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City Council Regular Meeting Minutes June 12, 2018 Page 4 1 being taught and watching ways where she enjoys seeing them taught. It was a smart decision to 2 send her son to Willow and Sprout and his development is credited to Willow and Sprout such as 3 emotional intelligence. There is a true sense of community, the school is experience based 4 learning, and the teachers have taught her son self - regulation. She supports the addition of three 5 students. 7 Ms. Holly Wick Bower, 3038 Harding Street NE, stated she is a neighbor and former Willow 8 and Sprout parent. She is also an educator. She stated with some adjustments by the owner as far 9 as pickups and drop -offs, the traffic issues could be alleviated. She was impressed with the 10 curriculum. Ms. Wick Bower noted her children are meeting and exceeding the standards and she 11 believes that was due to early education at Willow and Sprout. She supports the request. 12 13 Ms. Nikoline Tushar, 2704 30`h Avenue NE, neighbor of Willow and Sprout, stated her son will 14 be going there this fall. She supports the increase to 17 students. She has been a lifelong resident 15 of St. Anthony and a teacher at Wilshire Park. She stated Willow and Sprout is one of the few 16 day care centers within the community that provide a high - quality education. 17 18 Ms. Amy Galyan, 3516 Skycroft Drive, a parent of Willow and Sprout alumni, stated Willow 19 and Sprout nurtures each student. She supports their value to the community and in Jeri 20 Johnson's request. 21 22 Mr. Chris Raisch, 3209 Roosevelt Street NE, stated his daughter received a great education at 23 Willow and Sprout and it was the reason they moved to St. Anthony. He fully supports Willow 24 and Sprout and their request. 25 26 Ms. Leah Reddy, 3913 Penrod Lane, stated when her child was 4 months old and she was 27 looking for a day care, she was living near St. Thomas and it was quite a distance from Willow 28 and Sprout. She visited a number of day care centers and said Willow and Sprout is magical. She 29 described the facility and commented on the wonderful teachers. Ms. Reddy stated her son was 30 prepared extremely well for kindergarten because of his excellent pre- school education and more 31 early childhood education is needed even if it is only for three students. 32 33 Mr. John Hodgkins, 3041 Harding Street NE, read a prepared statement regarding how children 34 should behave. He cited some examples of some incidents at the day care center and how they 35 were handled. He stated his wife teaches at Willow and Sprout and he thinks there should be 20 36 Willow and Sprouts. He supports the request for 3 additional students. 37 38 Ms. Tami Hodgkins, 3041 Harding Street NE, stated she is a neighbor and also a teacher at 39 Willow and Sprout. She is able to walk to work and very much appreciates that. She stated at the 40 Planning Commission Meeting, some things were brought up that they were not aware of They 41 observed the flow of traffic, desire to live well with the neighbors, and have come up with a few 42 things that they will ask of their parents to address the parking concerns. The plan is to ask 43 parents to park only on the cemetery side of the street. They will be asked not to make U -turns 44 on the street and to be more mindful of the neighbors and their properties. 45