Come meet your neighbors and learn about important issues impacting Woodland Heights Organization.
Meetings are held monthly; typically the third Tuesdays of the month at 7:00 p.m. at Callanan Middle School cafeteria.
The Woodland Heights Organization (WHO) is a non-profit neighborhood organization, made up of concerned residents in Des Moines, Iowa. Working with government agencies, businesses and community members, we strive to improve Woodland Heights and the neighboring communities.
July 21, 2015
Don't Forget: Meeting Tonight
Come meet your neighbors and learn about important issues impacting Woodland Heights Organization.
Meetings are held monthly; typically the third Tuesdays of the month at 7:00 p.m. at Callanan Middle School cafeteria.
Meetings are held monthly; typically the third Tuesdays of the month at 7:00 p.m. at Callanan Middle School cafeteria.
Don't Forget: Meeting Tonight
Come meet your neighbors and learn about important issues impacting Woodland Heights Organization.
Meetings are held monthly; typically the third Tuesdays of the month at 7:00 p.m. at Callanan Middle School cafeteria.
Meetings are held monthly; typically the third Tuesdays of the month at 7:00 p.m. at Callanan Middle School cafeteria.
June 25, 2015
THE LEGO MOVIE TONIGHT .. AT CHAMBERLAIN PARK
Free movie TONIGHT in Chamberlain Park!! The opportunity is part of the Free Flicks summer long series of outdoor movie showings throughout Des Moines. Our movie is "The LEGO MOVIE."
The film will be shown on a 25-foot portable screen and will begin after sunset around 9:00 p.m.
It's FREE! We recommend bringing blankets, lawn chairs and snacks.
We will be selling movie popcorn and water as well!
Please come out - enjoy a movie and meet your neighbors.
The Lego Movie is rated PG and will not be shown in event of rain.
The film will be shown on a 25-foot portable screen and will begin after sunset around 9:00 p.m.
It's FREE! We recommend bringing blankets, lawn chairs and snacks.
We will be selling movie popcorn and water as well!
Please come out - enjoy a movie and meet your neighbors.
The Lego Movie is rated PG and will not be shown in event of rain.
June 16, 2015
Don't Forget: Meeting Tonight
Come meet your neighbors and learn about important issues impacting Woodland Heights Organization.
Meetings are held monthly; typically the third Tuesdays of the month at 7:00 p.m. at Callanan Middle School cafeteria.
Meetings are held monthly; typically the third Tuesdays of the month at 7:00 p.m. at Callanan Middle School cafeteria.
May 19, 2015
Don't Forget: Meeting Tonight
Come meet your neighbors and learn about important issues impacting Woodland Heights Organization.
Meetings are held monthly; typically the third Tuesdays of the month at 7:00 p.m. at Callanan Middle School cafeteria.
Meetings are held monthly; typically the third Tuesdays of the month at 7:00 p.m. at Callanan Middle School cafeteria.
April 24, 2015
Meeting Notes - April 21st
Woodland Heights Neighborhood Association
April 21, 2015 – Agenda – 7:00 p.m.
Callanan Middle School – 3010 Center Street
·
Call to order – 7:02 p.m. (13 in attendance)
·
School
Bus / Parking Concerns
o
Department of Traffic (Jennifer McCoy; Mark
Garret)/ Callanan Principal (Dawn Stahly) – Bus loop
o
Traffic congestion concerns on Center Street vs.
the loop
·
Blocking view of students
·
Difficult to pass
·
Hard to back out of housing
o
Proposing new solution for buses and parent
parking for 2015-2016 school year (removing parking restriction from South Side
of Center – was only allowed after 5 p.m.)
o
Neighborhood Organization motioned to approve
recommended changes & it was unanimously approved
·
Neighborhood
Finance Corporation Representative
o
Wanted to share the opportunity to access funds
to rehab your home
o
Up to $10,000 forgivable loan; want to stay in
home for 5 years – encourage updates & neighborhood consistency
o
Every 10 years you can use $10,000; must be
owner occupied
o
3.875 on a 30 year fix – current rate
·
NBSD:
Sgt. Vince Valdez/ Lt. Larry Davey / Ed Leedom
o
Brought annual report for police department
o
May is recognition of police work – lots of
activities planned; including a new fun run “Run with the Police” – May 16
(check out events on web page); family friendly, etc. All the money from the
registrations goes to Special Olympics of Iowa.
o
SMART 911 – Emergency management website alert
notification of what police / fire, etc. need to know – ahead of the emergency
– get on the site & add your
information
o
Crime report – very light activity; a few
burglaries, assaults/domestics
o
Watching 24th and Rollins due to
complaints and suspicious activity – made some arrests
o
24 and Rollins – fire, vacant – need to have it
torn down (motion to have city council remove restriction of multiple year wait
to have it torn down – need to send letter on behalf of WHO); other houses that
have burned down; can we remove the others too
·
Motion unanimously passed
o
23 cases of car parking, litter debris; 7 of
those on curb issues
o
Parking tickets – parking right of way &
over sidewalk – slowed down
o
Impounded 4 cars
o
13 neighborhood rental inspections (2 were new
to neighborhood); most are complying on first inspection (good thing)
·
New Business
–
o
Eugene White – recently passed away; was nominated
and won the Alice Rodine Award; Skip Moore and Doug McBride accepted the award.
o
Funeral is Saturday, April 26 – will be
presenting the award to the family.
·
Adjournment
– 8 p.m.
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