Brandywine Village Civic Association

December 10, 2008 AGENDA

Dec 07, 2008

Brandywine Village Civic Association
December 10, 2008, 7-8:30pm
Shortlidge School, please enter on W. 18th Street at the Cafeteria entrance
AGENDA
OLD BUSINESS:
1) LITTER
Recommended Solutions:
?• Enforce litter laws. Representative Williams stated that the Wilmington Police are able to issue tickets to individuals and the parents' of minor who choose to litter.
?• Petition the Red Clay School District. Has Pricipal Thomas notified students and parents about littering problems? Has Principal Thomas reported littering problems to the District?
?• Principal Thomas has invited members of the Civic Association and elected officials to attend a PTA meeting to express litter concerns to this group.
?• Educate teachers, students, parents, neighbors. Contact DE State Parks AmeriCorps program, DSWA, etc. at Shortlidge School. Kathleen will pursue this option.
?• Designate specific areas for flowering perennials. Designate specific areas for large planters for flowers. Look into Audubon grants and other available grants. Ask Representative Williams for a small grant.

2) PARKING
Recommended Solutions:
?• Flyers on Brandywine Village Civic Association letterhead courteously placed on the windshield of the offending vehicles requesting that these visitors utilize one of Shorlidge?’s five (5) exclusive parking areas.


4) HOUSING/TENANT ISSUES
Recommended Solutions:
?• Enforcement of City Ordinances. Ensure that City Councilman has facts to pursue these properties.

5) CRIME AND PERSONAL SAFETY
Recommended Solutions:
?• All residents need to turn on porch lights after dark. Can Blueprint Communities provide bulbs?
?• Place lighting in shadowed common areas (esp. 1700 block W 17th Street). Can Blueprint Communities assist in this effort?
?• Tracy will contact Blueprint Communities.
?• Trim Trees and shrubs so that ?‘bad guys?’ can?’t hide to assault pedestrians, break into homes, or sell drugs. Enforce shrub and tree height ordinances. Can DE Horticulture Center (DCH) Tree Stewards help?
?• Establish a ?“Neighborhood Watch?”. Neighbors will patrol blocks represented within the civic association by car. We will try to get magnetic signs for car. Kathleen will contact Triangle Neighborhood Association about their Watch program.
?• Representative Williams encouraged residents to document all 911 calls. Who was the Dispatcher? Who showed up? How long? Was a report filed? What else?

NEW BUSINESS
1) DNREC - 30 minute presentation regarding WILD ANIMALS AND FERAL ANIMALS in the Village

2) Greater Brandywine Village Revitalization, Inc ?– 30 minute presentation regarding overview of the organization and revitalization projects.

3) Election of Officers for 2009, President, Vice President, Secretary/Treasurer

4) Refreshments & Mitten Tree