Mifflin Street resident Michael Stluka witnessed the horror of the 2011 Mifflin Street Block Party, and he wants to make sure the stabbings, beatings, sex assaults and other lawless behavior don’t happen again.

“We need to get students more actively involved and turn it around to give it a positive community direction,” he says.

So Stluka, a 24-year-old economics major at Edgewood College, is working with police to put the Mifflin Resident Party Protection Plan in place.

Stluka is a member of the city group that has been devising a plan for this year’s Mifflin party, which usually takes place the first Saturday in May, and he came up with the idea of allowing residents to register their parties with the Madison Police Department. Those who register their parties will sign a contract agreeing to follow the rules, then they will exchange phone numbers with officers. If there’s a problem like music being played too loudly or too many people on a porch, the police will simply give the residents a call and ask them to handle it themselves.

Party registrants will also be given signs to post letting all comers know that if they haven’t been invited, they’re not welcome. If they’re having trouble getting rid of an unwanted guest, they can call the police and have them hauled off.