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Thomas Hoffman From: Dove Family <dovefamily96@gmail.com> Sent: Thursday, January 16, 2025 10:38 PM To: Thomas Hoffman Subject: County J/Ash & Centerville Development [You don't often get email from dovefamily96@gmail.com. Learn why this is important at https://aka.ms/LearnAboutSenderidentification ] Caution: This email originated outside our organization; please use caution. Hi Thomas, Upon review of the proposed development information and the studies that were conducted we had a few observations. The traffic study which was conducted was performed on a Thursday in mid -July. We don't feel this is representative of normal traffic during a school / work week in say April or September/October. I believe there would be more traffic in and out of Rapp Farm with the many parents and student drivers leaving and entering the neighborhood in morning and afternoon commutes. It would be more appropriate than picking a day in mid summer when school is out and many people are on vacations. The S curve between Rapp and Centerville is dangerous. We have seen many cars, trucks, and delivery trucks slide off the road each year going eastbound and entering the turn too fast after speeding down county J/Ash and taking out the signs and damaging their vehicles. Vehicles also tailgate, pass on the shoulder, and pass on the double yellow on County J/Ash. We have even had 2 vehicles pass us in the S-turn. The number of accidents at Rapp Farm entrances seems low. Also, no accidents were reported at the Main West entrance of Rapp Farm. I saw an accident there so we are wondering if data was pulled from only one county either Ramsey County or Anoka County. Depending on what county team responded to an accident and if only one county's data was pulled, the study results may not give a complete picture. Thanks for listening. Jeff and Julie Dove 76 Monarch Way North Oaks, MN 55127