Pleasant Valley Estates No 1

November 5, 2009 Meeting Minutes

Neighborhood Block Watch

Neighbor-to-Neighbor Report:

First of all, thank you to Daran for hosting us.

General Business:

We now have 52 on our e-mail list
We have 10 Block Captains now – See attached map with their contact info
We had a great meeting with 17 people showing support.
Check out the website for posts about activity, post something yourself, or view past meeting minutes. http://tiny.cc/5LVaW Bookmark it!
Will someone call about getting a stop sign on 38thSt & Bloomfield going North/South I think this is the number - (Officer Terri Sells): 534-7733. Tell them you have trouble with speeding down that road.

Neighborhood Clean Up: Date set for Saturday November 21st

7am – 1pm

Pot luck to follow at Kim & Alan’s Place – 3838 E. Bloomfield Road.

2 dumpsters will be delivered, one on 36^th & Bloomfield and one on 38^th & Bloomfield. They will be here the whole weekend. (Delivered Th/F)
A tool shed will be delivered to 38^th & Bloomfield between 6-8 am on the 21st. Kim will sign for it. See attached for contents.
Volunteers: We currently have 15 volunteers and possibly some Boy Scouts. Yeah!
April is checking on getting volunteers from the community college.
Any other thoughts to bring in outside help for groups looking to get community service hours please feel free to make those calls.
Next Steps:
- List of homes in need of clean up.
- Spread the word (door to door) motivate others to get involved or ask if they could use some help
- Pass out fliers and talk to as many neighbors the Weekend of Nov 15-16.
- Block leaders make calls to people on your list

Paint The Wall:

To be resumed at our next meeting in Jan/Feb
Kim will work on city & blockwatch grants in the interim

Block Captains:

Please welcome a few new Block Captains! This is a great start but could use a 2 more. Please see the attached map. If you would like to be a captain it involves, passing out fliers for the monthly meetings, the occasional phone tree, and maybe hosting a meeting now and then.

39^th Street – Daran

38^th Street – April

Wethersfield 36st – 38st – Michelle

Wethersfield 38st – 40st - Jarrod

Bloomfield 38^th St – 39^th Place – Kim & Alan Burt

Bloomfield/37Place - Tammy

Marmora – Kristen & Mike

Bloomfield 37 Place – 38 Street/37^th Way - ???

Charter Oak - Paul

38^th Place – Marcee

39^th Place/39^th Way – Jerry & Heather

Columbine /36 Place - ???

Next Neighborhood Meeting:

Due to the clean-up at the end of November and then the holidays we will resume our monthly meetings in late January or early February. We will have a guest speaker – Topic – Drugs in our neighborhood.