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PETITION <br /> • We the undersigned residents of the city of Arden Hills, hereby petition the <br /> Arden Hills City Council to authorize the placement of"no parking during <br /> school hours" street signs on the portion of Chatham Avenue adjacent to the <br /> Valentine Hills School property for the following reasons: <br /> 1. We are concerned for the safety of the children. <br /> Cars parked on the portion of Chatham Avenue adjacent to school <br /> property present a safety hazard to the children attending Valentine Hills <br /> School by hindering visibility for the children who walk to and from <br /> school. <br /> 2. During the start of school hours, the parked cars contribute to unsafe <br /> traffic congestion. Parents are forced to stop adjacent to the parked cars <br /> when dropping children off at school. This not only creates a traffic <br /> safety concern for the other vehicular traffic on Chatham Avenue, it <br /> forces young children to maneuver between parked and idling cars to <br /> reach school property. <br /> • 3. Parking cars on both side of the street in the aforementioned area <br /> continues to cause unsafe traffic congestion throughout the school day by <br /> forcing traffic to one lane only. The safety concern is exacerbated by <br /> already compromised visibility from the curving hill on this part of <br /> Chatham Avenue. <br /> 4. Allowing cars to park on the aforementioned area of Chatham Avenue <br /> undermines the school's safety policy that requires school visitors to enter <br /> through the front doors of the school building, and instead encourages <br /> access to the school through the back doors of the building. <br /> 5. There are ample parking spaces in the large, east parking lot of the school <br /> to accommodate school personnel and visitor parking needs. Therefore, <br /> parking on the aforementioned area is an unnecessary hazard for the <br /> children, residents and motorists on Chatham Avenue. <br /> • <br />