posted Oct 25, 2012, 2:15 PM by Sun Secretary
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updated Oct 25, 2012, 2:24 PM
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- CPR training
- Red Cross willing to give 5 hour class for $5 per person
- At Lowell
- First Aid
- Adult/Child/Infant
- Up to 30 people
- Yard Sale
- 10 sign ups
- 2 on 9th
- 8 on 5th
- Maybe springtime (March) would be better
- $45 in doanations
- List ready for sizes of coats for coat drive
- Dumpster Day
- 1 1/2 dumpsters
- $60 in donationa
- Halloween Social
- Saturday Oct 27 1:30 - 4:00pm
- SJPD: lots of stolen cards - don't leave valuables inside
- SJSUPD: 5 stolen cars recovered in last week, 14 people cites for posessing alcohol
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posted Oct 25, 2012, 2:00 PM by Sun Secretary
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updated Oct 25, 2012, 2:11 PM
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- Introductions
- Yard Sale
- Maybe Sunday is a bad day, competes with Berryessa Flea Market
- Maybe a bad tiem of year
- Very few sign ups
- Move to Saturday September 13, from 8am-3pm
- Officer Lu, SJPD
- District King 4th - 101, 280 - Julian
- Been a lot quieter than the rest of the city
- Car thefts up, mainly older cars without a chip
- Report suspicious people working in cars
- Officer Silva SJSUPD
- Patrol within 1 mile of campus
- 3-5 officers
- If SJPD cannot respond SJSUPD might respond
- Thursday night is party night on 10th & 11th streets
- Alternatives to calling the police:
- Homeless call 408-510-7600 - Downtown Homeless Helplin
- Street trees, Arborist: 408-277-2762
- Street lights: 408-277-5517
- Dumpster Day: September 29, 2012
- Halloween Social: Oct 27,2012
- Lowell coat drive underway
- CPR training
- Offered by Red Cross
- Provides full CPR certification
- 5 1/2 hours long
- At least 5 people, at most 30
- Downtown Health Clinic Open: 725 E Santa Clara St
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posted Oct 25, 2012, 1:47 PM by Sun Secretary
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updated Oct 25, 2012, 2:25 PM
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1. Elections: the following were elected unopposed at the Ice Cream Social in O'Donnell's Gardens Park - Micheal Schmidt - President
- Deborah Hudson - Vice President
- Matthew Hall - Secretary
- Mark Williams - Treasurer
- Teresa Zuniga - Community Liaison
- Walter Soellner - Community Liaison
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posted May 30, 2012, 12:25 PM by Sun Secretary
32 people present at Plaza Maria
- Mariachi concert at Lincoln High School on Friday
- Looking for volunteers to help - be there at 5pm
- Band will be first to perform at Halloween Social
- All future meetings will be at Lowell thanks to Principal McGuinness agreeing to stay at school during the meetings
- Ice Cream Social, Elections and Gazebo Opening Ceremony at June General Meeting
- Walter Soellner encourages people to pick up trash and tidy up neighborhood
- Park
- Plan for benches and tables near Gazebo
- Water turned on
- Volunteers needed to spread wood chips
- Nominations for Board
- Walter Soellner - Community Liaison
- Jackie - Community Liaison
- Mark - Treasurer
- Matthew - Secretary
- Deb - Vice President
- Mike - President
- Update on recent activities
- Sgt Kelley SJPD
- Very Little info
- Lowell School still being worked on
- Gangs more spread out, more random
- No problem house or person in this area
- No arrests
- Roosevelt Park homicide - arrests made - not connected
- Lowell victim was from East San Jose
- Fernando - Anti-Gang Task Force
- Citywide Crisis Response Protocol
- William St Gang been around for long time
- California Youth Outreach
- Safe Summer Initiative - get youth involved in other activities
- 10th St and William are corridors
- Tagging and Gangs go hand in hand
- Most tags are not gang related
- Sandra - Crime Prevention
- Police have separate system for Gang Graffiti
- Everything that is Gang Related will soon be sent to SJPD
- Non emergency 311 = 408-277-8900
- Paul.Kelley@sanjoseca.gov
- Crime prevention unit 408-277-4133
- Neighborhood watch
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posted May 30, 2012, 11:46 AM by Sun Secretary
 - Walter Soellner
- Anti Graffiti phone number: 866-249-0543
- Test: 9 out of 10 areas painted out within 3 hours of reporting
- Lori Jones Anti-Graffiti supervisor 408-277-3308
- Please everybody try to clean up the neighborhood - do more than you share
- Food: Mole - Teresa, Beans & Rice, Donuts, Ice Drinks, Pasta Slad - Jackie
- Nancy - Downtown Medical Facilities
- Federal shortfall in funding - makeup approved
- Personal story - neighbor died of heart attach, but would have had better chance with local hospital
- Temporary Clinic - 725 E Santa Clara St
- Martha Gardens Art Festival - flyers available
- Ragan - ongoing budget meetings
- Board Elections in June
- Gazebo is finished
- SUN has money for benches and tables
- Celebration in June
- No Landlord Committee update
- Funding - CAP grant for 1 more year, decide in June, distribute in July
- Next meeting at Plaza Maria
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posted May 30, 2012, 11:23 AM by Sun Secretary
13 people present
- Fundraising status and needs
- CAP Grants back but down in value
- Dumpster Day $450 for 40 yard dumpster
- Neighborhood Yard Sale
- Halloween Social
- Dues & Insurance
- Dave Kopff - New Captain SJPD
- Officer for 24 years, 20 in San Jose
- Experience Gang Enforcement, Homicide, Vice Unit
- Issues in Bars & Clubs
- Robbery 7th & William, caught 2 robbers
- Downton Health Facility Update
- Downtown Health Care Services avilable in May
- Santa Clara St, including Urgent Care
- April meeting will have food (Mole)
- People looking to start Neighborhood Watch
- Reusable Grocery Bag handout
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posted Mar 6, 2012, 2:12 PM by Sun Secretary
15 people present
- Fundraising
- CAP Grants Ending - no longer getting about $3000 each year
- CAP Grants have been used to fund Yard Sale, National Night Out, Dumpster Day, Halloween Social & Event Insurance
- Raised $2500 for coat drive last year ($1500 individual plus PG&E grant)
- Halloween Social in kind gifts totalled $2000
- Need help form people to bring in more money
- Bake Sale
- Selling See's Candy
- Neighborhood Potluck
- Aluminum Can drive
- Mike Silva SJSUPD, Sargent Kelley SJPD
- Rash of vehicle burglaries and bike thefts (60)
- Gang violence on rise between William and Reed on 10th, 11th and 12th Sts
- 'William St Boys' tags
- Gazebo going up
- Neighborhood Watch: interest in Alley between 7th and 8th
- Suggestion to put trash can on 7th & William, but it might cause more trouble than it is worth
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posted Mar 6, 2012, 1:57 PM by Sun Secretary
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updated Mar 6, 2012, 1:58 PM
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48 people present
- Carlos Garcia: University Police Sargent
- Students back on January 25
- Current trend is bicycle theft and petty theft
- Finished DUI Campaign in position 6 of 13
- Incidence of aggressive panhandling reported
- University Police number is 924-2222
- Our City Forest
- Non-profit since 1994
- Current grants will stop at end of March
- 55,000 trees planted since 1994, but more trees than that have been cut down
- Main cause of tree death is wrong tree or planted incorrectly
- $10,000 left for concrete removal
- Application process:
- Fill out application
- City permits taken care of
- Arborist will visit
- Will help with planting of more than 10 trees
- MACLA Family Portraits were given out
- Gazebo foundations are being laid
- Grocery bags will be given out at next General Meeting
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posted Mar 6, 2012, 1:37 PM by Sun Secretary
posted Dec 6, 2011, 6:56 PM by Sun Secretary
20 people present, plus Sam Liccardo
- Graffiti program
- City program cut, abatement has been outsourced
- AppOrder iPhone app - can tag as urgent if gang related
- Beginning January 2012 ban on plastic bags takes effect
- Graffiti kits have sovent, gloves, sponge
- Volunteer agreement forms passed out
- Can pick up kits from 501 Vine St, San Jose CA 95110 from 7:30am - 4:30pm weekdays
- Contact 408-277-3208 or email AntiGraffiti@sanjoseca.gov
- Friday November 4, 2011 10am - 2pm is Day-of-Service
- Sargent Paul Kelley
- Downtown beat highways 101 to 87, highway 280 to Julian
- Swing shift Mon - Thur 3pm - 1am
- Double shooting of two SJSU students: suspect killed in South San Jose
- Coat Drive
- Gift program for Lowell students
- UNC donates $500
- Sam Riccardo's office donates $250
- Request for 80 coats
- Neighborhood Watch: restart 5th St in February
- Halloween Social Oct 30th 1:30pm - 4pm at Park
- Nancy Hickey: Downtown medical facility information meeting Oct 25, 2011 5:50pm - 6:30pm, Lower Conference Room in County Building at 70 W Hedding
- 545 S 5th St
- 8 people in meeting have seen problems
- Landlord claims problems have been resolved
- Push for onsite manager
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