November 2011 Meeting Notice
The November Meeting of the City Island Civic Association will take place on Tuesday, November 29th, 2011, at 7:30 p.m. at 190 Fordham Street. We welcome your input and attendance and we need your help.
There is no guest scheduled to speak.
As always, we will have updates from our officers, committee reports on Crime, Development, Quality of Life and Traffic, and an open public forum for residents to address their grievances.
Nominations have been presented for the positions of First Vice President, Corresponding Secretary and Treasurer. As there were no challenges to these nominations, we will vote on these nominations at the November meeting.
We are starting a “City Island Eyesores” public awareness campaign for properties that sit abandoned in our community. The purpose is to encourage these property owners to tend to these properties and keep them up to code or to sell them to someone who will. This month’s location is 135 City Island Avenue, where the owner rarely cleans the property, there is graffiti on the windows and there have been issues where the back of the property has been left open for entry. We are encouraging all members to go by this property, and if you see anything out of the ordinary to call your complaint into 311. Please get a reference number for your complaint and email the complaint to us at city.island.civic.com. We will follow up on your behalf. A letter is being drafted to the owner of this property and will be read at the next Civic meeting.
We are sad to report that Captain Ed Sadler passed away on Friday, November 18, 2011 at 95 years old. He passed away in the same house where he was born on Schofield Street. Captain Sadler was one of the most vocal voices against the closure of Ladder 53. We mourn this great loss to our community and we’re sure he’s in a better place.
This will be the last meeting of 2011, as we do not meet in December. Happy Holidays and Have a great new year.
Minutes of the Civic Association Meeting, October 25, 2011 attached
