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September, 25, 2000 Roseville City Council: I have lived at the south west corner of Roselawn and Victoria for 1 year and 2 months. I have seen numerous things happen at this intersection over the past year, and am very excited that they have reconfigured and narrowed the road. I am also thanldul that they decided to move the location of the stop sign. I am concerned that there are people in the neighborhood who would like to have a 3-way stop at the comer. I have voiced my complaints to Deb Bloom and Karl Keel. I believe that Karl and Deb both agree that the new configuration of the intersection is a huge improvement over the old configuration. The reasons for my concern: . Increased Noise Levels . Headlights in my livingroom window . Traffic Congestion . Greater potential for accidents in the icy winter months. (see diagram of 3-way) I believe that with a 3-way stop we are going to have 3 times as much noise pollution. This may not affect some neighbors as much as others, but given the fact that all 3 of my bedrooms have windows adj acent to the street, it affects me greatly. The way it is I hear cars that peel out after they complete their stop, if the 3-way stop goes in there will be 3 times as many peel outs. At 11PM this is not a welcome noise. If there is a 3-way stop installed, the traffic going southwest is going to have to come to a stop. It is proposed that the headlights will face directly at the front of my home, specifically into my living room, again affecting a main living area. If we install a 1-way stop, the traffic will not be angled into my home at all, but rather on the road going west, where it belongs. Along the same lines, with the additional congestion, I am going to continually have cars either on the side of my property, or facing into my front windows. None of the other neighbors full yard or home is in as much view as mine. They all have wooded back yards away from the street. I believe that in the winter months there will be a much greater incident of accidents if the proposed "Y" is installed. Again please look at the diagram and see that they will have cars from both the east and west direction facing south (and if either car slides, they are going to smack into one another, or better yet- my frontyard! !). I think the solution to slowing the traffic is clearly decreasing the speed limit. Why do we have a 40 mile an hour speed limit in a residential neighborhood? If vou look at the 3 dif�'erent�jans; original lavout. current�ro�osec� and 3 wav sto� snvzosed va� wi,l �ee �t atwe hav� �o� to no t fi� control t�e the ulti m t .� hink the middle �round is where we need to start LeAnne Morris Homeowner of 191 S North Victoria