Board meeting, 11/18/2004
Those in attendance:
Will White
Aren Cambre
Josh Theodore
Bridget Williams
Andrea Hosterman
Crime Watch
- Propose that Jeff be approached by Bridget to head up the Crime Watch Committee
- Duties include:
o Crime Watch hotline maintenance
o Stat reporting
o Attending monthly city crime watch meetings
- Proposal by Aren to convert the hotline to just an email update for most, and print out for remaining homes.
- Will to meet with Sgt. Rod Dillan with police station to find reasons for crime increase
- Look into raising money for off-duty police officer patrols in neighborhood.
- Suggest the committee chairman be active and provide suggestions and recommendations to neighborhood.
- Bring up to police about drunk drivers coming out of Far West Discotheque (the Tejano dance club) on evenings at Gaston/Garland next to YMCA.
Check Signing
- Checks signed for various items.
G&B Committee Update
- Vote: Aren moved to vote that board does not support efforts to pursue concrete for G&B intersection. All voted in favor.
- Total Project budget is $800,000.00. Putting all new concrete would require additional $4 million.
- The segment of Garland between Blockbuster and Peavy is apparently not in any renovation plans, so the G&B intersection will be redone as will Garland between Peavy and NW Highway but not that small stretch.
- Side issue: need to get Dallas to open a project for enhancing crosswalks across Garland Rd. at Blockbuster/Petco and across Buckner Rd. at Chili’s/Souper Salad and Athlone/Poppy.
Beautification Committee Update
- 8 people turned out for meeting
- Holiday Lights Contest
o Flyers go out first week of December.
o Beautification committee members not eligible.
o Judging Monday Dec 20th, starts 6:30pm to 7:00pm.
o Lowe’s donated gift cards for prizes: $100 first place, $50 second place, 3rd place will be a sign.
o Lowe’s wants to do 1 years advertising in newsletter.
o Put Lowe’s add in January Newsletter as thanks for gift cards.
- Galway Circle
o Molly Walters, landscape architect who specializes in parks, will draw up a plan and is basically running the bulk of the project now.
o Sidewalk put in and circular area with benches, landscape boulders.
o Set meeting at Lois’ house to present plan to adjacent neighbors in January.
o Dallas’s MOWmentum program will match 50% of funds.
o Some projected expenses: $2500 for sidewalk, around $6000 for everything. (Remember that Dallas can match up to 50%.)
Membership Drive
- $120.00 authorized on prior board vote for membership drive using SASE.
- Will and Josh will get together to get together listing of nonmember households.
- January 1st we’ll get started with membership drive.
- Josh has Access database that lists all homes.
Albertson’s
- Manager would like to meet with all neighborhood reps.
- Will slated to call him and meet with him and thank them for donating meat for picnic.
Treasurer’s Report
- $7600.00 in account.
- $250.00 check from Chevrolet donated to neighborhood for commercial shot in Welch’s yard.