Friends and Neighbors,
My family moved to Culver City around 1973.
For the first time in my recollection, the street curbs around Coombs Park are painted red to match the “No Parking at Anytime” signs.
Will the maintenance and upgrades to the neighborhood “red zones” make any difference to the number of violators around the Elenda Street complex of the Culver City Unified School District?
We can always hope it will make a difference.
However, I would rather put my faith in ENFORCEMENT, ENFORCEMENT and ENFORCEMENT.
I have received this Police Dept. response to the photos at :
http://10700blockfarragutdrparkingzone.shutterfly.com/1477#1407
(or http://10700blockfarragutdrparkingzone.shutterfly.com/1477#1439 )
“No doubt the violations will always continue at the HIGH SCHOOL due to high traffic volume and low parking availability. We will continue to extra patrol as manpower and time permits. Thanks for the update.”
I would ask that you continue to let the City Council, Culver City School Board and City Manager Lamont Ewell know that safety around the residential neighborhoods and schools should receive the highest priority.
If funding is an issue, city staff should investigate how to keep more than 15 percent of those citation monies in Culver City. Enforcing traffic regulations should be a non-issue.
The city should be moving full speed ahead to implement a version of the “Safe Routes to School” program.
Things like using the CCUSD Overland Adult School campus parking lot as a drop-off for the Child Development Center and Farragut Elementary School makes perfect sense to me as a way to quickly reduce vehicular traffic on Farragut Drive.
Please contact Culver City officials to let them know what a priority neighborhood safety is for you. The recent arrest of the young men for robbing the two CCHS students should serve as a wake-up call about deterrents.
Mr. Heyl may be contacted at john_heyl@sbcglobal.net