HomeMy WebLinkAbout12 13 2012 CSAC MinutesCommunity Safety Advisory Committee
December 13, 2012 Meeting Minutes
Attending: Pat Dougherty (Chair), Linda Ringstad (Vice Chair), Gina Gertner, Betsy Jader, Rachel
Pearson, Janine Alcorn, Woody Spitzmueller, PLPD Randy Hofstad, Councilor Ken Hedberg
Absent: None
Meeting called to order at 4:10 pm by Pat.
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October meeting minutes were reviewed. Motion to approve by Linda, 2 Betsy; approval unanimous.
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Approval of Agenda: - motion Gina, 2 Woody, approval unanimous
No presentations or public hearings.
Old business:
1.Discussed the committee presentation to the council workshop prior to 26 November city council
meeting. Gina, Betsy, Rachel and Janine (and Ken) attended the workshop. Primary feedback which
surfaced was council/staff action relating to the MN Hwy 13 trail objective. This issue was surfaced
as objective by several other committees or groups. Council has directed staff to undertake a
preliminary study of the trail routing/cost which is to be discussed at a meeting planned on
December 20 2012 at 4:30P at city hall. Woody Spitzmueller was elected by committee vote to
represent the CSAC at that meeting.
2.The committee will request that a copy of the ppt material used for the workshop presentation be
made available by Mike Peterson. The Hwy 13 trail issue was also surfaced by the Traffic Safety
Committee, the planning commission and public works.
3.The committee discussed potential changes in the committee annual reporting. Ken Hedberg
suggested that separate reporting of goals and objectives may be beneficial. Potentially reporting
goals/objectives at mid year and accomplishments at year end would engage the council on
committee/commission issues surfaced.
4.Other workshop discussion related to high school issues like safe driving behavior.
5.To pursue school health and safety issues a sub committee was formed to resolve possible
committee actions in this area. Sub committee will include Janine, Rachel, Betsy, Gina and Linda.
Sub group will include school officials in the final resolution of issues which will be formally
addressed by the CSAC. Rachel advised the committee that she participates in a weekly meeting of
all school leadership. She will get a list of these individuals. She will also advise the weekly
assembly of our plans and also advise of the traffic enforcement focus which Randy reported under
new business (see below).
New business:
1.Randy reported that Scott County has ‘escaped’ from the deadliest MN counties list which is focus
of Toward Zero Death funding in our state. Scott Cty traffic related fatalities dropped below the
threshold for participation in the program during 2013.
2.Randy also reported that PLPD Officer Brad Cragoe was promoted to the position of Sgt. CSAC
was represented by Woody Spitzmueller on the selection pane. The panel did rate Brad the best
qualified of the applicant’s who interviewed for the position.
3.The committee discussed more active participation in the community Nite 2 Unite (of formerly
Neighborhood Night Out). Betsy mentioned encouraging broad community participation in the Safe
Net and Code Red programs. Randy discussed the Code Red program which offers instant
community alerts for a variety of reasons. These could include weather, criminal activity, missing
persons and others. The committee could prepare materials to encourage residents to ‘opt in’ the
program which can be accomplished via the city web site.
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Move to adjourn meeting: Linda, 2 Janine, unanimous, Meeting adjourned at 5:25 PM.