October Meeting Minutes

Meeting started at 6:35pm

No formal agenda tonight, meeting kept informal with plenty of open discussion.

Successful neighborhood walkabout in September
25 neighbors participated, along with CLO from Tacoma Police & Building Inspector from Code Enforcement (Tacoma CARES)
Learned much about issues in certain parts of neighborhood, many of which exist throughout entire neighborhood
Neighborhood decided actions to be taken will be as follows:
Occupied properties will receive letter from neighborhood,
draft of letter to be reviewed during next meeting, if time permits
Vacant properties will be turned over directly to code enforcement for action

Neighborhood Reports (crime and other activity from the past month)
Suspected drug activity at 520 S 59th Street, frequent brief visits throughout day and night, from street and from alley
Numerous reports of vehicle theft & burglary in the area south of 64th and Park, suspect has been identified by TPD, warrant has
been issued but he has been successful in alluding TPD, so far
Illegal dumping continues in the alley west of Park, between 61st and 64th

Report from CLO? (Don Williams, CLO of TPD)
Officer Williams presented statistics for calls in 4th sector for last September (4,748 calls for service).
He also discussed the vehicle burglar mentioned above in greater detail and the steps TPD has been taking to apprehend him.

Action Plan for October / November
1. Neighborhood Speed Watch Program with guest speaker from City of Tacoma will be subject of November meeting.
Need volunteers to coordinate and conduct speed watch in neighborhood.
2. Continue phone tree use, appoint block captains.
3. Flyer distribution for November meeting.
4. When should we have Adopt-a-Spot Clean Up?

Darren Pen, Community Mobilization Specialist, Safe Streets:
The Washington State Liquor Control Board has designated our neighborhood and surrounding neighborhoods an Alcohol
Impact Area (AIA) beginning October 1, 2008. Malt liquors, certain beers, certain wines and similar beverages
CANNOT be sold in this area.
Neighborhood Patrol training starts again on Thursdays, beginning November 6th at TPD Headquarters.
Darren will be out of the country for 3 weeks in November and will not be able to attend our next meeting.

Meeting ended at 7:50pm