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Mounds View City Council April 24, 2006 Regular Meeting Page 2 health class. She stressed that this is not enough. She stated the City has a DARE officer and a Community Resource Officer that could visit the school to teach children about road safety, if the school does not have the personnel, the knowledge or the education to conduct the training. She noted it cannot be that expensive to send an officer one morning to the school to provide training. Ms. Heilman stated the question of how does one cross the road was asked today, and Brandon’s father was told that one should run as fast as one can before the light changes. She stated that according to what was learned in February 2000, one should travel half ways across the road when the light first changes, and then wait in the middle of the road until the light changes again. She stated there is a basic lack of understanding on how to cross the road. She stressed this should not have happened the first or second time, and although the second time was not as tragic as her son’s accident, that there should not be a third time. Mayor Marty asked Deputy Chief Tom Kinney to provide a brief run down of what happened. Deputy Chief Kinney stated the Mounds View Police Department responded to a traffic accident at 4:00 p.m. on Saturday, April 22, 2006, at County Road 10 and Edgewood Drive. He stated an eleven year old bicyclist was struck by a vehicle and taken to the hospital. He explained the accident is still under review and investigation by the State Patrol, so the details cannot be released. He explained the Police Department assisted with providing traffic control and with the witness statements. He stated there is an incident report available, but the accident itself is being handled by the State Patrol. He added there will be a reconstruction due to the severity of the injury to the child. Councilmember Thomas stated that one thing that should be mentioned is that there was a significant problem with the timing of the lights, and explained that the lights were recently re- timed so one can get all the way across by pressing the button. She stated that children need to be educated on how to properly cross the street. Mayor Marty stated the re-timing of the lights with the crosswalks was the first safety issue that was addressed on County Highway 10, and the City will be moving on with it. Mike Sczcepanski, 2385 Laport Drive, stated it is an unfortunate situation of what happened on County Road 10. He stated the Council is considering placement of additional billboards or taking the movement of the billboards over. He wondered how many millions of dollars will be spent on the upgrading and the beautification of County Road 10. He stated the Council is talking about approving placement of billboards on County Road 10. He stated that is absolutely ludicrous. He stressed billboards should have never been allowed in Mounds View, and they should not be allowed now. Mr. Sczcepanski stated he does not like looking at billboards, and no one should have to look at them. He stated if the billboards are placed where no one in their homes can see them and not on County Road 10. Mr. Sczcepanski added that he would like the Council to update the public on a regular basis as to what is going on with the sound wall.