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JUL <br />18 <br />1999 <br />�l Fr: 34 <br />Ray Suzenski, <br />1585 50th Court, came before the <br />Board and <br />stressed that during the 10 years he has lived there, he has seen <br />a tremendous change in Rosewood Road to where it really scares <br />him. He has seen go-carts go across the road and almost hit by <br />cars. There will be an accident; kids will be killed; and then <br />it will be too late. Mr. Suzenski agreed there is a high <br />visibility of the Sheriff's Department on that road, and they do <br />an excellent job, but even if you establish a speed limit of 35 <br />mph or less, there still will be speeding late at night. He <br />continued that he has seen tractor -trailers go over the bridge <br />and bump into it and damage it. He urged closing the bridge off <br />temporarily to see how it works and did not believe it will be a <br />hardship for it to be a dead end. <br />Commissioner Bird wished to know just where we draw the line <br />in this County on closing off public streets that go through <br />residential neighborhoods. He believed there are 100 areas that <br />could stand up and present the same argument, and the more public <br />streets we close off, the more we shift the amount of traffic to <br />someone else's neighborhood. He did agree Rosewood Road is <br />narrow and not built for high speed traffic and will be glad to <br />investigate remedies, but he has problems with closing a street <br />that has been a public street for 40-50 years for use only by <br />those who have chosen to build on that street. <br />Mr. Suzenski continued to urge the Board to just give it a <br />try; to close it for 6 months and monitor the impact. <br />Commissioner Eggert pointed out that her Motion to send this <br />back to staff does not exclude that possibility. <br />Chairman Wheeler stated that there is no way he would be <br />prepared today to make any kind of decision to change the <br />function of that street before our staff has had an opportunity <br />to present their side of it. <br />Robert Brackett, 1645 51st Court, advised that he was born <br />and raised on Rosewood Road as were quite a few others in this <br />neighborhood, and the street is unique. As to where you draw the <br />18 <br />