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Hello All, Today I experienced yet another fault in the police and Mounds View system. We have extra parking on the street in violation of MN parking codes and MV ordinances. When I called it in to MV after hours again they did not send a squad out as they said they would. After over an hour of watching and waiting never a squad to see what the violations were. I reported a car parking right up at the stop sign and another backwards on the street blocking access to the mail boxes for 4 homes. Why is it when I call in to the afterhours line the calls never get acted on? This is not the first time this has happened and it is not acceptable! Every call should get a squad to at least drive by and investigate the call as it should be and is in every other city. Why can't Mounds View get a Squad by the violation before they drive away? That brings up why can't we get a sign stating to park in the school parking lot that field events are not to be parked on in the residential streets? It is bad enough that Jeffery is a turnaround for lost vehicles around the school. Also the use our driveway to pull in and back up so we have to park at the end of our driveway to block this from happening. This include construction vehicles and metro mobility not to mention every delivery vehicle possible. Mounds View can and should do better at these issues and we ask for your help to curtail the problem and at least get Mounds View police to respond to all calls of violations in a timely manner. I understand you are probably going to respond with they were tied up with more pressing actions or filing paperwork but come on every call I've placed has been ignored and it is going to get reported to news media if it keeps happening as we need action not excuses when violation are reported in the city to the police. What if it was an emergency as the fire we called in years back they actually put me on hold and then asked if we were sure it was a fire. Then sent a MV squad who verified it was a 4 alarm fire and they condemned the home as a result of the slow fire call. Mounds View can and should do much better than this so let's get your act together and act on all calls with an urgency. Thank you for your help and here is a photo of the cars parking for the field event directly in front of the stop sight 6 feet away as measured and the car parked in front of the mailboxes so the mail carrier had to do invasive maneuvering and get out to deliver the mail which we thanked him. This should not have happened as we reported the car to Mounds View police and it should have been towed or ticketed. Let's get a sign up at the field to address this issue as many other cities have done. Also lets monitor speed on Woodale as it is up again with a lot more traffic. Buses are also speeding on these streets so maybe MV PD can monitor the area for a bit to see what they can do to address the issue. Let's not ignore any calls to police as they all matter and should be acted upon/ Tired of my calls always being ignored and no responses so let's answer why and address it so it does not happen again or I will need to take other actions to resolve the issue as many have done in other cities. Let's keep Mounds View out of the news and address this issue internally. Thank you Thank you for your help and response. Have a happy safe 41h of July. Sincerely, Mark Gavett mgavett@comcast.net Copy to: MV Admin Nyle Zikmund MV Police Chief Ben Zender Acting Mayor Gary Meelhause Attached 2 photos of car parking violations