March Meeting Notes

WHO – March 20, 2012

Tim O’Brien, Neighborhood Inspection Division (CODE ENFORCEMENT)

tjobrien@dmgov.org |515-283-4011 or 515-283-4046  | 515-208-0309 - cell

-          28^th Street – verbal 5 day notice (optional); 21 day notice; certified notice (2^nd wave) – city code more aligns with state code

-          658 27^th Street – abandoned property; cleaned yard – TX property owner

-          27^th Ingersoll – security coming through 4xs a night (west bank looking for owner)

-          Graffiti at 28^th Ingersoll – taken care of

No issues at cemetery

Vince – SUV with dog at cemetery (repeat offender); trying to catch

-          26^th Center (kids) coming from Rollins (Russell Holders house); coming through his yard – throwing rocks; calling adults names; bullying; close to targeting individuals (wed. night most recent issue; patrol officer said to call Vince – shouldn’t be handled that way)

-          No major issues in last 45 days

-          New NBSD officer to east side/downtown (18 years of experience; sergeant)

-          Pitching in for Drake NBSD officer (stroke)

-          CAP Program – Rev. Ben Brown (lives on 33^rd street); kids responded to ministers in the neighborhood, etc.

-          958 22^nd street (olive ave) – lots of activity; watching house; gold Taurus parked on 26^th street; walked away and gone for hours (did several times); arrested individual that was wanted; reported to NARC suspected activity

-          Distribute flier (teva) – blogspot; telephone numbers ;web numbers; notice of who we are; key numbers for officers, etc. neighborhood, dogs, neighbors, crime; etc. grant movement; etc.

-          Telephone chain