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1 November 12, 1998 Chief Joel Heckman Circle Pines/Lexington Police Department 200 Civic Heights Circle Circle Pines, MN 55014 Chief Heckman: This morning I had a meeting with Centerville's City Administrator, Jim March. Jim and I we discussing some ways too possibly handle the school patrol and school violators. We are continually having a problem with parents parking and/or dropping their children off in a No Parking Any Time Zone. Some parents are rather rude and belligerent with us. We even have had parents swear at some of us when we have brought it to their attention that they are parking in a No Parking Any Time Zone. Jim March suggested that perhaps we could get some reserves to handle and direct the parent traffic in front of the school on Westview and /or possibly putting a reserve on each comer to write down license plates from those that violate the school patrol. If this is not possible, do you have another suggestion? One of the problems we have is that when we write down a license plate number of a violator, we can't always get an officer out to our residence or to the school to turn in the violator. If we could get a reserve on each comer for 15 minutes in the morning and 15 minutes in the afternoon to handle the violators, then they could handle the paperwork for the police officers as well so they don't get swamped with paperwork. We are trying to make the school and children as safe as possible, but without a little extra help; it seems that it is a battle that we will never win. On Monday November 9, 1998, I wrote down 2 license plate numbers on vehicles where they parked in front of a No Parking Any Time sign. The driver of one of those violators has been told by me personally twice not to park there because of the buses and it is a No Parking Zone. She continues to do it. On November 10, 1998, a vehicle with the name "Central Turf Farms" written on the side that was hauling a bobcat behind it, passed a turning vehicle in the intersection of Main Street and Progress Road. Without stopping to check for anyone in the intersection it passed the tuming vehicle and came close to hitting me while I stood on the corner. On November 12, 1998 we had two more violators in front of Centerville Elementary School that stopped and dropped their children off in the bus loading and unloading area and held up bus traffic again. Udo and I mentioned the traffic proposal briefly to Mrs. Czerepak, the Dean of Students, and to Mrs. Millington, the Principal. They both stated that they didn't think it would work out because of having to cross the children in front of the buses and other vehicles to the school. There has to be someway we can make this work to help make things safer for the children. Respectfully Cindy Wegmann School Safety Monitor Centerville Elementary School 1742 Main Street Centerville, MN 55038 Cc: Mr. Jim March, City Administrator Mrs, Czerepak, Dean of Students Mrs. Millington, Principal City Council Members