Agenda - Council - 05/27/1997 - Laserfiche WebLink

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City a~nd County Government The city of Ramsey is a fast growing community. I would like to see more parks, bike trails, basketball courts, etc. Similar to Maple Grove. Improving area neighborhood parks, especially in middle income residences. Hopefully Mayor Hardin can correct these problems. My car and house have been broken into several times by unsupervised and irresponsible youth. Enforce curfews, operate an absolute so that kids know the difference between right and wrong. Promote families and community as much as possible (picnics, and events). We need to equip parent to adequately parent their children. We could also work together with local churches in developing healthy communities. l'd like to see a YMCA or a rec. center for the kids in Anoka. Chief Revering could care less. It seems like the kids have very little to do in this community that is of positive influence! Thus, they end up in trouble. I have personally tried to discuss this with our Chief of Police and he went off on me tike a raging maniac! Very sad. p.s. It seems the brass inlay and the marble that was purchased for our Government Center took precedence over our youth. When things become more important than children and teenagers t think it says a lot about our city. It's not good. How about a skate park like in Calif. Revering hits it off so well with Chief Gates (former L.A.P.D.) Even Gates saw the need to build constructive things for the youth of today who will be running Anoka someday! Anoka Coun~ child protection help practice #3 too! Get all the treatment centers and jails away from the elementary schools. More intense pro-active policing with youth at risk for deviant sub-cultural; alcohol/drugs; illegal activity. More emphasis in the responsibility for self and the community. True rewards are not material. I have been in r. his area over a year. I see kids skirting the law and basically knowing it. There are wa,/to many kids out of control. Amend the data privacy act on juveniles so that any inquiring police departments can check o,~ any juvenile's record or past history. Have the youth that get into trouble help out the victims on a Weekly basis. Get better youth and athletic programs in Ramsey. Example. we take our kids (for 2 yrs now) to Blaine to play soccer because Ramsey doesn't offer a decent 6 and under league. Same with hockey. The RYAA doesn't return calls and we rarely see any communication about sign-ups, leagues, etc. Nothing is ever in the "Ramsey Resident". My point is, healthy youth and healthy communities start early! ATOD Use Among Youth/Suicide & Depression * Smoking is a big concern to me.'l don't smoke, but I work with youth that don't know why they smoke. I am on them all of the time. Start with little things. They know I care about them. * Students who are well informed in all aspects of tobacco, drug and alcohol use are more likely not to use/abuse these products. * Constructive discipline, not just punishment. Tobacco use, looking at other ways when businesses are known to sell to minors. Parental lack of concern and responsibility and sense of neighborhoods. e Teen smoking it it's illegal to buy them it should be illegal to smoke them. Make a penalty for it. Crime committed by youth. Vandalism. We have been hit three times from March to November. Major damage was done to our house and cars during this time. Police took a report but as far as we know, nothing has been done. They got away with it and we got stuck with the bill. · Heavy penalties for drinking, sex and smoking. This is not for youth and parents who let their kids run not knowing what and where they are and above all, good Christian training. I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I