Lake Claire Neighbors
Monthly Meeting: Thurs. May 16, 2019
7:15 PM at the Frazer Center, Rose Room
1815 Ponce de Leon Ave NE • Atlanta, GA 30307
Meet and greet your neighbors starting at 7:00 PM.
Pizza (compliments of Savage Pizza) and soft drinks will be served 15 minutes before the meeting.
The Lake Claire Neighbors Association is very grateful to this local business for its generous support.
Welcome
Guest speakers (Representatives of the City Council, and Atlanta Police Department)
APD:
Sgt Dearlove: Crime Patterns: theft from auto – remember to take your valuables out of your car.
My Atlanta Summer Youth Camp 9am to 2 pm.
For more info contact SPO. M. Young 404 802 2000
Valencia Hudson (Rep City Council member Natalyn Archibong):
Updates on requests for stop signs and speed bumps.
Let Valencia know about broken sidewalks and lack of curb cuts.
narchibong@atlantaga.gov
LCN officer reports
Safety:
Since January, CPLC Patrol officers have patrolled 100 hours monthly on average.
From APD official crime records, some key stats comparisons from CPLC Patrol:
Candler Park-Lake Claire in Jan-April:
• CPLC incidents are down 10% compared to Jan-April 2018.
•The largest category of CPLC incidents remained Larceny-From Vehicle which at 40 is down 1 incident compared to this period 2018.
• Burglary-Residence incidents were three, which is down from 4 this time last year. Auto theft, at 5 incidents, is slightly up from the 3 incidents in this period 2018.
Zone 6 and Citywide Year-to-Date through April:
• Offenses in Zone 6 were down less than 1% and Citywide were down 7% compared to the same period in 2018.
CPLC Patrol reminds you to clean out your car.
CPR Class this Sunday.
Is there interest in a bike safety class?
Education:
Meeting at Howard to discuss commute to school.
Representative from Bee Nguyen’s office
Melissa :
4-6 mo watermain project on Dekalb Ave. is delaying removal of reversible lane til Fall or Spring.
The bike lane project for Dekalb Ave has currently been cut due to lack of funds.
Complete Dekalb Ave Facebook Page
Delays in the City’s traffic improvement plan for DeKalb Ave.: Stephanie Stuckey, former State Representative and Director of Sustainability Services Southface Institute
Boyd:
Documentary on Road Project
Xmarksthepark.com
Documentary on the Presidential Parkway Battle: Boyd Baker, Lake Claire Cat Juggler and Storyteller who also runs the Wonder Shop on McLendon Ave.
John O’Connell
Brew Pub on Dekalb Ave.
V-19-31, 1660 DeKalb Ave. (Formerly the Mercantile): Applicant seeks a special exception from the Zoning Regulation to: (1) reduce required onsite parking from 43 parking spaces to 27 parking spaces; and (2) reduce required off-street loading spaces from 2 (12’x 35’) loading spaces to 0 loading spaces.
Motion to support the pub:
Pass 16 – 0
Other issues – those with concerns or information they wish to bring to the membership.
Lake Claire Neighbors meets the third Thursday of each month.
The next regular meeting will be June, 2019
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