2022-05-03 CC Agenda - Public Communication - Misc2022-05-03 CC AGENDA
PUBLIC COMMUNICATION - MISC
Harada, Patricia
From: Weaver, Tracy (City Clerk)
Sent: Wednesday, April 20, 2022 11:10 AM
To: *ALL CITY CLERKS
Subject: Fwd: Car Accidents/Student safety
Council received email below.
-Tra cy
Sent from my iPhone
Begin forwarded message:
From: "Nikia A. Gonzales" <nikia.gonzales@gmail.com>
Date: April 20, 2022 at 10:16:51 AM PDT
To: ALL ELECTED OFFICIALS <ALLELECTEDOFFICIALS@elsegundo.org>
Cc: Adam Wright <awright@esusd.net>, "Bermudez, Jaime (Chief of Police)"
<JBermudez@elsegundo.org>, "Corkins, Aaron (Lieutenant)" <acorkins@elsegundo.org>, Jill Puffer
<jillpuffer05@hotmail.com>, Martha Monahan <mmonahan@esusd.net>, Tmiller-
zarneke@esusd.kl2.ca.us, gfl90244@gmail.com
Subject: Fwd: FW: Car Accidents/Student safety
Good Morning,
am writing today in regards to the slew of accidents we have been having on Grand Avenue in El
Segundo and the surrounding areas of the ES Middle School and Center Street School.
If you scroll below you will see 4 snap shots of accidents that that happened between February and
March 2022. Last week on April 13th and 14th there were two more accidents that occurred, one was a
fender bender and the other was a child/pedestrian that was struck by a vehicle. Now this morning April
20, 2022 1 witnessed another child heading to the middle school getting hit by a car on Grand Avenue
and Maryland which I reported to the school and to the police department.
This is a total of 7 accidents in 3 months. Everyone from the Principals at Center Street, El Segundo
Middle Schools, School Board and the El Segundo police department are aware of this and apparently
nothing can be done unless city council is aware of the problems which I'm pretty sure you are aware of
since everyone has most likely driven around this area to pick up their child from school at some point.
The areas of major concern for our students and community during school hours are Grand Ave and
Center Street, Grand Ave and Maryland, Center Street and Pine Ave, California & Street and Mariposa
Ave. The major concern for all other parts of the day would be Grand Ave and Maryland which 6 of the
seven accidents I've talked about have happened since February 15th, 2022.
My biggest fear of a person getting hit happened before my eyes this morning and fortunately it was a
major injury involved however At this point I'm foreseeing a death happening because this problem will
not fix itself. I'm concerned as a driver as well that eventually I may hit someone due to all this chaos.
This is not a fluke, this is a serious situation that needs to be handled and fixed immediately.
Please help... I just don't want to have to wait until the next city council meeting in May to discuss this
issue.
Thank You!
Concerned Resident/Parent/Pedestrian/Driver
Nikia Gonzales
323-506-8824
---------- Forwarded message ---------
From: Bermudez, Jaime (Chief of Police) <JBermudez@elsegundo.org>
Date: Thu, Mar 17, 2022 at 3:40 PM
Subject: FW: Car Accidents
To: nikia.gonzales@gmaii.com <nikia.gonzales@gmail.com>
CC: Sassoon, Elias <esassoon@elsegundo.org>
Hello Nikia-
My name is Jaime Bermudez and I am the police chief. Your email below was forwarded to me
by Mr. Elias Sassoon. I read your email and I share your concerns. I will be speaking to the
supervisor in charge of our Traffic Division and he will contact you to discuss possible actions by
next week.
In the meantime, this information will be forwarded for extra patrol of the area.
Thank you,
Jaime Bermudez I Chief of Police
El Segundo Police Department
348 Main Street . El Segundo, CA 90245
310-524-2280 Office
JoinESPD.com
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From: Nikia A. Gonzales <nikia.gonzales@Rmail.com>
Sent: Thursday, March 17, 2022 12:15 PM
To: Sassoon, Elias <esassoon@elsegundo.or >
Subject: Car Accidents
Hello Mr Sassoon,
I'm reaching out today in regards to the four accidents that have happened on the corner of Grand and
Maryland (hilltop park area). As of February 15th 2022 there as been four car accidents which have
occurred between 10pm-12am. This is very concerning because we know (for a fact) one of the four
accidents involved the driver to be under the influence of drugs or alcohol. Based on the time of the
night these accidents are occurring it leads me to believe these are all DUI cases. I live at 901 East Grand
and each of these accidents have been feet away from my home, and have caused damage to parked
vehicles. I am frequently walking my dog at this time of night and I'm concerned the next accident will
cause a pedestrian to be caught in the crossfire. This has been going on for years and I addressed this
issue with city council in 2015 and nothing has been changed. Now it has gotten worse.
What can we do to remedy this issue? Are you the correct person to speak to or could you refer me to
someone who can help. Thank you and I look forward to hearing from you.
Best regards,
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