Resident urges immediate child-safety fixes at Germantown Park after speeding, break-ins

Miss Mosteller told the Board of Mayor and Aldermen that speeding in her neighborhood — which borders Memphis — has been a chronic problem and that a city traffic study placed the area in the 80th percentile for speeding. She said recent vehicle break-ins and a large police response underscore the neighborhood’s safety concerns and urged the board to treat child safety at Germantown Park “with the seriousness it deserves.”

The mayor responded that staff would follow up and encouraged residents to attend transportation open houses the week of the 26th to give input on traffic-calming plans. He referenced a safe-streets grant for the city that he estimated at about $1.6 million; the packet and later staff remarks list a USDOT Safe Streets grant figure of $1,518,000. The mayor also asked the police chief to note the resident’s concerns and to follow up directly.

Mosteller criticized a staff-proposed 3–5 year program of painted traffic markings as insufficient for protecting children and contrasted episodic shoplifting with the risk of a child being struck by a vehicle. City staff and the mayor offered two near-term steps: outreach through the scheduled transportation open houses and follow-up from police and city staff. The transcript shows no formal board action or vote on immediate physical measures at the meeting.

What’s next: the city will hold transportation open houses the week of the 26th; staff and the police chief were asked to follow up with the resident who spoke. The packet shows the USDOT Safe Streets award listed as $1,518,000; the mayor also referenced a similar grant amount during his remarks.