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Home My WebLink AboutMINUTES - 02231993 - 1.109 TO: BOARD OF SUPERVISORS FROM: Phil Batchelor, County Administrator DATE: February 23, 1993 SUBJECT: Board Referral Dated September 8, 1992, Regarding Volunteer Program for Adult Crossing Guards SPECIFIC REQUEST(S) OR RECOMMENDATION(S) &BACKGROUND AND JUSTIFICATION I. Recommended Action: AUTHORIZE the Chair of Board of Supervisors to send a letter to the school boards within the County with paid adult crossing guards encouraging them to establish a volunteer program for the crossing guards and to also use junior safety patrols wherever possible. II. Financial Impact: Establishing a volunteer crossing guard program and a junior safety patrol could save the County a significant amount of money. III. Reasons for Recommendations and Background: The Board of Supervisors established a policy on school crossing protection in April 1979. This policy details various methods to provide safe passage of children to school. One of the methods covered is adult crossing guards. The policy outlines the requirements for use of an adult crossing guard. The County has been funding the crossing guards, however, the school districts administer the program through a formal agreement with the County. The County currently funds five crossing guards at a cost to the General Fund of approximately $60;643: These guards are used by the Oakley Unified School District on Hwy 4 at Bolton Road and on O'Hara Avenue at Francisco Villa, by the Richmond Unified School District on Arlington Avenue at Rincon Road and on San Pablo Dam Road at May Road and by the Martinez Unified School District on Pacheco Boulevard at Camino De Sol. Continued on Attachment: ,/ SIGNATURE: ` _ RECOMMENDATION OF COUNTY ADMINISTRATOR _ RECOMMENDATION OF BOARD COMMITTEE APPROVE OTHER SIGNATURE(S): ACTION OF BOARD ON k B 2 3 1993 APPROVED AS RECOMMENDED OTHER_ VOTE.OF SUPERVISORS ✓ UNANIMOUS (ABSENT L ) AYES: NOES: ABSENT: ABSTAIN: I hereby certify that this is a true and correct copy �Q PM:glo an action taken and entered on the minutes of the c:traffic\BOguard.tt 9oard of SuperypsEargon the dae shown. Orig. Div: Public Works (RE) :ATTESTED: 3 1993 Contact: Patricia McNamee (313-2393) PHIL BATCHELOR,Clerk of the Board cc: County Counsel of Supervisors and County Administrator Risk Management County Administrator By ,_ _ 'Deputy ADULT CROSSING GUARDS PAGE TWO Due to the County's current financial limitations, the Board of Supervisors requested the County Administrator and the Public Works Director to explore ways to replace paid crossing guards with volunteers. The staff of the County Administrator, Public Works, County Counsel and Risk Management met to discuss the use of volunteers and unanimously agreed to recommend that the Board send a letter to local school districts encouraging the school districts to replace paid crossing guards with volunteers and that the school districts continue to administer the Crossing Guard Program. The County will continue to assist the school districts by installing warning signs and markings where appropriate on the school's suggested routes to schools. IV. Consequences of Negative Action: If the County does not establish volunteer crossing guards the cost for the existing and any future warranted crossing guards will continue to impact the County budget. IL• Phil Batchelor T. V. hoard of Supervisors Contra Clerk of the Board and Cot:.pty Administration Building � tCounty Administrator Costa 651 Pine St., Room 106 V (510)646-2371 Martinez, California 94553 County Tom Powers,1st District Jeff Smith,2nd District y Gayle Bishop,3rd District rr _ �• Sunne Wright McPeak,4th District Tom Torlakson,5th District n - x�f�":',:".::..... February 23, 1993 ST4 COl'hT School Districts Dear School Board, As I 'm sure you are aware, the Board of Supervisors have been struggling with a serious budget crisis . We have looked very closely at all the programs we fund to determine where we can reduce or eliminate the dependence on our General Fund account. In 1979 , the Board adopted a School Crossing Protection Program to set policies for the joint cooperation of the school districts and the County to provide safe passage of school children to the schools . As part of that program we established guidelines for the use of adult crossing guards . The County has paid the cost of these guards while the school districts have administered the program. We are now in a position that we can no longer continue to fund these crossing guards . We would like to work with the School districts to establish volunteer crossing guards or junior safety patrols for the next school year. We expect that the school districts will continue to administer the programs . We will continue to assist the school districts by installing signs and markings where appropriate along the school 's suggested routes to school. Please advise us how we can be of assistance in establishing volunteer programs for the crossing guards . Very truly yours, Tom Torlakson Chair, Board of Supervisors District 5 LB:co cc: County Administrator County Counsel Public Works Phil Batchelor R�p 'Soard of Superv*rs Contra 0 Clerk of the Board and County Administration Building and 651 Pine St., Room 106 Costa County(510)646-2371 Martinez, California 94553 County Tom Powers.1st District Jeff Smith.2nd District Gayle Bishop.3rd District Sunne Wright McPeak 4th District Tom Torlakson.5th District March 31, 1993 M, ous Mr. Charles Humbert Superintendent Byron Unified School District 14401 Byron Highway Byron, CA 9451 Dear Mr. /1?1�bert: As I'm sure you are aware, the Board of Supervisors have been struggling with a serious budget crisis. We have looked very closely at all the programs we fund to determine where we can reduce or eliminate the dependence on our General Fund account. In 1979, the Board adopted a School Crossing Protection Program to set policies for the joint cooperation of the school districts and the County to provide safe passage of school children to the schools. As part of that program we established guidelines for the use of adult crossing guards. The County has paid the cost of these guards while the school districts have administered the program. We are now in a position that we can no longer continue to fund these crossing guards. We would like to work with the School districts to establish volunteer crossing guards or junior safety patrols for the next school year. We expect that the school districts will continue to administer the programs. We will continue to assist the school districts by installing signs and markings where appropriate along the school's suggested routes to school. Please advise us how we can be of assistance in establishing volunteer programs for the crossing guards. Very truly yours, Aw Tom Torlakson, Chair Board of Supervisors District 5 TT:LB:CO CC: County Administrator County Counsel Public Works