(a) Crossing guards under the supervision of the Transportation Department shall have the function and duty to carefully and with sound judgment, control and direct elementary school children in crossing streets at designated crossings and at designated times; to assist children traveling to and from school; to cooperate with school officials in enforcing school rules and regulations relating to the crossing of streets, and in instructing school children in elements of traffic safety; and to perform related work as required by the Department.
(b) In accordance with such policies as the Transportation Commission shall adopt, and subject to the availability of personnel, the General Manager shall designate school crossings where crossings guards shall be assigned and shall assign crossing guards to such places.
(c) Any school principal of an elementary school, through the school principal’s authorized designee, may request that the General Manager assign a Crossing guard to a specific location. Upon receiving such a request, the General Manager shall conduct an investigation to determine whether such as assignment is justified under the criteria established by the Transportation Commission. If the criteria are satisfied, and subject to the availability of personnel, the General Manager shall assign a Crossing guard to the requested location.
(1) If the General Manager is unable to make the required assignment, either because the criteria are not satisfied or because of lack of personnel, the General Manager shall give written notice thereof to the applicant who may, within twenty (20) days from receipt of said notice, file a written appeal with the Transportation Commission which shall thereafter, upon ten (10) days notice to the applicant conduct a hearing thereon. The Commission shall make a written determination with respect to the appeal. Copies thereof shall be transmitted forthwith to the applicant and to the General Manager. In the event the Commission concurs with the General Manager’s denial of assignment, the applicant may appeal the matter direct to the City Council in writing within ten (10) days from receipt of said notice of determination; provided, however, that if the Commission concurs in the applicant’s request and in its advisory capacity recommends assignment of a guard, the General Manager shall either make such assignment or within ten (10) days transmit the file direct to the City Council for its determination and notify the applicant thereof. Upon timely receipt of such an appeal, City Council may, upon the adoption of a resolution by two-thirds vote of the whole Council, direct the General Manager to assign a Crossing guard to the requested location; provided, however, that in the event the Council directs such an assignment, it shall provide the necessary additional personnel.
(2) When a crossing guard is assigned to a location pursuant to Council action, a Crossing guard shall remain assigned thereto during all days that the school in question is in session during said school year or until such time as the Council, by resolution, terminates the assignment.
SECTION HISTORY
Added by Ord. No. 151,832, Eff. 2-10-79, Oper. 2-25-79.
Amended by: Subsecs. (b) and (c), Ord. No. 172,021, Eff. 6-26-98.