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'JUN 6 1989 <br />Boot /6 FE.9y70 <br />small children not to play in the street. She urged the Board to <br />keep the children from having to walk along this dangerous road. <br />Willie Brown, 1295 19th Avenue SW, Oslo Park, was opposed to <br />the opening of 20th Avenue. He disagreed with the statements <br />made here this morning that this road was always planned. It was <br />not planned. He personally paid $100 to an attorney to give 10 <br />feet of his property to the County, and a neighbor in back gave <br />40 or 50 feet. That is how 20th Avenue came to reach that far, <br />and he believed that was the beginning of the 20th Avenue <br />extension down to Oslo Park. The reason he gave the 10 feet is <br />because the County had no access to the utility poles, but now <br />they want to open it over to the Highlands. Mr. Brown didn't <br />know where all the traffic comes from now, but at night people <br />are driving through there at speeds up to 60-70 mph from Oslo <br />Road to 14th Street and it wakes him up 3 or 4 times during the <br />night. He suggested that the Highlands have a third exit by <br />going along 7th Place SW and along the canal to Oslo Road and <br />then out to U.S. #1. <br />Commissioner Bird asked Director Davis what improvements <br />would be made between 17th Street SW and 14th Street SW if it was <br />decided to open up 20th Avenue, and Director Davis advised that <br />the design calls for a paved 22 -ft. wide standard roadway with <br />the stop sign remaining at 14th Street SW. There would be a stop <br />control at the intersection of 20th Avenue and 17th Street SW. <br />Commissioner Bird asked if the paving and the necessary <br />swales that would be created through there would have significant <br />impact on the yards of the residences along there, and Director <br />Davis explained that our improvements would not encroach on their <br />property because of the 70 -ft. platted right-of-way through <br />there. The edge of the pavement would be 24 feet from any <br />property line. <br />Commissioner Bird asked about a bike bath along 20th Avenue, <br />and Director Davis advised that the bike path can be added into <br />24 <br />