No subject

data presented I agreed with that position. =
</span></font><o:p></o:p></p>

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<p class=3DMsoNormal style=3D'margin-left:.5in'><font size=3D2 =
color=3Dblack
face=3D"Courier New"><span =
style=3D'font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New";
color:black'>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; During the presentation he showed where =
the
city has approved office space for the Eisenhower vally area that =
ranged from
three to six times the office space of the pentagon.&nbsp; My math says
Pentagon at 20,000 people times 3 is 60,000 people added to coming into =
that
area.&nbsp; My prediction is that when PTO gets here with 5,000 people =
we will get
close to gridlock with the cars.&nbsp; One way to solve the traffic =
problem is
build office buildings near mass transit without parking.&nbsp; If the =
city is
planning on this expansion then sure the city must plan for better =
roads, but
the question really is do the residents of the city want that kind of
growth?&nbsp; I think not.&nbsp; I suggest the committee take the =
position of
slow growth for the city with emphasis on alternate forms of =
transportation.</span></font><o:p></o:p></p>

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<p class=3DMsoNormal style=3D'margin-left:.5in'><font size=3D2 =
color=3Dblack
face=3D"Courier New"><span =
style=3D'font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New";
color:black'>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; You could present questions on cards =
that Rich
addressed, some in general.&nbsp; He addressed my two questions =
below:</span></font><o:p></o:p></p>

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<p class=3DMsoNormal style=3D'margin-left:.5in'><font size=3D2 =
color=3Dblack
face=3D"Courier New"><span =
style=3D'font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New";
color:black'>1- Shouldn't the decision on the connector be deferred =
until the
city completes a comprehensive transportation plan?&nbsp; Rich said =
they
presently have enough data to make a =
decision.</span></font><o:p></o:p></p>

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<p class=3DMsoNormal style=3D'margin-left:.5in'><font size=3D2 =
color=3Dblack
face=3D"Courier New"><span =
style=3D'font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New";
color:black'>2- If the connector is built would it include safe bicycle =
and
pedestrian accommodation?&nbsp; Rich stated that each corridor =
alignment study
had a plan for a multipurpose trail.</span></font><o:p></o:p></p>

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<p class=3DMsoNormal style=3D'margin-left:.5in'><font size=3D3 =
face=3D"Times New Roman"><span
style=3D'font-size:12.0pt'>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; </span></font><font =
size=3D2
face=3D"Courier New"><span =
style=3D'font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"'>Notes:&nbsp;
</span></font><o:p></o:p></p>

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<p class=3DMsoNormal style=3D'margin-left:.5in'><font size=3D2 =
face=3D"Courier New"><span
style=3D'font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"'>1-Another =
statistic
presented was in 2000 there were 95000 residents and 113000 cars in the =
city.</span></font><o:p></o:p></p>

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<p class=3DMsoNormal style=3D'margin-left:.5in'><font size=3D2 =
face=3D"Courier New"><span
style=3D'font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"'>2- Eisenhower is =
planned to
go to 6 lanes.</span></font><o:p></o:p></p>

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<p class=3DMsoNormal style=3D'margin-left:.5in'><font size=3D2 =
face=3D"Courier New"><span
style=3D'font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"'>3- There were two =
no build
options.&nbsp; One was to do nothing. One would provide for existing
interchange and road improvements.</span></font><o:p></o:p></p>

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<p class=3DMsoNormal style=3D'margin-left:.5in'><font size=3D2 =
color=3Dblack
face=3D"Courier New"><span =
style=3D'font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New";
color:black'>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; </span></font><font size=3D2 =
color=3Dblue
face=3DArial><span =
style=3D'font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:blue'>See some
of your tonight.&nbsp;&nbsp; Jerry</span></font><o:p></o:p></p>

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style=3D'mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:
12.0pt;margin-left:.5in'><font size=3D2 color=3Dblue face=3DArial><span
style=3D'font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:blue'>PS - Don't the =
residents
know if they give up some use of cars and go to bikes or walking they =
would be
healthier??</span></font><font size=3D2 color=3Dblack face=3D"Courier =
New"><span
style=3D'font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier =
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