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From: Emily Sarah Gendler Zisette <ezisette@yahoo.com> <br />Sent: Friday, November 27, 2020 5:22 AM <br />To: CityCouncil <br />Subject: 53rd safety <br />Good Morning, <br />I live on 53rd Ave S, the area that was recently made partially a one-way in order to put in a badly needed sidewalk (which <br />didn't happen). <br />I was outside working in the front yard yesterday and observed things and had the chance to talk to a couple drivers who <br />were driving the wrong way. <br />First of all, this situation is in urgent need of attention. I actually almost got hit by a car, because one car was coming up <br />the hill (the wrong way) and another going down (the right way), when they met the car going down had to swerve to the <br />right to avoid the other car, almost hitting me in the process (I was in the pedestrian area). It was scary. <br />I spoke with the driver of the vehicle that came up the wrong way...l informed them that it was a one-way street and they <br />couldn't come up the hill. They asked when that changed, if it was recent. They didn't realize it was a one-way. The other <br />driver I spoke with also wasn't aware. <br />There were SO many drivers driving up the wrong way up the hill. I wasn't able to talk to all of them but from the two I did <br />get a chance to talk to, it sounds like they just don't realize it is a one-way. And I don't blame them because the signage is <br />so bad. I imagine some people know and are just are doing what they want regardless (like my neighbor, who I won't <br />name out of fear of retaliation)...but I think a lot of people are just confused. <br />We are in urgent need of more and better signs. If I have the materials I'm honestly going to try and make some myself, <br />it's that bad. <br />Also, I really think if ALL of 53rd was a one way, vs having the two-way at the bottom of the hill, this would resolve a lot of <br />the issue. It's too confusing the way it is now. The way it is now, when a car is at the bottom of the hill by the park and <br />ride, it totally appears like it's perfectly fine to drive up the hill. So of course cars are going to come up. The only reason I <br />haven't advocated this more is out of consideration for the people who live on the other streets, as I imagine they wouldn't <br />love the idea of more traffic. But honestly I don't think the justification that the business needs it is enough to cause this <br />amount of chaos and confusion. I go around the the block every day, at least once, to get home....it's really not that bad <br />driving around the block, it's really not. <br />Lastly, I noticed the day after you had the little meeting here that there was a cop car posted on the street. This was very <br />disturbing, and I'm glad I've only seen that once. We don't need checkpoints in our neighborhood. We need better signs, <br />better designing and a better sidewalk. I wonder how much money went to paying that patrol, including the gas, as they <br />sat there idling (and polluting) all morning. I was relieved I haven't seen this again. <br />Emily <br />1 <br />19 <br />