November Meeting Minutes

Meeting started at approximately 6:30pm

62 residents formed Pac-Yak Neighborhood Watch Group, just to the south of us. Their boundaries are south of 64th Street to 72nd Street, between Pacific & Yakima.

Jennifer Kammerzell – City of Tacoma, Traffic Engineering
Presented information for us to begin speed watch with radar gun.
We record speeders’ vehicle description and license plate number and send to her.
Info on speeders given to Tacoma Police Department, TPD mails letter to speeder.
If speeder is a chronic offender, TPD hand delivers the letter.

Other ways we can reduce speeding in our neighborhood?
EVERYONE should drive 20-25mph throughout the neighborhood, set a good example.
Use moveable “drive slow” signs, place at various locations in neighborhood and move them frequently.
Sign-up to borrow mobile “radar trailer,” which displays your current speed from SENCo.
Consider working toward speed humps by using data from speed watch program and paying with City’s innovative grant.
Plant street trees, these become an effective visual barrier causing speeders to slow down.

Neighborhood Reports (crime and other activity from the past month)
2 murders occurred in our area over the past weekend
1 at a party at 5620 S Yakima
1 at the South End Community Center
58th & D, brawl Saturday night, 2 arrested

Report from CLO? (Don Williams, CLO of TPD)
Officer Williams presented statistics for calls in 4th sector for last October (4,851 calls for service).
He noted burglaries are up.
The vehicle burglar mentioned last month, Johnny Bonner, has been arrested and is awaiting trial.

Adopt-a-Spot clean up will be held on Saturday after Thanksgiving, starting at 9am

Meeting ended at 8:05pm