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I I , 2633 North Innsbruck Dr.#C New Brighton, MN 55112 M. Suzanne wright, Ph. D. Licensed psychologist #2480 (651) 636-5031 August 25, 1998 Mayor and New Brighton City Council City of New Brighton 803-5th Ave. N.W. New Brighton, MN 55112 RE: Minar Ford redevelopment, particularly moving their main access by creating Minar Ford Road as a shared access with McDonald's Dear Mayor and City Council Members: I have been an owner for 12 years in the Innsbruck Professional Center directly west of McDonald's and north of Minar Ford. The proposed Minar Ford Road would run along the eastern boundary of our property and would be 50 feet from our current access off of North Innsbruck Drive. This is my second letter regarding this issue. In addition, I attended the 7/21 Planning Commission meeting where the McDonald's portion of the project. was discussed. I am unable to attend the 8/25 City Council Meeting but wanted to provide some interesting data to the Mayor and Council members, along with my concerns regarding the traffic study that was completed by Short Elliott HendriCkson, Inc. I am also aware that the Planning Commission voted against the Minar Ford plan but that the traffic study predicted no traffic problems. I have reviewed a copy of the traffic study and would like to share my concerns about that document. I was very disappointed in the methodology and lack of thoroughness of the traffic study. As a psychologist I am trained in gathering data and making inferences and in research methodology. Thus, I feel I can speak to such issues regarding the traffic study, although I am not an expert in that field and would not pretend to be. My first concern is with the assumptions on which the study was based. It is clearly stated in the initial paragraph that the study assumes that the direct access to our complex from North Innsbruck Drive will be eliminated. I have. checked with all parties involved and this will not be the case. We will maintain our direct access to North Innsbruck Drive and the two driveways, Minar Ford Road and our access, will be the required 50 feet apart. Because of this assumption, the study does not deal with one of our major concerns, the conflicts between traffic leaving and entering the two accesses.