Longview Park Community Watch January 2012

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Re: [longview-park-community-watch] Longview Branch Stream

by slcassidy＠earthlink.net

13 years, 9 months

Neighborhood canvasing effort tomorrow

by Matt Leary

Hey everyone, If anyone is interested in helping with the canvasing and block captain recruitment effort, please come on out tomorrow at 11:00 AM. We'll be meeting at my house (500 N. King Charles Rd), splitting into teams and going from there. It ought to be a great day to talk to your neighbors since the weather is supposed to be sunny. Thanks in advance for you help! http://beta.weather.com/weather/weekend/27610 Matt Leary919-389-1861

13 years, 10 months

Re: [Stevens Road] Fwd: contacts for Enloe High School NHS

by Ginger Deason

Hey Emrys, Yes, I did get an email yesterday and the person who sent it didn't know what I was talking about. She said to call the City and I haven't done that yet. Hopefully tomorrow. :) Ginger On Wed, Jan 25, 2012 at 1:33 PM, Emrys Treasure <emrys.treasure(a)gmail.com>wrote: > Hi All, > > The trailing message contains the City's most recent reply regarding our > interest in Longview Branch. I will try to connect with the contacts at > Enloe, perhaps some of you know these folks already. Also, the City is > still working out what they might be able to offer with respect to trash > cans. > > Ginger, > > Did you ever hear back from the North Central CAC about the trash cans > installed around St. Augs.? > > --Emrys > > ---------- Forwarded message ---------- > From: Smith, Mac <Mac.Smith(a)raleighnc.gov> > Date: Wed, Jan 25, 2012 at 9:13 AM > Subject: contacts for Enloe High School NHS > To: Emrys Treasure <emrys.treasure(a)gmail.com> > Cc: "Senior, Mark" <Mark.Senior(a)raleighnc.gov>, "Hathaway, Amy" < > Amy.Hathaway(a)raleighnc.gov> > > > ** ** ** ** ** ** ** ** > > Hi Emrys,**** > > I’ve been in touch with Alan Letarte (aletarte(a)wcpss.net) and Priyanka > Venkannagari (venkannp(a)yahoo.com) at ****Enloe** **High School****. > Priyanka is the service head for the National Honor Society at the school. > Alan Letarte is a math teacher with school that assists the NHS as needed. > **** > > ** ** > > Priyanka indicated that some of the group went to stream on the 17th, but > I ‘m not sure yet (waiting on a reply) if they did any type of clean-up or > just looked for signs of pollution. In any case, you may want to contact > them to see if a partnership could be formed with the **East CAC**. > Since the NHS is a volunteer group I’m reluctant to push too much on when a > group is active. I did remind them to send in our Field Data Sheet after a > stream walk or clean-up to keep us up to date on their activities.**** > > ** ** > > Priyanka gave me permission to include her email address and welcomes your > contact with her regarding the stream.**** > > ** ** > > I hope this is helpful. Please let me know how things workout with the > NHS and the **East CAC**. **** > > ** ** > > ** ** > > ** ** > > **** > > Mac Smith**** > > Stormwater Quality Technician**** > > City of ****Raleigh**** Stormwater Utility**** > > Public Works Department**** > > ****Raleigh** **Municipal** **Building****, Room 301**** > > ****222 West Hargett Street******** > > ****Raleigh**, **NC** **27601******** > > 919-996-4008 direct**** > > 919-996-3940 office**** > > 919-996-7633 fax**** > > www.raleighnc.gov/stormwater**** > > ** ** > > “E-mail correspondence to and from this address may be subject to the > North Carolina Public Records Law and may be disclosed to third parties by > an authorized City or Law Enforcement official.” > > > > > -- > Emrys Treasure > Biological Scientist > > Eastern Forest Environmental Threat Assessment Center > USDA Forest Service > 920 Main Campus Drive, Suite 300 > Raleigh, NC 27606 > > office: 919-515-9490 > cell: 919-621-9591 > email: etreasure(a)fs.fed.us > www.forestthreats.org/taccimo > -- Only when the last tree has died and the last river has been poisoned and the last fish has been caught, will we realize that we cannot eat money. ~ 19th century Cree saying Hasta que el último árbol sea cortado, hasta que el último río sea contaminado, hasta que el último pescado sea atrapado; solo entonces nos daremos cuenta que el dinero no se puede comer. ~ profecia Indios Cree

13 years, 10 months

Re: [Stevens Road] Fwd: contacts for Enloe High School NHS

by Matt Leary

Thanks for working on this Emrys and Ginger. Matt Leary Project Manager Bottomline Technologies On Jan 25, 2012, at 1:34 PM, "Emrys Treasure" <emrys.treasure(a)gmail.com> wrote: > Hi All, > > The trailing message contains the City's most recent reply regarding our interest in Longview Branch. I will try to connect with the contacts at Enloe, perhaps some of you know these folks already. Also, the City is still working out what they might be able to offer with respect to trash cans. > > Ginger, > > Did you ever hear back from the North Central CAC about the trash cans installed around St. Augs.? > > --Emrys > > ---------- Forwarded message ---------- > From: Smith, Mac <Mac.Smith(a)raleighnc.gov> > Date: Wed, Jan 25, 2012 at 9:13 AM > Subject: contacts for Enloe High School NHS > To: Emrys Treasure <emrys.treasure(a)gmail.com> > Cc: "Senior, Mark" <Mark.Senior(a)raleighnc.gov>, "Hathaway, Amy" <Amy.Hathaway(a)raleighnc.gov> > > > Hi Emrys, > > I’ve been in touch with Alan Letarte (aletarte(a)wcpss.net) and Priyanka Venkannagari (venkannp(a)yahoo.com) at Enloe High School. Priyanka is the service head for the National Honor Society at the school. Alan Letarte is a math teacher with school that assists the NHS as needed. > > > > Priyanka indicated that some of the group went to stream on the 17th, but I ‘m not sure yet (waiting on a reply) if they did any type of clean-up or just looked for signs of pollution. In any case, you may want to contact them to see if a partnership could be formed with the East CAC. Since the NHS is a volunteer group I’m reluctant to push too much on when a group is active. I did remind them to send in our Field Data Sheet after a stream walk or clean-up to keep us up to date on their activities. > > > > Priyanka gave me permission to include her email address and welcomes your contact with her regarding the stream. > > > > I hope this is helpful. Please let me know how things workout with the NHS and the East CAC. > > > > > > > > > > Mac Smith > > Stormwater Quality Technician > > City of Raleigh Stormwater Utility > > Public Works Department > > Raleigh Municipal Building, Room 301 > > 222 West Hargett Street > > Raleigh, NC 27601 > > 919-996-4008 direct > > 919-996-3940 office > > 919-996-7633 fax > > www.raleighnc.gov/stormwater > > > > > “E-mail correspondence to and from this address may be subject to the North Carolina Public Records Law and may be disclosed to third parties by an authorized City or Law Enforcement official.” > > > > > -- > Emrys Treasure > Biological Scientist > > Eastern Forest Environmental Threat Assessment Center > USDA Forest Service > 920 Main Campus Drive, Suite 300 > Raleigh, NC 27606 > > office: 919-515-9490 > cell: 919-621-9591 > email: etreasure(a)fs.fed.us > www.forestthreats.org/taccimo

13 years, 10 months

2302 Derby Dr. Crawl Space Door Open

by Emrys Treasure

The crawl space door at the house on the corner of Derby Dr. and Locke Ln. (south side of street) has been open for several days. It seems that the house may be vacant? At a minimum, this is an invitation for critters. I also wonder about potential copper theft (i.e., wires and plumbing). Does anyone know who the owner is? I noticed this several days ago, has it already been reported to RPD? -- Emrys

13 years, 10 months

Longview Branch Stream

by Emrys Treasure

Hi All, As I was walking the dogs along Bertie Dr today, I couldn't help but notice the large volume of trash in the Longview Branch stream channel and buffer. In addition, there are only two trash cans between Chatham Ln and Locke Ln. The nature of the trash also clearly indicates the source (Enloe students discarding mainly styrofoam food containers after lunch). I know this issue has been raised before at CAC meetings, but perhaps we can take this opportunity to harness our emerging community watch and establish a early success story. Couple of key points and actions that I submit for discussion by this group: 1.The Enloe National Honor Society (NHS) holds the adoption rights to Longview Branch. When I was in high school, our NHS was always looking for community service opportunities and we often had funds at our disposal to conduct them (relevant to item #2). Perhaps we can partner with the Enloe NHS to conduct a spring cleanup. Proposed actions: (1) contact Enloe and the City of Raleigh Adopt-A-Stream program and determine when the last cleanup was conducted; (2) scope out what resources the City might be willing to contribute to help (especially with respect to item #2). 2. Item #1 is somewhat pointless unless we are also willing to address the source of the trash and give the students a reasonable alternative to tossing their trash in the stream. Proposed actions: (1) engage Enloe to educate their students on water quality issue (perhaps there is an Enloe environmental club or student government body that would take this on); (2) establish a density of trash cans along Bertie Dr that makes throwing trash in a trash can easier than throwing it in Longview Branch. I welcome and encourage your thoughts and suggestions. -- Emrys Treasure East CAC Co-chair Longview Park Resident

13 years, 10 months

Neighborhood canvasing and recruitment effort

by Matt Leary

Hey everybody, Happy Friday. Here's a quick update on the canvasing and block captain recruitment effort from last weekend. We had a good team who braved the chilly, albeit sunny day on Saturday to go door-to-door talking to their neighbors about the Community Watch group. What a great way to meet some neighbors both new and old! Thanks to Emrys, Emily, Wayne, Marion and Sheri for going out walking with me. We found a lot of interest from our neighbors in the Community Watch group, and we definitely talked to some people who will make great block captains. We covered a large portion of the southern section of the neighborhood along Colleton, Tudor, King Charles and Bertie. We still have a little way to go in order to reach all our neighbors. So, if you missed your chance to go out with us talking to your neighbors about the Community Watch group, you have another opportunity. Last weekend, we split into teams of two and walked routes we agreed to based on a neighborhood map. We were only out a fairly short time (less than 2 hours) yet we covered a lot of ground. If we get a few more people to help us next time, we should be able to cover most of the rest of the area. Since we had positive results from our effort last weekend, I plan on keeping the process virtually identical. We'll meet at my house (500 N. King Charles Rd.) at 11:00 AM on Saturday, January 28. I'll have maps of the area, flyers and sign-up sheets for everyone. If you have a clipboard, you may want to bring it with you. Sunday the 29th will be the weather contingency day if Saturday has bad weather. Please let me know if you will be able to make it. Please call or email with any questions. mattleary(a)hotmail.com 919-389-1861. Matt Leary

13 years, 10 months

Fwd: [Stevens Road] Boxer on the loose

by Emrys Treasure

---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: "Ben Galata" <bgalata(a)earthlink.net> Date: Jan 8, 2012 7:48 PM Subject: [Stevens Road] Boxer on the loose To: <stevens-road-raleigh-nc(a)googlegroups.com> Guys, There is a sweet Boxer dog on the loose in the neighborhood. He followed me for a while, but split when I got near my house. He's got a collar and a tag, but I couldn't get my hands on his because I was walking our dogs. Grab him if you see him. Definitely not your average stray dog. Last seen on Stevens Rd 2300 block at 7:35pm. Thanks, Ben

13 years, 11 months

FW: [East-CAC] Christmas Trees Reminder

by Matt Leary

FYI... Sorry for any repeats. Matt > Date: Tue, 3 Jan 2012 12:26:30 -0500 > From: treefrognc(a)gmail.com > To: bpw(a)eastraleigh.org; east-cac(a)eastraleigh.org > Subject: [East-CAC] Christmas Trees Reminder > > Christmas trees are collected with your regular yard waste. Only > UNBAGGED trees-WITHOUT decorations, lights, and stand will be > collected to be RECYCLED! Thanks! > > > Karen > Recycling Block Leader Belvidere Park > _______________________________________________ > East-CAC mailing list > East-CAC(a)eastraleigh.org > http://www.eastraleigh.org/mailman/listinfo/east-cac

13 years, 11 months

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