1300 Block of Kains Avenue

Minutes for March 2009

Jun 01, 2009

Corrections to the Minutes: None.

New officers: Suzy has volunteered to be our new treasurer. David has volunteered to be our new website coordinator. David also volunteered to take over John?’s Disaster Preparation Database. David is now in the process of updating our neighborhood website.

Treasurer?’s report: The treasury balance is $487.

Dues payment report: Sandy collected a total of $144 from four households.

Berkeley Police beat officer report: Officer Gavan, badge 78, attended our meeting and provided the following information:

The Berkeley PD crime report website has been revised and updated. It is now much more user friendly. You can now search for criminal activity in your immediate area. Our area is beat #17. Crime information is very current and includes criminal activity that occurred within the last two or three days. The report includes all criminal activity in the last 180 days.

Recent criminal activity in our area includes the following events: The nearby sporting goods store on San Pablo has had several break-ins. There have been a number of day time break-ins on Cornell St. and Santa Fe St. The criminals are targeting houses that have electronics such as lap tops visible from a window.
The bank has foreclosed on the abandoned house at Gilman and Kains and the owners have been evicted. The owners who were evicted had recently inherited the house from their grandmother. The house has become increasingly run down over the last few months. Officer Gavin advised us that no one should be in the house now and that we should call the police if we see anyone in the house.