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Home My WebLink About1994-06-07 Correspondence ~~:..~'- ,.",. ," "";'~~: ':' "'. . . .:: '<:7~\~'1;1 '~ , '... '~..' -:,';.--." I,".. " ,. , ':,' " T ~ ,-,~.' ' ;,', ".. '-'. . . ~ ':',' _~ ":'__~~.".....",.....u".~tJ~~l....\ ;}..'!..:..~u::'L, ':"lC~jl....c ,,' ," _"J, . ,,'_ :,." ._h ~::.. L<.:-..: ::';;.':).~,G':: . :_~ ~',-,' " ~'\ ' ~Q; ~~~ 405 South Gilbert Street 10waCIly Iowa 52240 13191 351 5692 Marcia Henderson City of Iowa City Engineering Division 410 E. Washington Iowa City, Iowa 52240 ') C \) \ ~ ftI ~~~ 10 K- U rt"'ll t'1l ~ 94 HAY 20 PH I: IG \{ CITY CLER\~ IOWA CITY, IOWA , '" May 18,1994 Dear Ms. Henderson: " , ' I have received you letter of 5/16 detailing the changes in the plan for the redevelopment of Maiden Lane between Court and Harrison. The new design calls for parking to be moved to the east side of the street. [ have two major concerns with the new design. First, where do you propose to locate the dumpsters? Second, what provisions are there for loading access to our building? . I ." (~ '~ This project has been in the planning phase for (, years. Many meetings were held with properly owners to delermine the optimum design to serve the current and future needs. Now, at the last minute before contracting, you have proposed a radical redesign of the project. This redesign will cause serous problems for the operation of our business. Changing the new design to accomodate loading and dumpster faclllties reduce the available parking spaces lo fewer than lhan the original design. flI' \JJ:.:-:' ' ,~ y:....~ I [ strongly oppose this change in the design of Maiden Lane and [ will exercise any and all means at my disposallo stop It. The current dirt road is preferrable to this design. ", J",' .,:::) :,: Sincerely, I I I , I',:' /' .1- aryl Woodson Presiden t ',l /., , . ~ ~' .\ t 1,~; CC: Karen Franklin Steve Atkins City Council ; ';, ',: ;C'mOu -<:~~"" 13" " :,', , , ~ ,t~ ,I, -fl'Jn\'n:"')1i"l'f";\''''7.:\''''Tr~}'''':f~7'1':-tr "{'-f.t'-'-;:"'f'(rf'''''~ , I" , , '" 0':', . .:.:"'" ' '\ ," " 5"- n,.. " ,,".,,! 1,' 'II '\.} ~'Il' ,:' .' '~', Wt.. ' , ' .' I L ' ',,\ , ''I'~I-'' ,/. '11 (. , . .' " , " , , - .. L' " ., '.n""', ~\ , ~~ I, .:,~ , " "' :( ," :', j r- > ,;>I Y-"! i I I I , i i , ~l 11 ;'~\ , . , f\l.~.O 94M~H3 PM \:09 C\1~ CLER\\ \OW~ C\l~, \O\~~ , May 19, 19% City Council, City of Iowa City, Civic Center, ~10 E. Washington, ,Iowa City, Iowa 522~0 Re: Teg Drive/Willow Creek Dear Council Members: As a resident in the neighborhood affected by decisions related to Teg Drive, I would like to offer a suggestion in the interest of safety. If traffic control is not an acceptable option, then could groupings of shrubbery in Willow Creek Park or berms with low-maintenance ground cover or evergreens be utilized to direct pedestrians through "corridors of access" to Teg Drive? Signs could then be placed strategically to warn pedestrians to look for traffic. A sign or two to warn traffic wouldn't hurt either, but the limited effectiveness of such signs might be improved by warning both parties. If some degree of traffic control in addition to the above were adopted, safety would clearly be enhanced. Yours truly, ( {'-~ William C. sa~ 1717 Hafor Drive Iowa City, Iowa 522~6 c: Sally Crowe .',1, " ,,' 1370 , " ',-.'I:',:: ,-, ,."...,'. , "'.'- ,0"/," " , ".., ., ",', ," ~ , II ,~~, :.':, \,. . ',\, -' ",',',,-.',',; .- \' : ' ',~ ;: , , ",,'~ '::i\ ,',' ',\',.:,{" "I !i;/;~';':"! 1~ p~"'-':':I1'<~r'.1r/'f'~~:oTf:v.cl'.'1lTI':'l1Y'rr~",?"....<.._.t"'';'.I-~;''''-'''\ I' '" f I,: :i;,,:,<..::-::~:;,::li~~i~":')'O~J:':;':);;~)'-':',,~; '~<~{':::,\:i,:::,>:}',;":',:,'}\" ".., ,': ',\':, :':'::-;""~~;'5""!":;:'':'~''''':; ,Jjl~':~{, '~\">~.2,_-,,'~':""/h! ;,,:.,r~~r,',::::~~,' ..,\:~~k'.i":"'''[i~/:::':';';;:':'Y<''::i,'J " " .'.' ::"'~"":':1",:::.':::",S".L,b+t;;:: "rr 0'- ,~----- .'",1.. , 1371" ;,.'.; . ,"', '- '\',,'~ :, ..:.:., j(' ~ 'j-'_..."""'_,"r"'--"'~''''.. ",',.',",'" """""'['''' -- ," '1''- -- Ie . "" ,'.,. ..i";li'i':::O'"",:',i~7i" '.' ,"\' "'"\''' ",i '.",".',,,\' '.' ,,'./,! " ,.,~" ,."".,' ,,' ," . .,'./5 I r~\ ;,.:, .." ",:,,,,,;{~.^,,, . ,," "','1, ,,;:{:-":"'I::"', :.'",,' ;":':_'-;,, ;:,,,": ,::;::~,:::",",L-,~~):, ."~;:lj",}" " ~.', ,:_'.;1.. .' , . , , ':',',' ,..<,. . , .' " ,: ~ .~:':""'-_---''''''''.'''.':'<-G''''''<,i.'~'~~'' ~.o~ ::':r:;,,~':':"~;'!'~"-' ~,,,-. .'~:...',.-.:i;.:.--.:..' Job, "'!.";:";l..:.c'''~:'"''''''",'''/lI~'~''''': .;""'''~.'. .' , ~\J~) ,ed;;_~tl : ~ RECEIVED ~IAY 2 4 ~994 ' e 1~~~o~~~~~n~~T~~~~~rtatiOn May 2, 1994 'Ref. No: 728.32 WD13 MAYOH CITY OF IOWA CITY 410 EAST WASHINGTON sr. IOWA CITY,IA 52240 Dear Mayor: This letter is to advise you that our summer street inventory crew will be in your city in June, July, or early August. The crew will be updating city base record information concerning street width, surface type and condition, parking and land use changes. The crew supervisor will make contact with you on the first day of the inventory. ( ) The survey vehicle travels about four to five miles per hour and makes frequent stops, therefore a revolving amber light is used. This tends to attract peoples attention and typically will precipitate calls to the police station or to your office in an effort to find out what is going on. Will you please pass on to the callers that we are gathering inventory information to update the base record. We thank you for your cooperation. If you have questions or concerns about the inventory process, please contact me. ~~ r.J I I i i Sincerely, ~!f~ Patrick R. Cain, Director Office of Transportation Inventory Planning and Programming Division PRC: LH : 1 b ~ "" ,'- ~' ~ " ',',,fe,,' .'.. -- o' ", .. ",.'.."':......'....',,"""::1".. :',-1,"'" I 'I .' ,-\ " .-,', ,'" , I,',. '---'. .. \,' " ':.... -,.,.-.,'," , .' ':.j~ ~~~:\.:~,,; '.;' ~1J't '\ ", .... ('~ \ ~ d , ~ I I I I I ~ ,f). .' " .,~'-;.: 4(' ~, I~' fJ' ~'" ' r.~ I" ~-:-, ~r , U 'tr \\ 0 ',~ ,~"'" ., ''':'::':\:'\''. ' ,.,..I'.it,. ' , "-,/..: .~, . i " . ~ " "," , .',-' ,: ,'.'. " ".. . . , ',' ....,.------ ..-....-,. , I I (~' If ~ L E [) 94 JUN ~2 AN 9: 58 CITY CLERK IOWA CITY, IOWA I 57 Amber Lane Iowa City, IA 52240 May 29, 1994 Dear Members of the City Council: This letter is to express concern over the problem of airplane noise in Iowa City. As an Iowa City resident, I am frequently bothered by the loud noise of low-flying overhead airplanes. Unlike other noise sources, this is a city-wide problem, for it is not possible to go anywhere within the city to escape this noise. Whether one is in an east-side residential neighborhood, downtown, or at Hickory Hill park, this loud motor noise litters the otherwise peaceful environment, much the same as beer cans would litter an otherwise beautiful scene. "'f I I , I 1 I , I \ ' I am aware of the importance that the Iowa City municipal airport has to the city, both to businesses and private citizens. I appreciate the necessity of the airport and its benefits to many citizens and visitors utilizing its services. However, I wonder if there is some reasonable action the City Council can take on the issue of noise that would not hinder the use or enjoyment of the airport by its users. CD For example, could pilots be encouraged not to make unnecessary passes over the city? Could aircraft owners be somehow encouraged to maintain their planes so that they would be quieter? In short, are there relatively simple measures that could be followed that would reduce airplane noise over the city? Even if compliance were voluntary, I wonder if some action could be taken that would at least make users of the airport aware, of the issue, so that they could make reasonable and appropriate adjustments. I would appreciate consideration by the council and, if possible, a reply concerning this issue. Thank you very much for your hard work on so many of the issues that demand your attention. As a result of your efforts, Iowa City, is a much better place to live. .!., Sincerely, ff~#~ i David G. Bloesch ~,~ )37J. " :'~" . ...;";;:".:',.,::'-,.,..~"""~"'""T'.' ..,',' ':0...': 1: ';::, ';;,;" ", "j t:. ' ""., ,....~' ..;:.',\',':, ,', "".'::"~, "")'1 '..l:.,:..-:.f; . :';!,: /~, 1"\'"," "".,1, 0, " :..'.', ,\:,,' ,,' " ~;',<:" ,."-,,,.';,,. " " . , ':, :'~ .. ::-",:'::'.-::::~t:,~i,~;,. " '. ~'.... "",:.., ,.f, , ~: ''.'''1,,,:',-, ;."'.',: ", ';';;':<:'_':'.':,.;" ',I,"'. ;,-,~ ,:.:~ ' _ '-", .,' I' , - ::2..:....:.:..,._.,"_".,;~.:..."...,.......,'~~,......~:..J.~..'~~~'~_;...r......;,;..;.;....:""":i.' .,_ '" "ii ,\ ~ l ;\ il-'l , :1 " c, ! " ... ' ,',:.:_;""h'",_-'-~"'_'-,"""'''''''''''''_''''~~'''Nj..,\>,J-~~""""""",,,,,,,,,,,;.,,;.._....;__._. , , " _~~~A_~~_~~"~" , , I City Council 410 E, Washington ST, City oflowa City Iowa City, la 52240 fiLED 94 JUN ~2 ~n 9: 58 CITY CLERK IOWA CITY, IOWJ~ ..,I i I I " ',; Dear Council:Membcrs: , , I j ,,/ I , I , 1 have recently learned from Lisa Goodman, the Animal Shelter Supervisor, that in order to pay my $5,00 cat license fee for 1994, I must pay a $15,00 penalty for not licensing my cat in 1993. Notices that cat license fecs were duc had becn sent in the past, but I did not rcceive such a notice for 1993. As a result, I failed to pay my license fce for that year, " ; , " I believe that if a citizen depends on long-standing procedures, including sending statements of amounts due, the city should not hold a citizen responsible for a payment of a penalty 3 times the amount of the orieinal fee, Instead, the citizen should be allowed to pay overdue payments without penaltv for that year when statements were not sent. Therefore, I am asking for a waiver of the penally for 1993. I believe I was not notificd to renew this license because the sheller did not have a supervisor for quite some time, I allcnded a council meeting late in March intending to make my concern known to the council, but time was insufficient to address this problcm during the "open discussion" period of the mceting, Since thcn I have also spoken to Karen Kubby, who is aware of my concern, -; If this amount of pcnally is enforced I think ncw measures need to be taken to alcrt people to rcnewal procedurcs, Perhaps this could be done by putting a paragraph or two at the bcginning of the article about adopting animals which appears in The Advertiser. This would alert some people to the fact that they must renew by a certain dale and therefore not be charged a penally, I still think renewallellers arc the best way to handle this situation, I urge you to please re'~ew this penally at YOllr carliest convenience before you establish the policy for the future. ::' :'.j': Sincerely,. Thank YOll for your consideration in this maller, I SU7.ann M, Link 454 Hawaii Ct Iowa City, IA 52246 971, ~#L s-.3J-rf ',! , " r'"'f'{i II~ :1 1U, " ,iF'- 0 .,L ....'...", , ",',..'.'-.-=2-' , '\-,::, , "/,,,,''':':: O;"'~;~: "-':i'WT'':';,'",~,',:'':'' ',,,,, ., ,,:,l<, .' ,f,' '..I .~, ) "I' .',' . \"j" ''''', 'J "'" .,. ';..','-:-':~l~. ", "'".'.': " ;, "\""'~"~' :;:8::~".',:~,:::,\;:;,:,/I',::,' }3~ ",,'i},: ",:""""~?~-'-'T':'''7'i- 'I""[J'" {:, ,',' '''''is'' , ," , ,~,' ',::'.; "f' ::~l - ':?~"'::';:'~-'"''~;'''''t'};''' ""f::;,:;,:...'-:< .,:'" ;~..1!1'" '," " ,.-- ,...'-~ ' , ~:.. i ,,'''.'';.' .: ~ ',' .-:', ,;:~~\.\'l'l ,', '. :~ ' , / I .. ." '..' .' ',,'. , ' , r'. ...',,'...,., , , ' ".. . ., . ,:,' , . '. ":':"""" ..;_~l~,.:.:-:.;'"""}":,_.~~.,;"-,,,..,,.._.~.' ::..L:.:....~.._._ ._~_, , , , .. . ' , , .-._,____'.,'___c,__._ , . , " , _ ,''", .,._,..__.._.:.__u_,..,_..._ ...'....-.....,..-.,.,..,..~>J'~,' .v...".~...'".......'"..o............., _.__...;_" ." , I ~"'1 , "'V.lI(./ Fltt~D 94 JUN -2 PH 4: 05 CITY CI ERf( ,191M CITY. IOWA , ,,1 J , ,I ; I 'I June 1, 1994 Council Membets Ci ty Council Civic Center Iowa City IA 52240 Dear Council Members: " ,.1 I read, just recently, where the City Water Chief has proposed that the City of Iowa City purchase the Iowa Power dam, make repairs on same, and build a footbridge across it. I have doubts that the purchase and repair of ' that dam will assure a proper pool of water for the new Iowa City water plant. But, I am pre- pared to concede that point since I am no expert in water treatment and control. A' \;J i ( r \ '~ I am not, however, willing to concede that we need to build a footbri.dge across that dam essentially for recreational purposes at the tune of some $660,000. In the near future, we are facing 100% increases in water and sewer, consumer costs. We do not need to pass any further expenses on to the consumers. "j',{ ~ ( II' ! I Sincerely, i I I, , , I' , ' II i~ ! I \ I , ,'. , il!.~" ;~ :,' ~ti , ~\( t ~ "'" , RtL*~~~ llJJEast Court Iowa City IA 52240 131~ ,~ 0 - ,,', ,~. -,,, - --' '.' )..,'.......'....,r".,'......',"."V^-,<'-lJ"..j"~.,.......''''.''.:""'.~'."..'I".'_",T. I ,0/:1:;:"',"'\",...,\' ""JS",U'O:: " ': ". ' ~, ',~ ......' ""I'" ,,\,,',/ ,.,:., '. ,t~ :",:.': -:" . ,- . :' ... " ' ' , , " ' , " tit", ", _ ,', ",,~',,';-,~,~'.J":!' :,,':' ., ,',' " lmd.TJ' 1(\\ ~ e'\.;- ;;), " i I i \ ~ ., :;\1 (:1 fC~_~_, T -: \' i ~ , '<. , ,;'1\\, '", .' ,'-' , ". . ~, , -"",--,..",.,'< ".-. .._,,'.... ",''',';',.-._..,,,. F ~ L r~i~he 7, 1994 Dear City Council Members, 91, JUN -1 PH I: 3B Th P B N. hb h d ~CITY CLERl, h h C' e enny ryn elg or 00 ~ct,{WllWl~Wj\!ests t at t e Ity Council take action to address the sa ety issues of speed and traffic on Teg and Abel' Drives. We ask that action be taken before traffic patterns react to the newly opened connection between the two streets and accidents occur. We suggest that one of the following options will serve to limit speed and prevent injuries to users of Willow Creek Park: . lowering of the speed limit for parks to 15 mph, or - installation of stop signs on Teg preferably at the corner of Hafor, or -installation of break awary barriers. The City Manager's memorandum of May 16, 1994 confirmed that "clearly there is a problem with speeding on Teg". However, the memo was not constructive. It did not respond to the basic concern expressed by the Association, that is, identifying a solution. Instead, the memo outlined potential problems. These can only be addressed by the Council in the exercise of their decision making authority. Specifically, we would ask the Council to consider our responses to the obstacles outlined in the memorandum. First, the City has installed stop signs to control speed in many areas. As examples, there are such signs on Lexington and Koser Avenues. Although installation of stop signs may carry some exposure to liability, liability may also result where there is documented knowledge of problems with speed and accidents giving rise to a concommitant responsibility for enforcement. Second, the speed limit could be lowered to 15 mph under City Code section 23-188(b)5 and 23- 188(c). The former provides for a 15 mph limit "in" (not within) a park. The Teg Drive portion of the road is in a park and within the plain meaning of the statutory language under the rules of construction prefacing the Code provisions. Alternatively, part (c) endows the Council with authority to change speed limits if evidence confirms the need. The City Manager has documented the problem. Third, in terms of the argument about convenient access for new Park West neighbors, the Teg/Aber connection is equally if not more convenient for the existing, established neighborhood. Our ~ =" . -- :' ) ',',' , " ';;' ,,: ~-,.;..'(\..:,;"I ~"<' ',' ,0 ".. . , ' I 0: , , , .! , 315' t" c~ 5,io", I., '. ,""" '" ~~:,,'-+;::"'.'. .. ''>, . concerns arise from long experience as residents and place safety first rather than convenience. We are the group who will bear the heaviest burden of compliance but we feel that the common good is more important in this case. Finally, although not discussed in the memorandum but instead in meetings with Jeff Davidson and Susan Horowitz on April 7, there is precedent in Iowa City (California Street) for employing break away barriers as a means for controlling traffic. , "\ . i 'i , I I I I ,(--.; C~ fl'l , 1\ ! I We ask for your help in insuring the safety of all park users. i J " , ; (, The Association asks that where the safety of pedestrians and park users is at stake the City Council be proactive rather than reactive. With the opening of the new Farway, Cub and Menard's stores, use of the Teg/Aber connection will explode and speeds increase from the already documented levels averaging close to 35 mph. Teg/Aber is the only connection between Melrose and Highway 1 in which there is controlled access to Highway 1 and no intervening stop light or school speed zone. " " Sincerely, The Penny Bryn Neighborhood Association Sally Crowe, Chair 1126 Teg Drive ..' .,. 1..0 - .r;;- 0 '- ""J1l ~C') c: :', ~'- Z ~-l , ...= /,! r?-< -I. F ",', - -lC? -'d ,,! -0 all ;'om :E: . -;:0 -' \:~ o~. :1E'" .. '7" '(..> 0) " ",,' ,',; '-'" o ',' " , ," ".,.-," ,::';, ':';>:,~~:U;'; ~' -ro..f"l.....,.(mr.l',\r"(~r,"'..-';)..,'.:::";"..t..'\"j'r:':!\-.~:;\'!'"".,~;":),rt).'T"ll1"l';>'I'I'".~..,,~..-: II"" \ 1.....;' ''-'~''':'',:~-j':>~:,:/",.-:.:,;,::,;',~~.;",:, 0 \:)i-d;' ,,..::: \i';~~:.:,~i.~'(,_::,:,:' I,,~':',,~ ,>,::' :;:,:,::," "~:" ,;::,1.: , ".I~':<1;'5~':<"~::"'~(:::":"" ':_ J?'~'~~,:' '.'J'" "~,\,...'-'l'U,'.l.,',,.,.';.r ,;';'1'" ')I""-:'":''I<~'-''''''''''''\!''' " "tl,: '-" ",' \. "I~.., .'...1..,..,' .' , ,'",". ,1)"; ::\,"",:,,:,)'::~:"f,"'" <,:',,: ,',:,;'i;' :',! .', >!;<:::.~i'\'("I~'n,!~:,~il 1~7S '.., :; ,:, : ::~ I" ~>_.'~;I, , "" <'~.,'. ",:,,",:-: . "~k:I'; .- ,.\" ' ,.. ";,,~, ',' <.; :, '. . , , , , " , .,.L,:a. ,,~_,:,,"!-'.;'i._:.;-:~:~~,~,..:;:.',~:..,~:,:.~~;,:~~,,'~'~~J;O;.{~'.~:;'''~.l"."_~,,,-,.1.'.;.~~':.':::':,~',' " ... '. t"~: ~ .', '. '. '" ':',. .; , ", - ",' ,', _..u___....:--,___'_,AM.;.........,'.., , ' , . , ., ' . " .,.:j,-,;;.;~;..;..-,-_.~---,_._-.._.._- -, ' ~. , < DOWNTOWN ASSOCIATION ISSUE POINTS ON PARKING FEE ISSUE I. An additional increase in parking fees will compound an already negative perception of the parking situation in downtown Iowa City. The recent news of a possible new Coralville shopping center increases our concern for this perception. 2. An increase in parking rates will put Iowa City at or near the highest rate in Iowa. An increase in rates at this point may impair the ability to increase rates when there is a specific parking structure to be constructed south of Burlington Street. ,I I 3. Using funds from the parking system for other purposes changes the character from a user fee to a tax that falls on a concentrated part of the population. Other user fees are used to directly benefit the related activities. Using parking funds to finance SEATS causes users of the downtown area to support a service whose use is much more wide-spread. ,I a. The transit system has expenditures increasing from $2,714,000 in FY 93 to an estimated $3,161,000 projected in FY 97. Before adding another $90,000 to the transit system to help a projected increase in expenses of $447,000, we would like to see plans to control the transit system expenses. We understand that the City will be addressing the expense issues by: 4. A transfer of funds from parking to the transit system appears to be a band-aid approach to a much more significant problem in the transit system. i. Having a route study done for the first time in many years. , ,,. .,r ~~ r ' \ '\ ~ r I ~ I ii. Allowing Joe Fowler and transit manager Ron Logsdon to address the expense issues and . make recommendations on how expenses could be controlled. iii. Making decisions, with the County, as to the management of SEATS and how to effectively provide service as cost effectively as possible , ..T'.! b. Transit system ridership fee rates have not increased since ab~and now constitute only .z.t%Jlf the actual expenses for FY ~ compared to approximately" of expenditures in 1984. n,'/o I '11 Y '11- r.. "" , , I I II "J 5. The transit system reserve funds are not critically low at the moment and are projected to increase over the next few years. There isn't a demonstrated need to transfer $90.000 into the transit system. ! ' ", " "1") ~, .~; iilt., " ~J~ !"'" LJ ,', o ,.-/' '!., , -, 7 ", ',,- " ..'.',' , ,.,' " 3 (J, .,," ,'" , ,1, '~!.,,'.-..',;!'.-" ',' ,','.,' ",<:',>.:,.,./0::.,:.,,: ~';;~:;?:":,.::,~-;;:-..~..".."_.., .;""".'.~'5.:.'~, fa~.i :.,'."",",-'.,',""i'.-,i:.J,'.'i'...,-',l!', ..', "",'.':';'-"'..\ "", ,,"' ",..",I,u,:", " "..".,' . ' ' '" ':". -"."'\\;" :~,,:J '.'.' ,'" ,,' :;", ," I";' "",,~,,\,,"':"'" ,;,l',\;, _u ~. ..' ' ", ','" , " {(,,',.. " , "1, ~ ,', ,\ ~-' s , ( ('0; \ \ I~ ,,,0", , ; II .1 i I i~ .~ ,9 ~' t~r ,\ I~ ;~~ 1,'$\ " ('_0 '.' ;' ., \-'1 , ~ , ". . ....1'\1' ',',\ :~. '.'." , ", "'. . . , . ",',,1";,::,;:";':',', "/i' Presentation to the City Council of Iowa City June 7, 1994 by Glenn A. Myers 1835 Hafor Drive I , I ,I Council should take appropriate action to ensure the safety of children and others in the Willow Creek Park neighborhood. This safety is threatened by the existing pattern of excessive speeding on Teg Street. 1. There has already been a fatality in this area 2. The pattern of excessive speed on Teg is well established by the City's own data, showing: -about three quarters of all cars exceed the speed limit by more than 5 mph on this street. -about half of all cars exceed the speed limit by more than 20 mph 3. Efforts to reduce these speeds by increasing police patrol alone have not been effective -residents report that the number of speeders is increasing-not decreasing 4. The traffic on Teg will be dramatically worse if abatement procedures are not taken. Connecting Teg with Aber, creating a 'shortcut' between the Mormon Trek/Benton intersection, and Highway One/Sunset intersection will: A \:1 a) increase the number of vehicles passing through this neighborhood b) change the type of traffic in ways that make it still more dangerous 'cut-through' traffic by people too impatient to take the standard route leading to still more speeding on Teg, ! ,!' drivers from outside the neighborhood are less aware of the risks Council should take urgently needed action to correct the existing problem of excessive speed on Teg and to prevent further erosion of the safety of our children and others in this neighborhood. Action needed: Reduce the speed limit on Teg to 15 mph, and enforce the limit! Rationale: As a practical matter, Teg street is part of Willow Creek Park. Willow Creek is one of the larger Parks in the City's Park system, and certainly one of the most heavily used. It is perhaps the only Park among the larger, heavily used Parks that has no off-street parking. In effect, Teg Street serves as the Parking Area for Willow Creek Park. As a practical maller, Teg Street is part of, and within Willow Creek Park. It is fair and proper to set the speed limit at IS mph on Teg. Please don't wait for another fatalityl Act now to protect our children from this established threat. \~~, :':'....-.c,.....S';" ~d;, , "." -j'. ~,. i ,:' I ': I, ~.... - )""..'.....'..".."" ,- .....",'-,L,:..",", 0',',' ,', ",_' ',1"'. ~'~'''' ;'-1>" ' -." "