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Mounds View City Council April 23, 2001 <br />Regular Meeting Page 6 <br /> <br />Mayor Sonterre asked Mr. Good if safety patrol is an issue at the school. <br /> <br />Mr. Good indicated fourth and fifth grade students are used as crossing guards. He stated there <br />are occasions when the kids do not show up and when made aware of it staff attempts to get <br />someone to cover the crosswalk. <br /> <br />Mr. Good explained that when he came to Pinewood he felt it was too dangerous to have children <br />crossing County Road I using children as crossing guards. To remedy the situation he contacted <br />Ramsey County who did a mini-study and determined it would be safer to begin busing the <br />children who live north of County I. He then stated it may be time to consider having adults in <br />the crosswalks on Quincy Street rather than children. <br /> <br />Council Member Quick asked Mr. Good if he was satisfied with the plan. <br /> <br />Mr. Good stated he felt the plan was good but indicated it may need to be modified as the process <br />goes along. <br /> <br />Dennis Hames of 5511 Quincy indicated he had been asked to be on the committee and has <br />agreed to do so. He then stated he felt that fold down stop signs at the crosswalks would help as <br />all cars would have to stop. <br /> <br />Council Member Quick stated he felt most of the remaining issues would be addressed by the <br />committee. He then indicated that the fold down stop signs are illegal so that is not an option. <br /> <br />Steve Begge of 8266 Sunny Side Road indicated he did not think anyone would say they are not <br />concerned for the safety of the children in and around the Pinewood area. He stated the <br />committee should discuss requesting no u-turn signs and possibly no parking signs for peak <br />school times in order to solve some of the issues. <br /> <br />Mr. Begge then expressed concern that the City not limit parking in the area too much or it will <br />negatively impact the neighbors in the area as well as those residents who come to the school for <br />other activities. <br /> <br />Mayor Sonterre suggested that if Mr. Begge was interested in serving on the committee he should <br />let the school principal know. <br /> <br />Council Member Marty noted Mr. Begge seems to follow the events of the City and told him <br />there was an opening on the Planning Commission that he may want to consider. <br /> <br />Jack Lasota of 5467 Quincy Street stated he thought the City should consider a permanent stop <br />sign at the crosswalk. <br /> <br />Council Member Thomas indicated she felt there is an enforcement issue and adding a stop sign <br />would not help if the City did not intend to enforce the laws it currently has that are being <br />broken.