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HomeMy WebLinkAbout1980/07/21 - ADMIN - Minutes - City Council - Joint CITY COUNCIL - SCHOOL BOARD MEETING ST. LOUIS PARK, MINNESOTA July 21 , 1980 . 1 . Call to Order The joint meeting between the City Council and the School Board was called to order by Mayor McQuaid at 6:35 p.m. 2. Roll Call The following City Council members were present at roll call : Ron Backes John Ralles Lyle Hanks Phyllis McQuaid The following School Board members were also present at roll call : LaDonna Reynolds Ken Daniels Joyce Abramson Debbie Stern Jim Rhodes The Acting City Manager, Superintendent of Schools and the High School Principal were also present at the meeting. Councilman Martin arrived at 6:45; Councilman Meland arrived at 7:10. 3. Police School Liaison The High School Principal 'presented Program information concerning the need in high school for the Police School Liaison Program. He mentioned the particular need of the school for additional help in dealing with law enforcement problems. In response to a question from Councilman Ralles, the Principal explained that one of the responsibilities of the liai- son officer would be to teach students their legal responsibilities. In response to a question from Councilman Ralles, the Superintendent stated that the school would have a. need for the program only during the nine months in which school was in session. In response to a question from Mayor McQuaid, the Acting City Manager stated that it would be necessary to add an additional sworn officer to the Police force. In response to a question from John Ralles, the Acting City Manager stated that if the evaluation at the end of the first year of the program found that the program was not needed, it would probably not be necessary to lay off a police officer since there is usually enough turnover in the police force to integrate the police liaison officer into the regular force. -243- i Joint City Council/School Board Meeting Minutes, July 21 , 1980 The Superintendent and High School Principal explained that the police liaison officer would not be working in the elementary or junior high schools , but that the schools would attempt to continue the present program of having police officers come in on a periodic basis for educational purposes. In response to a question from Councilman Hanks, the High School Principal explained that the role of the administration in criminal investigations would remain the same. LaDonna Reynolds , Chairman of the School Board, explained that the Board had held preliminary discussions on the program, and there was a consensus to pay $17,000 towards the support of the program. 1 JI 2. Youth Diversion Program Mayor McQuaid suggested that possibly the profile of the police liaison 11 ►, officer could be changed to deal with some of the areas that were handled by the Youth Diversion Program. Councilman Hanks stated that he would like to see the Council and the School Board adopt the Police School Liaison Program and drop the Youth Diversion Program. -4011 Councilman Martin felt that it was important that there be good lines of communication between the Police Department and the School District and felt that the Police School Liaison Program would help to develop these lines of communication. t Following a general discussion of various aspects of both the Youth Diversion Program and the Police School Liaison Program, the Council appeared to reach a concensus that the Youth Diversion Program would • be dropped and that they would support the establishment of the Police School Liaison Program with the City supplying one-half of the funding. 3. Highway 12 Mayor McQuaid reported that she had met with representatives from MnDOT and saw no change in their position • on the Highway 12 layout plans. She stated that there was a possibility • that if the suburbs took a strong stand against the France Avenue inter- change that it may be considered by the Metro Council . The Acting City Manager stated that MnDOT had said that there was no need to have cities review the layout plans at this stage. • —244— r f s f I Ya Joint City Council/School Board Meeting Minutes , July 21 , 1980 Mayor McQuaid stated that she would attempt to meet again with MnDOT at a later time. 4. Community Education The Acting City Manager explained the City's budgetary process and the inte- gration of the Community Education budget into this process. He stated that the Council , when it con- sidered the Community Education budget in May, had expressed a desire to meet with the School Board and Policy Advisory Committee to dis • - cuss the role and future direction of Community Education in St. Louis Park. There was a general discussion when such a meeting could be held. The Acting City Manager stated he would try to schedule a meeting. 5. Adjournment The meeting was adjourned by Mayor McQuaid at 7:30 p.m. C. Phylli cQuaid, Mayor Attest: T//;7 1, Tim Madig n Recording Secretary -245-