Laurel Oaks
OFFICIAL PUBLICATION OF THE
Laurel Oaks
Neighborhood Association
December 2011 • Volume IV, Issue XII
LONA Neighborhood Meeting Minutes of the October 18, 2011
2nd Annual Halloween Parade a Success There were goblins, pirates, fairies, witches, sheep and many other very interesting and imaginative costumes. The parade started at Kathy Caraway Elementary School, wound through the trails and ended at Oak View Park. Games, face painting, snacks, lemonade, grab bags, coloring awaited the more than 50 children and adults. All enjoyed a very interactive puppet show performed by our very own neighbor Elle Shaw with the assistance of her daughter Cat and several children from the audience. We hope to have “Elle O’s Gleep Storytelling Theatre” back again next year.
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1. Our guest speaker was Officer Joe Hebbe, Senior Police Officer and District Representative for the Adam 3 area (which includes LONA). Further information on our APD area and contact information for Officer Hebbe is on the LONA website at http://www.laurel-oaks.org/APD_Alerts. php Crime statistics for our area to date since January 1, 2011: • assaults – 9, can include verbal assault, physical assault, arrest involved or not, family violence • burglary (usually breaking and entering, taking property) – 12 of residence, 3 non-residence (probably businesses) • robbery – of vehicles = 11 • criminal mischief including vandalism and tagging (usually paint) of a car or house – 10 • disturbances – 6, could include quarrels between neighbors • --- 24 family disturbances documented, no assault filed • disorderly conduct – 1 • indecent exposure – 1 • robbery threat – 1 at a bank • suspicious persons – 3 • other crime statistics are related to businesses Burglary of vehicles is usually stealing what can be seen. Hide your valuables. Officer Hebbe stressed this is especially important during the upcoming holiday
seasons. Other tips: Keep garage doors shut. Keep vehicles locked. Mark your property to help cut down on theft. When to call 311 vs. 911: If you are in doubt, call 911. If the situation is not urgent, your call will be transferred to 311. If an event has already occurred, call 311. 311 will document the event. Give as much information as possible. Compared to other parts of the city, the Adam 3 area has very good statistics. Train the Trainers program replaces the Neighborhood Watch program. There are 3 steps in the program: Bring the people together. Learn how to ‘harden the target’. In other words, how to make the neighborhood and homes less inviting to crime. A speaker. An example of a speaker from a past training is a 311 operator. Further information on the LONA website at www.laurel-oaks.org/Neighborhood_ Watch.php Further information on the Train the Trainers program at http://www.ci.austin.tx.us/police/ downloads/region2_trainthetrainer_ flyer2011.pdf Call City of Austin Code Compliance for (Continued on Page 2)
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Laurel Oaks MEETING MINUTES - (Continued from Cover Page)
BOARD OF DIRECTORS President ..................Ellen Kelsey -
[email protected] 1st VP.............................. Julie Holden -
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[email protected] Secretary....................Diane Willis -
[email protected] Treasurer.................... Sue January -
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non-criminal complaints. Code compliance covers land development, land use, and land maintenance. Check out the link: http://www.ci.austin.tx.us/code/compliance/ default.htm QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS: -- Call 311 for requests for speed bumps, street signs, and street problems. -- A speed cart is available for temporary placement on streets that displays to drivers the speed limit and how fast they are going. -- Streets can be surveyed for speed, trucks, etc. -- The traffic department will work with the police department as needed on these issues. 2. Election of officers. No nominations received. The current panel of officers continues. 3. Treasurer’s report. 4. Reminder: There are no dues for the neighborhood association. Donations are appreciated. A donation form is included in most newsletters or mail donations to LONA, P.O. Box 201454, Austin, Texas 78720-1454. 5. National Night Out was held on Tuesday, October 4. Some attendees reported on events they attended which involved local neighbors getting together. 6. Upcoming events: - Halloween parade, Saturday October 29, 4:00 – 5:30 PM. Parade starts near the flagpole at Kathy Caraway Elementary School. The parade follows the Oak View Park Trail to the Oak View Park pavilion for lights snacks, lemonade, water, games and coloring. - Caraway Elementary Harvest Festival, Saturday, November 5, 12:00 PM – 3:00 PM. LONA neighborhood residents invited to attend. Note: The date was changed from Sunday, November 6. The October newsletter has the correct date at the beginning of the Harvest Festival information, but the date was not changed to November 5th at the end of the article in the information ‘We look forward to seeing you…………’ 7. Donations for the pets at the Town Lake Animal Shelter were accepted at the meeting. If you have a donation, please email the LONA Board at
[email protected] to coordinate pick up. 8. Interest in a neighborhood watch program was discussed. A request for volunteers to lead the effort will be posted to the LONA Yahoo! group or if you are interested, contact the board at
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MEETING MINUTES - (Continued from Page 2) 9. If you are on a heavily traveled street and wouldn’t mind LONA neighborhood signs announcing LONA events and meetings being temporarily placed in your yard, please contact the board at
[email protected] or post a message on the LONA Yahoo group. 10. Question: Is there active oak wilt in the neighborhood? No information was known on this topic. There was oak wilt in the neighborhood about 15 years ago. An oak wilt speaker is a possibility for the next general meeting. 11. There was low attendance at this meeting and the neighborhood meeting in March. A survey may be used to gather topics of interest to the neighborhood for presentation at neighborhood meetings. 12. A Facebook page for the neighborhood was suggested by a resident. There wasn’t interest with the meeting attendees on pursuing this. The Yahoo group can be used for communication. --- Submitted by Diane Willis, LONA Secretary, October 19, 2011 Minutes are available at http://laurel-oaks.org/minutes.php.
HERE IS A SUMMARY OF YEAR TO DATE ACTIVITY:
• Beginning Balance in January = $1094.04 • Total Dividends = $2.59 • Expense to Print Checks = $13.95 • Expense for Oak Wilt Prevention Signs = $40.00 • Cash Donations from Halloween 2010 = $33.00 • Cash Donations from Egg Hunt = $93.00 • Individual Donations = $230.00 • Current Balance = $1398.68 Please keep your donations coming and remember that no amount is too small. We appreciate any and all contributions! Sue January
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