engineer and URS mct with us they told us that tlley would not be able to make any improvements regarding the steepncss of our driveway. In fact the proposal that they showcd us will make our situation worse. Thcy have not incorporated altematives that would improve our situation. Our current drivcway is dangcrous due to blind entrance to the shared driveway. We have no visihility to the oncoming cars in the joint driveway. Our neighbors frequently park right next to our lot and block the view of the driveway. I It is even more dangerous due to blind entrance to Siems Court. Cars on Siems Court cannot see us exiting and we have no visibility to thc oncoming cars on Siems Court. There are trees and bushes and cars parked on our side of the street that block visibility. This is cspecially an issue in thc winter when we need to start inside our garage and gun it to get out of the driveway. 2 We asked them to look at moving the road east to decrease the slope and increase the amount of space to stop between the sloped driveway and the road. Their reasoning is that it would requirc trees on the lot across the street would be affected and the neighbors don't want that (although they have no problem taking out all thc trees on our sidc of the street!). They also said that it would require moving the road bed and that would increase costs. Thcy refused to consider lowering the road. It would make the neighbors driveway too steep. The measurements that they us cd for thcir drivcway only looked at the first 6 feet and not the overall grade ofthc cntirc driveway. Why is it OK to make our already unacceptable situation worsc and , unacceptable to affect othcrs in thc ncighborhood? I Thc road is being tilted toward our house. While this has a good effcct on lowering our side of the road a couple of inches, it sends all thc water toward our house. This along with the proposal to have a 5 foot apron that will slant up 2 degrees instead of thc originally proposed 7 degrees will potentially cause water problems for our property. 2 The proposal replaces all but 4 fcct of my driveway with new surface. I would like the city to incorporate some additional changes: I would likc a sign on the road to the nOlth and south of my drivcway that notifics drivers on Siems court that 1 cannot see when 1 leave my driveway. Blind Driveway). 1 1 would like my entire driveway paved instead of leaving the remaining 4 feet with old pavement. 2 Reduce thc width of the driveway apron Irom 5 feet to 2 fcet. 3 Since my driveway will be steeper than it is currently, I would like my driveway heated to eliminate the ice issues in the winter and make it possible to get out of my driveway without starting inside my garage. . 4 Establish a no parking zone on the west side of Siems Court for 150 fcct north of my driveway including painting the curb yellow. till. It is often used as access to propelties further down Siems Court. Because the driveway goes all the way through (has 2 entranccs onto Sicms Court), there are often cars that are not associated with either the property owners that utilize the driveway. This is especially an issuc whcn cars on Siems court are parked on both sides of the strect so that cars cannot pass. They then use the driveway to get 9/7/2006