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JANIS HESS 2622 N. EDGERTON STREET LITTLE CANADA, MN 55117 February 20, 1995 RE: KELLER PARKWAY ROAD IMPROVEMEN' TO: JOEL R. HANSON, CITY ADMINISTRATOR Thank you for sharing with us the council minutes regarding the above. I attended the meeting on 1- 30 -95. I will be unable to attend the meeting on February 22 but wanted to .share my thoughts with whomever.for whatever they are worth. I have lived on Edgerton for 14 years so drive Keller Parkway many times a week as our route to the East to Highway 61, Maplewood Mall, White Bear Avenue area etc. Our only other access to the east is Highway 36 which is very busy at times and difficult to enter the highway or else using LaBore Road to County Road D and then we have to go south on 61 to Beam or go Beam Avenue through the new residential area back to County Road D and we did have to use that when County Road C was being improved last year. I agree that a one way road is not the arrkaer to everyone's problem. Other streets would be busier, too and then you would have people on LaBore Road and B2 complaining more. My thoughts are that many of the homeowners use Keller Parkway as a walkway and have used it as it is for many years. Yes we all neeed__to coui_ctr safety but I would think that if the road could be resurfaced as it is'Ind efl»1t ve he exsisting shoulders which are now gravel blacktopped it would be better than what is there now. You can't walk too well in the gravel so they are out in the street. I believe the fact that it is considered a parkway through a residential area that the traffic flow wouldn't change that much if the shoulders were just black topped. Perhaps 20MPH signs be prat up as the posted speed and psychologically people would go 10 miles over the posted speed bringing the speed to 30 MPH instead of posted speed of 30 MPH and they go 4OMPH. I don't feel trees hduld need to be cut down but maybe a few telephone poles might have to be moved and some the regulartory signs might have to be changed but I can't see where the black topped shoulders would cause more traffic. Certainly they could have the white line designating the shoulder area. Maybe some of the curves could be modified within the right -away and cars wouldn't be cutting the corners as much. Many of the people on Keller Parkway want a separate walking path. These same people walk and bike completely around the lake. Edgerton is a very busy street and yes we have a little wider walking area but we don't have a separate walking path nor does County Road B2 or Arcade in Maplewood. There is one place by the bridge connecting Kohlmann and Gervais that has a separate walk area. I don't believe LIttle Canada has too many other separate walking paths and people seem to be managing fine. We have schools in the area and most children are bused to school so that wouldn't be a big concern. I used to walk my dog on Keller Parkway and yes, as it is now with the gravel shoulder we walked in the street a lot but if we chose to walk there we had to be careful. ' Is there any reason why the County has to widen the actual street lanes? Cars can park on one side of the street only, I believe. At least they have that. On Edgerton it is "no parking" either side of the street unless we obtain a parking permit for one side. There is limited parking at the public beach and on special holidays like the 4th of July and a nice day cars have parked on Edgerton in the beach area and have gotten tickets so some things I feel aren't really justified in their complaints. Yes their land is separated by the street but it has been there for a long time. What is the accident statistics of vechicles and property damage and people being hurt? I know of some cars that are being driven by people who have driven too fast and may not be from the area but I think for the most part Keller Parkway is used by the Jocal residents (who may drive too fast too and know better) as a means of getting to Highway 61, to Page 17