Livable Neighborhood Summary

 

1.      Neighborhood:  CAZE

 

2. Date of Meeting:  May 8, 2000

 

3.  Number of Participants:  5 (Officers & Neighbors)

 

4.  Facilitator:  Brenda White

 

5.  Boundaries of Neighborhood:  Omer, Green River, Pollack, Kenmore

 

6. Residents’ Description of their Neighborhood:

 

Ø      168 Homes

Ø      No Businesses

Ø      Close to shopping & businesses & medical care

Ø      Only 2 rent houses & 7 duplexes

Ø      Friendly

Ø      Different price ranges

Ø      Wide variety of ages

Ø      Low crime

Ø      Quiet

Ø      Dead end streets

Ø      Big trees

Ø      School

Ø      Some sidewalks

 

7.  Descriptions of “Ideal Neighborhood”:

 

Ø      More sidewalks

Ø      Omer Place street repair

Ø      Updating of street lights

Ø      Neighborhood stay clean & manicured

Ø      Trim big trees

Ø      Park in wooded area

Ø      Additional street lights

Ø      No additional rental property

Ø      More organized neighborhood associations

 

8.  Agreed-Upon Goals:

 

1.      Maintain Personal Appearance of Neighborhood

2.      Recreational Area

3.      Keep Home Owners as Residents

 

9.  Goals, Objectives and Responsibilities:

 

Goal #1:  MAINTAIN PERSONAL APPEARANCE OF NEIGHBORHOOD

 

     Neighborhood Objectives:

 

Ø      Keep up personal property

Ø      Utilize neighbors abilities and skills

Ø      Get educated on who to call—then call

 

     Neighborhood Institutions Objectives:

 

Ø      Partnership with Caze and businesses

Ø      Spray for mosquitoes in woods

 

     City Objectives:

 

Ø      Street lights

Ø      Enforce zoning codes

Ø      Sidewalk repairs

Ø      Additional sidewalks

Ø      Street repair (Omer Place)

 

 Goal #2:  Recreational Area

 

     Neighborhood Objective:

 

Ø      Get property

Ø      Clean up woods

 

     Neighborhood Institutions Objectives: 

 

Ø      Donations

 

     City Objectives:

           

Ø      Partnership with neighborhood

Ø      Clean out woods

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Goal #3:  KEEP OWNERS AS RESIDENTS

 

    Neighborhood Objectives:

 

Ø      Maintain personal property

Ø      Help seniors keep up property

 

     Neighborhood Institutions Objectives:

 

    City Objectives:

 

Ø      Enforce regulations