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City Council Regular Meeting Minutes <br />July 25, 2005 <br />Page 4 <br />2 Ms. Hagen, 3417 33 s Avenue; With,the identification of the vulnerability with the front door, and some <br />3 suggested solutions to thisrp oblem, in the interim what steps have been taken for childcare door to be <br />4 open`? <br />10 <br />11 <br />12 <br />13 <br />14 <br />15 <br />16 <br />17 <br />18 <br />19 <br />20 <br />21. <br />22 <br />23 <br />24 <br />25 <br />26 <br />27 <br />28 <br />29 <br />30 <br />31 <br />32 <br />33 <br />34 <br />35 <br />36 <br />37 <br />38 <br />39 <br />40 <br />41 <br />42 <br />43 <br />44 <br />45 <br />46 <br />47 <br />Council member Thuesen indicated that with the events that have occurred it has not changed the way <br />daycare has conducted business. The daycare has always had security checks in place. Staff never lets <br />children down to the restroom alone, there is always a group. This is an issue that staff at the daycare <br />has talked about and addressed. <br />Ms. Hagen indiiicated some day care centers have ked fobs_Is_this somcthin- to consider? <br />Councilm ember Thuesen indicated that he would let the director know of these suggestions. <br />Mayor Faust reinforced the issue that this incident was an unsupervised child. <br />Julianna Weekhmd; Always thought of this place as a safe have__I�ick utmy�un er child at childcare <br />center and my older child comes here from school_ Is this a safe place for nit Ceeuq chilcl__to come <br />after school and do her homework? <br />Captain Ohl stated St. Anthony is a first ring suburb of Minneapolis, safe place to be that is question for <br />you to answer. With the police department in this facility it also brings in bad guys. We have bad guys <br />visiting the police department Does that make the Community Center a bad place to be because of he <br />proximity of the police department. He would hope not Residents need to remember to riot completely <br />let their guard down on safety. <br />John Mondoti, 3420 fligherest Road; he olice department cannot do it all. The residents are the eyes <br />and ears for the iolice.dei)artment,.. He encotuged residents_ to be vigilant and report any suspicious <br />activi�to lute police depau_tm_e_nt. <br />Captain Ohl stated that he continually hews that residents didn't want to bother the police department. <br />Ile stated that the police department loves those calls and encouraged residents to make the call. <br />Martin Lunde, 3425 33`u Avenue; What is the percentage of additional. calls for service with the <br />redevelopment of Apache? <br />Captain Ohl stated that he didn't have the statistics complete. IIe believes there will be an increase of <br />calls because anytime you bring in more businesses and people. But he would be naive not to think that <br />there would be an increase. <br />Carol Jindra, 3001 Hilldalc, Stated that she rew up in St. Anthony and then built a house in St <br />Anthony. She indicated that criminals did not want to come to St. Anthony. While beine on theup rks <br />commission they studied thank system and placed the skate park in the location by the police <br />department. She would like to see the officers more accessible? <br />Captain Ohl indicated that with the recent survey that St. Anthony rated very high with residents <br />knowing police officers names. <br />21 <br />