Date: August 23rd, 2008
Event: Neighborhood Clean up
Agenda: Cut back trees and bushes
Jim, Keith and Ronnie volunteered to take on the task of trimming all the overhanging trees and bushes on Dianthus.
Date: June 5th, 2008
Event: Community Watch Meeting
Agenda: Hurricane Awareness; Citizen Patrol
Javier Perez lead the meeting and went over hurricane preparedness and Crime Observation.
Date: 04/02/2008
Event: Leader's Meeting.
Agenda:
· Discussed activities & issues. (All Leaders)
· Neighborhood Skills & Equipment inventory. (Keith/Ronnie)
· Neighborhood Disaster Planning. (Jim/Keith)
· Street Walks. (Javier)
· Shirts/Caps/Radios/Gear (Jim/Keith)
Date: 03/15/2008
Time: 4:00 p.m.
Event: Block Party
Place: Dianthus
Details: Click here for pictures.
We had a lot of neighbors & families come and enjoy the food, fun and fellowship. We had a total of 52 people attend. The weather turned out perfect with a little sun, a lot of shade and a good breeze. Thanks go out to all those who participated in making this event a success.
01/31/2008: Community Watch Meeting held
Items Covered:
1. Notice of new officers.
2. Review of annual crime statistics.
3. Community infrastructural progress report.
4. Family Disaster Preparedness Planning.
5. Neighborhood Disaster Preparedness Planning updates.
6. New forms for community use:
· Nuisance report.
· Street Patrol report.
· Volunteer Application.
· New Neighbor Information.
7. Community Forum Discussions:
· Vehicles speeding on Eola.
· Children's language in public.
· Old website removed.
01/16/2008: LVH Leader's Meeting held
1. Discussed preparation for upcoming Community meeting.
2. Volunteer request forms were submitted and approved.
3. Discussed new appointments for leader duties:
Jim Stiles - Watch Coordinator
Keith Ashworth - Operations Director
Javier Perez - Crime Watch Patrol Unit
Ginger Thomas - Activities & Events Coordinator
Jeanette Hattaway - Events co-coordinator
Ron Thomas - Captain, Dianthus
Nisha Kassim - Captain, Eola
Oscar Vazquez - Captain, Eola
T.B.D. - Captain - Begonia
T.B.D. - Captain, Calendula
01/05/2008: New Neighbor Welcoming Party
Welcomed new neighbors on Dianthus, Eola and North Carpenter.
08/08/2007: LVH Leader's Meeting held
06/29/2007: Community Watch Meeting held
06/01/2007: LVH Leader's Meeting held
12/11/2007: Meeting with Community Resource Officer
Jim Stiles met with Kelly from the Sheriffs Office and received more stickers and paraphernalia for our next meeting. After the meeting, we will officially incorporate the entire subdivision into our Community Watch area, to include Astor, Begonia, Calendula, Dianthus and Eola, along with parts of North Carpenter.
12/06/07: Expansion Project
After our Captain's meeting, we met with Nisha Kassim (Eola), walked her street asking who was interested in joining our Watch area. The response was very good. Nisha followed up later in the week and we now have enough residents on Eola to have them join.
02/08/2007: Community Watch Meeting held
We conducted our first Neighborhood Watch meeting for Lake View Hills. We had a good turn-out. Jim Stiles introduced the current Watch captains and gave a presentation about the Neighborhood Watch program.
We will tentavely schedule our community watch meetings on the first Thursday of every January and July. The captains will have quarterly meetings or as needed.
Several things have already been accomplished for our community thanks to the Watch program and leaders:
- Road & Bridge has been working in our neighborhood repairing all of the sidewalks.
- Florida Power & Light has cut the trees away from the street lights.
- Neighborhood Watch signs have been placed at the entrances to our community.
- More incidents are being reported to Law Enforcement.
01/06/07: Captain's Meeting
Our Captain's meeting was held on Saturday. Pending items were discussed along with the expansion project.
