Minutes of the General Meeting October 26, 2021
Hello Croissant Park Neighbors,
The Pledge of Allegiance was led by Heather at
7:02 pm. —Board members attending were Pat Rathburn, Michelle DiMaria, Virginia
Russell, Joe Russell, Rhonda Kramer, Heather Cunniff, Jodi Perraud, and Larry
Jackson.
Officers Gowans and Lopez reported a changing of the guard as to the officers who will be patrolling Croissant Park. The restructuring will include more officers and manpower. They will continue to coordinate with the civic associations, keeping us informed of the crime that occurs in our area. We had three residential burglaries and two auto burglaries. The officers continue to remind us to lock our cars, including in our driveways/carports. Both auto burglaries occurred in unlocked cars. They also remind us not to leave desirable items in plain view inside the car because that will lead to a broken window and theft. Also, key fobs in your house are often close enough to the car to cause your car to be unlocked. Test it to see if this condition exists. If it does, move the key fob further away from your car. Be vigilant in your neighborhood: is there a pool service truck at your neighbor’s house and your neighbor doesn’t have a pool? Or a landscaping truck is parked at your neighbor’s property and they take care of their own yard? These are some of the scams to beware of. While someone is “cleaning the pool” where there is no pool, someone could be casing the property. Get to know your neighbors.
The election committee for the slate of the CPCA Board of Directors was Jean
Ready, John Mangione, Michelle DiMaria, and Jodi Perraud. There were no
nominations from the floor and the existing slate of the Board was approved by
the members attending the meeting.
—A discussion
about the Poinciana Crossing apartment building that is nearly finished on SE
1st Avenue, just east of the railroad track and the playing field at Croissant
Park Elementary School. We feel that we may have been misled when it was
presented to our CPCA meeting. It is not within our physical boundaries but it
affects our neighborhood. Our Board member Heather will follow up with the City
to answer our queries.
—Board member Jodi will bring neighbor, Ron B. Wilson to our
January meeting to talk about his photography book Resilience. Should be
interesting. That will be at our January meeting at the Community Center on
January 25th, 2022. Wow, time marches on!
Minutes by Virginia-Secretary