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' f I * r*} i • *4 4 - -i I i I >:!• 4 ? *»« • ^ ■• * i > • ‘ ‘ ft • • I. •• • - li :V V. • • ’> •V V r^.’ : .»*• • •' -V. : •' ?^: '/ ci/ •-T- •■ -V •”f ; :: ' Kr.‘ •• >. *•? •/.'^rr- v-"* . *, • K- , ♦ • •••* • f • I *..'I • • t * < « <. • /Residents angry after dc___ to leave Highway 7^xit open By John Mugford Kxcrlsior City Council mcnit>€rs lookttl, listened, discussed, and decided Monday not U) close an exit from Highway 7 onto Division Street Aiid as a result of their dtx:!- sion, si’vcral residents of the neighborhood near the exit ex- dainied anger, voumg to take their request up to the Min nesota Department of Trar*sixir- talion (MnDOT) In April, several residents from Second and Third avenues in Excelsior said they were con cemcd about safely in their neighborhood and asked the City Council to reduce speeds and add a stop sign, as well as close off the Division htreel exit from Highway 7. ITie City Council responded by pulling in a stop sign at the cor ner of Division Stieet and Se cond Avenue, and asking MnDOT to consider reducing speeds in the neighborhood and examine the p»\ssibilily of dos ing off the exit SlnDOT officials recommend ed a lower the speed limit on Third Avenue from 30 mph to 25 rnph But the lop priority of residents in die area just south of Highway 7 is to have the Divi sion Street exit closed They say their neighborhood IS becoming increasingly un safe. especially for children, becaase a growing number of motonsLi are Liking the Divi sion Street exit, traveling down Second Avenue and connecting with Mill Street, which leads to new housing propvis .md reUii areas in Chanhassen. Ihey say traffic has increasetl for two years, since Shorewood made Christmas I^ke Road a dead end, culling off its access to Mill Street. “Our neightxirhfxxJ doesn’t have sidewalks and many of tlie yards Ifiem ar<* V'TV sleep ro the tbildien have to wa!k and r:Je their bikes in the .slreeLs,” said Kammy Houghton, a S^xrond Avenue rejadent. “We re bring mg tins issue up for safety’s s,ike Ihe safely of the children has to Lk? pul above die In refernng to Iho btisinc-ssos • • •in town, Houghton was Lalkirg .-<r1 *• • *about the Excelsior /\rea .OiamljcT of Commerce's posi ••tion that the exit should remain• • • - f• ••open • r •-1 ;Several residents who spoke •» *!' '*•:f mentioned a letter from Bill• • • • *v .■i Mason. president of the '•’I i : chamber, staling dut die chamber was opposed to dosing •the exit Mason also presented a • . •.** •• •• * *. *.>i : »/ « • .'4 . • * **• 1 . mu petition w ith the names orTnorV dian 100 people opposed to clos ing off the exit. Many of those who signed the petition live in ajurtments on the south side of Ibghway 7, in the Excelsior Nursmg Home, and on Linden Street Excelsior United Methcidisl Church also wrote a letter opposing the clos ing of the exit. Several residents from Second and 'i*hird avenues questioned w hy the chamber would Lake die stance it did They said motorists traveling west on Highway 7 have already passed ExceLsior’s downtow'n by the lime diey exit at Division Street, which IS a block or so beyond the Mill Street bndge. “If I were a merchant on Water Street, I think I’d want the Division Street exit cinseii,” said Steve Morse, a Third V cnue""f eiIdenTr^'Tluil~w^ulJ mean motonsls would have to exit at County Hoad 19 and go dow-n Water Street to gel to .Mill Street. Tliat’s where all the businesses are.” After several pt*ople said they didn’t understand how closing off the exit would hurt the dowT*lown area. Mason spoke up “That’s not what the ietler says.” Mason said “Since I’ve been so elotjuendy quoted by my learned cntics. 1 dunk they should read the letter” Tlie letter from Mason staled that the chamber “strongly” op poses closing the exit. “It is the chamber's opinion that the closing of any access to the city negatively affects the busmess and residential com- HlGinVAY: To tugi-SA/ vSiofi> CRlIISi^Moil V«r««lilc Charicf Company nr UP $16.95/aduli ■ I ■ N.S12.95/children under 12 plus 11 W 11 w % A li tax and gratuity; includes •M brunch and 2 hr. cruise •JU .11.’ Reservations required 3:00 P.H. S:D0 P.N, 1 3/4 hour public cruises cash bar; beer, wine & soft drinks $10/adull $5/children under 12 i fc* • i. • *M.' 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