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R��B�� June 2, 2008 �-�.�;f;J � � ,, ��; ��8 Nancy and Marvin Blair 5501 Village Drive ��`1�%�'!O Edina, MN 55439 I am responding in writing to your phone message of 6:30 a.m., May 16, to better clarify the situation and my stand and reasoning. I don't think you're looking at this from my position at all. You do not live there and don't experience the danger. You say the driveway has been this way since 1939 and you see no reason to change it. Perhaps, but County Road 19 has changed a lot in 70 years. I have been almost broadsided several times trying to pull out because the line of sight is impeded by the hill of dirt and the curve in the road. Turning into the driveway is also dangerous. With it being a one-lane, 90-degree turn with rock wail on one side an� hil� on the other, there is ne place for a divers�er�. !f there is any other veh�cle in the driveway, I have to stop quickly on the highway and risk a rear-end collision. I was almost hit by your builder when he was backing up in the driveway as I was entering. He couldn't see me and I couldn't back onto County 19. Luckily he heard my honking and stopped. But it's only a matter of time before there is an accident. I've nearly been run over when carrying water down to the street front area. I've also had a problem when your renters left a vehicle stuck in the driveway. There is no parking on County 19 and i do not have another option of getting in my garage if the driveway is plugged.A single-lane driveway does not work with this property. The time has come to have separate driveways. There is enough land for two side-by-side two- lane driveways and that is my request. Your claim that you don't want to expand the driveway because you want to limit the removal of dirt is disingenuous considering the mountain of dirt that is on view from the excavation to build a large new house. You are choosing your aesthetics over my safety. Since you have made it clear that you want me to provide your driveway along with its maintenance forever, I will file for a mediation conference and then appeal to the city. The city sent us a list of choices and "I don't want to change a thing"wasn't listed. You say will fight me on this, but it is the city you will have to fight and I believe that safety will be the primary concern. Please remember that this isn't a personal item. Neither of us is going to live there forever and we car't predict the behae�i�r of future o��mers. Thank you, � � )V---� � � � Paula J nson J V�(� /"`�� a 3818 N Shore Dr ` � �,�,,/� ' / '�(IQ Wayzata, MN 55391 V�, ,/��/►� l V� � `-" 612-726-2693 � � �� G�a , � Cc: City of Orono— Evelyn Turner 1�� � �� QVI V�lnll�1 ��1 V�55 � �SL�nSS D� �,��w � � , � ,,,� �i� �n. Y�,��,�;��