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To: Oenterville City Counoil Members From: Norman F. Fritchie, Resident of Centerville 1637 Peltier Lake Drive Centerville, Minnesota 55038 The following information is submitted as written testimony on the subject of reducing the height of a hill on Pelti~r L~{e Drive. r do s~pport the lowering of the height of the hill because I feel it is a risky, hazardous, and dangerous situation to have the present abrupt rise in that city street. Since both persons at our household who drive cars have been driving over this hill daily, we feel that we do have a meaningful and a valid basis from our personal experiences for evaluating the problem with the existing creKt of the hill. We offer the following information to support our request that the City Council approve the lowering of the height of: the hill. 1)- Today's criteria for the design of a city street would not allow the present abrupt rise in the existing road over the hill, as was explained by the City's Engineer Walt Williams at a previous meeting of the Planning And Zoning Commdttee. 2) My wife has experienced three near-miss incidents while driving over the sharp hill in the past 7i years that were too close to becoming accidents and possible injuries. 3) More houses have been built recently on Peltier Lake Drive and the increased traffic does increase the possibility of an accident and an injury at the crest of the hill.. 4) The question of lowering the hill has been debated for quite some time for it was a topic o~ discussion approximately 6 years ago in conjunc- tion with a petition from the resident of Peltier Lake Drive at that time to have the street black topped. 5) The existing situation has been something that all persons have had to contend with for about the last 15 years when houses were built on Peltier Lake Drive which required access by traveling over the hill. To have that hazardous situation continue for any more years is not desirable. 6) Any concerns about excessive snow drifts from a lowering of the hill should be viewed as quite minor concerns because: A) The larger drifts in previous winters occurred at the lower part of the hill on the western slope and were: aggravated by an adjacent empty lot at that spot on the north side of the street. B) The sweeping action of the wind over a rise in the terrain seldom causes much snow to stop at the top of a hill where the proposed lOvlering would talre place. C) Winter conditions exist for only a part of the year so there are a very small number of actual problem snow days during the entire 365 day year.