Annual Neighborhood Party

Each year our fantastic neighborhood puts on a friendly, relaxing party. Enjoy hanging out with your neighborhood friends and meeting new ones, letting your children run around and play!

Save the date!

Saturday, June 11 @ 6pm

400 N cul-de-sac (off 1340 E)

Other information to come soon, make sure your neighbors know.

Contact Christine for more information.

She would love to have everyone's email addresses!

They usually send out a sign-up of some kind.

Bring your chairs or blankets, an umbrella to sit under if you wish!

Tuesday's at the Park

Steph Burt has organized a park group for this summer. I love this idea! My children love going to the playground, but I love to go so I can interact with other moms. She welcomes ANYONE to join this group and to invite any others that would like to come.

Steph has set-up a Facebook group called SJSB Park Group, or e-mail her at snsburt@gmail.com to be added to a e-mail list to get the park schedule.

This is the schedule for the next few weeks:

May 17th- Bicentennial Park, 1400 S 1600 E, Provo

May 24th- City Center Park, 300 E Center Street, Orem

I will post the ongoing schedule on the sidebar in the future.

Hope to see you there!

300 N & Seven Peeks Blvd

Good news! The Provo Pipeline project is progressing north.

Access to our neighborhood from Center Street, Seven Peaks Blvd., & 300 N. is partially open. It has the northbound lane split into two-way traffic and the same for the round-about.

Also, the buses should stop using our neighborhood as their detour by the end of the month. Should be.

Solicitors

I feel like we get a lot of solicitors in our neighborhood. I try to be polite, but I just hate being interupted. A few months ago I put a "No Soliciting" sign on my home. I still get people knocking on my door. I checked to see if Provo has any laws protecting my rights. Well, guess what, they do!

Selling door-to-door in Provo requires a license. A city ordinance passed two years ago requires solicitors to undergo a background check and to wear an ID badge showing their names, company, and date their license expires.

The ordinance also prohibits a solicitor from knocking or ringing the bell at a residence with a "no soliciting" sign, and continuing to solicit after a person has clearly communicated a lack of interest. If asked to leave, the solicitor must do so immediately.

For more information, call Provo City Licensing at 801-852-6532. To report a violation, call Provo City Dispatch at 801-852-6210.

Here is a link I found on the Mayors Blog:

http://provomayor.blogspot.com/2011/04/beware-of-unlicensed-solicitors.html

Don't let the solicitor tell you they don't need to wear it, or that the city has it on file.

The Provo City Code, section 6.09.110, says the identification badge "shall be worn prominently on the solicitor's person while soliciting in the City."

This is the badge they are to wear visibly.



Neighborhood Watch

Hello!

I wanted to take a moment to let everyone know how the Neighborhood watch is going.

I've been in touch with the Provo police department and they were extremely helpful in wanting us to be successful in this endeavor.  The following is the email I received from the Community Policing Coordinator:

It is unfortunate that your neighborhood has been subject to property thefts and damage.  It sounds like you have done the best thing as far as prevention measures go - educating for the purpose of crime prevention.  We cannot stress enough, the importance of securing our homes and property to avoid falling victim to the opportunist burglar or thief.  Whilst this simple step may not stop every criminal, is goes a long way to making their job harder, and less likely to be successful.  This following link is great resource online that you and your neighbors may wish to make use of, if you haven't already seen it. http://www.ncpc.org/topics/home-and-neighborhood-safety

It is great that you wish to set up a Neighborhood Watch Program.  The Officer who is over your Neighborhood is Officer Patrick.  Please do not hesitate to contact him with any questions you may have about safety, security, or help with your NW program.  Our officers are able to attend Neighborhood Meetings - I would make contact with your Officer ahead of time so that he may be able to schedule it in accordingly.  His direct line is 801 852 7352, and he also has email rpatrick@provo.utah.gov .  His work schedule actually runs Tuesday through Friday, so he will be informed of this correspondence tomorrow morning. 

We also have a couple within the City who are very active in Neighborhood Watch, and they offer free training and advice to others wishing to start up a Watch area.  Their contact information is: Mr & Mrs Gallagher, 801 372 5571.  They are members of McGruff Safehouses, and the Utah County Crime Prevention Council.  Kristi Jensen is another community resource you may wish to contact - she coordinates Mobile Watch, and has run the program for over 10 years.  This differs from NW in that it is an active citizen patrol.  If you wish to have more information on this program, please let me know and I will have her call you.  Or you can email her direct at myrivergrove@yahoo.com . 

With regards to Extra Patrols, I have added your area to our 'Extra Patrol' List, which both COP officers and Patrol Officers make note of.

I hope I have covered most of your concerns - I will contact Officer Patrick tomorrow and have him call you.  Please do not hesitate to contact me should you have further questions or concerns.

Sincerely,

Janna-Lee Haigh

Community Policing Coordinator

I have spoken with Officer Patrick and he is on board with attending any meetings we might have to help train us on how to use the Neighborhood Watch program effectively.  

What I most need is someone or a couple of people who are willing to lead this project.  I can help in any way needed, but my time is limited as I am trying to work with lawyers to get paperwork ready for our big vote coming up.

If you are interested, or know of anyone who is, please contact me and I can forward all the information to you.

Thank you,

Emily

Neighborhood Watch

We are still in need of block captains for a neighborhood watch program the HOA wants to set up.
You can comment on the blog or email the HOA members to volunteer.
Please spread the word about the blog to your neighbors so we can get everyone added.

Thank you