June Meeting

Our monthly association meeting will be held on Thursday, June 19 at 7:00 p.m. at Sunset Road Baptist Church. We have several items on the agenda which were tabled from the last meeting as follows:

-Election of President
-Election of Assistant Secretary
-Speed Limit Signs
-Speed Bumps

For those of you who missed our May meeting, several Charlotte Mecklenburg Police officers were our guest speakers. We will be posting a link to the minutes of that meeting on the website prior to the June meeting.

Hope to see you all on June 19!

Update / Monthly Meetings Scheduled to Start Up Again in May

Hope everyone is off to a good start this year! Now that the weather is turning nice and spring is around the corner, we are going to start holding our meetings again. At the next meeting, which we are planning to hold in May, we will discuss and vote on the frequency of meetings for the rest of the year. Please be prepared to give you input on this matter.

Also, we have two new CMPD officers assigned to our neighborhood. They will be speaking at our May meeting. Please check back in the next couple of weeks for the date and time of the next meeting.

I want to give you an update on the homicide that took place in the Woodlands last month. I have spoken with CMPD and this was NOT an act of random violence. They are continuing to investigate but it appears that the incident was tied to and a result of the lifestyle that this family lives. It's very sad, as they have small children living in the home. I don't really have any details but it appears that there was inappropriate activity (and possibly illegal activity) being conducted at the home. Just wanted to provide you with an update. It's very frightening when these incidents take place so close to him. Continue to keep your guard up, your eyes open and protect your property and yourself.

Please also be aware that there are numerous scams going on throughout neighborhoods in Charlotte. One that I have heard about is during the day, someone will ring your doorbell and if you don't answer, they will break in. If you aren't home, they will clean you out but if you are, this could be very dangerous. Please do not open your doors for people that you don't know! The second scam that I've heard about is where the robbers are working as a team. One of them will ring your front door bell, while the other person comes to the back of the house and breaks in. Please beware. This has been happening a lot in South Charlotte and come move in to our area at any time.

If you have questions or concerns about anything going on near or on your property, please contact 911 immediately. If you see anything suspicious in the neighborhood or have concerns about non-life threatening instances, please complete a SAR report (Suspicious Activity Report) that you received when you signed up for the neighborhood watch and email it to us at sunsetvillageneighborhood@hotmail.com and we will respond as quickly as possible. Please remember to include as much descriptive information as possible about the incident.

Thanks,
Rebecca

NEIGHBORHOOD SAFETY AND CONCERN

I'm sure that by now you have all heard about the break-in on Southwind Drive in The Woodlands. I just read on the news that this was a forced-entry attack. The victim, LaTosha Early, passed away at the hospital this morning. She was 27 years old, married and mother of 4 children.

This is very frightening and I truly believe that no matter where you live in Charlotte you have to be safe. I encourage all of you to take extra precautions around your homes. Leave lights on outside at night, keep all of your doors locked, if you have a storm door, keep it locked at all times and if you have an alarm, keep it armed. We can never be too careful and with this most recent incident, it is a little too close to home.

I believe that we need to actively and aggressively get our neighborhood watch up and running. We do have some measures in place but I believe that we should meet and discuss how we can protect ourselves while watching out for our neighbors. Please email us if yo uhave any suggestions, comments or questions at:

sunsetvillageneighborhood@hotmail.com Thank you.

December News

A Crime Watch has been issued by the Charlotte-Mecklenburg Police Department for our neighborhood and The Woodlands. There have been a string of break-ins in our neighborhoods over the last few weeks, most of which occurred during the day. Police distributed flyers concerning this problem last weekend.

Here are some tips on how to stay safe this holiday season:

-Keep your outside lights on at night.
-Don't leave valuables on the seat or in the floorboard of your automobiles.
-Keep your curtains closed.
-Keep your alarm system armed, if you have one.
-Keep your garage doors down unless you are in the garage or outside.
-Keep valuables in your house out of plain view or in a safe.
-When disposing of trash, be discreet about leaving boxes out where people can see what you've bought.

On behalf of Sunset Village Neighborhood Association, we hope everyone has a very Merry Christmas and Happy New Year!

Update on September Meeting

Based on the votes that we received, the September meeting will be help on Saturday, September 22 @ 11 a.m. at Sunset Road Baptist Church. We look forward to seeing everyone then!

September Meeting

I have sent out an email to everyone regarding the monthly meeting for September. It has been suggested to me that we change the meeting day from Thursday to Saturday each month going forward. In order to do that, we need to vote on this issue. In the email that I sent out, I asked that each of you please send your preference to me as to which day suits you the best. The responses that I receive will be considered your vote and a decision will be made based on the majority vote. For anyone reading this that did not get the email, please email your vote to:
sunsetvillageneighborhood@hotmail.com. I will post the results in the next few days on this website. Please make sure that you send you vote in as soon as possible as we have a meeting scheduled for next week and we need to get flyers printed and distributed.

Just so everyone knows, some of the issues that we need to discuss at our next meeting are:

1) Volunteers - we need volunteers for various board positions, committees, etc. Right off I can think of one committees that needs a chairperson and volunteers. That's the trash pick-up committee. I'm sure you guys have noticed that there is lots of trash littering up our neighborhood. In order to make the Association a real success, we must all participate. We also need volunteers for printing and distribution of the monthly flyers.

2) Speed Bumps - several people have asked whether we are still going to get speed bumps. As far as I'm concerned, we are. This is something that we need to discuss and vote on at the next meeting.

3) Speed Limit Signs - again, several people have asked whether we are going to get speed limit signs. We are but first all of the streets in the neighborhood need to be turned over to the City. I will follow up on the status of this and advise everyone at the meeting next week.

4) Board Members - we have several vacancies on the Board and we will nominations or volunteers to fill those positions immediately. Our bylaws state that a position on the Board will not remain open for more than 2 consecutive months. Please come prepared to give suggestions / nominations.

5) Neighborhood Watch - we need to discuss block captains, fill several open positions for block captains and make sure that we have completed forms for everyone in the neighborhood.

6) Neighborhood Activities - we need to discuss any neighborhood activities that we would like to plan. Several suggestions have been made for the following: Block parties, cookouts and a community yard sale. Please be prepared to give any ideas and suggestions that you have on this subject as well.

Thanks and I look forward to receiving a response from everyone about the meeting date and look forward to seeing you all at the meeting.

Thanks,
Rebecca

August Meeting Cancelled

Due to the fact that this is such a busy month and lots of people are on vacation, we have cancelled the August meeting. We will resume with meetings in September.

As always, if you have questions or concerns, please email us or contact one of the board members directly.

Thank you.