32.Request for Crossing Guard Supervision - Ennerdale Road and Holmesdale Road

  Staff Inspector, Community Policing Support Unit, Toronto Police

(February 16, 1998)

 AAt your request, a traffic study was conducted at the above mentioned location. The conditions observed during the study indicate that school crossing guard supervision is not warranted. The relevant observations are:

 children have minimal involvement with motor vehicle traffic;

 accident reports covering the past 24 months for the location indicate there were not accidents involving elementary school children;

 radar checks show that speeding is not a problem;

 the elementary school children who crossed did not appear to experience difficulty in crossing;

 traffic control provides adequate assistance for the children to cross safely;

 the majority of elementary school children were escorted by an adult.

 We have enclosed a copy of the School Guard Site Evaluation Program, Policy Criteria and Procedure.

 Should you require a meeting or want to discuss this information further, please contact the School Survey Section, Community Policing Support Unit at 808-7050.@

 (The above-mentioned attachment is on file in the Clerk=s Office, York Civic Service Centre.)

 (Ref. Clause No. 160 embodied in Report No. 20 of the Works and Parks Committee meeting held on Novemember 4, 1996 which was adopted by the former City of York Council at its meeting held on November 13, 1996.)