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• Darrell Baumbach posted at 5:54 pm on Tue, Dec 11, 2012.

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  [thumbup] I'm looking forward to it's completion. great idea!

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• Simon Birch posted at 2:07 pm on Tue, Dec 11, 2012.

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  Ted: If you're interested, the Planning Commission packet is online (http://bit.ly/126bGCq) with a lot more information about the proposal. It's a bit of a hefty download (PDF) and you have to scroll to the bottom of the document to get to the St. Anne's info. I'll try to be more diligent about adding links to these documents with our online stories.

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• Ted Lauchland posted at 1:17 pm on Tue, Dec 11, 2012.

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  I think it is a great idea for St. Annes.

  I was also on the Land Use Committee at the county Farm Bureau for awhile and watched applications come across our desk for approval of schools and churches in placing themselves in the middle of farmland in order to expand their sites. It has led to making it further impossible to farm anywhere near them with no way to deal with the problems it created.

  You have my "Yes" vote.

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• Ted Lauchland posted at 12:47 pm on Tue, Dec 11, 2012.

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  It would be interesting to see the actual proposed plan but I will trust that to others. The security of children is better done on site than subjecting it to public streets.

  I have dealt with it at Lodi High School in the past involving out of town buses and an extra 2000 kids for a band review . When Lodi asked if we could take it to Hutchins Street Square and downtown 100 plus buses had to be accounted for. I had it planned out but parking on a public street would have been a nightmare. It didn't happen for many reasons

  Staggering arrival times would mean alot for traffic flows. I wish all schools would consider that option. Actual street changes in a neighborhood with neighbors would take time to get used to and would prove in time as to whether it was a good idea or not. Ownership would be all St. Annes'and it could provide more parking instead

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• Kevin Paglia posted at 9:06 am on Tue, Dec 11, 2012.

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  Jackson Scott:

  A couple of points:

  First. St Anne's isn't the only school with drop off and pick up problems. Try driving down Davis when Elkhorn is getting out. Larsen is a nightmare And I avoid Tokay at release time as well. I'm sure other schools are equally as bad.

  If you look at the traffic flow for the area, closing Walnut to through traffic MIGHT make things better. Cars can come down Pleasant Ave (one way) and turn left to Walnut without waiting for cross traffic.

  Second: as for the kids "running across" Walnut st. Have you ever worked as a crossing guard? I was "required " to volenteer to do so a few times and car drivers don't CARE if there are kids in the cross walk. Outside of mt volenteer time I was cycling down Century once and saw three cars in a row blow through the crosswalk with the crossing guard in it holding the kids back, out of the cars path.

  Finally I suspect the Harvest festival would be done on the new park setting.

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• Jackson Scott posted at 7:44 am on Tue, Dec 11, 2012.

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  Are you kidding me? The better question here might be, "Why are St Anne's students running across Walnut Street?" When they go to chapel are they not escorted by the teachers and staff through the crosswalk at Church Street?

  This is a horrible idea for two main reasons. 1) Fewer parking spaces, 2) Traffic flow before & after school.

  I suggest the planning commission and city council go to the school and watch the mess that is currently there before and after school as the kids are dropped off and picked up. It is ugly, basically a traffic mess. Then imagine what it will be like if you eliminate Walnut Street.

  Then I wonder what the plans look like? Park benches, walking paths, trees, etc. Where does the school plan on having their street closing Harvest Fair?

  I will be emailing or calling the Planning Commission and the City Council to voice my opposition.

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