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those tax exempt bonds. Mr. Rebholz stated that three real estate brokers told him he has lost 830,000 to $45,000 on the value of his house because of this situation. He indicated he complained about the dust, that staff told him something would be done about it, but action was never taken. He stated his pool sweep and filter must be on 8-12 hours a day and an acid wash is needed. He presented pictures to Council of the situation behind him. Mayor Mercer stated that if a report on this matter could be ready by next Council Meeting or before perhaps a letter could be drafted to Mr. Rebholz concerning the part of the plan that covered visibility into his back yard. Mr. Drew Hughes, 6311 Shorewood Court, stated he is a concerned citizen for the Donlon School. He distributed copies to the Council of a prepared statement refer- ring to vandalism that has occurred at the Donlon Elementary School. He stated that most of the damage has occurred between 4:00 P.M., and midnight seven days a week. He stated Council support is needed, they would like to have the Police Department make a random check of the campus. When citizens to call in noting problems on the campus, Mr. Hughes asked that a response be made as quickly as possible. Ms. Carolyn Prevo, Teaching Staff Representative, spoke on the matter of fires, broken glass, smoking, and vandalism having been a problem for many years at Donlon School. He indicated that many incidents happen right outside her classroom, how- ever, she does not take any action because she is scared to death of the kids. She suggested that the school needs to be patrolled more. She stated it is a difficult school to patrol, having a huge lot with three buildings with many nooks and being located at least one half block away f~om the street. The children can see the police as they turn into the driveway. She felt the police should be more visible on Dorman Road. Ms. Caro!3~ Jennings, neighborhood representative, spoke to the Council about this matter. She indicated confusing responses from the police department has caused her real concern. She stated the initial investigation into the arson was handled by a detective who was very helpful. She stated she called the police department to get some general responses about what could be done to make it more accessible for the police to catch these children. A police department detective called her back, and after discussing her reasons for calling, he proceeded to lecture her on community involvement, to patrol the school by walk thrus, observing behavior, calling the police, make citizens arrest, be very concerned, have an activist group, and that he would be glad to come and to speak to them and give them some pointers. She stated the detective indicated that they do not consider these things top priority. She asked what were the police department response times on emergencies and non-emergen- cies. The detective answered that on emergencies response time was 3.6 minutes and on non-emergencies it was 6 minutes. She stated that she personally was aware that two night ago several people had called the police department and no one had shown up in twenty minutes. She asked if the school could be posted as "no trespassing after dark", or "unless accompanied by an adult". The police detective became very upset telling her it was not a very intelligent thing to say because they would not be able to police that. She felt the detective does not'have a good rapport with the public. She feels that as a citizen she deserves a certain amount of respect from the police department which she does not feel she got in this conversation. At the end of the conversation the police officer finally agreed to patrol around the school for a one week period, which ended last Friday, in conjunction with the district having a temporary security guard on and off the campus at irregular hours to see if that would help. Patrol was increased and it has helped to a certain de- gree. She stated they would like something swift and sure and with consequences to be done. The detective asked Mrs. Jennings to call him after the week was up. DuPing this conversation the police detective told her she has a personality problem, that he had never had communication problems with anyone before. She asked him to check response time during the last three to four weeks. He indicated he could not do that 4. 7/10/84