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• thus identified. He felt that in most cases the parents will deal with the juveniles more severely than will the juvenile courts. He and the City Attorney agreed that an officer can' t do anything about a misdemeanor unless he witnesses it. Mr. Vickrey gave the required procedures, as he knew them, for apprehending and prosecuting juven- iles for such alleged violations including citizens arrests. Council- man Haik said that though she was not suggesting citizens arrests, it was very important that the residents furnish the police with specific and accurate information on which they can act. Several people including Mr. Lindskog and Mr. Pulscher agreed that the stop signs which wereinstall-edon Skycroft were not alleviating the speeding problem. Mr. Pulscher said he felt there was a diminished interest by the City staff towards the problem and said he was not interested in knowing the reasons the police have for not being able to correct the problem but wanted positive, immediate recommendations from the staff for ways of diminishing the harassment of the neighbor- hood and suggested one of these should be a temporary closing of the street. Mr. McReavy pointed out how quiet the neighborhood was where Council- man Stauffer and Mayor Miedtke lived, since Rankin Road was closed off on one end. Councilman Stauffer told him that that street had been closed off because five streets converged at that point and not as a convenience for the residents. • She then reported that four residents had called her to protest the possibility of Skycroft being closed off. She said she felt the conditions in the Skycroft neighborhood involved four separate and separable problems, i.e. , driving, drinking by underage youths, illegal drinking on school property and outsiders bringing alcoholic beverages into the area. Merle R. Durban, 3405 36th Avenue N.E. , questioned closing off Skycroft saying "Whether we can control drag racing by plugging streets and stop signs is debatable" . D. R. Luke, 3507 Skycroft, was concerned that blocking the intersection might hinder emergnecy services by the Fire Department ambulances. -However, he shared the concern about the safety of the small children on the street and felt the residents weren' t getting proper coopera- tion from the City Police. John Soya said he and a few of his neighbors on Maplewood who were present did not believe closing one street and thereby channeling traffic onto other streets would solve the problem but felt the police should provide better survelliance of the area. Mayor Miedtke then advised the residents that any major improvement such as a cul-de-sac could not be considered this year because by resolution, any improvements in the City must be requested before • March 15th and the construction season is well under way. He shared the concern about interference with passage of emergency vehicles, which he said might be considered a "detriment to the health, safety (4)