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PETITION TO THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF LAKE ELMO PURSUANT TO MINNESOTA STATUTE 429.031 Subdivision 1. WHEREAS, the petitioners are property owners of more than 35 percent of the real property abutting on 15th Street west of County Road 13 and east of the Oakdale border, and WHEREAS, the petitioners have reviewed a copy of the Feasibility Report dated May 2, 1989 and entitled "Feasibility Report, 15th Street North, SAP 206-110-01, Lake Elmo, Minnesota., Commission No. 949211, and WHEREAS, the petitioners know that 15th Street North in its present condition constitutes a safety hazard because of the following facts: 1. The road has no shoulders. There are many adults and children walking, jogging and biking on 15th Street. Petitioners have witnessed several incidents where accidents almost occured because these pedestrians were on the travelled portion of the roadway. The proposed paved shoulder would solve this problem. 2. The sight distances at the driveway and field entrance at 8281 - 15th Street are inadequate and dangerous. The two Coppin boys, aged 5 and 8 years, wait for their school bus at this driveway and cross 15th Street to and from the bus. A vehicle coming from the east cannot see „_- them until the last seconds. The Coppin boys and any person attempting to come on to 15th Street from the driveway or field entrance cannot see traffic coming from the east. In the summer months,'cars belonging to .'50 families of Hmong gardeners exit from this same field entrance. .'During winter storms countless cars have gone off the road at this spot avoiding oncoming traffic not seen until it is too late. In 1966, when 15th Street was blacktopped, Raleigh Armstrong requested that the grading be changed to give a proper sight distance. The proposed plan will finally solve this safety problem. The present roadbed is in very bad condition. It consists of dirt with a few inches of gravel and blacktop. This is inadequate for the school busses and traffic to and from Eagle Point School. The reason the road was originally blacktopped was to serve Eagle Point School. WHEREAS, the petitioners have witnessed a steady increase in traffic due to rapid development in Oakdale and that this increase combined with the present safety hazards constitute a serious accident just waiting to happen. NOW THEREFORE, the petitioners request the City of Lake Elmo, pursuant to Minnesota Statutes 429.031 et seq. to pass a resolution ordering the improvement project as outlined in the feasibility study of May 2, 1989. Re-aTo lly�mitte��ry sG. Armstrong Rosemary E. mstrong 61 S - / 9?61`