CPRV Civic League Meeting 09JAN23 6:30 – 7:25 p.m.
President opened the meeting at 6:30 p.m.
Speakers
Community Resource Officer, Norfolk PD – Charles Dreer
– Larcenies – still high from catalytic converters
– Lighting – noticed lighting is homey but allows for shadows, upgrade to brighter lights
– Questions –
– Catalytic converter theft – Is Norfolk PD doing anything about increase? Are there times for these? Throughout neighborhood or specific area? Is there any specific type of cars? How long? Street vs driveway? Anything being done about those selling them?
– Increased presence during Thurs – Sun 9 pm – 3 am – car on road. Highest time 7 pm – 5 am. Higher crime on Mayflower Rd. Appears to be whatever they can find. High end vehicles are getting hit most (Prius actually have less dirty/higher metal) and/or those with two (2) on them. Just take a few minutes. Street. They do have a squad investigating.
– Attempted carjacking with shots fired – were they going after specific delivery driver?
– In that they left car running yes but can’t comment on open investigation.
Councilwoman, Norfolk, City Council – Courtney Doyle
– Five (5) wards sworn in Dec 2022; with elections first time in Nov.
– Updates on utilities, public works, and transit – see power point/video.
– Questions –
– Doing anything about trash? Yes.
– Doing anything about recruiting more police? 3 vs 2 academies.
– Speed study – can results be provided and get recommendations?
– Requested presence at mall after theater.
– What happens if Norfolk Cares doesn’t respond? CC her.
Interim Director of Economic Development, City of Norfolk – Sean Washington – not present.
Owner, LeGrand Kitchen – Stephen Marsh – requesting conditional use permit, vote – approved.
Board Updates
Social – committee of four (4). events@cprv.net.
– Porchello – shoutout for organizer.
– January 16 – will go out on FB for RSVP – Yergo’s – upstairs for bagels.
Media – committee of five/six (5/6). media@cprv.net.
added Welcome to Meeting/closed caption/sections for Crime Prevention, etc.
MJ’s offered up four (4) gift certificates for those signed up for email. Two (2) winners notified tonight.
Crime Prevention – no additional comments.
Treasurer – report available. Treasurer@cprv.net.
Community Improvement – community@cprv.net.
– Cleanups coming – after cold months
– buffer cleanup/maintenance – Environmental rep will advertise.
– Crape Myrtle – February event
Secretary – secretary@cprv.net. Minutes to be adopted. Approved.
Membership – membership@cprv.net. New year – signup – $10 / $5 for seniors.
President – president@cprv.net;board@cprv.net.
Mention to Media for all the work. Board would love to hear ideas from you.
President closed the meeting at 7:25 p.m.
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On June 10th, 2024 we were joined by representatives from Monument and Kimley Horn discussed their intended development projects for 4101 Granby Street and took questions from the attending members.
League Officer Election Results — Here are the nominees for the upcoming election that was held at the June meeting. All ran uncontested, had no opposing votes among attending members, and will continue their positions for another year.
President – Pooya Mohit
Vice President – Laura Burns
Treasurer – David Wolfe
Secretary – Stephanie Clark
Neighborhood Representative – Patience MacCartney
We are joined by:
Troy Valos, Special Collections Librarian at Slover Library, to present on the Sargeant Memorial Collection (Local History and Genealogy Collection) located within Slover Library.
Erin, representing Monument Builders to talk about plans for a new mixed use as well as residential development coming to 4101 Granby Street.
Stay tuned for full minutes or access recording below.
Access past meeting recording and chat transcript below.
The 2021 U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Lead and Copper Rule Revisions requires the City of Norfolk to prepare a service line inventory of both Norfolk and customer-owned materials.
Here’s how you can help the City develop our service line inventory.
Identify Your Service Line Materials:
For step by step instructions to identify your service line go to https://www.norfolk.gov/5838/Material-Verification
Questions?
Call (757) 664-6700
We are joined by:
Courtney Doyle, Norfolk City Councilwoman for Ward 2 gave updates on infrastructure projects in our neighborhood, a safety report on improving rates across our area, implementation of new speed cameras in school zones and more. The presentation was followed by a brief Q&A session.
Jeremy McGee spoke about his candidacy for Norfolk City Council Ward 6. Mr. McGee spoke about his background, move to Norfolk, local business ownership, civic involvement in Ghent Civic League, Norfolk ARB and now Norfolk Planning. The presentation was followed by a brief Q&A session.
Aleksandra Prouty joined us to introduce her new restaurant coming to Riverview
Village – Leila’s International Cuisine at 4136 Granby Street (next to Pittie Dog Grill)
The City of Norfolk’s Department of Utilities has hired East West Construction to repair and rehabilitate the sewer line in your neighborhood along a section of Gosnold Ave. The project area is shown on the map on the back [see below images].
Planned Start of Construction: March 2024
Anticipated End of Construction: June 2024
Access: Access to businesses and residences will be maintained throughout construction with detours around the work zone. The City and our contractor will do our best to minimize the unavoidable disruptions associated with construction.
If you have any questions or concerns, please do not hesitate to contact the city’s on-site construction inspector, Charles Davis. He can be reached by cell phone at (757) 647-9940 to respond quickly. You may also contact the project manager, Tiba Salim at (757) 266-9491.
For more info visit: www.norfolk.gov/utilitiesimprovements.
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