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8040 Groveland Rd. <br /> Mounds View, MN 55112 <br /> May 28, 1991 <br /> Mounds View City Council <br /> City of Mounds View <br /> 2401 Highway 10 <br /> Mounds View, MN 55112 <br /> Dear Mayor Linke and the Members of the Mounds View City Council , <br /> As a Mounds View resident for more than 10 years, I have enjoyed <br /> the quiet, small town atmosphere that our city offers. The tree- <br /> lined streets where children can play and ride their bicycles are <br /> important to us. This neighborhood tradition seems to be in <br /> ,eopardy, however. In the past few years, the traffic on our <br /> street, Groveland Rd. , has been steadily increasing. The speed <br /> at which that traffic moves has also been increasing. This is <br /> not a new concern . We have requested that the City Council take <br /> a look at the traffic problems on our street for several years <br /> now. Instead of improving the situation, however, decisions have <br /> been made that will bring even more traffic down our street. <br /> Enough is enough. I am well aware that some things cannot be <br /> changed, but there is one thing that the City can do to assist <br /> the homeowners in our neighborhood with this problem. We have <br /> made repeated calls to the police department asking for an <br /> increase in the amount of police monitoring taking place on our <br /> street in an attempt to control the speed of the heavier traffic. <br /> These efforts have been negligible at best. We may see an <br /> increase in police monitoring of the traffic for a day or so, and <br /> then things return to usual . <br /> This spring the problem has grown even worse. The council has <br /> assured us in the past that the project on County J and 85th St. <br /> would not greatly increase the traffic on our street. Theory and <br /> fact seem to be two different things. In the last several weeks <br /> we-- have noticed a marked increase of commercial traffic on our <br /> street. In particular, the garbage hauling companies seem to <br /> have decided that the nice wide smooth street on Groveland Rd. is <br /> a good through street to send its recycling trucks down. Early <br /> in the morning, soon after 6 A.M. there is a progression of these <br /> trucks that make their clamorous way down our street toward <br /> Highway 10 at speeds nearing 50 mph. What happened to all the <br /> studies that said this kind of thing would not happen? <br /> There are several possible solutions to this problem. The first <br /> is that Groveland Rd. be made a priority with the police <br /> department to assist in controlling the speed of the traffic. I <br /> can see this as a possible money making venture for the city as a <br /> large majority of the traffic passing our house exceeds the speed <br /> limit substantially. It is nothing to see cars speed past at a <br /> rate of 50t mph. This would need to be done on a continuing <br />