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David Flack called the meeting to order

In Attendance: David Flack, Chair; Hoang Banh, Neighborhood Services Coordinator;

Police Captain Figueroa, Area 2; Pat Kernighan, Councilmember, District 2.

I. Police Captain Figueroa

Captain Figueroa introduced himself. Over a dozen Oakland police officers where in attendance as well and were introduced.

A. Beat 16X/14Y Updates on Crime.

Beat 16X PSO Hackenberg was not [...]

Crime in our neighborhood has increased in the last few months. What are the police doing? What can we as a community do? Please join your neighbors, Captain Paul Figueroa and NSC Hoang Bahn at the next meeting of Grand Lake Neighbors to discuss the recent uptick in crime.

Monday, June 7, 7:00pm
Barnett Hall, Lakeshore Avenue Baptist [...]

The City of Oakland has embarked on a citywide update of its commercial and residential zoning regulations.  On December 9th Grand Lake Neighbors held a town hall meeting on the commercial zoning proposals. As a direct result of questions and feedback from the 50 neighbors who attended, there were important changes to the city’s proposed [...]

The Reader’s Digest Version

Grand Lake Neighbors is having officer elections this spring. To get the full story, read the rest of this article (I encourage you to do this – it’s not that long). To participate in planning the election process, come to our meeting at Lakeshore Avenue Baptist Church on Thursday, February 4, 7:00pm. [...]

The next Grand Lake Neighbors meeting is Thursday, October 1. We will focus on Neighborhood Watch. Here’s the agenda. I hope to see you there.

Grand Lake Community Council

October 1, 2009, 7:00PM
Lakeshore Avenue Baptist Church
3534 Lakeshore Ave

Time
Item

7:00 – 7:05
Introductions

7:05 – 7:40
Neighborhood Watch Breakouts by Sector            Accomplishments

            Ongoing concerns

            Common areas [...]

Stephen Duffy’s Grand/Lakeshore Collective Music Series debuted August 8 and is scheduled to continue every Saturday afternoon through October.

In his most recent message to the Grand Lake Yahoo Group, Stephen extended thanks to the following:

The buzz is strong, lot’s of people stepped up. Cheryl and Carlos got the tent thing going, Rachel donated, Amy for [...]

The next Grand Lake Neighbors meeting is this Thursday, August 6, 7:00pm at Lakeshore Avenue Baptist Church, 3534 Lakeshore Ave. Come in the front door of the church, veer to the left and come down the hall. Here’s the agenda.

7:00 – 7:10
Introductions

7:10 – 7:30
Lakefest – impressions of the event and the Grand Lake Neighbors booth

7:30 [...]

For the last several years, Nick Everleigh (the Chairman of the Grand
Avenue Business Association) has done a marvelous job organizing a
National Night Out celebration on Grand Avenue. Unfortunately, Nick
has moved out of state and no one currently associated with GABA has
assumed the leadership mantle.

No one, however, loves a vacuum and Fred Borcherdt is no exception.
Fred [...]

Here’s a list of National Night Out celebrations in our area. All start Tuesday, August 4th at 7:00pm unless otherwise noted. A wonderful opportunity to meet your neighbors.

900 block of Alma Place
300 block of Atla Vista Avenue
1200 block of Bates Road
800 block of Creed Road
800 block of Erie Street
3200 block of Grand Avenue – 6:00pm
500 [...]