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You are invited to a meeting with us to discuss your concerns and questions.  The meeting will be on March 10th at 6:30 p.m. at Waite Park, 1810 34th Ave NE to meet and converse with the Lieutenant and the Crime Prevention Specialist who work in your neighborhood.

Lt. Whisney, who supervises officers who work in your neighborhood, will provide information on:

• How you can help the police,
• Staffing in the precinct, and
• Crime trends.

Carol Oosterhuis, the Crime Prevention Specialist for your neighborhood, will also present information about some programs, including:

• Community Impact Statements and Crime Alerts
• 311
• Youth Crime Prevention in Northeast

We are inviting individuals from the neighborhood boards and individuals who have helped coordinate block events recently and other concerned community members in Audubon, Columbia, and Waite Park Neighborhoods to this meeting.

If you have a specific concern, such as a problem address on your block, please call your Crime Prevention Specialist at (612) 673-2874 to discuss the issue, before the meeting.  We ask you to do this for two reasons.  First, we do not want you to wait for the meeting to report concerns; and secondly, we want to research information, so we can answer your questions and at the meeting.

We thank you for your commitment to building a safer community for yourself, your family and your neighbors.

For questions, contact:

Carol Oosterhuis, Crime Prevention Specialist
Minneapolis Police Department, 2nd Precinct
(612) 673-2874
carol.oosterhuis@ci.minneapolis.mn.us

You are invited to a public meeting to discuss proposed changes to identify bicycle boulevards on 22nd Avenue between Central Avenue and Arthur Street, as well as Tyler, Polk, and Fillmore Streets between 37th Avenue NE and East Hennepin Avenue. The proposed route of the Fillmore/Polk/Tyler Street bike boulevard through the Waite Park neighborhood would be along Tyler Street from Saint Anthony Parkway to 36th Avenue NE.

The next public meeting is:
Wednesday, February 17th, 6:00pm
Windom Park Recreation Center, 2251 Hayes St NE

You can find out more information about bike boulevards and the Fillmore/Polk/Tyler Street project at the City of Minneapolis' bicycle boulevard website. You can download the flyer and more information below.

Fillmore22ndPublicMeetingFlyer.pdf

On Wednesday, February 3, Jeff Lohaus from the Northeast Minneapolis Arts Association (NEMAA) will be at the Waite Park Community Council meeting to discuss the Arts in Northeast Minneapolis and upcoming NEMAA events. The Waite Park Community Council will also discuss neighborhood participation in the upcoming residential energy saving program through the Center for Energy and Environment.

Waite Park Community Council meetings are held on the first Wednesday of each month at 7:00 p.m. in the Waite Park Community Center at 1810 34th Ave. NE. All Waite Park meetings are open to the public. We hope to see you there!

From Carol Oosterhuis at the Second Precinct:

We are notifying you of a recent arrest of an individual in or around your property or your neighborhood.  We are asking that you tell us how you feel about this crime and/or offender and how this impacts your quality of life.  We will give your input to the judge, who will review your input before sentencing.  You do not have to be a direct victim of the crime or see the crime to give us your input. Your input truly makes a difference.

How to write an impact statement?  There is no right format and you don't have to be creative.  Many community members convey the same message on each of the impact statements that they write.

Generally, you can start by stating how you have been impacted: financially, emotionally, physically, and so on.  You can end by describing what you are hoping the court will do:  send the person to jail, order the person to get treatment, order the person to get employment, order the person to stay out of a particular area (i.e. a geographic restriction for a particular neighborhood), sentenced to service for garbage pickup, graffiti removal and so on.
Remember:  it is more important to send an impact statement than to worry about how it is written.  Just send it!  Whatever you write will be presented and can improve the safety of your community.

Keep in mind that your statement can be written and submitted by you or any neighborhood entity, block club, neighborhood association or business.  So, it is perfectly acceptable if you would like to write one on behalf of neighbors, your family, or any other group representing a portion of the neighborhood, provided they have agreed to you doing so.

Please return your statement at least three days prior to the court date to assure that your statement arrives in time for the offender's court appearance. You can download a copy of the Community Impact Statement below.    

Email your statement to: 2precinctimpact@ci.minneapolis.mn.us or mail the completed Community Impact Statement Form to:

2nd Precinct Paralegal
2nd Precinct
1911 Central Ave NE
Minneapolis, MN 55418

    
community impact statements (robert theodore dixon) 091203 wa.doc

Join your neighbors to discuss constructive solutions for addressing the impact on our community from the rail yard, distribution center and rail lines in northeast Minneapolis related to the 230-acre Shoreham Yards and its adjacent train tracks.

 

Federal laws govern most of what goes on at sites like Shoreham Yards and on its tracks.

 

• Noise
• Proximity to schools, homes, businesses, parks
• Toxic/hazardous materials storage and cargo
• Hours of operation
• Track maintenance
• Inspections and training
• 2009 vs. 1889: what a 21st-century rail yard neighbor really means to us
• Health, safety and quality of life
• International cargo distribution center issues
• Buffering and property upkeep
• Workable solutions    
• Derailments

 

 

Special Community Meeting with aide to U.S. Senator Amy Klobuchar (also invited: offices of U.S. Senator Al Franken and U.S. Rep. Keith Ellison)

Monday, Dec. 14, 2009 at 7:00 p.m. at 1900 Central Ave. NE, Suite 108 at the Holland Neighborhood Improvement Association office.

 

More information can be found at the Shoreham Area Advisory Committee (SAAC).

A vacant mortuary that's been on the brink of foreclosure for more than a year is now getting a new life as an office and community space.

Architect John Harriss owns the property at 3207 Central Ave. NE. His firm was originally hired to design a condo project at the site.

When sales got off to a slow start, Harriss and a business partner bought the property from the initial developers in 2006 with hopes of improving sales. The condos ultimately failed, and the property has been in financial limbo since 2007.
 
A green, thrifty renovation is now underway to convert the funeral home into a multi-tenant office building, with Harriss' own architecture firm serving as the anchor tenant.
 
"We saw an opportunity to take a building that was destined for the landfill and reuse it," Harriss said.

The Minneapolis Police Department and their Crime Prevention Specialists are putting together the 2010 Neighborhood Policing Plan for Waite Park. The Police Departments needs your help to identify areas of concern and issues that you feel need to addressed in Waite Park.

Please fill out the contact form below. Your ideas will be sent directly to Second Precinct Inspector Schafer and Crime Prevention Specialist for our neighborhood, Carol Oosterhuis.

	First Name: * Last Name: * Address Phone: E-mail: * Your concerns about crime in Waite Park. * More Information I would like to receive updates from the Minneapolis Police about issues in my area.