General Comments, Thoughts, Ideas

Have any you'd like to share? Please post them here.

Natomas Cops Log

If you are interested in the Natomas Crime Logs, the Natomas Buzz blog has a link to the stats here: http://www.natomasbuzz.com/2008/01/natomas-cops-log-crime.html

Suspicious Activities or People in the Neighborhood

As we know, our neighborhood has had it's share of property crime. Though, if you look at the crime statistics, our neighborhood is relatively safe compared to other areas of the City and County. Nevertheless, all of us, working together, must remain vigilant in looking out for suspicious people or activities. Being seen, keeping our eyes on the street is a big deterrent. And if you see anything, please report it to the Police and email or post to this blog so that others know what to be on the lookout for.

As I mentioned in a recent email, there have been several reports in recent weeks of aggressive salespeople in the neighborhood. These individuals are on foot and have been seen carrying black backpacks. It's uncertain whether these individuals are also possibly scouting out homes.

We must do our best to watch out for one another and to report suspicious activities. 

Monthly Police Captain's Meetings

For those interested, the Sacramento Police Department holds monthly Captain's Meetings for neighborhood leaders on every 4th Thursday of the month at 6:30 pm at the W. J. Kinney Police Facility located at 3550 Marysville Blvd. 

This month's meeting is on January 26. I will be attending, if you'd like to carpool, drop me an email.

The agenda for the meeting is as follows:

I. Opening - Captain James Maccoun

II. Review of 2011 Crime Statistics

III. Captain’s Choice - Various Topics

IV. Assigned Officers for your Association

More Speed Bumps in VVA - What do you think?

This past year, our association, specifically leadership from neighbors living on Kenmar, was able to get the City to install speed bumps on Kenmar. The response has been overall positive since their installation. I know that I have personally noticed a slowing of traffic on the street, although there is occasionally someone who decides to speed despite the speed bumps. For most, though, it's a gentle reminder to drive slowly.  The kids on Kenmar (and their parents, grandparents, etc) appreciate it.

That said, some folks from Carey and Tunis have suggested that we try to gauge interest for speed bumps on those streets (as well as Sorento and Barros).

Do you live on Tunis, Barros, Carey or Sorento? How do you feel about speed bumps on those streets?

Please feel free to leave your thoughts on this idea.

Valley View Acres Goods or Services Offered or Wanted

On this blog posting, neighbors can offer goods or services that are for sale or wanted.

Launching the Valley View Acres Blog - General Info

Hello everyone. At our January 2012 neighborhood meeting, it was the consensus of neighbors to explore an on line presence for Valley View Acres (VVA).  While we tried to set up a website in the past, it turned out to be challenging to get started and to maintain, so it appears that a blog might be the easiest of ways to do this. Besides, this blog is free and easy to use.  That said, let's give this a shot.

This blog will hopefully provide a forum for neighbors to discuss the issues of the day, as well as being a central place to share photos, ideas, resources, etc.  Emails will continue to be sent out to those on the VVA email list. If you want to be added to the email list, please email Nick Avdis at navdis@gmail.com. Of course, we will continue to meet on our regular schedule (every third Wednesday of each month, except for December and July). So please feel free to share ideas, photos, thoughts and general comments on this blog.

On the administrative end of things, by submitting a post to the Valley View Acres Community Association blog, you agree to abide by the following blog rules:
(Definition: A “posting” is any article or comment published on the blog.)

• A posting must not contain material that is illegal, harmful or threatening, or advocate any illegal activity. 

• Postings must be kid-safe. Adults-only material must not appear in any posting, on another website it links to, or on any link that website may lead to. 

• Postings may criticize ideas on their merits only, e.g. “That idea is too expensive,” but not “That idea is ridiculous" or "So and so is an idiot." In other words, be nice — no name-calling towards people or their ideas. 

• Please keep the subject matter of postings to issues that are generally related to the neighborhood.

• Postings must not contain commercial activity. Comment spam will be removed. Though, an exception will be made for residents advertising their good or services in the appropriate blog post, e.g., "Valley View Acres Goods or Services Offered or Wanted".

• You must own the copyright to, or have a legal right to publish, any material you post. (Note: if you wrote it, you automatically own the copyright; it does not need to be registered.) Copyright to any posted material remains the property of the copyright holder.  

• Postings that violate the rules may be edited or removed. If a problem persists, the author may be blocked from submitting further postings. 

• A posting that follows the rules will not be edited or removed just because someone disagrees with it.