September 12th
7:00
Library! at Cole and Ustick
Sagebrush Room
Agenda
7:00 Call to order
7:05 Update on cling project. Call for Volunteers
7:10 Ronnie will give a demo on finding public agency meeting agendas
and minutes.
7:20 Neighborhood Contact Officer Officer Terry Weir BPD will speak
http://police.cityofboise.org/neighborhood-services/neighborhood-contact-officers/
August 6th is National Night Out
NATIONAL NIGHT OUT is designed to:
Although this is not an Association event I would like to encourage you to attend any events in your neighborhood that are taking place.
Neighbors. Let’s keep an eye out.
Learn more about Graffiti and how to prevent it!
We are receiving a vast number of reports of malicious injury by graffiti and we need your help in identifying the suspects committing this criminal activity.
Although we have had several graffiti reports since May, we had 15 reports of graffiti in the past two weeks alone. Not only is this disheartening to the homeowner, but it can be quite an expensive undertaking to remove the paint and /or repair the damaged property.
The suspects are active between 11:00 pm – 4:00 am. They are mostly targeting residential fences and property, vehicles, and commercial buildings, however, public spaces and schools are also being damaged throughout Boise.
Please alert your neighbors of an increase in activity. For those who get up during the night, encourage them to look out a window and if they see criminal or suspicious activity occurring at that time to call 911 immediately. If you have any information on this crime, please contact Non-Emergency Dispatch at 377-6790 or you can remain anonymous and call Crime Stoppers at 343-COPS.
Thank you,
Carrie Demirelli
Boise Police Crime Prevention
Neighborhood Watch Director 333 N. Mark Stall Place Boise, Id 83704
Phone # – (208) 570-6070
E-Mail –cdemirelli@cityofboise.org
July 7 is the big day of Boise’s sesquicentennial celebration, the official Boise birthday. The first plat was filed July 7, 1863 and Boise became a city. The big finale is the BOISE 150 Sesqui-Party on Sunday, July 7, our 150th birthday party. It starts at 11:30 a.m., when Mayor Bieter joins the Boise Bicycle Project in leading a bike parade from City Hall to Julia Davis Park.The main party starts at noon and runs through 5 p.m. There will be music and entertainment at the Gene Harris Bandshell and at four other locations throughout the park, including a vintage fashion and car show, Civil War re-enactments, community booths, BOISE 150 merchandise, more than 20 food trucks and two beer gardens. (Visit BOISE150.org for a complete listing and other details.)
See you at the party.
As plans go forward on Fairview access management project. ACHD is continuing to take comments through their Interactive comment map.
Read what others are saying and post your own comments and safety concerns.
Follow THIS LINK to the Interactive comment map.
Consolidated Election Day: May 21, 2013
Polls are open on Election Day from 8 a.m. to 8 p.m.
CLICK HERE for details
City hosts 10 education sessions about dog rules, off-leash areas
Neighbors who have questions about dog parks and off-leash policies are invited to join city representatives at 10 education sessions in May and June.
Representatives of Boise Parks & Recreation, the City Clerk’s Office and the Boise Police Department will answer questions and distribute information in parks and preserves throughout the city.
The goal is to explain rules pertaining to dog leashing, licensing and removal of pet waste. City representatives also hope pet owners with help with compliance.
The dog off-leash areas and parks are intended to provide neighborhoods with accessible places for owners to exercise their pets and enjoy time with their dogs said Doug Holloway, director of Boise Parks & Recreation. We welcome the opportunity to hear feedback from neighbors about our parks and policies.
Each meeting location offers daily dog-off leash hours approved by the Boise Parks & Recreation Commission.
The City of Boise is redesigning its website and needs your help. The City has launched a project to revamp the design and navigation of its website, CityofBoise.org, and is conducting a short survey to get information about how residents use the site currently and what sort of changes they would like to see in the new design.
The survey will take less than three minutes to complete and can be accessed by visiting www.cityofboise.org/sitesurvey
. The survey will be open through 11:00 p.m., Sunday, May 5. The identities of the survey respondents will be kept confidential.
NeighborWoods, a new program launched by the City of Boise’s Community Forestry division, will help reduce energy consumption, improve air quality and increase property values by providing free trees to homeowners.
Homeowners who sign up for the NeighborWoods program will receive a free tree to plant within 10 feet of the edge of their street. Participants must indicate a willingness to properly care for the tree as it grows.
The goal is to increase the canopy in parts of the city that are “under served” with trees along streets, said Brian Jorgenson, Boise’s City Forester. “A research project completed in 2007 by the US Forest Service’s Center for Urban Forest Research shows us that planting street trees in Boise pays us back in the long run, to the tune of a 30% return on our investment,” Jorgenson adds.
“As the new trees grow, they will help home owners and their neighborhoods by improving air quality, saving energy and increasing property values,” said Jorgenson. “Other benefits include storm water interception, shade, beauty and habitat for birds and other animals.”
To build awareness, Community Forestry has launched a direct mail campaign to targeted neighborhoods, including portions of Morris Hill and West Bench neighborhoods.
Community Forestry expects to purchase 100 trees from local nurseries with $5,000 in city funding. Species include white ash, honeylocust and maple among others. City of Boise certified arborists will help homeowners find a place to plant the trees and provide guidance on tree care techniques.
This program has been successful in other parts of the country, Jorgenson said. In October 2012, more than 45,000 trees were planted at 825 NeighborWoods events across the country.
Boise Community Forestry is a division of Boise Parks & Recreation with responsibility for the management of more than 41,000 trees in parks and public rights of way. Community Forestry also offers tree care classes, tree identification walks and other educational opportunities.
For information about Boise Community Forestry, including a copy of the street tree study,pleaseseewww.cityofboise.org/forestry or call (208) 608-7700. Or contact City Forester Brian Jorgenson at bjorgenson@cityofboise.org.
We had a great meeting in March. If you missed the meeting I invite you to read the Minutes. We discussed the importance of building committees to strengthen our association. Please consider being part of one of these committees. CLICK HERE
