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I�I�DEPEND�NT <br />�CHO�L <br />DISTRI�T 728 <br />ELK RIVER aTSEG�J R�GERS 21MMERMAN <br />Members of Elk River City Council, <br />1 15C� 193rd A�+�_ NW <br />��� ����ra r�� s���� <br />7C+����41.341'� <br />f���t����:4�:������,�f� <br />,�,��.������.�� <br />September 7, 2023 <br />Greetings! My name is Nicole Stottlemyre, and I am a Coordinator of Prevention and Safety for ISD <br />728. I am writing this letter on behalf of Principal Justin Sperling of Lincoln Elementary, Principal Kate <br />Loveland of Parker Elementary, Superintendent Dan Bittman, Assistant Superintendent Jamie Nord, <br />and the Prevention and Safety Team. We are writing to request the removal of a crosswalk on School <br />Street at Irving Avenue to help create safer routes to school for our students. <br />Currently, students walking to Lincoln and Parker Elementary Schools have the option to cross at four <br />crosswalks: School Street and Jackson Avenue, School Street and Irving Avenue, School Street and <br />Gates Avenue, and School Street and Freeport Avenue. However, as you are aware, only the <br />crosswalks at Jackson and Freeport Avenues are at controlled intersections. Students using the <br />crosswalks at Irving or Gates Avenues must do so with the assistance of adult crossing guards. In <br />recent years, the volume of traffic on School Street and the number of close-call incidents between <br />vehicles and student walkers/adult crossing guards have increased at these crosswalks, leading to <br />significant safety concerns. <br />We propose diverting all student walkers to the two controlled intersection crosswalks and the <br />crosswalk directly in front of Parker Elementary's main entrance at Gates Avenue. This would reduce <br />the number of students crossing the street where vehicles may not see or stop for a crossing guard, all <br />without requiring students to walk significantly further distances to get to school. We believe that the <br />most effective way to accomplish this is through the removal of the Irving Avenue crosswalk by the City <br />of Elk River. This crosswalk will no longer lead to the front entrance of Lincoln Elementary as it did in <br />the past as this entrance was relocated to Jackson Street during the Lincoln construction project. <br />We appreciate your time and hope that you will consider our request. Please feel free to reach out to <br />me if you have any questions. <br />Best regards, <br />� r ���, . <br />Nicole Stottlemyre <br />Office: (763) 241-3400 ext. 1259 <br />