CC - Item 4D - Request from Rosemead School District for installation of drug free zone signs - Internal Files Box 069l�
TO: HONORABLE MAYOR
AND MEMBERS
ROSEMEAD CITY COUNCIL
FROM: FRANK G. TRIPEPI, CITY MANAGER
DATE: SEPTEMBER 5, 1996
RE: REQUEST FROM ROSEMEAD SCHOOL DISTRICT FOR INSTALLATION OF
DRUG FREE ZONE SIGNS
Attached is a letter from Char Girard, D.A.T.E. Coordinator for the Rosemead School District
requesting that the City install eighty (80) "Drug Free Zone" signs at various locations throughout
the community. The requested signage is an integral part of the District's Drug, Alcohol and
Tobacco Education (D.A.T.E.) Advisory Committee recommendation to form Drug Free Zones
throughout the City. The Zones will serve as a catalyst for gaining attention and commitment
throughout the community for local drug abuse prevention programs. Specifically, the District is
requesting that the City purchase and install eighty (80) triangular signs on existing street light and
sign poles throughout the City. Staff estimates that the cost of installing the requested signage will
not exceed $50.00 per sign.
RECOMMENDATION:
It is requested that the City Council approve the request by the Rosemead School District for the
purchase and installation of eighty (80) Drug Free Zone signs at various locations throughout the
City.
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COUNCIL AGENDA
SEP 10 1996
ITEM No.
3640 NORTH RIO HONDO AVE., ROSEMEAD
ROBERT D. HANSEN, Ed.D.. Superintendent
JULIE FRIESE. Assistant Superintendent, Educational Services
RICH YODITES, Business Manager
August 26, 1996
Rosemead City Council
8838 Valley Blvd.
Rosemead, CA 91770
Honorable City Council of Rosemead:
CALIFORNIA 91770
(818) 443 -0173
FAX (818) 443 -7470
BOARD OF TRUSTEES
RANDALL CANTRELL
ROBERT HARRIS
DAVID LEONG
GARY METZ
MELISSA OKAMURO
The ,Drug, Alcohol, Tobacco Education (D.A.T.E.) Advisory Committee from the
Rosemead School District has been working since 1992 to establish Drug Free Zones
within the City of Rosemead. A Drug Free Zone is designed to prevent juvenile drug
use and reduce drug trafficking and violent crime in areas where youth congregate.
The zones establish areas where youth can be safa and drug free.
A Drug Free Zone is defined as a geographic area around a school (1;000 foot
radius), a park or any area where youth congregate (100 foot radius). The zones
are meant to protect youth from the sale of controlled substances. One of the main
strategies of a Drug Free Zone is to enforce increased penalties for a number of drug -
related activities within the zone.
Why establish Drug Free Zones?
• To use the zones as a catalyst for gaining the attention and commitment of
families, schools, law enforcement, business and community organizations.
• For broader prevention programs.
• To discourage the trafficking of narcotics by advertising the enhanced
penalty.
As a prevention strategy the Drug Free Zone. program will bring people and agencies
together to implement awareness, prevention and intervention activities. The Drug
Free Zones will help create a focused collaborative effort within the community to
address the factors that contribute to alcohol and other drug use by the
community's youth.
The D.A.T.E. Advisory Committee requests funding to purchase and install Drug Free
Zone signs around all public schools, parks, community centers, the Boys and Girls Club
and the video arcade. The cost of this project will be approximately $50 per sign
installed with an initial need of approximately 80 signs.
The D.A.T.E. Advisory Committee requests the support of the Rosemead City Council in
making our community a safer place to live, work and play by adopting a resolution
creating Drug Free Zones within the city and approving appropriation of the needed
funds to purchase the Drug Free Zone signs.
Sincerely,
Char Girard
D.A.T.E. Coordinator
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