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°Y i �i lit October 1, 1998 City of Centerville 1880 Main Street Centerville, MN 55038 ATTN: City Council Members Dear City Council Members: My name is Cindy Wegmann and my husband, Lido, and I are the Safety Patrol Monitors for Centerville Elementary School. Every morning at 8:45 a.m. and every afternoon at 3.20 p.m. we are assisting the School Patrols with their duties. Udo assists the School Patrols at the comer or Progress and Main Street and I assist the School Patrols at the corner of Centerville Road and Main Street. Lido and I, on a regular basis, turn in license plate numbers and descriptions of vehicles and drivers to the Circle Pines/Lexington Police Department for violations pertaining to the School Patrol's. We tr) to do the best we can in protecting not only the Patrols but also the children that have to cross the streets to get home. I am writing to ask for your help in making the streets saner for the children as well. When the children that need to get to Centerville Road and Main Street, we call it Kelly's Komer, they must walk up the sidewalk in front of the school, walk in front of the buses across the street. Paul had met me out there a week ago and we came up with a number of problems that are unsafe for the children that need to get to Centerville Road and Main Street. A few of those problems, are two mailboxes in the sidewalk that could be moved on the Northwest side of Centerville Road North of Main Street. Trees and bushes that need to be cut back, a retaining wall that is falling and crumbling onto the sidewalk. There is also apart of the sidewalk that is to narrow for the children to walk on because of the retaining wall. There is also a section where there is no sidewalk at all but orass. Also on Friday's the homeowners along the sidewalk, on the Northwest side or Centerville North of Main Street, put their garbage cans and recycle bins on the sidewalk, directly in the path of the walkers, =_o they have to walk into the street in front of the buses as the buses are leaving the school There is also a sign on the Northwest side of Centerville Road North of Main Street that says no parking from here to corner. At times we have anywhere from 1 to 4 vehicles parked alone that road so the children have to walk in the street even farther to get around the cars. Ry -Chel Gaustad called me the other day and informed me that letters were written and sent out about the problems we have along that small stretch of the road. I thank you all very much for your help in trying to keep these children safe. There is one thing I would like to ask your help on and that is the sign on the Northwest side of Centerville Road North of Main Street. Would it be possible to get the same identical signs that are on the Northeast side of Centerville Road North of Main Street that says "No Parking 8 a. m. to 4 p.m. during school day=_ ", instead of the no parking from here to comer? It would take the children out of the middle or the road and make it less liking to be run over by a bus. Thank you for your time. Respectfully, Cindy Wegmann 1742 Main Street Centerville, MN 55038 651 -407 -0924