May 5, 2004

Minutes For The General Membership Meeting

Prospect Park Monceaux Homeowners Association

Carol McLaughlin talked about the income taxes.  The accountant will take care of the bill.  We are going to use Southland Park’s application for the 501C3 report.

 Committee Reports

            Crime Prevention-Steve Deness- There has been a lot of crime on Monceaux since the construction has started.  The neighbors must be aware of what their others neighbors are up to. Set your alarms if you have them even if you are at home.  Steve has a special lock if anyone is interested in it.  There was a suggestion made that we could get some old police cruiser parked in area where home have been burglarized maybe this could be a good preventive measure.

             Beautification-Lila Young- She had a great handout of what was talked about at the April meeting.  She has walked the neighborhood and taken noted on problem sidewalk areas.  We also want to look at what kind of trees are on each sidewalk and see if we can get some kind consistence in the neighborhood.

 Our guest speaker was Mayor Lois Frankle.  Instead of her just getting up and talking we had a very good question and answer symposia.  She was very upset with the fact that our streets have been under construction for as long as they have been.  It was very obvious that she did not like the contractor however her hand were basically tied due to the fact that he was the contractor for 3 or 4 jobs out and that the city had to accept the lowest bidder.  She was also unaware of the problems on Monceaux and told us that she would make it a priority to get that street done.  She said that the City was having problems getting cement.  However, someone in the audience suggested where to contract it from. When we talked to her about the crime on Monceaux and other areas of our neighbor, she reassured us that our area was one of the least targeted areas of crime.  Our new police chief, Delta Busch is focusing on more patrol officers.  Mayor Frankle also was very excited to tell us about the downtown projects that will join Clematis to City Place.  There is a new condo going up on 610 Rosemary, a new City Hall and a new Library making the city more well rounded.  She also talked about the library being torn down and all the new parks and docks that are going to be built at the marina.  On a general note the audience was very receptive to Mayor Frankle.