All posts in the topic Community Meeting: Personal Safety at/close to the 38th St LRT Station (Short link)

From: Shirley Yeoman - SENA staff Date: Jun 09 20:34 UTC Short link

SENA will host a community meeting to address issues of personal safety in the
area around the 38th Street LRT station (see the previous posts on this forum).
We are still working on some of the details – I will add those to this forum as
they develop.

The meeting will be:

Thursday, June 18th, 7:00 p.m.

Greater Friendship Church, 2600 E. 38th Street

Our goals for the meeting are:
1.	Identify the problems
2.	Clarify roles
3.	Begin work on creative solutions.  As Lea Johnson said in her earlier post,
“While the authorities can support our efforts, making the neighborhood safer
starts with us.”  How can we all work together to make it better?

So far the following officials have agreed to attend:
•	Council Member Gary Schiff
•	Council Member Sandy Colvin Roy
•	CCP/SAFE Crime Prevention Specialist Karen Notsch
•	MPD – 3rd Precinct – Sgt. Chris Hudok
•	Metro Transit – Community Outreach, Jill Hentges   (Jill is also working on
securing a representative from Metro Transit Police)

Others we have contacted:
•	Hennepin Co Commissioner Peter McLaughlin is not available.  (He has a
meeting on another community issue.)  There is a possibility his aide or
another representative may come.
•	John Bell of Klodt Properties will be out of town and unable to attend.  He
is definitely interested in the issue and might be able to send a
representative.

As soon as we have an agenda set we will develop a flyer and post it on the
forum.  I’ll be asking all of you for assistance in distributing the flyer so
we can make sure as many people as possible know about the meeting.

Please continue to watch the forum for additional details.
    

From: Jill Hentges, Community Outreach - Metro Transit Date: Jun 10 15:23 UTC Short link

Greetings, all.
Yes, I will attend the June 18 meeting with Captain Mike LaVine of the Metro
Transit Police Department. Captain LaVine will have some statistics from the
38th Street Station platform as well as some investigation information. I will
try and get in touch with Sgt. Chris Hudok to be certain we bring as much data
as is available. Our historical data prior to June 2004 is somewhat limited
(limited to bus service in the area prior to Hiawatha) but we should be able to
work with the Minneapolis Police Department to provide useful information for
our upcoming conversation. I am particularly excited about agenda item #3 as we
move together toward a positive outcome from a tragic incident.

I look forward to meeting everyone.
Jill
Metro Transit, Community Outreach
612-349-7318 direct
jill.hentges @ metc.state.mn.us
    

From: Shirley Yeoman - SENA staff Date: Jun 15 19:16 UTC Short link

I will be delivering flyers to the area around the 38th Street Station - either
this afternoon - or more likely tomorrow afternoon.

If there's anyone who can volunteer to help, or if you have already distributed
flyers, please let me know.

Thanks -- shirley
    

From: Shirley Yeoman - SENA staff Date: Jun 17 18:22 UTC Short link

Reminder and Update about the community meeting.

In addition to the attendees listed on the flyer, we will also have:
Lynn Nelvik-Levitt, Supervisor from the 311 Call Center and
either LaVae Robinson or Maryam Williams from the 911 Call Center.

We have lots of great resources.  Now we just need you.  Please come and bring
your perspective.

7:00 - Thursday - Greater Friendship Church - 2600 E. 38th St.