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<br />5 Minutes <br /> <br />CASE 416: <br /> <br />REQUEST FOR . SPECIAL SIGNIN3 <br />IN EAST AD'IUMN HEIGHI'S <br />By: Mike Auspos, Police Olief <br /> <br />Background: <br /> <br />Mrs. Peggy Perkins, 8353 - 168th Lane N.W., has requested that a special sign <br />be erected in her neighborhood to warn motorists of a child, her four year old <br />son, who has a handicap that could put him in jeop:3.rdy while moving about the <br />streets in the area. Her son suffered a stroke and as a result he now wears a <br />hearing aid and, most significantly, he has a very slow reaction time when <br />confronted with a need for a response. Not only are his reaction times slowed <br />when he would need to avoid an oncoming vehiCle, but he could decide to cross a <br />street when a car is in fact a safe distance {;May and by the time he reacts to <br />begin his crossing, the vehicle may have closed to the point to be a hazard to <br />him. <br /> <br />The perkins' home is in East Autumn Heights and there is only one street <br />leading into the area, fran Armstrong Boulevard N.W. <br /> <br />Recommendation: <br /> <br />The City should erect, on 167th Lane N. W., just east of Armstrong Boulevard <br />N.W., a warning sign to denote the presence of a handicapped, or deaf, child. <br />(be sign facing traffic coming into the area would suffice since motorists can <br />only be in the area by comirig off Armstrong Boulevard N.W. <br /> <br />Fr€C1uently we are asked to put up signs denoting "Children Playing" or "Caution <br />-children". These are only effective as reminders to motorists who care and <br />are usually unnecessary anyway since most drivers are well aware that children <br />exist and do live in homes which are adjacent to streets. In this case, <br />hCMever, the sign would serve to alert a motorist to the possibility that a <br />child may react in a totally une}.pected fashion and to be pre:pared. <br /> <br /> <br />Review Checklist: <br /> <br />~ini&r&or ~ <br />Attorney <br />Engineer <br />Community Developnent Director <br /> <br />Chief of Pol ice <br />Finance Officer <br />Public Works Superintendent <br />Otherh <br />l <br /> <br />e~ <br />