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MAYOR AND CITY COUNCIL: We, the Residents of Mounds View Mobile Home Park "Residents hereby petition the City of Mounds View ("City") for the permanent opening of the access road to the Mounds View Mobile Home Park "Park at the corner of Belle Lane and Raymond Avenue "Entrance It is our understanding that the complaint which necessitated the closing of the Entrance stems from an increase in traffic on Belle Lane and Raymond Avenue. We fail to understand why we, as Minnesota taxpayers, would be denied access to a public road. Because the traffic backs up on 35W, would we also be denied access to it? Do one or more individuals living on either side of a roadway have any interest in it? We feel part of the problem involved here is the fact that we are mobile home owners not real home owners. Possibly some individuals mistakenly believe that we do not pay property taxes. Besides the property taxes we pay on our mobile homes, we also pay a proportionate share of property taxes through our rental of our lot from the Park. Indeed, those individuals living on Belle Lane and Raymond Avenue probably pay less than the combined property taxes of the 153 Residents of the Park. It is our belief that we should not be discriminated against as to the use of Belle Lane and Raymond Avenue. The Residents state the following additional reasons: 1. At present, there is one entrance /exit to the approximately 10 acre Park housing 153 mobile homes. P. Fire emergencies have a high priority to mobile home owners. The estimated 15 minutes in which a mobile home can burn makes access to the mobile home very important. Emergency vehicles often block the one exit which means the other Residents are trapped in the Park. 3. Minnesota summer storms can come up very rapidly. When these storms occur, most Residents leave their homes. In a weather emergency, there is the possibility again that the one exit would be blocked either by traffic, an overturned home, debris, etc. 4. Our elementary children are not provided bus service and utilize the Entrance to go to and from school. With backpacks and /or band instruments it is very difficult to squeeze through the Entrance. 5. Also individuals walking to bus stops, attending neighborhood functions, shopping at neighborhood stores, etc. are greatly inconvenienced by the closing of this Entrance. Please give the above your consideration. Resident /4l 44-c. Address Li ZLL t