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Parker parent asks council to consider restricting where violent predators can live near school
Summary
During public comment at the Feb. 3 Parker Town Council meeting, Shelly Blair, a parent and school accountability committee president, asked the council to agendize discussion about limiting where violent predators may live after being notified one moved within less than half a mile of Cherokee Trail Elementary.
Shelly Blair, president of the Cherokee Trail Elementary School accountability committee, asked the Parker Town Council on Feb. 3 to agendize consideration of a restriction on how close people classified as violent predators may live to the school.
Blair told the council she and other parents received a timely notification from the Parker Police Department and that the notice — shared on social media and with the school — surprised many in the neighborhood because, she said, there are currently no local residency restrictions for violent predators. She said she reviewed state websites and boards and believes those sources indicate the town could set such a restriction, and asked the council to place the issue on a future agenda for discussion and possible action.
Blair thanked the Parker Police Department for the notification and described the classification as a serious one. "I just really hope that the council will consider taking action on this, in the future," she said. She added that other parents who could not attend hold similar concerns.
Under council rules read before the public-comment period, the council did not engage in dialog with Blair during her remarks. No council member indicated on the record at the meeting that the item would be added to a future agenda, and no formal motion or direction to staff was made during the meeting.
The comments were made during the meeting's public-comment period, which the mayor said is limited to 30 minutes total with a maximum of three minutes per speaker. Because the council did not take formal action at the meeting, any change to local residency rules would require a future agenda item and subsequent council consideration.
