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For these reasons, we are in favor of including pedestrian and bicycle space on Fox Street. Thank you for allowing us to provide input on this project. -Mike & Jen Olson 612.770.7377 From: Joan Migliori [mailto:jmigliori@usinternet.com] Sent: Friday, September 9, 2022 10:47 AM To: Adam Edwards <aedwards@ci.orono.mn.us> Subject: Fwd: Fox Street bike / pedestrian lane Adam, On behalf of Fox Street residents, thank you for the opportunity to express specific concerns with respect to widening Fox Street to allow for a pedestrian / bike lane. Environmental Impact: Fox Street is maintained in it’s current state to be minimally impactful to the environs, allowing water to drain from the upper portion of the subwatershed to a large wetland complex along the marshes of Fox Street through to Lake Minnetonka. Altering the hard surface on Fox Street would likely cause drainage damage and degradation, limiting the effectiveness of current drainage pathways flowing from other subwatersheds north of Fox street and beyond. Safety Impact: Fox Street is a country road with many hills and valleys with blind driveway access and egress. Installing a bike / pedestrian path would increase safety risks to bikers, pedestrians and drivers due to the road topography. The natural flooding that occurs in spring would be an additional safety and maintenance factor to consider. In summary, the concerns outlined here ought to be considered with consultation from the Minnehaha Creek Watershed District (MCWD) for potential precedent setting alterations to Fox Street. The MCWD would need to consider engineering assessments and any potential policy changes to accommodate similar future requests. Thank you for your service to the City of Orono and will look forward to the September 12th meeting. Sincerely, Joan Migliori