7:45PM Meeting called to order

 

Attendees:

Aren Cambre

Rory Yocum

Richard Fleming Karen Pape

Krista De La Harpe

William White

 

Absentees:

Terry Syler

Kathy Renaud

Josh Theodore

 

 

[Discussion of a commemoration. This will not be published online. Details available from any board member.]

 

Summer Block Party Post Mortem –

$800.00 budgeted, spent $697.26.  Got great reviews from all who attended.  Suggest moving party to May next year.  Suggest bringing this up at February Board Meeting.  Also suggest getting about 70 pounds next year.  We got 50 pounds this year and we ran out at end.  We need to publish Nortena Meat Market information in next newsletter with their store location, phone number, etc… in appreciation for donated meat.  Also recognize face painters, fire department, Gary Griffith, Bounce House Vendor, and Band.

 

Terry France arrived 7:55PM – Surveillance System –

Other neighborhood has realized an 80% reduction in property crime after installation of camera system.

Several options are available and range from $200.00 per camera, up to $1,500.00 per camera.  Plus need to be able to have power, Internet Connections, etc…   Per Rory, surveillance signs are about $40.00 per sign.  Can be used as a theft deterrent.  Cameras can legally be used to monitor pubic areas.  Camera’s can be most useful to help monitor trends of people casing the neighborhoods, so they can adjust their patrols accordingly.  

Need to determine several things, where would they be most effective, how many, can they be moved.  Lake Park Estates has 8 Entrances.  Suggested to start with a couple camera’s with PCMCIA flash memory to store video feeds.  Types with Motion Activated recording are about $2000.00.   Suggested to install mounting poles at all 8 entrances/exits and rotate cameras on a routine basis.  Camera’s can be solar powered as well.  There is also a possibility of theft of the camera’s themselves.  Possible to have some local companies to sponsor some of the funding for our security implementation.  Most camera’s do not have a “watermark authentication” for court purposes.  Higher priced cameras do have time stamp/watermark which can be used for prosecution in a court of law.  

Suggestions:

1. Get and mount surveillance signs at all entrances
2. Start with completely mobile camera with flash memory that we can move around. 
3. Erect mounting poles at all entrances so cameras can be moved easily.  

Terry France is going to a security vendor conference next month and will report back with any new technologies that we may be able to use.  

Still need to get neighborhood consensus on whether this system would be accepted in the neighborhood. 

Other security measures to take:

1. Be more vigilant in the neighborhood.
2. Cruise the neighborhood before going straight home and check out neighborhood
3. Write down license plates and descriptions of unfamiliar vehicles and people in neighborhood
4. Utilize people who walk dogs and jog through neighborhood to keep an eye on things

Suggested to create a company directory to use as tool to help promote communications between neighbors and help alert them to suspicious activity.

Also testing alerting email list that can send text messages to cell phones and email if suspicious activity noticed.

 

Christmas Lights contest –

-          Aren will send Lowes and Home Depot an official letter requesting donations of gift cards for prizes at contest

-          Agreed by all attendees that we want to move forward with the contest

-          Aren will hit up Lowes first, then if no response will try Home Depot or other stores

 

Christmas Home Tour –

-          Rory volunteered to be Home Tour committee chairperson.

-          Hexter raised $19,000.00 on their first home tour recently.

 

Fall Picnic –

-          Saturday before Halloween suggested.  

-          Halloween contest suggested again

-          Possibly build a haunted house in Galway Circle ?

 

Letterhead to encourage sale of rent houses –

-          Aren will pilot a letter and send to board for approval

 

Membership Campaign Update

 

Tipperary Home issue with Pool:

-          No update on status of stagnant pool.

 

Fundraising –

-          Andrea has many ideas and will supply these to board.

 

Online Dues Payments and Donations for Paypal –

-          Paypal charges about .88 cents for each online transactions.

-          2.9% plus .30 cents per transactions.

-          Home Tour tickets could be sold through website.

 

Neighborhood Directory –

-          Suggested by several residents to have a new directory.

-          Jazz it up by making it a who’s who type of directory of what services you provide.

-          All members present support the directory

-          Richard will head up committee to get information together.

-          Block captains could be charged with getting their information possibly

 

No update on Flooded areas yet.

 

Meeting Adjourned at 9:20PM