Lewton-Rich Neighborhood Association

October 20, 2005

  1. Welcome—meeting called to order at 7:00 p.m.
  2. Pledge
  3. Introductions - 18 people were present
  4. Minutes – Read and approved
  5. Treasurer’s Report – our balance is $92.31; monies expended:  $17.85 for picnic supplies/food; $209.59 flyers printed (this was a grant); $25 Greenhouse, $900 for street sign toppers (this was a grant); $20 Lansing Neighborhood Council;  $28 city of Lansing (unused money left over from the $900 grant);
  6. Lansing Police Department:
    1. Congratulations were given to Officer Jason Bock and Officer David Burke for being honored by the Lansing Elks Lodge # 2827 for their heroic efforts in rescuing a disabled man from a burning home.  They were two of six Lansing Police Department employees to be recognized for various reasons.  We are blessed to have both Jason and David in Team 10 as our road officers.
    2. Jason was in attendance at our meeting and passed out crime maps.  He went into detail about the crime map with regard to our neighborhood and answered all questions asked of him.
    3. He warned neighbors to keep their doors and windows locked as a deterrent to crime.  Don’t make it easy for the bad guy!  Keep lights on and please lock your car doors to prevent car thefts in our neighborhood.  Always call police if you suspect any break-ins or any crime.
    4. Team 10 meeting meets every other month. The next meeting will be December 12th at the South Precinct at 7:00 p.m.  This meeting is open to all neighbors...come and meet your Lansing Police Officers!  Ask questions and find out what’s going on in Lansing.
    5. We are very fortunate to have a wonderful police department in Lansing and most fortunate to have Officer Bock who works hard day in and day out for all of us.
    6. GUEST SPEAKER: Tanya Moore, Landscape Architect for the city of Lansing, Parks Department was our guest speaker.  She passed out brochures and told of the 114 wonderful parks that are located in Lansing, along with four golf courses, three cemeteries, four community centers, the Turner-Dodge Manson, the 8 ½ miles of River Walk Trail, the Skateboard Track in Frandor, and the Geir BMX track.
    7. The Parks Department staff takes care of over 2300 acres of parkland in the city, which includes neighborhood parks, community parks and public parks.  Naturally the Rose Garden at Frances Park is one of the favorite places for citizens of Lansing to visit and the parks staff does a beautiful job of keeping that garden so lovely.
    8. She told of the impending extension to River Walk Trail which will connect the walk to Hawk Island Park.  She told of the new fox house and other improvements to be made at Potter Park Zoo.  She talked about the Cherry Hill Boat Launch.
    9. Also discussed were the Wednesday night summer concerts in the park and everyone agreed that they are one of the true joys of summertime.  If anyone is interested in finding out the schedule for these concerts, simply call 483-4042.
    10. Just think!  We have all these wonderful parks to utilize and they are free!
    11. Tanya was a wonderful, as well as interesting speaker, and a fine addition to our meeting.  We’d love to have Tanya back again as we had lots of questions to ask of her.
  7. City Council Report – No one present
  8. County Commissioner Vic Cellentino reported that they are working on the resurfacing of Waverly Road and that he is working with Councilman Brian Jefferies on this project.
    1. He also said that the citizens of Lansing are more than welcome to join him at the Airport Board meetings which are held on the first Tuesday of the month at 4:00 p.m.
  9. Code Compliance – Code Compliance Officer Greg reported on several homes in the area that many of us have asked him to rectify.  We are truly blessed to have such a devoted Code Compliance Officer.  Greg goes the extra mile every day.  Thank you so much!
    1. Should you see any code compliance issues such as cars on lawns, garbage in yard, grass that is eight (8) inches or higher, etc. please contact Greg at 483-7620.  Greg is in the office from 8-9 a.m. and from 1-2 p.m.
  10. Michigan Senator Report – No one present
  11. Public Comment – None
  12. Old Business – None
  13. New Business – Discussion on how to get higher attendance at these      meetings.  Several persons at the meeting said that they attend other    neighborhood meetings and that most neighborhood associations do      not generally have more than 15+ folks in attendance, so the 18 that    we had tonight and the 26 we had last month, is nothing to be ashamed    of.  
  14. Raffle 
  15. Adjourn – 8:45 p.m. Next meeting is Thursday, January 19th at 7 p.m.   We will have a speaker of interest.

Respectfully Submitted,
Patty
Patty Farhat, Chairwoman
(substituting this month for
Micki Fuhrman, Recording Secretary)