The meeting was opened by Alice Bergeron with a request to approve a $400 expenditure for a mass mailing in June for the Radnofsky event. A motion was made and approved.

The balance in the treasury as of this date is $1,577.49. Alice mentioned that there would be a garage sale fund raiser in early November and that we should start saving items for the sale.

Our topic for the meeting was Crime Prevention. The speakers were Councilman M.J. Khan, Councilman Ron Green and police officer Joe Esquivel. Mr. Kahn said that there were 500 more officers on the street and that a mobile unit was in place in Southwest Houston.

A new ordinance will be in place to help improve the maintenance and safety of apartment buildings. Apartment owners will be responsible for safety problems. If improvements are not made, fines can result.

Officer Esquivel discussed the PIP program and urged citizens to attend the monthly meetings. He can be reached at 713-981-5041 for more information. He also shared the following 'phone numbers:

713-773-7908 Gang Unit
713-773-7910 Debbie Lorance, Graffiti Abatement Program
713-773-7812 Jerome Moon, Citizens on Patrol

There were several questions from the audience directed to Ron Green asking how to contact the City of Houston and/or the police with non-emergency calls. The answer was to call 311.

Mr. Kahn gave his contact numbers: 713-247-2002 or 713-398-4829.

Mr. Green can be reached at 713-247-2012.

Sylvie O. Adams, Secretary