Monday, October 8, 2012
earthquake safety
You can practice earthquake safety, hands on! Volunteers needed asap for the Great California Shake Out. We will spend a morning pretending that we are responding to a citywide emergency (earthquake, fire, etc). No previous skills needed. You will assess, rescue and run a command center. I am trained and can take the lead. Lets do it! Ruby Stein 510 229-9984.
Lake Neighbors Meetings 2013
Mark your Calendars!
Location: Regeneration Church, 238 E 15th St @ corner of E 15th St and 3rd
ALL Thursdays (dinner included):
Jan 24 - 6:30 to 8:30pm (Regeneration Church, Chapel room)
April 25 - 6:30 to 8:30pm (Regeneration Church, Chapel room)
July 25 - 6:30 to 8:30pm (Regeneration Church, Chapel room)
October 24 - 6:30 to 8:30pm (Regeneration Church, Chapel room)
Location: Regeneration Church, 238 E 15th St @ corner of E 15th St and 3rd
ALL Thursdays (dinner included):
Jan 24 - 6:30 to 8:30pm (Regeneration Church, Chapel room)
April 25 - 6:30 to 8:30pm (Regeneration Church, Chapel room)
July 25 - 6:30 to 8:30pm (Regeneration Church, Chapel room)
October 24 - 6:30 to 8:30pm (Regeneration Church, Chapel room)
Oct Mtg Notes
Lake Neighbor’s Meeting on October 4th, 2012
Thanks to…
· Our hard-working Sasha Esposito San Roman for running the meeting….
· Debra Capitan for the delicious lasagna and salad (if you all had known what you were missing you would have been there)
· Mwende for the drinks, helping with set up and pitching in to start tracking minutes...
· And Re:generation Church for hosting!
Introduction to the Lake Neighbors by Sasha
Concepts: Safety, Strong Positive Events, Healing the Cause
The Lake Neighbors asks that you choose something you can do - little or big – to make our neighborhood a better place.
Other members of the team:
Ruby Stein – Emergency Preparedness
Open Position – Event coordinator (many thanks to Betsy Johnson for all her hard work)
Sean Henry - Coordination with OPD District 15
Please contact Sasha if you might want to fill the role of the events coordinator – either semi-permanently or for a single event
Introductions
Each attendee introduced his or her self
· Marilyn Clark lives at E 20th and 7th Ave. She is interested in better relations between OPD and the neighborhood. It’s important that police and citizens have a good relationship.
· Andy Blackwood lives at E 19th and 11th Ave. He is concerned about public safety.
· Len Montalvo of Intervention Group, a private security firm. He has professional and personal interests in security issues in Oakland and is also a lake neighbor. It’s great to see folks getting together. He’s interested in developing a movie night.
· Patrick Graham, also of the Intervention Group. He’s feeling discouraged about the state of Oakland, but has hopes for improvements.
· Sean Henry was born in Oakland. He’s lived at 1800 Lakeshore since 1997. He’s working with his immediate neighbors on getting drug dealing out of the neighborhood. He’s also working on improvements to Pine Knoll Park.
· Brittany Ceres and Noki live at 5th Ave and E 19th St with Brittany’s wife Carol. They created the website for the Lake Neighbors and run the blog. Please contact them if you have anything to post.
· Laura Jerrard lives at E19th St and 11th Ave. She takes the meeting notes for the Lake Neighbors
· Debra Capitan lives on E 19th between 10th and 11th Avenues. She’s been involved in Lake Neighbor’s events – including our recent Valentine’s Day Pancake breakfast – and hopes we can keep up making things happen and connecting neighbors.
· Mwende lives in the Vue du Lac Apartments. She loves Oakland for its many positives, its great mix of people, its thriving art and cultural scene. She blogs about Oakland on www.gobanter.com
· Jennie Gerard, Council Member Pat Khernighan’s Chief of Staff came say hello, find out what’s going on and answer questions
· Javier and his family recently moved to E 24th St. and 8th Ave. His project is movies to be screened from O’Reilly’s parking lot on the outside of the Parkway Theater Building.
· Sasha Esposito San Roman needs no introduction. She lives at E 17th and 3rd Ave. She does admin for the Lake Neighbors and has been running the meetings. She and her husband Hector provide internet service to the neighborhood
· Ruby Stein, our Emergency Preparedness Coordinator, wishes that we were all totally up to date with earthquake preparedness and that we all knew what to do in an emergency. See below for her updates. She also has a plum tree in her yard that is bearing fruit. Neighbors are welcome to come in and pick it in the back yard at 2001 5th Avenue.
Safety Issues and Oakland Police Department
Officer Dimitrius Fowler visited the meeting. He’s the PSO for Beat 15, the area bounded by E 18th St., Lakeshore, Park and 580. He’s been with OPD for 5 years. He may soon be reposted to a CRT team, a team that works on special projects. He hasn’t been in the neighborhood that much later because he’s been pulled out for special projects. These include hunting murder suspects and narcotics dealers and a big operation to stop Khat distribution in West Oakland. It was being distributed by a taxi driver to 10 liquor stores.
The PSO works on neighborhood issues as a project. Some issues he’s been working on lately include making the OPD presence felt outside some of the new massage parlors on Park Blvd., working on security at 633 Alma apartments, working with Sean and the neighbors on drug dealing along Lakeshore. His email address is on line. Feel free to contact him with beat issues. Also the Lake Neighbors could use Sean as the liaison.
Debra said that the lack of consistency in beat officers and PSOs is disheartening for the neighbors. Other members of the group agreed. Andy said the neighborhoods used to have a better working relationship with police officers on the beat. Until there are more police officers on the street Officer Fowler doesn’t see the current pattern changing much. Neighbors can do a lot by getting to know each other and watching out for one another.
Sasha and her husband, Hector, who live next to the Walgreens and across the street from the Lucky’s have a lot of surveillance cameras focused on the street. They acquire all kinds of information including videos of drug dealing going on a regular basis. They’d love to get this to OPD but in spite of calls haven’t been able to connect. Officer Fowler asked that Sasha send him an email.
Jennie Gerard spoke about the “Dear John” pilot program in the San Antonio neighborhood. Citizens are being trained to identify men who are engaging with prostitution. When they report vehicle information to the police, a “Dear John” letter will be sent out to the registered owner of the vehicle letting them know that their car was seen in an area known for prostitution. EDALDC has been spear-heading the effort. If it has an impact it may be made available in other neighborhoods.
Crime to watch out for in the neighborhood
· Cell phone and computer snatching. Do not use your phone while walking around. Do not carry electronic devices openly. Thefts are a huge problem. Turnaround on stolen devices happens very quickly. Do not encourage people to become criminals by being careless
· Lately there have been some purse snatchings when drivers are stopped at stop lights (E 18th and 8th Ave.) Lock your doors when you drive.
· An elderly man (named Mr. Ellison?) has a mobile flea market at Lake Merritt Park. This is a front for drug dealing. He doesn’t actually sell the items that he has spread out but uses them as his excuse to be at the lake engaging in transactions all day long. He used to set up right across from Pine Knoll Park, but has moved down the road towards 2000 Lakeshore under pressure from Sean and his neighbors. Keep an eye out and call the drug hotline if you see him engaging in any drug transactions.
Crime fighting tips:
· Make reports on the drug hotline – 238-DRUG. The police do tallies of call coming in to the drug hotline. The more calls that are logged over a specific situation or area, the more resources that area will receive.
· Remember for program the direct line for local emergency numbers into your cell phone.
· Oakland Crime Spotting is a website published by OPD that gives information about location and nature of crimes committed in Oaklandhttp://oakland.crimespotting.org
Other Neighborhood Gossip
“The Man of Steal” Rickey Henderson recently bought a property on Lakeshore. He owns a number of properties in Oakland and is said to be a good landlord.
The Econo Lodge on the corner of E 12th and 1st Ave has been closed for a year by a judge because of the prostitution problem. What will it become?
Strong Positive Events and Actions
Since we have no permanent events coordinator, and no one willing to take on the job permanently, but plenty of people willing to help, we’re going to try having people step up for one event at a time. This is going to include setting up and running the meetings. We’ll plan a couple of events in advance so that we don’t lose momentum.
The neighbors at Pine Knoll Park (the grassy hill with a restroom across the street from the Lake). A garden has been installed. Neighbors are working on another garden, signage, clean-up and lighting.
Hector is always looking for ways to expand free internet service. If you live in a tall building and might be able to place a repeater on your roof please get in touch to discuss.
Trunk or treat is coming up - Monday, Oct 31, 2011 5:30p to 9:30p
This is a Halloween event for children in the parking lot of Re:generation Church.
Safe Trick or Treating for neighborhood families! Pumpkin Carving! Art and Crafts! Bounce House! Carnival Games! Taco Truck and Bake Sale! Trunk or Treat is a Halloween event where children in Oakland can trick-or-treat safely. Volunteers will be stationed in the parking lot and children will go from trunk to trunk for candy. Kid-friendly movies, and fun and games in the community center! Volunteers and donations are needed. Or just come on down.
Javier has been working on showing an outdoor movie on the side of the old Parkway Theatre building. He approached O’Reilly’s to ask permission to have a gathering in the parking lot. He was turned down, ostensibly for liability reasons. Many members of the group expressed support for the idea and volunteered to be part of an email campaign. Sean suggested direct action.
Len is going to work on setting up a movie night at our new beer garden and restaurant, Portal at Foothill Blvd. and 2nd Avenue.
Progressive New Year’s Eve Party. This is always a great event. Several people are willing to host or help, so we’re on for this year. Yay!
Emergency Preparedness by Ruby
The Lake Neighbors have prepared a flyer on emergency preparedness. It includes a coupon for a discount on a gas shut off tool (courtesy of Ace Hardware Grand Lake). Knowing where and how to shut off the gas at your house is one of the most important ways you can prepare for an emergency.
Marilyn and Ruby walked a few blocks providing people with the flyer on and making them aware that they need to know how to shut off their utilties. They found that some valves had been painted open; some people couldn’t access their valves. Everyone talk to you neighbors about this important issue.
There is a “Shake-out” at October 18th at 10am. A Shake-out is a practice session for a major emergency. Citizens come to a command center and practice. Teams go out for assessments and rescues. Ruby volunteered to be a victim last. She’d like to run a practice session in our neighborhood this year. Please contact her if you’re interested.
CORE stands for Citizens of Oakland Responding to Emergencies. It’s a great training program. Everyone should do it.
Ruby has a lot of information on operating during a disaster and is happy to share it with anyone. For questions or to register email Ruby at rstein94606@yahoo.com
Resources
These are the resources that were brought up during the meeting.
· SeeClickFix a smart phone app that makes it sweet and easy to report illegal dumping
· You can also report illegal dumping through Oaklandnet.com or the DPW dumping hotline 510-615-5566
· City of Oakland, Drug Hotline 237-drug!
· CORE emergency response training by the City of Oakland
· www.gobanter.com blogging about and for Oakland
· Free internet service is provided to neighbors by Sasha and Hector
· Portal, our new beer garden and restaurant
· http://lakepeeps.blogspot.com/ The Lake Neighbor’s blog!
Next Year’s Meetings
The group agreed that the time and schedule for meetings was working well – especially if we can keep events going between meetings. We will be talking with Re:generation Church about continuing meetings there. And, we’re going to try a new format with people rotating through setting up and running each meeting. Sean’s first; Andy’s second. Jump in if you want to take on a meeting. The mail effort in that role is to keep things solution focused and proactive -- everyone's position respected. Keep it in action oriented direction (we all know the problems -- this short time is on knowing eachother, exchanging information, making specific plans and implementing them).
The Next Meeting
The next Lake Neighbors’ Meeting will be the Thursday the 25th in January, 6:30pm to 8:30pm. Sean Henry will be running the meeting and providing food. If anyone can help food it would be much appreciated. If you don’t know how to contact Sean, contact Sasha and she’ll set you up.
Another great Lake Neighbor’s Meeting. Thanks to all!
Monday, August 6, 2012
July Mtg notes
Below find Laura J's GREAT notes from the meeting last week so you can know what went on. Thank you to Laura for making notes that practically have 3 dimensions -- almost like you are there.
PLEASE FEEL FREE to respond via email and get involved. Happy reading below...
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Lake Neighbor’s Meeting on July 26, 2012
Thanks to…
Our hard-working Sasha Esposito San Roman for providing food….
And Re:generation Church for hosting!
Introduction to the Lake Neighbors by Sasha
Concepts: Safety, Strong Positive Events, Healing the Cause
The Lake Neighbors asks that you choose something you can do - little or big – to make our neighborhood a better place.
Other members of the team:
The Lake Neighbors email list is over 350 people and growing!
Introductions
Each attendee introduced their self and talked about a little about their wish list - what do they like about the neighborhood, what do they wish for the neighborhood and what can they to bring their wish one step closer?
Safety and Oakland Police Department
Crime fighting tips:
Andy will do a write up on how to communicate and the kind of information that is useful. This includes address numbers, stash locations, process descriptions, and descriptions of individuals including size, weight, hair, race, specifics about clothing, vehicles, bikes, etc.
There was a lot of discussion about Oakland Police Department. Marilyn briefed the group on the negotiated settlement agreement. (From the City Attorney’s website: “On January 22, 2003, the City of Oakland entered into a Negotiated Settlement Agreement (NSA) to resolve allegations of police misconduct raised by plaintiffs in the lawsuit Delphine Allen v. City of Oakland, otherwise known as the 'Riders' case”) The situation has been going on too long. It’s making it difficult for the police department to operate. The court appointed monitor receives $1,784,000 per year!!! What can the lake neighbors do? Marilyn will let the group know.
It’s very difficult to communicate with the police (except with dispatch about immediate situations) at this point in time. Many of the NSC positions have been eliminated. The PSOs don’t seem to be interfacing with the community.
The Lake Neighbors’ area has a lot of overlap with the police beat 17X and 17Y. Currently those beats are divided into two different NCPC (Neighborhood Crime Prevention Council) groups. There is some talk that they’ll be united. Marilyn is pushing for this – she will keep the group posted.
Andy would like to find a way to coordinate on disseminating information – calling in criminals etc. Sasha noted that she used to be able to do this through the Lake Neighbor’s email list but it’s grown too overwhelming. Nixle http://www.nixle.com/, an electronic service providing updates from OPD, will inform people about serious events, but day to day issues aren’t addressed.
Sean noted that there’s drug dealing at FM Smith Park.
Events
Betsy, the event coordinator, wasn’t at the meeting. We will ask for an email update.
Movie Night on the Parkway! Javier hopes to have movie night in September. He may need help getting permission from O’Reilly’s to use their parking lot to show movies. He will keep the group posted.
Dancing! Salsa This Friday 9 – 12 at 1924 Franklin. $8 for an evening of dance, drink and food
Tango on Sundays 5 – 8 same place. Count and Melissa will keep the Lake Neighbors posted as these become regular events.
National Night Out! It’s August 7nd. Steve Ma of Woody’s is rumored to be organizing an event
Other Actions
Debra’s List
The group has been moving forward with the directory of local businesses. Sean walked the entire neighborhood to get the information. Many businesses that want to be involved. It could be a money maker someday. The information is now being collated and will be ready for draft distribution soon. Distribution will be via email and the website. The group’s decided to only include businesses that are making the neighborhood a better place.
There was discussion on distributing hard copies. Everyone agrees it’s a good idea, but resources are slim. Kathleen and Sean will distribute hard copies to places like coffee shops, Laundromats, listed businesses. It would be great to turn the directory into an illustrated local map in the future.
New Neighborhood Community Garden
There’s a rumor that there’s a new neighborhood community garden at …8th Ave. and Park? Jess Berman may be able to provide an email update.
Emergency Preparedness by Ruby
Currently the neighborhood group around E 17th and 3rd Ave is pretty organized for a disaster. Ruby would like to set up another potential command center based around her and Marilyn – E 20th between 5th and 7th Avenues.
Walkie-talkies are in important tool in an emergency. Sasha’s block has them & use channel 9. Ruby recently purchased some walkie-talkies from SF Costco. Andy recommends that people purchase Motorola. Andy volunteered to help her get them synched up with others in the neighborhood.
Other supplies are also needed: First aid supplies, tablets, flashlights, etc. Ruby will make a wish list and will send it out. We could target Walgreens. Regen might be willing to do a donation drop-off.
The Lake Neighbors have prepared a flyer on emergency preparedness. It includes a coupon for a discount on a gas shut off tool (courtesy of Ace Hardware Grand Lake). Knowing where and how to shut off the gas at your house is one of the most important ways you can prepare for an emergency.
In the flyer on emergencies are instruction (including an electronic address which unless I’ve made a typo is: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheet/viewform?formkey=dENGV3VmTXM4X0dBcGFPc0IRS2p6OFE6MQ#gid=0) where you can register your information on the blog in a secure location. This includes notes on whether you have children or elderly people living with you that might need assistance.
Ruby has a lot of information on operating during a disaster and is happy to share it with anyone. For questions or to register email Ruby at rstein94606@yahoo.com
Resources
These are just a few of the resources that were brought up during the meeting.
Next Meeting
The next Lake Neighbors’ Meeting will be September 27th, Re:generation Church, 6:30pm. If anyone can help organize food it would be a great help. Please contact Sasha.
Another great Lake Neighbor’s Meeting. Thanks to all!
PLEASE FEEL FREE to respond via email and get involved. Happy reading below...
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Lake Neighbor’s Meeting on July 26, 2012
Thanks to…
Our hard-working Sasha Esposito San Roman for providing food….
And Re:generation Church for hosting!
Introduction to the Lake Neighbors by Sasha
Concepts: Safety, Strong Positive Events, Healing the Cause
The Lake Neighbors asks that you choose something you can do - little or big – to make our neighborhood a better place.
Other members of the team:
Ruby Stein – Emergency Preparedness
Betsy Johnson – Event coordinator
Andy Blackwood – Coordination with OPD
Laura Jerrard -- Meeting Minutes Recorder
The Lake Neighbors email list is over 350 people and growing!
Introductions
Each attendee introduced their self and talked about a little about their wish list - what do they like about the neighborhood, what do they wish for the neighborhood and what can they to bring their wish one step closer?
- Marilyn Clark has lived in the neighborhood for a very long time. Her concerns are public safety and illegal dumping. She’s been focusing on gathering information about the Negotiated Settlement Agreement. This inspired a lot of discussion. See below for notes.
- Ruby Stein, our Emergency Preparedness Coordinator, wishes that we were all totally up to date with earthquake preparedness and that we all knew what to do in an emergency. See below for her updates. She also has a plum tree in her yard that is bearing fruit. Neighbors are welcome to come in and pick it in the back yard at 2001 5th Avenue.
- Andy is giving up his role doing coordination with OPD. OPD is too under-staffed to allow for communication with the neighbors. His wish for the neighborhood is a 14th Ave. BART station.
- Laura takes the meeting notes for the Lake Neighbors, is involved with the local communal garden across the street at Funk Town Farm and is helping to take care of the median at E 19th and 11th Ave, home to the 11th Ave Oakland Buddha. She’s a landscape architect and is interested in making physical improvements.
- Javier and his family recently moved to E 24th St. and 8th Ave. He’d like to activate his new neighbors. His project is movies to be screened from O’Reilly’s parking lot on the outside of the Parkway Theater Building. He’s a planner by training and is interested in physical space improvements and planning initiatives for the group.
- Count Glover is a tango dancing instructor. Melissa Agocs is a dance teacher and nutritionist. They would like to open up the Parkway Theater as a non-profit community cultural center for dance, children’s projects and events, movie nights and seniors’ dance night. They’d restart the Rocky Horror Picture Show events and – inspired by Sean – would introduce Queer Grind Night!. Noted that they should talk with the Lotus Bloom Collective and the folks from “I Like the Parkway”
- Jennie Gerard is Pat Kernighan’s chief of staff. She provide updates on -
- The Lake Merritt BART station area plan. The planning area includes an important portion of our neighborhood to the southeast Lake Merritt. Laura has been involved in the process. The draft plan is complete and is available for review on line at: http://www2.oaklandnet.com/oakca1/groups/ceda/documents/report/oak036850.pdf. Jennie would be happy to make a hard copy available if requested.
- The E 18th and lower Park Blvd. streetscape project is almost complete. The new stop lights are working! There will be a celebration soon.
- 12th Street project at Lake Merritt Park is on pace to finish up by the end of the year. The Estuary Channel will be widened to 100’. The lake will be more tidal and cleaner. There will be spacious paths on both sides of the channel connecting the lake to the Laney College open space. There will be art work and lights below the bridge. Some people expressed concern about safety. Under the bridge would be a great location for cameras.
- The 11th Ave Buddha. A couple members of the community have complained about having a religious symbol on public property. (Sparked some discussion of Buddhism). The City has no current plans to remove the Buddha. They’re concerned about the potential for pedestrian/vehicular conflict as well as the legal issues related to the separation of church and state.
- Sean Henry has been fighting with Wells Fargo for the past three years and finally got a loan modification! He brings the news that, “Wells Fargo, Chase and B of A are from hell and we should banish them.” He recommends local credit unions. He wants to help others fighting fore-closure by creating a discussion group and sharing basic information. Chimene Pollard is a local realtor with a lot of experience in these issues who has volunteered to help.
- And Christine didn’t get a chance to introduce herself – the kids got restless and she had to leave.
Safety and Oakland Police Department
Crime fighting tips:
- Make reports on the drug hotline – 238-DRUG. The police do tallies of call coming in to the drug hotline. The more calls that are logged over a specific situation or area, the more resources that area will receive.
- If you’re willing to give your name you will get attention more quickly. If you can give good information (license plate numbers) that will also help.
- Remember for program the direct line for emergency numbers into your cell phone.
Andy will do a write up on how to communicate and the kind of information that is useful. This includes address numbers, stash locations, process descriptions, and descriptions of individuals including size, weight, hair, race, specifics about clothing, vehicles, bikes, etc.
There was a lot of discussion about Oakland Police Department. Marilyn briefed the group on the negotiated settlement agreement. (From the City Attorney’s website: “On January 22, 2003, the City of Oakland entered into a Negotiated Settlement Agreement (NSA) to resolve allegations of police misconduct raised by plaintiffs in the lawsuit Delphine Allen v. City of Oakland, otherwise known as the 'Riders' case”) The situation has been going on too long. It’s making it difficult for the police department to operate. The court appointed monitor receives $1,784,000 per year!!! What can the lake neighbors do? Marilyn will let the group know.
It’s very difficult to communicate with the police (except with dispatch about immediate situations) at this point in time. Many of the NSC positions have been eliminated. The PSOs don’t seem to be interfacing with the community.
The Lake Neighbors’ area has a lot of overlap with the police beat 17X and 17Y. Currently those beats are divided into two different NCPC (Neighborhood Crime Prevention Council) groups. There is some talk that they’ll be united. Marilyn is pushing for this – she will keep the group posted.
Andy would like to find a way to coordinate on disseminating information – calling in criminals etc. Sasha noted that she used to be able to do this through the Lake Neighbor’s email list but it’s grown too overwhelming. Nixle http://www.nixle.com/, an electronic service providing updates from OPD, will inform people about serious events, but day to day issues aren’t addressed.
Sean noted that there’s drug dealing at FM Smith Park.
Events
Betsy, the event coordinator, wasn’t at the meeting. We will ask for an email update.
Movie Night on the Parkway! Javier hopes to have movie night in September. He may need help getting permission from O’Reilly’s to use their parking lot to show movies. He will keep the group posted.
Dancing! Salsa This Friday 9 – 12 at 1924 Franklin. $8 for an evening of dance, drink and food
Tango on Sundays 5 – 8 same place. Count and Melissa will keep the Lake Neighbors posted as these become regular events.
National Night Out! It’s August 7nd. Steve Ma of Woody’s is rumored to be organizing an event
Other Actions
Debra’s List
The group has been moving forward with the directory of local businesses. Sean walked the entire neighborhood to get the information. Many businesses that want to be involved. It could be a money maker someday. The information is now being collated and will be ready for draft distribution soon. Distribution will be via email and the website. The group’s decided to only include businesses that are making the neighborhood a better place.
There was discussion on distributing hard copies. Everyone agrees it’s a good idea, but resources are slim. Kathleen and Sean will distribute hard copies to places like coffee shops, Laundromats, listed businesses. It would be great to turn the directory into an illustrated local map in the future.
New Neighborhood Community Garden
There’s a rumor that there’s a new neighborhood community garden at …8th Ave. and Park? Jess Berman may be able to provide an email update.
Emergency Preparedness by Ruby
Currently the neighborhood group around E 17th and 3rd Ave is pretty organized for a disaster. Ruby would like to set up another potential command center based around her and Marilyn – E 20th between 5th and 7th Avenues.
Walkie-talkies are in important tool in an emergency. Sasha’s block has them & use channel 9. Ruby recently purchased some walkie-talkies from SF Costco. Andy recommends that people purchase Motorola. Andy volunteered to help her get them synched up with others in the neighborhood.
Other supplies are also needed: First aid supplies, tablets, flashlights, etc. Ruby will make a wish list and will send it out. We could target Walgreens. Regen might be willing to do a donation drop-off.
The Lake Neighbors have prepared a flyer on emergency preparedness. It includes a coupon for a discount on a gas shut off tool (courtesy of Ace Hardware Grand Lake). Knowing where and how to shut off the gas at your house is one of the most important ways you can prepare for an emergency.
In the flyer on emergencies are instruction (including an electronic address which unless I’ve made a typo is: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheet/viewform?formkey=dENGV3VmTXM4X0dBcGFPc0IRS2p6OFE6MQ#gid=0) where you can register your information on the blog in a secure location. This includes notes on whether you have children or elderly people living with you that might need assistance.
Ruby has a lot of information on operating during a disaster and is happy to share it with anyone. For questions or to register email Ruby at rstein94606@yahoo.com
Resources
These are just a few of the resources that were brought up during the meeting.
SeeClickFix a smart phone app that makes it sweet and easy to report illegal dumping
City of Oakland, Drug Hotline 237-drug!
Local financial institutions including Patelco, First Republic, Mechanics Bank
Realtor Chimene for assistance with foreclosures, etc.
Next Meeting
The next Lake Neighbors’ Meeting will be September 27th, Re:generation Church, 6:30pm. If anyone can help organize food it would be a great help. Please contact Sasha.
Another great Lake Neighbor’s Meeting. Thanks to all!
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