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• 1Lt,-n u 3o I • To The Mounds View City Council, I have just heard that the City Council is thinking about not funding the pedestrian bridge across Highway 10 and I must say that I, as a resident of Mounds View, am deeply disappointed. When I heard about the grant the city obtained to have this bridge built I was really excited. Finally, a safe way of crossing Highway 10 with my kids. We could ride our bikes to the library instead of always taking our car. We could get to Silver View Park safely without taking the car. We could walk from one shopping spot to the other. But if you are serious about not putting up Mounds View's share of the money for this bridge, then I guess things will stay just as they are. Take a good look at Mounds View. Look at how many children are out riding bikes through the streets. And if you take a really good look you will notice that the number of children in Mounds View is growing. That's why Pinewood had to add a whole 1st grade class last year. You all talk about making Mounds View a better and safer place to live. We have ordinances for noise, for unsightly yards, means to help make homes look more presentable, events to make this more of a community, etc. Well, doesn't the pedestrian bridge help to make Mounds View a safer place to live. • I also think that the bridge would benefit the whole community, not just the children. Why remain a community divided by Highway 10. Use the bridge as a link to bringing us altogether as one community. It's not just kids who would use the bridge to cross the highway. Use it as a drawing point to the two shopping malls, better access to the food places on both sides of the highway. Use it as a selling point when trying to attract people and businesses to our community. Don't turn this opportunity away. I understand that we need to pay for our roads to be repaired, and that money must be spent on the maintenance of Mounds View, but this bridge could be a very good way of showing the people of Mounds View that you really are thinking of them. Don't let this grant slip away. Have the bridge built. Don't wait until somebody, kid or adult, gets killed trying to cross Highway 10. There is just too much traffic on Highway 10 to make any of the intersections with lights a safe place to cross at. Try it sometime. It's hard enough for an adult to cross before the light changes, for kids it's even harder. Build the bridge. Bring the community together. Really do something to make it safer. Make it a more attractive place. Show the people that travel Highway 10 Mounds View cares. Do something that would benefit everyone, especially the kids. Sherry Gunn • /1 _ 7,1 r l