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NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION MONTHLY MEETING

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Richard Wendel for TGHNA
Check your schedule folks, there's plenty events going on right in the neighborhood.
Aldermanic President Jim Shrewsbury talking about changes in the City's processing of property code violations
The City can't force owners to maintain their property, but they can fine you for not complying with property maintenance standards Previously, it took 9 months to a year to get the problem property owners to court; they were only 10% of the owners but were 90% of the code enforcement problem Now the City will use a "parking ticket" approach; violators will be sent several notices and at each step along the way, you can just mail in the appropriate fines when you complete the work.  This speeds up the whole process, allowing city officials to do their jobs instead of taking time out for court appearances.  Most violators can easily pay their fine and move on.  More attention can now be paid to serious violators so they can quickly be taken to court. When the hard cases still refuse to comply, this will result in the city putting a lien on the property; this will probably be reserved for violations of a serious nature or a large dollar amount Follow this link for more info
Sgt. Brian Hailey for SLPD, 3rd District
Clear license plate covers will be available soon.  Protect both your stickers and your plates since now people are cutting license plates to get to the stickers. Fasten your plates with as many bolts as possible so that you will not be an easy target. Police in TGH have a special project targeting loud car radios from now till the end of the summer As part of an effort to cut down on crime against property, Police will be walking neighborhood streets, looking in cars, and leaving notices of what they found in your car which would also make you a target for criminals. They will be distributing fake "parking tickets" as friendly reminders that some items in your car are easily susceptible to theft and that you should remove these items from the vehicle or just get them out of plain sight.
TGHNA Buzzbooks will be available at the end of July, so become a member of the Neighborhood Association to get the book and to get listed in the book
Dale Sweet for Gravois Park citizens against the plan for the new McDonald's restaurant
McDonald's is planning to move from its current location at Chippewa & Grand to a location several blocks north on land purchased by the City for commercial development This will result in the redevelopment plan for the area not being fulfilled According to Sweet, Alderwoman Florida favors this redevelopment plan to facilitate the overall redevelopment of the area. It will also put a senior residential development on the old restaurant site. Protests and legal actions by neighborhood residents have failed to derail the plan Residential property owners are already moving out of the area and away from the new restaurant's location Visit NoDrive-Thru.com for more info on their position