Committee Minutes
Tuesday, January 10th Minutes
In attendance: Mary Ellen Gallick, Jan Anderson, Jane Stonich, Margaret Craig, Courtney Laufenberg
6:30 pm Meeting called to order by Margaret
6:32 pm The March Meeting was discussed. The group decided not to invite an officer from sex
crimes but to instead invite Inspector Geralds and have her bring several other officers to speak as well. This event will be advertised in a postcard, an email blast, on the website and on Facebook. The speaker invites will go out soon. Crime and Safety will have a table at the Frost Fest event and we will have a handout regarding the event for people to take.
6:50 pm Courtney filled the group in on the internet event that is being co-planned with FRN
neighborhood. A date hasn’t been set yet—they are looking at a date in March. She will keep the group updated on the progress of this planning. No board updates to report.
7:05 pm Motion to Adjourn – Jane Stonich
Tuesday, November 8th Minutes
In attendance: Mary Ellen Gallick, Graham and Susan Ford, Jane Stonich, Margaret Craig, Courtney Laufenberg
6:25 pm Meeting called to order by Margaret
6:26 pm Community Impact letter was discussed and approved by the committee. Courtney will use it and make slight adjustments based on the request from the police.
6:30 pm Sue wasn’t able to make the meeting so she sent an email detailing what was going on in the neighborhood along with the crime maps from the last 4 weeks. Crime was light in the neighborhoods and we discussed the damage done by the break-in at a business on 60th and Portland. Graham will stop by the business and see if there is anything they need. Courtney will update the website with the latest crime maps.
6:40 pm Courtney gave a board update. The board has decided what their 2012 focuses will be and they are working on the 2012 CPP budget. Crime and Safety will have their usual allotment.
6:45 pm Communication’s are fine. More updating needs to be done with the website and Courtney will work on that.
6:50 pm The Pearl Park Halloween party was well attended and the Crime and Safety presence was great. The giveaways were much appreciated.
6:51 pm New Business: Graham and Susan reminded the committee about the police dinner on Dec. 6th at the 3rd Precinct. They can always use more volunteers to help serve food to the officers. We also talked about the March crime meeting on the 19th. Margaret is going to work on getting the invite letters out in the next month or so. She is going to ask Sue if she has any recommendations on who should be invited from the department. The next crime and safety meeting will be January 10th (no December meeting). It will be decided at the January meeting if there is a need for a February meeting.
7:00 pm Motion to Adjourn – Jane Stonich
October 11th Meeting Minutes
In attendance: Graham and Susan Ford, Jane Stonich, Dede Ciprari, Sue Roethele, Mary Ellen Gallick, Courtney Laufenberg
6:30 pm Meeting called to order by Jane Stonich
6:31 pm Sue Roethele gave the committee a crime stats update and passed around the neighborhood maps for our review. Crime is low for the past 4 weeks so there wasn’t a lot to discuss on the maps. We briefly talked about the luring incident that happened several weeks ago near Todd Park. No one has been arrested at this time for that incident. A meeting will be held on October 13th for the community to get information on how to talk with kids about personal safety.
6:55 pm Community Impact letter was reviewed and approved by the committee. Several members are going to take another look at home and will let Courtney know if any changes need to be made. When a request is made to the office for a community impact letter Courtney will make the necessary tweaks to the letter and send it in on behalf of the committee.
7:00 pm Courtney gave an update on the HPDL board and the addition of 3 new members at the HPDL Annual Meeting in September. The board is still in need of representation from Page neighborhood.
7:10 pm Communication’s were discussed and Sue asked the HPDL office information be included on the agendas that are sent out. Courtney is taking care of getting recent crime maps and information on the website.
7:12 pm The Preschool Halloween party at Pearl Park will have a crime and safety presence. Jane will take the first hour (10:30-11:30) and the Ford’s will take the last hour (11:30-12:30). Courtney will make sure that all the materials are there and set-up.
7:15 pm New Business: The committee decided we will have a November meeting (November 8th) but will not have a December meeting. Graham gave an update on the recent 3PAC meeting. There is an overall reduction in crime in Minneapolis and violent crime is down. Theft from motor vehicles is up. Several problem areas are being addressed—Peavey Park, 38th and Chicago, and Bloomington and Lake Street. Volunteers are needed for the officer’s holiday dinner on December 6th for 11-1 and 6-9. The next 3PAC meeting is November 28th from 6:30 to 8.
7:25 pm Meeting Adjourned
September 13th Meeting Minutes
In attendance: Jan Anderson, Mary Ellen Gallick, Graham and Susan Ford, Jane Stonich, Margaret Craig, Sue Roethele, Courtney Laufenberg
Guest: Jake Hackl
6:32 pm Meeting called to order by Margaret
6:33 pm Jan Anderson brought the recent rapes in the neighborhood to the attention of the committee. She wanted to know why she hadn’t seen anything going out the community about the 3 rapes that have occurred since January of this year. Sue told us that they were acquaintance rapes and that is why an alert is not issued. If there is ever a stranger rape in our area an alert would come out from her office.
6:45 pm Sue passed out the recent crime maps and statistics. She mentioned that motor vehicle theft is up and Super America was held up several weeks ago but it was their first major incident this year. They have made great improvements to procedures and security and that has helped. Sue also told us that 10 of the last 16 residential burglaries required little or no force to gain entry. There were 4 garage burglaries and every single one had open doors. 10 bikes were also stolen recently.
7:00 pm Communications were discussed. The crime stats need to be updated with the new numbers. The McGruff column was great in the last issue of the newsletter. The group discussed the Community Impact Statements that we send out when we are asked to. The letter needs to be tightened up and specific to the neighborhood. It should also speak to the crime relevancy and should be kept simple. The letter will be re-worked and sent around to the committee for approval.
7:25 pm The Annual Meeting for HPDL will be held on Monday, September 19th at 7 pm. The Board has 7 open positions that need to be filled. Courtney will bring current crime maps and other relevant materials to the meeting for people to grab.
7:35 pm New Business: The committee discussed having a presence at the Pearl Park Pre-school Halloween party in October. We will hand out blinkies and glow bracelets. Courtney will also look into passing out a safe trick-or-treating handout for parents. We will also have other information on hand for parents to take as well. Margaret also mentioned that she has a commitment next month and won’t be in attendance at the meeting. Jane agreed to run the meeting. Courtney will also make up a current committee list and email out to the group.
7:45 pm Motion to adjourn – Jane Stonich
July 12th Meeting Minutes
In attendance: Graham and Susan Ford, Jane Stonich, Dede Ciprari, Sue Roethele, Lt. Dodge
6:45 pm Meeting called to order by Graham Ford
6:46 pm Sue Roethele talked over the crime maps and a handout on Mobile Drug Dealing that was just put together by the police department. Courtney will add the handout to the website. Sue also brought a new map for Picnic in the Park and that was looked at. Courtney will prep it and mount it for Picnic.
7:30 pm Details for Picnic were discussed. Graham is arranging to pick up the McGruff costume for a volunteer to wear. The Ford’s will also bring water and a cooler for the volunteers at the Crime and Safety tent (Courtney will provide the ice). Courtney will bring all the give-aways to the tent and Graham has all the handouts from Sue. Margaret and Dede will arrive around 6, the Fords will be there early and Jane will be there at the start of the event. Jane will call Mary Ellen and see if she will be there.
7:50 pm Communications—Graham is putting together an article for the August newsletter.
7:51 pm New Business—The committee decided to not have a meeting in August. The next meeting will be Tuesday, September 13th at 6:30 pm.
7:52 pm Meeting Adjourned
March 8, 2011 Crime Prevention and Community Safety Meeting Minutes.
In attendance: Margaret Craig, MaryEllen Gallick, Alice Bernhard, Dede Ciprari, Sue Roethele, Jane Stonich, Courtney Laufenberg
6pm Meeting called to order
Alice and Dede were new to attend the group. Alice gave her input on the burglary of her neighbor 56xx-16th Avenue. Precautions were taken at victims address, additional lighting, new locks in stalled on premise.
Talked briefly about general safety precautions.
Sue Rothele talked about her role and duties with 3rd Precinct, her territory, and the importance of community impact statements.
March Meeting: Arrive at 6:30p.
Hospitality: Courtney will pick up cookies, pop and water for us to provide for attendees.
Door Prizes: Flash lights and blinkies
Overview of speakers: John Quincy, city council; Joel Sandburg Property Crimes, Inspector Lucy Gerold, Third Precinct Commander, Sue Rothele CCP Safe Officer.
Set up will include table at front of room, several in back for refreshments and materials, and chairs.
Discussion of neighborhood business: Mike’s Corner Store, Parkview Hardware. Activity mentioned at Mario’s.
Board Update:
Four new members. President (Daren,) Vice President (Jake) Secretary (Molly,) and Treasurer (Todd).
Communications:
New, updated Website
New mailing list-
Crime and safety page: sign up to 3rd Precinct alert list, links.
On Facebook
April Newsletter discussion
Meeting adjourned at 7:20p
