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, ;"""", I , My second concern is that on page 2 in the third paragraph the statement Is made that "the intersection of Innsbruck Drive and 27th Avenue currently operates well." This statement is in direct conflict with my own observations and with the statements to me of the Ci ty Planner, Mr. Teague, that there have been a lot of complaints about the traffic on 27th Avenue. My third concern about the traffic study is the description of the intersection of the proposed Minar Road and North Innsbruck Drive as a "T-intersection" (page 2, end of fourth paragraph). I do not see this description as fairly characterizing this intersection. As I have pointed out in my previous letter, there are four accesses in the first one-half block west of the intersection of North Innsbruck and Silver Lake Road, two for the bank, one for McDonald's (to be combined with Minar Ford if their plan is approved) and one for our complex. The traffic study uses this rationale to state that there would be little to interfere with left turns to Minar Ford Road and that the intersection has a low volume of traffic. I believe neither of these assumptions are true and will present data further along in this letter to back up my concerns. My forth concern is that there is no mention of real-world data in the traffic study. My training in research methodology would suggest that you form hypotheses from theory and then test those theories against real-world data. I am very disappointed that this was not done. It doesn't appear that the traffic consultant even visited the site, talked with anyone involved or expressing concerns, or did any traffic counts. or observations. Data from a book is a fine starting point for theory but does not substitute for hard data from the real world in my profession. I really question the conclusions reached by the traffic consultant, not because they do not favor my position, but because I see glaring flaws in assumptions and methodology that cause me to have little faith in the validity of the findings. My fifth reason for disappointment in the traffic consultant's report is that there was no effort to identify or solve real-world problems. Despite the fact that a number of people on both 27th and North Innsbruck Drive are expressing strong concerns about the traffic issues, no efforts were made to identify and describe the problems or to look for solutions. It is disappointing when ci tizens take time and effort to try to alert the city to a problem and then their efforts are largely ignored by the expert who is hired with our tax money to help. Given the lack of real-world data and my own need to test my concerns against such data, I spent the last two mornings doing a traffic count from the window of my office which faces North Innsbruck and gives me a view of the entire block west of the intersection of Silver Lake Road and North Innsbruck. On Monday I counted cars from 7:36--8:36 AM. On Tuesday I counted cars from 6:50--7:36 AM. The results of those counts are