To whom it may concern,

I have after extensive research found that there is a problem in our little community that poses a serious problem for the health and safety of everybody living here. All around me, people ranging from children up to the elderly have been getting sick and everyone has been displaying the same symptoms. Therefore, I started to find out what might be causing this issue. The first thing I did was a survey in the neighborhood of who had symptoms and what the symptoms were. Additionally, I asked them when their symptoms started and what they were doing before the symptoms started. The survey allowed me to see how everyone’s illness connected as everyone displayed the same symptoms and it allowed me to narrow down the possible causes for the illnesses based on what people were doing before getting sick. The next thing I did was take my findings to an expert to see what could cause these symptoms. The expert was able to rule out infection, bacteria, viruses, and point to pollution as the cause for the illnesses. The next thing I did was get a research expert to test many variables of what might have been polluted such as the water, soil, or the plant life. The expert was able to determine that the soil, water, and plant life had all been polluted by gas. I did additional research to find out where the gas was coming from in order to pollute our community. By researching community blue prints and development plans I found out that there are gas lines running under our houses which have been slowly leaking gas over the years and it started to create the symptoms of illness in people. In order for the people of this community to start feeling better about our health and safety something needs to be done by the gas company to resolve this issue. The community needs a way to clean up the pollution so that no one else gets sick. My idea is to have the gas company come out see where the problems are occurring and find a way to fix it without further creating a problem for the people that are living in these houses. If this is the resolution that the community collectively decides to go with there are a few things that need to be covered such as who and how will the community get a hold of the gas company. The only problem that I see using this solution would be the efficiency of it since we are relying on the gas company and getting a hold of them as well as convincing them to do the work may result in delays. Additionally we need to cover problems that may arise from fixing the problem, such as the possibility of people having to leave their homes until the work is completed. There needs to be decisions made about where the people will go and who will pay for the people to stay somewhere else. I propose that we set up a community meeting in which to discuss the current problems and the resolution for the problems. After coming up with a solution we can meet with the gas company to discuss fixing the problem at hand.