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Session 1774 <br />February 7, 2000 <br /> <br />is a problem and she knows that there is national standards, but she does not want to <br />come back and report to Council that one of their children was hit by a car. They have <br />worked very hard to come up with some solutions. It is very important to all the parents <br />and neighbors that Council considers them and approves them. <br /> <br />John Sabraw, 7454 Washington, thanked the Council for being prudent in seeing that <br />children at play signs are important. A couple of stop signs at the West Point connection <br />are also good. At the very least, a reduction in speed to 20 mph would be very helpful. He <br />also added that there is 23 children on their street, which has to be more than what is <br />playing at Flynn or Taylor park, He does not believe the residents are asking for anything <br />out of proportion to the situation. <br /> <br />Tom Proost, 7481 Washington, said that the only thing that he wanted to add was that <br />there was a petition passed around on their block. Everyone on the block signed it, even <br />people without children, which reflects that everyone feels there is a problem. There was <br />not a unanimous decision on what the solution should be, but all agree there is a problem. <br /> <br />Therese Macan, 7465 Washington, thanked the Council for listening to the block's concern <br />this evening. Her son goes to Flynn Park school and has to walk to school. Some means <br />of crosswalk for them as they go and come to school would be very helpful. <br /> <br />Mr. Wagner said that he appreciates the neighbors from Washington being here and noted <br />that this was an important part of the democratic process. He understands that they have <br />taken a lot of their time to deal with this issue. He and Mr. Lieberman fully agree with <br />their concerns. It is a very dangerous situation. He believes that the four measures that <br />are coming out of this will help this situation. If we haven't done enough, he told the <br />neighbors to come back and more will be done. The Council's intent is to solve the <br />problem. <br /> <br />Responding to Mr. Munkel, Mr. Ollendortf can't remember any U. City children being hit by <br />cars in recent years. The City has received numerous awards from the Auto Club for <br />pedestrian safety in the city - he believes 19 out of the last 20 years. Mr. Munkel would <br />Pike to see an official report on the subject. He continued saying that this was very much <br />like an issue that occurred on his street, Gannon. Gannon is one block west of Hanley, it <br />goes down hill and it is an alternate snow route. They have an unusual intersection at the <br />base of the hill and a stop sign was not there for a long period of time. It did not make <br />sense for cars to turn the corner without stopping. He thinks this is an acceptable <br />application of a stop sign, but he does not think that stop signs should be placed in the <br />middle of blocks. He asked the historians on the Council why Teasdale was dosed off. He <br />guesses that the same problem occurred on Teasdale. If we restrict right turns also on <br />Washington, then the problem will move down to Stratford and so on and so on. He <br /> <br />8 <br /> <br /> <br />