Watch Channel 4 news this Sunday! Possible special DIMENSION, this Sunday night, February 6th 10:00 p.m. on Pedestrian Crosswalk Safety.

---------------meeting notes from 2/02/00

New Event date set- May 8th, Monday, to help people do final preparations and hand out flyers on the parkway over the weekend

Two Locations:
29th and West River Parkway- signed crosswalk
36 th and West River Parkway- stopsign and crosswalk

Time 3:30 - 6:30 pm-------

--------------Planning meeting schedule set for next 3 months:

All meetings until further notice scheduled at Brackett Park building 7-9 pm, 2728 39th Ave South. March 22nd 2000- planned Roundtable discussion with Safewalk St. Paul group at the Transit for Livable Communites office: 624 Selby Ave in St. Paul (TLC)

Schedule:

Feb 15th Tuesday 7-9 pm Brackett- workgroups/committee meeting
Feb 29th Tuesday 7-9 pm Brackett- open committee meeting

Mar 14th Tuesday 7-9 pm Brackett- workgroups/committee meeting
Mar 21st Tuesday 7-9 pm Brackett- open committee meeting
------------March 22nd 2000 Roundtable discussion  Safewalk St. Paul 

Apr 4th Tuesday 7-9 pm Brackett- workgroups/committee meeting
Apr 18th Tuesday 7-9 pm Brackett- open committee meeting

May 2nd Tueday 7-9 pm Brackett- final preparation meeting
May 4th Thursday intersection leaders training- site dry run
May 6th and 7th:  flyer pedestrians and neighborhood for Monday event
May 8th, Monday 3:30-6:30 pm Safety EVENT

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New ideas:  

1.get school safety patrols involved to use their flags to stop cars for pedestrians at the crosswalk intersections- call them "Crossing Guards"

2. Ask for donation of yellow flashing warning lights and /or large warning sign to slow traffic down before intersections each way ( contact Eric Johnson 612 277-4753 special traffic sign company)

3. Schedule Mpls speed wagon for that day.

4. Provide flyer inserts for neighborhood churches on Sunday May 7th

5. Attend River Gorge meeting to invite participation/coordination

6. Ask city council members to declare May 8th Pedestrian Safety Day- move it through the council.

7. Flyer 2 blocks or more each side of intersection the week before

8. Invite Seward community participation

9. Get event on block club leaders agenda's

10. Organize video presentations one night on safewalk St. Paul.. review media coverage and angles.

11. Time is short- we need MORE people involved NOW- to get things done and to form working groups

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Please join us 7-9 pm at the Brackett Park building, 2728 39th Ave South

For more information, or to volunteer, you may contact Mark Stanley at 612 722-2076 or reach him preferably at marks@4insight.com via email. You can also reach Larry Hiscock , community organizer, at the LCC office, 612 722-4529, if you have any other questions.

Traffic Calming & Pedestrian Web Links

Longfellow Community Council website

1/11/00 First Meeting

2/02/00 Second Meeting

2/15/00 Third Meeting

Please return here for more links and updated information as the planning progresses....