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• A ends Item F-1 Attachment 1 ;~ March 1 b, 1990 - ~" ~ 12'" To: City of Falcon Heights (Planning Commission; City Council) From: Colin and Susan McAllister 1513 California Avenue West (NE corner of Calif and Arona) Subject: Request for No Parking Zone on West Side of Residence We have lived, very happily, at 1513 California for the past three years. We would change very little with our situation here, but one aspect of life on this corner is becoming unbearable. Hopefully, you will be able to help us with our problem. Immediately behind us (facing Larpenteur) is a series of apartments. We are acquainted with the owner and some of the tenants, and find them to be very nice people. However, some of the tenant cars, parked alongside of our •house (the western side-- along Arona) are a real trouble to us. Our reasons for requesting a "no parking zone" on this particular section of Arona (the only section where "no parking" is not enforced, to our knowledge, in the immediate area) are many and varied. Please allow us to explain. First, in the past three years, we have worked very hard to raise the value of our home, and thus the value of our Falcon Heights neighborhood. We have succeeded, by three independent appraisals, in doing so-- by $30,000. But having a used car lot outside our door really detracts from the appearance we have tried to create. Second, and more tangibly, we spend roughly X300 each year for flowers and lawn maintenance. This includes general fertilizers, etc., plus a whole row of salvia flowers along our fence each year. We are known in the neighborhood for these flowers, and they mean alot to us. As well, Falcon Heights has planted two mature trees on the Arona avenue, and we have planted two seedlings. The damage done each year to our landscaping efforts is really perplexing. It ranges from cigarette butts to glass in the grass (we have atwo-year old daughter who is discovering the joys of walking barefoot) to trash in general. Not to mention general trampling damage to the grass, and the loss of two seedlings and numerous salvias last summer, alone. We are really trying hard to make an ugly section of Arona (Northome) a little more pleasant, but it's a frustrating effort.