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Home My WebLink AboutExhibit 11APPENDIX C Residential Requests Elbadrawi, Hesham R. From: isis suarez [cositasuarez@yahoo.comj Sent: Saturday, September 25, 2004 4:23 PM To: helbadrawi@marlinengineering,com Subject: 27th Lane closure Hesham, my name is Isis Suarez and I own a residence at 2525 SW 27th Lane, Coconut Grove, Fla. 33133... Omar Meitin, my next door neighbor, suggested I write to you, in order to contribute my thoughts in reference to the closing of our street. I can not tell you how many times a day, I scream at the many drivers, that speed down our street, going the wrong way. The DHL delivery truck, on a daily basis, insists on doing their delivery by going down our street, at a really fast speed, the wrong way Even white vans from the City agencies, speed down our Lane, (aka the 27th Speedway!). There is even a recent new neighbor to this Lane, who doesn't seem to care which way the traffic is supposed to go... I walk my Yorkie every day, twice a day, and find myself having to have eyes on my back, because in the last 6 weeks, I have been in three different situations, where we were almost run over by speeding motorists, going down the wrong way. We must do something about this problem, before someone gets hurt. Both my mother, who is 92 and my aunt who is in her 80's, are afraid to cross the street, because of the traffic that goes down the wrong way, and always, always, speeds so as not to get caught. The hours when the infractions occur, are always early in the morning till about 11 am and the it starts again in the afternoon, when people return from their obs If you would like me to take down license plate numbers, Iwould volunteer. Thanks for your assistance in this matter. My phone number is (303)858-0987. Do you Yahoo!? New and Improved Yahoo! Mail - Send 10MB messages! http://promotions.yahoo.com/new_mail 1 Elbadrawi, Hesham R. From: Wibuk@aol.com Sent: Tuesday, October 05, 2004 11:43 PM To: helbadrawi@marlinengineering.com Cc: mannydiaz@ci.mlami.fl.us; JWinton@ci.miami.fLus; SGrindell@ci.miami.fl.us; net@ci.miami.fl.us Subject: Re: Street Closures for SW 27th Lane and SW 28th Street in Coconut Grove Hesham R. Elbadrawi, Ph. D., P.E. Planning Manager Marlin Engineering, Inc. 2191 NW 97 Ave 305- 477-7575 helbadrawi@marlinengineering.com Re: Street Closures for SW 27th Lane and SW 28th Street in Coconut Grove Dear Mr. Elbadrawi: My name is Omar Meitin, and I am a homeowner at 2519 SW 27th Lane in Coconut Grove. In the past few weeks S.W. 27th Lane as well as, S.W. 28th Street has been the focal point for the City of Miami as to whether or not to provide a street closure for both streets. It is my understanding that your firm has been hired to perform a traffic impact study on both streets and provide the City of Miami and/or Miami -Dade County with a report detailing your findings. I am sending you this email to provide you with information that your studies cannot find and to give you my recommendation as to what needs to be done in order to ease the concerns of the homeowners who live down these two streets. Toooften on a daily basis I, as well as many of my neighbors witness motorist speeding and traveling the wrong -way down SW 27th Lane and SW 28th Street. Because these drivers have chosen to ignore the "DO NOT ENTER " signs at the end of the block they deliberately speed down the road in hopes of not getting caught by the City of Miami Police or by the residents who live on these streets and who have no qualms about stepping out into the street and voicing their disapproval of this type of driving behavior. This type of driving behavior is not limited only to the weekday commuters who use our streets to cut through or to avoid traffic back-ups in the area, but also to individuals who live or work in the neighborhood and who feel "entitled" to using 27th Lane and 28th Street as a short cut. The same can be said about the weekends when those coming from the restaurants, shops, and businesses cut through the wrong way- dangerously speeding more often than not. The excess speeding that occurs along these two blocks is not only limited to motorist who drive the wrong way, but also to those who drive down the right way. This excess speeding couldn't be more evident than on Friday afternoons as people rush in to the Grove for happy hour, on Saturday nights when people are on there way into the Grove for a night out on the town and whenever there is an event in Coconut Grove (i.e. Coconut Grove Arts Festival, King Mango Strut Parade, The Home Show, etc.), which always causes a disruption in the neighborhood. The increase in traffic volume down 27th Lane and 28th Street is a direct result of motorists attempting to avoid waiting in traffic along US 1 in order to get into the Grove by way of S.W. 27th Avenue. Therefore, as an alternative, what many motorists do is make a left-hand turn onto S.W. 24th Avenue and turn down 27th Lane and 28th Street in order to reach S.W. 27 Avenue. 1 There is a growing concern among residents that the traffic problems we are currently experiencing will only get worse. As it is, the area as a whole, which encompasses 27th Ave, 28th Street, 27th Lane and 26th Avenue, is always congested. With the addition of the new 60-unit condo -hotel complex (corner of S.W. 28th Street and S.W. 26 Avenue) traffic will only get worse and spill over onto 27th Lane and 28th Street once all units are occupied. As it is right now, the intersection of S.W. 27th Lane and S.W. 26th Avenue is a safety problem, due to the lack of sight distance for vehicles attempting to make a left hand turn from 27th Lane onto 26 Avenue. The reason for this design deficiency is that the City of Miami has installed curbside metered parking along 26 Avenue which creates a problem for vehicles to safely maneuver through the intersection. The make up of the residents who live along 27th Lane and 28th Street are families with children and pets; retired senior citizens, and young couples. With the traffic problems we are experiencing the quality of life and the safety and well being of the residents who live along these two streets is being threatened. There have been numerous occasions where residents have come close to being hit by a car driving down the wrong way and dangerously speeding. On one occasion my next -door neighbor who is 92 years old women came within feet of being struck by a vehicle that going down the wrong way, if it hadn't been for a sanitation worker yelling at her to watch -out she would have been struck and possibly killed. Furthermore, because of the quick access to US1, from 27th Lane and 28th Street, it provides an easy "get -away" route for any type of criminal activity, all which is well documented with the City of Miami Police Department. This criminal activity ranges from recurrent vehicle break-in, vehicle thefts, home invasion, day -time robberies and shootings. Therefore, based on all the information that I have provided, I would recommend that both S.W. 27th Lane and S.W. 28th Street be closed off permanently with the exception that the road closure for 27th Lane exclude the two businesses at the end of the block. I truly believe that in closing both streets you are going to provide a safer environment to all residents and a more enjoyable neighborhood where residents can walk outside their homes and not be constantly concerned for their safety and well being. In closing I would like to thank you and the City of Miami for considering the road closure of S.W. 27th Lane and S.W. 28th Street. I am certain that the safety and well being of the residents of Coconut Grove is and continues to be a priority to the City of Miami. Please feel free to contact me should you have any questions. My information is listed below. Thank you for your efforts to perform this study and if possible, I would be interested in receiving a copy of it once finished. 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