March Meeting Summary

Hello all, nice seeing folks at the Angel's place last Wednesday. Here's a brief summary of what was discussed:

1.  Police Department Update.  Office Zeiger attend our meeting providing an update on issues in our community. We have been fortunate in VVA to have such low instances of crime, aside from occasional dumped stolen vehicles on the levee and illegal dumping. No doubt due to the vigilance of neighbors in reporting all suspicious individuals or activities to the police department.

Police Non-emergency line: 264-5471

Emergency line: 732-0100 from any cell phone or 911 from a land line

As an update to this meeting item, in the early hours of last Thursday morning a Mercedes SUV was stripped and dumped at the corner of Sotnip and Tunis.  According to reports from neighbors close to the site, this incident occurred at approximately 330am. While those of us on the Levee Road are well familiar with dumped cars given the isolation of some stretches of the levee, it is a troubling development that we have an incident in the neighborhood. You are all encouraged to keep your eyes and ears open and contact the Police any time you suspect something suspicious. I would advise against confronting or otherwise approaching suspicious individuals, just call the Police.


2. District 1 Update by Michel Huizar from Vice Mayor Ashby's office.

Upcoming Events:

Easter Activities: Besides events over this past weekend at Adventure Christian Church and and River Church, Cavalry Chapel Natomas will be having Easter Sunday festiviites at North Natomas COmmuntiy Park 1839 North Bend Dr. For more info, please visit www.ccnatomas.com.

N Factor Awards. Saturday, April 6th from 6:00 to 7:45 PM at the Benvenuti Arts Center (4600 Blackrock Drive) for a dessert reception and the awards ceremony. There is no cost to attend so please invite your family and friends. They can register online at: http://nfactor2013.eventbrite.com/#. This will be a fun event, come out if you can!

Creekweek.  As you know from following this blog and attending our neighborhood meetings, Creekweek clean up is schedule for Saturday, April 13 from 8:30 to noon. In addition to the team meeting in Valley View Acres at the intersection of Sotnip and East Levee road, there are teams meeting at the North Natomas Regional Park site. For more info on the North Natomas Creekweek events, please visit: http://www.angeliqueashby.com/creek-week-2013; for more info on Creekweek in general please visit: http://www.creekweek.net/portal/index.html 

Girls on the Run 3rd Annual 5K. Scheduled for May 18, 2013, for more info, please visit: http://www.angeliqueashby.com/gotr-5k-2013 

Other Issues of Community Importance: 

There have been reported instaces of mailbox breakins at Regency Park, which some distance from our neighborhood, still a good thing to keep an eye out for. If you see anyone messing with a mailbox that seems like they shouldn't call the Police and/or Troy Dickinson of the Postal Inspectors office(tadickinson@uspis.gov or by phone at (916) 263-7249)

3. Upcoming VVA Events:

Creekweek cleanup. Like I mentioned before, there will be a Creekweek team meeting at Sotnip and E. Levee Road on Saturday, April 13 at 830am. 

VVA Annual Egg Hunt is Saturday 3/30, 11:30 A.M at 5610 Sorento Road. Dennis needs assistance with filling plastic eggs, so please show up a bit early, Dennis will provide the eggs.

Robla Pre School Parent Collaborative is having a clothing and toy exchange May 14th. They would appreciate donations of toys and child clothing fitting 0 - 5 year olds. If you can help, please contact Dennis Boyd at  skymind1@yahoo.com

Finally, our semi-annual neighborhood cleanup is scheduled for Saturday, May 18 th at 8:30 am.  We will be meeting at the Angel residence at 5600 Sorento Road and dividing up from there. If you want your street cleaned up, I encourage you to participate in our annual cleanup. A BBQ potluck will be hosted by the Angels following the clean up, bring a favorite dish and a beverage.  Again, another great opportunity to meet other folks who call Valley View Acres home. 

Our next meeting will be Thursday, April 17, location TBD