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Begin forwarded message: From: Carol Cossaboom <carol.cossaboom(agmail.com> Subject: Re: Flower Street Parkway Tree Petition and Potential Landscaped Medians Date: May 17, 2022 at 12.46.44 AM PDT To: Les Hall <Ihall. mail(a-)gmail.com> Cc: Nancy Collins <nancycollins53(a)icloud.com>, marcela rodriguez <maranngio(a-)yahoo.com>, Salomeh Kingston <skingston2276(a)gmail.com>, Paul Sanford <psanford100(a-)-gmail.com>, Ryan Murphy <rfmurphy81(agmail.com>, Tessie Rios <gd2btess(a)gmail.com> Hi Les, I truly wish I could participate in tomorrow's meeting, it seems like a great opportunity for Fisher Park to get some much needed investment at the City level. As we all know, Flower Street north of the Santiago Creek bridge remains disjointed from the surrounding areas of our neighborhoods. This section of Flower Street feels more like a road, and oftentimes a racing strip. Our portion of Flower Street, with its unnecessarily wide lanes and lack of shade trees, seems to promote a more industrial or commercial zone feel, rather than it's actual single- family residential zoning. As a homeowner on this section of Flower Street, I have experience near collisions while I simply try to enter my drive way. I had one particular incident where a motorist attempted to illegally pass me on the right as I was turning into my driveway, nearly hitting the side of my car where my toddler was seated. My home is past the section where the painted street symbols indicate the transition from two lanes to one lane but because there is no physical narrowing of the street, motorists ignore the street lines. I fear when my guests park their cars on the street (though we have permits) that their car will be crashed into because of the y tempered speed and recklessness of motorist on this section of the street. As a mother of a toddler living in this neighborhood, I feel unsafe walking across the street to Jack Fisher Park because motorist drive so fast and disregard the crosswalk. While all of us in Fisher Park appreciate the intentions behind the new lit up crosswalk signs, I am disappointed to say it has not helped tame the traffic. Just today, May 16, I pushed the button to indicate I was crossing the street with my 1 year old son and 5 cars zoomed by, not slowing at all. There are many young families in Fisher Park and adjoining neighborhoods and we should all be able to feel safe walking our young children to the park, this is sadly not the case at the moment. I urge the City to prioritize safety when allocating funds. The facts is, Flower Street, north of the Santiago Creek does not have any effective traffic calming infrastructure and it is inequitable to other portions of the street. Flower Street, 2