Tonight's 7:00 Meeting @ Smokey Row

Tonight's meeting will be held at Smokey Row Coffee shop located at 19th and Cottage Grove.

• Guest speaker and Q & A session ( no  more than 20 mins) - Jennifer Bohac, Director of Des Moines Department of Transportation
• Set up a procedure for creating a new agenda for each meeting (volunteers)
• Mediacom traffic issues in Woodland Heights (Submitted by: Randy Guzman)
• Mediacom traffic issue and use of neighborhood streets as primary access in and out of their hub on Ingersoll.  
• Their vans, trucks, rigs and employees routinely use High Street and 31st street as primary access in and out of their place of business.  
• See if we can obtain Mediacom Management's cooperation in getting their traffic primarily re-routed on MLK and Ingersoll as their primary access into and out of their hub. 
• I would like the WHO's support in drafting a letter and meeting with the management of Mediacom, the Des Moines Traffic Department, Des Moines Police and others to obtain Mediacom's cooperation in re-routing their traffic.  
• Discussion of Hookah Bar located at 2708 Ingersoll applying for beer permit
• Discuss National Night Out and select volunteer duties (volunteers needed)
• Event being held on Tuesday, August 7 at Chamberlain Park
• Follow up ideas on Christmas Greenery
• Set up a date for the next Callanan student issues meeting
• Woodland Cemetery updates

Note: Vincent Valdez (our NBSD officer) is on vacation until August 9th.

June Meeting Notes

June 19, 2012 Meeting

Special Guest – Vince Valdez

·        Change behavior of Callahan students

•  Met with Principal to discuss actions of students (typically on Center Street)
• Need to get them involved in community projects and then items we’re working on
• Fred: Tree complaints on Center Street 
• Is there an active PTA at Callahan?  Can they also spread the message to parents regarding the actions of students

Suspicious incident in front of Doug’s house; parked car – watched man walk away; left for 3 days; belonged in Merle Hay area – owner is wanted in DSM  & Oklahoma for theft

·         Report suspicious activity through neighborhood watch program!  Make the neighborhood less attractive to suspicious activity

Fred: 

·         2 cars; suspicious activity

·         Pacing in front of school parking lot

·         Called police @ 8:30 – no one showed up; keep calling

Reports

Outreach Committee – Meeting held last week at Gateway Market

·         End of July – distribute fliers & ask survey questions/script

·         Reviewed survey from city planners & Teva is creating a draft of the survey

·         Trying to get information for planning

·         Fred – Volunteering to take Zone A

Old Business

·         By-Law Discussion/Vote – 4 officers; 3 at large representatives/board (proposal) – 7 total

o   Lyla motions; Barry 2nds – unanimous (9) approval for proposed change from 11 to 7

·         Chairperson Nomination: Doug McBride

·         Vice-Chair: Dan Robbins

·         Secretary: Laura Tofteland

·         Treasurer: Claudia Brown

·         Board Members: Lyla Dozier (beautification / historic); Fred, Carol

Unanimous acceptance