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Extracted from Consolidated Report
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Sutter County Grand Jury
• 2024-2025
Better Community Connections = Better Community Health
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Recommendations 7
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R1Page 63The Sutter County Grand Jury recommends the Sutter County Superintendent of Schools, the Yuba City Unified School District’s Governing Board, and the Franklin School District Board of Directors, adopt a formal and automated traffic incident reporting procedure with reporting automatically sent to and included in Yuba City Police Department’s and Sutter County Sheriff’s Office’s annual traffic incident reports by the start of the 2026-2027 school year.
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R2Page 63The Sutter County Grand Jury recommends that the Yuba City Council instruct the Yuba City Police Chief to increase enforcement of traffic and off- street parking violations along Butte House Road and Villa Avenue, bordering Tierra Buena Elementary School to the north and east respectively, that occur during the school’s drop-off and pick-up times. A warning may be first issued to parents of the school’s students, but traffic and parking violation enforcement should begin by the beginning of the 2025-2026 school year.
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R3Page 64The Sutter County Grand Jury recommends the Sutter County Superintendent of Schools, the Yuba City Unified School District’s Governing Board, and Franklin Elementary School District’s Board of Directors adopt a policy requiring all crossing guard employees, or volunteer crossing guards, undergo and maintain certified training for road crossings, including use of proper high-visibility vests and hand-signage, by the start of the 2025-2026 school year.
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R4Page 64The Sutter County Grand Jury recommends the Sutter County Board of Supervisors and Yuba City Council adhere to and update relevant local traffic codes to include standardized traffic signage for all schools, including upgrading low-visibility signs to solar powered flashing warning signs placed for oncoming traffic
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R5Page 64The Sutter County Grand Jury recommends the Board of Supervisors and the Yuba City Council to direct the Sutter County Development Services and Yuba City Public Works respectively, to update maintenance procedures for solar powered school traffic signs to include regular foliage trimming which blocks solar panels used for solar powered signs
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R6Page 64The Sutter County Grand Jury recommends that the Sutter County Superintendent of Schools and Yuba City Unified School District’s Governing Board apply for “Safe Routes to Schools” grant funds to promote student walking and biking commute to their respective schools.
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R7Page 64The Sutter County Grand Jury recommends that the Sutter County Board of Supervisors, and the Yuba City Council direct the Sutter County Development Services and Yuba City Public Works’ Director respectively, to conduct and complete “Blue Zone” studies for Yuba City Unified and Sutter County schools to improve community health surrounding those schools by January 2027.