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., e . L<:..f' \- VM -S/2Cf J 07 @ \0 './'7 ~ Todd Leffler 1107 Peck Woods Drive New Brighton, MN 55112 (651) 638-2644 t.leffler com cast. net liS f - ~ 7~ - oGtCf"" MAY 2 3 2001 GM \'Y' Cl1iDVl! City of New Brighton 803 Old Highway 8 NW New Brighton, MN 55112 May 7, 2007 Dear Honorable Mayor Steve Larson and City Council Members, Reauest: I am writing on behalf of the homeowners of Innsbruck Park Townhome Community to request that NO Parking signs be posted on the WEST side of Black Oak Drive. Backaround: The recent expansion of the Benedictine Health Center facility located at 1101 Black Oak Drive, just north of Interstate-694, has resulted in a significant and dangerous increase of on-street parking on Black Oak Drive, a narrow residential street not designed for large volumes of on-street parking on both sides of the street. The original expansion plan submitted to the city was to build a new memory care addition onto the existing facility, with the main entrance to remain on the south side and visitors utilizing - the existing east side parking lot. With the city involved, this plan was shared with the surrounding residents. However, the reality is that, with the completion of the expansion in 2006, the Benedictine Health Center relocated its front entrance (with only seven parking spaces!) onto Black Oak Drive, directly across from the entrance to the Innsbruck Park Townhome Community. The previous main entrance on the south side of the facility is now permanently closed, as this is where the memory care residents are now located. This change on main entrance location has rendered the existing entire east parking lot of the facility useless. In fact, the parking lot where the old entrance had been located is nearly always empty. The result is that Black Oak Drive, the public street going in and out of our community, has now been turned into a virtual parking lot, with visitors to the Benedictine Health Center parking their cars on both sides of the narrow street, obstructing views of traffic and pedestrians. Making the situation more dangerous is that there are no sidewalks on Black Oak Drive. Concerns: Residents of our community have several safety concerns about the current parking situation on Black Oak Drive. The street is not wide enough for two-way traffic AND parking. With cars parked on both the east and west sides of Black Oak Drive, there is 1