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NENA Update July 24, 2010
Take the RONS Club Survey
Arts & Craft Street Fair – Nov. 13th
Dear Neighbors,
YOUR INPUT IS NEEDED: As you may know NENA and St.
Gregory’s Association are looking into the feasibility of
joining together to purchase and re-invent the RONS Club
property located on the SE corner of 17th Ave. and Osborn.
While we’ve heard from many of our NENA neighbors, we are
hoping that EVERYONE that receives this email will take a few
minutes to complete the survey and tell us whether you think
having a “club” designed to meet the neighborhoods’ needs is a
valuable asset to the neighborhood. The response thus far has
been very favorable, but we need to get a good sense of
whether this is something that neighbors are committed to
supporting.
There are a multitude of ways to set up the “new club”
(running it as a non profit, not for profit, LLC etc.) and the
Investigate Committee is working through what means will be
most beneficial to achieving our goals. Please let us know if
a “new club” is something that would be desirable and
something that you would be willing to financially support
through some type of monthly or yearly membership. The survey
is available on our website at www.northencanto.com. Thank you
for taking a few minutes to express your opinion!
ARTS & CRAFT STREET FAIR: On Saturday, November 13th
NENA will hold its’ second Arts & Craft Street Fair. The
street fair will take place on Catalina Drive between 17th
Drive and 18th Ave. The street will blocked off to traffic and
will take place from 10 AM to 3 PM. A registration fee of $25
per space, will be charged with the funds going to the NENA.
Vendors will have a designated space and will be responsible
for setting up their individual spaces. Proceeds from the Arts
& Craft Street Fair will be donated to NENA’s general funds.
Attached with this email is a form that can be used to print
and mail/drop-off your vendor forms.
We will have live music and face painting, along with barbecue
items for sale. Last years’ event was a great success and we
hope to make this year’s event even more successful! Please
mail/or drop off your vendor form and check A.S.A. P., as
space will be limited to 20 vendors.
Warmly,
Nicki Kirkeby
NENA President
480-586-8556
nmkirkeby@cox.net
NENA Update July 10, 2010
RONS Club
NENA Meeting this Wednesday
Dear
Neighbors,
NENA Quarterly Meeting: This Wednesday, July 14th NENA will
hold its’ quarterly meeting at 7pm in the Willo Room at
Phoenix College located on Flower Street and 11th Avenue.
The agenda will include:
● Approval of notes from last meeting
● Financial Report
● Details of the approved Block Watch Grant
● NENA events planned for the next fiscal year
● Community Action Officer, Al Knecht, report on crime in
the area
● RONS Club Discussion
● New Business
RONS Club Survey: In the last NENA update I asked for your
feedback on looking into the neighborhood purchasing the
RONS Club property and restoring it into something that
reflected the desires of the neighborhood. The response was
very positive and a meeting was held on June 30th to further
explore this idea with those who expressed an interest in
serving on a committee to research this project. There were
25 persons in attendance, including Megan Schmitz from
Councilman Simplot’s office and three neighbors from St.
Gregory’s neighborhood.
In order to evaluate what neighbors’ level of interest in
creating a New Club and what neighbors are willing to invest
(voting shares, monthly, yearly membership etc.) the
committee came up with a survey. The survey is now available
HERE.
I encourage everyone to please take a few minutes to weigh
in on this project. At our July 14th meeting we will be
discussing the means in which to gain the feedback from
those in the neighborhood, who do not have internet access.
This is an incredible opportunity for us to undertake as a
neighborhood and it will only be successful if we garner the
insight from those in the community.
Warmly,
Nicki Kirkeby
NENA President
480-586-8556
nmkirkeby@cox.net
NENA Update June 15, 2010
RONS Club
Councilman Simplot’s Town Hall Tomorrow
Dear Neighbors,
I would like to thank everyone who provided their input on
purchasing the RONS Club and restoring it for the
neighborhood. Collectively I have heard back from about 35
neighbors (which is an amazing response in such a short
period) and there are some great ideas, as well as concerns
that all need to be looked at. There are about 10 persons who
have expressed an interest in participating in a committee to
research this proposal and I have emailed them with
information on our first meeting which sill taek place on June
30th at 7pm in the Willo Room at Phoenix College. If anyone
wishes to serve on this committee please let me know.
I’ve contacted Councilman Simplot’s office and they will be
providing details on what permits, zoning issues and other
details we may face with this project. They are also looking
into what it would take to use part of the building as a
police sub-station, to help offset the cost of maintenance.
The Historic Preservation Office is also doing a bit of
research for us too.
Our NENA quarterly meeting will take place on Wednesday, July
14th at 7pm in the Willo Room at Phoenix College and this will
be discussed in detail at that meeting. The NENA newsletter
will be coming out the first week in July and this topic will
be covered, so I think we will see a very good turn out for
the meeting on the 14th. I hope many of you will be able to
make it!
Councilman Simplot’s Town Hall is scheduled for tomorrow at
6pm at the Community Church of Hope. The information is listed
below. This is another great opportunity to speak directly to
our representative on the City Council.
Warmly,
Nicki Kirkeby
NENA President
480-586-8556
NENA Update –
Aluminum Cans, Patsy Cline & Flags!
June 1, 2010
Dear Neighbors,
Wednesday, June 1st is
Recycle Aluminum Day: Don’t forget to drop your
recycled aluminum cans off to June Kane’s home at 1630 W.
Flower Circle North. Recycling not only helps our environment,
but also helps increase our NENA funds! Thanks everyone! Now
that the weather is hotter, we’ll all be drinking more
beverages from aluminum cans….please save them for NENA!
“Always…Patsy
Cline” this Friday, June 4th at the Phoenix Theatre
- Don’t wait to purchase your tickets which are $40 each with
$8 of this going to NENA as a fundraiser. Order tickets by
calling Lindsay Halvorson 602.889.5283
or l.halvorson@phoenixtheatre.com.
Please order your tickets soon, as seats that are being held
for NENA will be released to the public on Wednesday, June
2nd.
If you like Patsy Cline music you
will love this show. I saw it last week with my family and
will be going again with our NENA group. The actor playing
Patsy Cline does an incredible job of performing her music and
the story as told through her friend, Louise Seger is highly
entertaining!
Thank you Flag
Volunteers! On
behalf of our new Flag Coordinator,
Sara Murphy, many
thanks to all the flag volunteers who took time from their
morning and evening to make sure our neighborhood displayed
flags in front of each home, honoring the men and women who
have served and who are serving in our nations military! It
looked great and I know it is very much appreciated by all in
NENA! If you would like to help out with placing flags in your
section please contact Sara at
sara.murphy@phoenix.edu. There is always a need for more
help in this area! Thanks again to all the flag volunteers and
to Sara for coordinating this effort!
Warmly,
Nicki Kirkeby
NENA President
480-586-8556
nmkirkeby@cox.net
NENA Update – Always Patsy Cline Next Friday!
May 27, 2010
Dear Neighbors,
Don’t wait to purchase your tickets for the NENA Fundraiser
at the Phoenix Theatre, Friday June 4th “Always…Patsy Cline”.
If you like Patsy Cline music you will love this show. I saw
it last week with my family and will be going again with our
NENA group. The actor playing Patsy Cline does an incredible
job of performing her music. Please order your tickets
soon, as seats that are being held for NENA will be released
to the public early next week.
Always... Patsy Cline is based on the unlikely true story of
the legendary country singer's friendship with Houston
housewife, Louise Seger. As seen through Louise's eyes, the
show offers old fans and new ones a chance to see the American
original and dazzling star that was Patsy Cline. An intimate
look at the woman behind the legend, as only a true friend
could tell it filled with all of her greatest hits including
Anytime, Walkin' After Midnight, She's Got You, Sweet Dreams
and Crazy.the true story of legendary country singer’s
friendship with Houston housewife Louise Seger.
Tickets are $40 each with $8 of this going to NENA as a
fundraiser. To order tickets contact Lindsay Halvorson
602.889.5283 or
l.halvorson@phoenixtheatre.com
Thank you NENA Volunteers for Helping with our Alley Clean-up
Please join me in thanking Marvin Dinges, Sara Murphy, Dorthy
Frazier, and Ginger Baron for volunteering their Saturday
morning to help clean-up our NENA alleys. We also has a
volunteer, Adrian, who was doing community service, lend a
hand. We tackled the alleys between 16th and 18th Ave north of
Thomas and also cleaned the alleys that travel north from
these alleyways. These were probably our most troublesome
alleys and they are looking much better, thanks to the efforts
of these volunteers.
I was inspired to clean my entire alley when I got home from
this project, due to having all the right tools to do the work
that the City supplied. If anyone wishes to borrow the tools
over the weekend to work on their alleys, please let me know.
I will be returning the tools to the city next Tuesday. This
week is our designated week to place bulk trash items in the
alleyway. For more information on what items can be placed in
the alley during bulk trash pickup visit our website at
www.northencanto.com and click on the Community Links tab at
the top.
I hope that all NENA neighbors will remember that the alleys
behind our properties are our responsibility to maintain.
Thanks again to Marvin, Sara, Dorthy and Ginger for your help!
Wednesday, June 1st is Recycle Aluminum Day: Don’t
forget to drop your recycled aluminum cans off to June Kane’s
home at 1630 W. Flower Circle North. Recycling not only helps
our environment, but also helps increase our NENA funds!
Thanks everyone! Now that the weather is hotter, we’ll all be
drinking more beverages from aluminum cans….please save them
for NENA!
Warmly,
Nicki Kirkeby
NENA President
480-586-8556
nmkirkeby@cox.net
NENA Update – Don’t Forget to
Vote Tomorrow!
May 17, 2010
Dear Neighbors,
Proposition 100 - Tomorrow (Tuesday, May 18th) voters will go to
the polls and determine whether or not to approve a 3-year temporary 1%
sales tax increase. While it wouldn’t be proper to weigh in on how I am
voting….I hope that everyone will make it to the polls to cast their
vote.
The polls are open from 6 a.m. to 7 p.m.
The Voting location for our neighborhood is:
PHOENIX CENTRAL 7TH DAY ADVENTIST CHR
Facility Address: 821 W FLOWER ST , PHOENIX 85013
Facility Location: WEST OF 7TH AVE NORTH OF THOMAS RD
Voter Identification
Every qualified voter is required to show identification at the polling
place before receiving a ballot. The following are the acceptable forms
of identification.
LIST 1 – Photo Identification with voter’s name and address* (ONE
REQUIRED)
Valid Arizona driver license
Valid Arizona non-operating identification license
Tribal enrollment card or other form of tribal identification
Valid United States federal, state or local government issued
identification
OR
LIST 2 – Non-Photo Identification with voter’s name and address**
(TWO REQUIRED)
Utility bill that is dated within ninety (90) days of the date of the
election. A utility bill may be for electric, gas, water, solid waste,
sewer, telephone, cellular phone or cable television
Bank or credit union statement that is dated within ninety (90) days of
the date of the election
Valid Arizona Vehicle Registration
Indian Census card
Property tax statement of the voter’s residence
Tribal enrollment card or other form of tribal identification
Vehicle insurance card
Voter Registration Card or Recorder’s Certificate
Valid United States federal, state or local government issued
identification
Any “Official Election Material” mailing bearing the voter’s name and
address
NENA Alley Clean-up this Saturday, May 22nd 8am to 11am
It’s not too late to help out with our alley clean-up. We’ll be meeting
at Nicki Kirkeby’s home at 1539 W. Mulberry Drive (btw 15th and 16th
Ave. one block south of Osborn) at 0800. I’ll have coffee & light
breakfast items available at 0730 for anyone who would like to come
early.
I’m suggesting that neighbors wear light weight clothing, perhaps long
pants, as dust and debris will be flying with the weedeating. I know
Marvin has a truck, but if anyone else has a truck it would be helpful
to have two. We’ll load equipment (wheel barrels, weed eaters, rakes,
shovels etc.) into the truck and then drop off in three different alley
locations and break into three groups. So far the following persons have
signed up to help out on Saturday:
Nicki Kirkeby, Dorothy Frazier, Ceci Andrews, Ginger Baron, Sara & Megan
Murphy, Marvin Dinges, Sam Melendrez and Jim Breithaupt
At 11 am we’ll clean-up and enjoy pizza and refreshments at Nicki’s
home.
Contact Nicki to volunteer at
nmkirkeby@cox.net
NENA PHOENIX THEATRE NIGHT – FRIDAY, JUNE 4TH “ALWAYS…PATSY CLINE
Always... Patsy Cline is based on the unlikely true story of the
legendary country singer's friendship with Houston housewife, Louise
Seger. As seen through Louise's eyes, the show offers old fans and new
ones a chance to see the American original and dazzling star that was
Patsy Cline. An intimate look at the woman behind the legend, as only a
true friend could tell it filled with all of her greatest hits including
Anytime, Walkin' After Midnight, She's Got You, Sweet Dreams and
Crazy.the true story of legendary country singer’s friendship with
Houston housewife Louise Seger.
Tickets are $40 each with $8 of this going to NENA as a fundraiser.
To order tickets contact Lindsay Halvorson 602.889.5283 or
l.halvorson@phoenixtheatre.com.
Please mention NENA for our special seating.
NENA’a Bookclub
The first meeting of the Book Club will be on Sunday May 23rd at 3pm,
hosted by Chris Devine and Mason Hite who live at 3301 N 18th Ave. Light
refreshments will be provided by your hosts. Please RSVP to masonoid@slywiz.com
or on our NENA Facebook page so Chris and Mason will know how many
neighbors will be attending.
Warmly,
Nicki Kirkeby
NENA President
480-586-8556
nmkirkeby@cox.net
NENA Update
May 9, 2010
Dear NENA Neighbors,
I hope all our mothers out there are having a wonderful Mother’s Day!
MESSAGE BOARD
READY TO USE
I wanted to let neighbors know that our NENA Message Board is
up and running and ready for neighbors to post on it. To sign
up for the message board go to our website at
www.northencanto.com and click on Message Board at the top
left side of the menu board. Follow the prompts for creating a
username and password. The board is easy to navigate and will
allow neighbors to post yard sales, items for sale, restaurant
reviews, refer a business service, ask questions of other
neighbors and a variety of other topics. If you have a
suggestion for another topic that you’d like to see added to
the board, please forward your request to Brian Clark, our
webmaster, at
brianphxaz@cox.net. I hope neighbors find the board a
useful tool to advertize, ask questions and exchange
information! Many thanks to Brian for setting the board up for
NENA!
NENA ALLEY
CLEAN-UP – MAY 22ND Saturday - 8am to 11am
I hope you will consider signing up to help out with this
project. The clean-up is scheduled in conjunction with the
city’s quarterly alley pick-up, so we’ll be able to bag all
the cuttings and leave them in the alley for picking up. The
city is supplying all the tools….we just need to supply the
manpower. Following the clean-up we’ll have pizza and
refreshments at Nicki’s home.
So far the following neighbors
have signed up: Nicki Kirkeby, Dorothy Frazier, Ceci Andrews,
Ginger Baron, Sara & Megan Murphy.
We’ve got the “girl power” going and would love to see some
“guy-power” helping that day too. Volunteer by
contacting Nicki at
nmkirkeby@cox.net or 480-586-8556.
ALLEY
VIOLATIONS:
As I rode through our
neighborhood last week I saw that many of our alleys have
large piles of tree trimmings, cardboard boxes and
construction debris from home projects. As a reminder it is
violation of the City of Phoenix code to dump items in the
alleyway when it is not the week allocated for placing these
items in the alley. The result of neighbors not respecting the
timeframe for placing items in the alley for pick-up is a
neighborhood of alleyways that look a mess and that invite the
homeless and criminals to wander the alleys looking through
what’s left there. Please be considerate of your fellow
neighbors and only place items in the alleyways during the
week allocated to do so. If you are not sure what week has
been allocated, you can find it on the back page of the latest
NENA newsletter. If you didn’t save your NENA newsletter you
can go to our website and click the tab for newsletters to
find the info. I would like
to ask those who have debris placed in their alleyways right
now to please move the debris inside your yard area until the
week of May 23d through 31st. This will
make the NENA Alley Clean-Up Day go much more smoothly with
volunteers not having to work around piles of debris that were
left out at an inappropriate time. Thanks everyone
for respecting all neighbors areas in the alleys!
NENA PHOENIX
THEATRE NIGHT – FRIDAY, JUNE 4TH “ALWAYS…PATSY
CLINE
Always...
Patsy Cline
is based on the unlikely true story of the legendary country
singer's friendship with Houston housewife, Louise Seger. As
seen through Louise's eyes, the show offers old fans and new
ones a chance to see the American original and dazzling star
that was Patsy Cline. An intimate look at the woman behind the
legend, as only a true friend could tell it filled with all of
her greatest hits including Anytime, Walkin' After Midnight,
She's Got You, Sweet Dreams and Crazy.the true
story of legendary country singer’s friendship with Houston
housewife Louise Seger.
Tickets are
$40 each with $8 of this going to NENA as a fundraiser. To
order tickets contact Lindsay Halvorson 602.889.5283
or l.halvorson@phoenixtheatre.com.
Please mention NENA for our special seating. Don’t miss this
fun event!
PHOENIX
COLLEGE COMMENCEMENT CERMONY
Community members are invited to join the Phoenix College
family at the college’s 88th annual commencement ceremony at
7:00 p.m. on Friday, May 14, 2010. Please join us as we
congratulate the 2009-2010 graduates, honor the
accomplishments of staff and faculty, and highlight the
milestones of Phoenix College. Approximately 825 graduates
will earn a certificate, associate degree, or transfer degree.
s. Sheila Polk, a Phoenix College alumna and the first female
County Attorney in Yavapai County, will be our keynote
speaker. In addition, students Alexis Trujillo and Jessica
Flores have distinguished themselves as salutatorian and
valedictorian, earning the honor of addressing attendees.
We also would like to notify all of our campus neighbors about
the traditional closing fireworks display. To
celebrate and honor our
students, Phoenix College will end the commencement ceremony
with a very brief fireworks display at approximately 9:00 p.m,
on the north side of Hogan Field at Hoy Stadium. We
apologize for any disturbance or inconvenience this may cause.
If you have any questions or concerns, please call
602.285.7842.
REMEMBER TO
SAVE YOUR ALUMINUM
As the weather warms up neighbors will be drinking more
beverages that are in aluminum cans. Please save these cans
and donate them to NENA on the 1st of each month.
June Kane, who lives at 1630 W Flower Circle North places her
trash can out in front of her home and then takes the cans in
for recycling. The price for aluminum has gone up….so this is
a great way to help with our funds!
Thanks
everyone!
Nicki Kirkeby –
NENA President
480-586-8556
nmkirkeby@cox.net
NENA Update
May 1, 2010
Dear Neighbors,
Saturday, May 1st Recycle Aluminum Day: Don’t forget to drop your
recycled aluminum cans off to June Kane’s home at 1630 W. Flower Circle
North. Recycling not only helps our environment, but also helps increase
our NENA funds! Thanks everyone!
NENA Alley Clean-up Saturday, May 22nd 8am to 11am: Please
consider signing up to help out with this project. The clean-up is
scheduled in conjunction with the city’s quarterly alley pick-up, so
we’ll be able to bag all the cuttings and leave them in the alley for
picking up. The city is supplying all the tools….we just need to supply
the manpower. Following the clean-up we’ll have pizza and refreshments
at Nicki’s home.
Contact Nicki to volunteer at
nmkirkeby@cox.net
NENA’a Bookclub: Read any good books lately? Interested in
meeting your neighbors? Join the NENA Bookclub. The inaugural book that
will be discussed at the May meeting is “The Electric Michelangelo” by
Sarah Hall. Neighbors will choose one book you would be interested in
reading with the group. It’s often best to pick one you haven’t read
yet, but if you have a fantastic one that you haven’t read in a long
time and think would be worth a re-read, that’s OK, too. Names will be
drawn to pick the next book and its host, then start a rotation so
everyone knows in advance when their turn will be to choose and host.
The first meeting will be on Sunday May 23rd at 3pm, hosted by Chris
Devine and Mason Hite who live at 3301 N 18th Ave. Light refreshments
will be provided by your hosts. Please RSVP to
masonoid@slywiz.com or on our
NENA Facebook page so Chris and Mason will know how many neighbors will
be attending.
NENA’s Recipe Swap: The deadline to send your favorite recipe to
be considered for publishing in the next NENA newsletter is June 23rd.
Send recipes to Mason Hite at
masonoid@slywiz.com
Join NENA’s Facebook Page: If you like to keep up with what’s
going on in the neighborhood go to www.northencanto.com and scroll down
to the Join Us on Facebook and click on the link to join NENA’s facebook
page.
Know a New Neighbor in NENA? Be sure to pass along names and
addresses of any new residents moving into NENA to our Social Chair,
Trish Hermann at
teherrmann@gmail.com. Trish will contact the new neighbor(s) and
welcome them to the neighborhood and also give them a small welcome
package from NENA. The package has our latest newsletter, menus from
local restaurants, a Block Watch sign and referrals to businesses in the
area from the NENA Board.
Point of Pride Nominations due June 23rd: There are some
amazingly beautiful and unique homes in our neighborhood and the Point
of Pride is a great way to recognize a NENA neighbors efforts. Point of
Pride recommendations can be sent to Jim Jeffries at
jlsk766751@aol.com
Warmly,
Nicki Kirkeby
NENA President
480-586-8556
nmkirkeby@cox.net
NENA Update 4-14-10
At tonight’s general meeting the following neighbors were elected to
serve on the NENA Board:
NENA Board Members
Thank you all for your willingness to participate in planning and
coordinating events for NENA! I’d like to extend a special welcome Sara
Murphy, who moved into our neighborhood about 2 weeks ago and has
volunteered to get involved with NENA and serve as the Flag Coordinator!
Now that’s enthusiasm….thanks Sara!
Some of the highlights from the meeting:
Our Community Action Officer, Al Knecht, spoke to us about crime in the
neighborhood and asked us to be vigilant in reporting suspicious
activity, especially around vacant homes. If a crime is happening and
there is eminent danger….call 911. If the crime has already been
committed and there is no immediate danger….call Crime Stop.
ALERT: Officer Knecht made us aware of a peeping-tom in the area of 16th
Avenue and Thomas around the hours of 3am - 4am. There have been several
calls made on this peeping-tom….so be aware and call in any suspicious
activity.
Also be aware of transients wondering the neighborhood and alleyways.
Officer Knecht stated that not all transients are criminals, but many
are suspects in burglaries, rapes and some are sex offenders. To see if
there are sex offenders living in the neighborhood visit: http://www.city-data.com/soz/soz-85015.html
to see a list of registered sex offenders living in our zip code area.
When you click on the link that says “Based on this official offender
page” under the name and address of the registered sex offender, you’ll
see a picture of the person. THE INFORMATION PROVIDED ON THIS SITE IS
PROVIDED AS A PUBLIC SERVICE ONLY AND SHOULD NOT BE USED TO THREATEN,
INTIMIDATE, OR HARASS. MISUSE OF THIS INFORMATION MAY RESULT IN CRIMINAL
PROSECUTION
Household Hazardous Waste Collection is taking place April 15-17. Please
visit:
http://phoenix.gov/garbage/trshmain.html
and click on 2010 Bulk Trash Pickup & Other Solid Waste Schedules for
the exact location and items accepted.
NENA Alley Clean-up Saturday, May 22nd – 8am to 11am. Please consider
signing up to help out with this project. The clean-up is scheduled in
conjunction with the city’s quarterly alley pick-up, so we’ll be able to
bag all the cuttings and leave them in the alley for picking up. The
city is supplying all the tools….we just need to supply the manpower.
Contact Nicki to volunteer at
nmkirkeby@cox.net
If you are concerned about a home (vacant or occupied) that has very
high grass or weeds (blight) you can call Neighborhood Services at
262-7844 to file a report. They will come out and speak with the
homeowner or in the case of a vacant home, contact the homeowner to make
them aware of the need to clean up the property. It’s important to keep
the neighborhood free of blight. Some neighbors are choosing to mow
these yards or spray them with weed killer, which is also an effective
way of dealing with this problem.
City Historic Preservation Office (HPO) in threat of being integrated
into the newly merged Development Services & Planning Departments. Right
now the HPO operates independently and reports to the city managers
office. A public meeting will be held on Monday, April 19, 2010 at 4:30
pm at the Historic City Hall, 2nd Floor Subcommittee Room (enter on
west/city side), 17 S. 2nd Avenue for those who might wish to provide
their input to the future of the Historic Preservation Program.
Message Board Almost Ready for Neighbors: In just another week or two
the NENA Message Board will be available for neighbors to post their
messages. It is in the testing phase right now and will soon be
available. This will provide a wonderful means for neighbors to
advertise their events, yard sales, and share information with other
neighbors.
Warmly,
Nicki Kirkeby
NENA President
480-586-8556
NENA Update 4-11-10
Dear Neighbors,
NENA General Meeting this Wednesday: Please plan on attending the
NENA general meeting this Wednesday, April 14th at 7pm in the Phoenix
College, Dome Conference Room which is located on the NE corner of 11th
Ave and Flower Street. Board elections will take place, our Community
Action officer, Al Knecht, will be speaking and answering questions and
we will be discussing issues of concern and future NENA events.
Open Positions for NENA Board: While most of the neighbors
serving in positions for NENA desire to continue, there are still a few
positions that need to be filled. Below are the positions that still
need to be filled:
Advertising Chair - Visit local businesses to solicit advertising in our
newsletter, maintain data base of advertisers and track when ads are due
to expire, collect payment from businesses, deliver payment to treasurer
and coordinate this information with newsletter editor.
Flag Coordinator - On four holidays honoring service men and women flags
are placed in front of each home throughout NENA. The flag coordinator
works with each section coordinator to ensure they have enough flags for
their section and reminds the flag section leaders that the holiday is
approaching.
Volunteers are willing to continue in the positions they are holding,
but would WELCOME someone volunteering for their position:
Section A Coordinator - Deliver the quarterly newsletters to respective
sections There are four sections with approximately 100 homes in each
section.
Please let me know (nmkirkeby@cox.net
or 480-586-8556) if you are interested in serving in any of
the positions, so that your name may be added to the ballot for
Wednesday’s meeting.
NENA’a Bookclub: Read any good books lately? Interested in
meeting your neighbors? Join the NENA Bookclub. The inaugural book that
will be discussed at the May meeting is “The Electric Michelangelo” by
Sarah Hall. Neighbors will choose one book you would be interested in
reading with the group. It’s often best to pick one you haven’t read
yet, but if you have a fantastic one that you haven’t read in a long
time and think would be worth a re-read, that’s OK, too. Names will be
drawn to pick the next book and its host, then start a rotation so
everyone knows in advance when their turn will be to choose and host.
The first meeting will be on Sunday May 23rd at 3pm, hosted by Chris
Devine and Mason Hite who live at 3301 N 18th Ave. Light refreshments
will be provided by your hosts. Please RSVP to
masonoid@slywiz.com or on our
NENA Facebook page so Chris and
Mason will know how many neighbors will be attending.
City of Phoenix April Pipeline – Attached with this email is the
April edition of the City of Phoenix Pipeline newsletter. Pipeline comes
out each month and we’ll start forwarding this to NENA neighbors and
post it on our website as well. The newsletter lists events that the
city is sponsoring, along with helpful tips for keeping your home and
neighborhood safe.
NENA’s Recipe Swap: The deadline to send your favorite recipe to
be considered for publishing in the next NENA newsletter is June 23rd.
Send recipes to Mason Hite at
masonoid@slywiz.com
Join NENA’s Facebook Page: If you like to keep up with what’s
going on in the neighborhood go to www.northencanto.com and scroll down
to the Join Us on Facebook and click on the link to join NENA’s facebook
page.
Know a New Neighbor in NENA? Be sure to pass along names and addresses
of any new residents moving into NENA to our Social Chair, Trish Hermann
at
teherrmann@gmail.com. Trish will contact the new
neighbor(s) and welcome them to the neighborhood and also give them a
small welcome package from NENA. The package has our latest newsletter,
menus from local restaurants, a Block Watch sign and referrals to
businesses in the area from the NENA Board.
Point of Pride Nominations due June 23rd: There are some
amazingly beautiful and unique homes in our neighborhood and the Point
of Pride is a great way to recognize a NENA neighbors efforts. Point of
Pride recommendations can be sent to Jim Jeffries at
jlsk766751@aol.com
Warmly,
Nicki Kirkeby
NENA President
480-586-8556
nmkirkeby@cox.net
NENA Update 3-31-10
Dear Neighbors,
Thursday, April 1st Recycle Aluminum Day: Don’t forget to drop
your recycled aluminum cans off to June Kane’s home at 1630 W. Flower
Circle North. Recycling not only helps our environment, but also helps
increase our NENA funds! Thanks everyone!
NENA Newsletter – By now you should have received the latest NENA
newsletter. Thanks to our wonderful graphic designer, Deanna Fusco and
the contributions of NENA neighbors…..the newsletter is evolving into a
really great read. We’re pleased to welcome Mi Patio and Mulligan’s
Restaurant at Encanto 18, as yearly advertisers. Mulligan’s is offering
some great discount coupons for Mulligan’s and Enchanted Island at
www.enchantedisland.com/nena and Mi Patio is offering a buy one dinner
get one free coupon in the newsletter. We’re also pleased to see
Southwest Gardener renew their ad for NENA. This shop offers an array of
unique items, many from local artists, and some wonderful workshops.
Open Positions for NENA Board/ NENA General Meeting: On April
14th at 7 p.m. in the Dome Conference Room at Phoenix College, NENA will
hold its’ general meeting and elect officers and board positions for the
next term which begins May of 2010. The newsletter listed in detail the
duties associated with all the positions. While most of the neighbors
serving in positions for NENA desire to continue, there are a few
positions that need to be filled. Please let me know if you are
interested in serving in any of the positions, so that your name may be
added to the ballot.
Volunteers are willing to continue in the positions they are holding,
but would WELCOME someone volunteering for their position:
Vice President
Section A Coordinator
Flag Section Leaders A & C
The following are OPEN positions:
Advertising Chair
Flag Coordinator
Block Watch Chair
Section B Coordinator
The events that NENA holds are successful because of the tremendous
involvement of our neighborhood. It is not one person that makes these
events successful, but many working together. I hope that if you have
desired to become more involved with your neighborhood, you will
considering running for a position with NENA!
Join NENA’s Facebook Page: If you like to keep up with what’s
going on in the neighborhood go to www.northencanto.com and scroll down
to the Join Us on Facebook and click on the link to join NENA’s facebook
page.
Block Watch Workshop: We currently have an open position for the
Block Watch Committee. This is a vitally important position that deals
with the essence of why NENA was created….to make our neighborhood a
safe place to live. The city of Phoenix is offering a free 2-day Block
Watch Leader & Phoenix Neighborhood Patrol Training on April 13 & 14th
(Tuesday & Wednesday) from 6pm-9pm. If any neighbor is interested in
taking on this position, the training would be a very valuable asset.
Space is limited to 40 participants. If you are interested in attending
please Contact
doreena.wiegert@phoenix.gov to reserve a space for this
workshop. Attached with this email is a flyer on the workshop.
Know a New Neighbor Who’s Moved into NENA? Be sure to pass along
names and addresses of any new residents moving into NENA to our Social
Chair, Trish Hermann at
teherrmann@gmail.com. Trish will contact the new neighbor(s) and
welcome them to the neighborhood and also give them a small welcome
package from NENA. The package has our latest newsletter, menus from
local restaurants, a Block Watch sign and referrals to businesses in the
area from the NENA Board.
Point of Pride Nominations due June 23rd: There are some amazingly
beautiful and unique homes in our neighborhood and the Point of Pride is
a great way to recognize a NENA neighbors efforts. Point of Pride
recommendations can be sent to Jim Jeffries at jlsk766751@aol.com
Warmly,
Nicki Kirkeby
NENA President
480-586-8556
nmkirkeby@cox.net
NENA Update 2-28-10
Aluminum Can Drop Off
First Block Watch Signs Installed
Dear Neighbors,
Monday, March 1st is Recycle Aluminum Day – Don’t forget to drop your
recycled aluminum cans off to June Kane’s home at 1630 W. Flower Circle
North. Recycling not only helps our environment, but also helps increase
our NENA funds! On average we receive about $12 a month from recycling.
Thanks so much June for overseeing this venture for NENA!
First Block Watch Signs Installed: BIG Thanks to Marvin Dinges and Jim
Breithaupt who volunteered their Saturday morning to install our first
Block Watch Signs. There are 10 locations that now have signs. It was a
great effort and we had a lot of fun talking and getting to know each
other as we placed the signs. We’ll schedule another date to put the
rest up (about 15 other locations). The signs are a good way to let
others who don’t live in the neighborhood know that we watch out for
each other and report crimes happening or suspicious activity. Thanks
again Jim and Marvin!
Warmly,
Nicki Kirkeby
NENA President
480-586-8556
nmkirkeby@cox.net
NENA Update 2-21-10
Alley Pick-Up This Week
Help put up Block Watch Signs Next Saturday
Deadline for Advertising in Newsletter March 19th
Coronado Historic Tours next Sunday
Update on Elimination of Historic Tax Reduction
Dear
Neighbors,
Alley Pick-Up
This Week
February 20-28th
Neighbors can place bulk trash in
your back alleyways from February 20th through the
28th. The City of Phoenix accepts: tree limbs,
branches and stumps 4’ in length or shorter and 12” or less in
diameter, palm fronds, grass & yard trimmings must be bagged
or boxed and securely tied, appliances that do not have
refrigerant/CFS’s (washers, dryers, stoves and heaters are
ok), televisions and stereos, furniture, and carpeting. The
City does not accept: appliances using DFC’s or refrigerants,
glass (windows, shower doors, mirrors), demolition debris,
bricks, dirt, rocks, roofing, tires or metal atom parts
greater than 20 pounds.
On March 1st
the City of Phoenix will start picking up in our area. Once
the bulk trash has been picked up please
DO NOT place bulk
trash items in the alley until the next Bulk Trash Pick-up
Time. If you see items left in the alley after bulk trash
pick-up, please call Neighborhood Services to report it. They
will contact neighbors in the area to see if they have placed
the items in the alley or determine outside of NENA has
dropped the items illegally in the alleyway. For more
information go to
http://phoenix.gov/garbage/trshmain.html
Volunteer for Block Watch Sign Installation Saturday, Feb 27th
This Saturday, February 27th NENA neighbors will
get together to put up our first 18 Block Watch signs
throughout the neighborhood. These signs will be placed back
to back (so there will be nine total locations) and attached
to No Parking signs in our most troublesome areas in NENA. If
you have input as to a No Parking sign in your area that could
use a Block Watch sign please contact Nicki at the email
address on the bottom of this email. It shouldn’t take more
than 3 hours to put these signs up and we are most grateful to
Campus Vista neighbor, Marty Huber, who has graciously agreed
to help us with this effort. Marty put up all of Campus
Vista’s Block Watch signs and is willing to help us do ours.
We’ll meet at Nicki’s at 0900 and after we’re done with our
work enjoy pizza and refreshments. To volunteer contact Nicki
at
nmkirkeby@cox.net
Deadline for Advertisements for NENA March 19th
If you would
like to advertise in the next NENA newsletter please contact
Kate Cross at
johnmayhew@earthlink.net This is a great way to get the
word out for a business or upcoming event. Ads run $35 for a
business card size.
Coronado Historic Home Tour
On Sunday, February 28 the Coronado Historic Home Tour’s will
take place. There will also be a table available to gather
more signatures (as well as enjoy the day’s festivities and
tour) For more information on the tour visit:
http://www.gcna.info/homeTour.php
Update on Elimination of Historic Tax Reduction
I have sent
the letter and signatures that we collected at the our NENA
Groundhog’s Day event to Senator Cheuvront and have also
emailed him on the issue. I have not heard back from him as of
yet. If anyone has heard from our Senator please forward his
response to
nmkirkeby@cox.net I know that Senator Debbie McCune Davis
has been very responsive to concerned citizens in her
district. The following is an update from Jim McPherson from
the Arizona Preservation Foundation.
Courtesy of the Arizona Preservation Foundation
Fact Sheet & Fiscal Analysis at
http://www.azpreservation.org
NEWSFLASH!
NewsChannel 3 reporter Kirsten Joyce reports homeowners moved
into Phoenix's historic districts because of a big tax
incentive, but in order to generate more money for the state
those homeowners may be forced to give the incentive up. View
the news segment at
http://bit.ly/bIQ7hV
We Oppose SB1166!
Taking a formal stand against Senate Bill 1166 are the groups
below. Arizona’s preservation community thanks them for their
support.
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Mayor and City Council of the City of Phoenix (2/9/10)
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Mayor and City Council of the City of Tucson (2/9/10)
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Board of Directors of Valley Forward (2/17/10). This
association (http://www.valleyforward.org)
brings business and civic leaders together to convene
thoughtful public dialogue on regional issues and to promote
cooperative efforts to improve the environment and
livability of Valley communities.
Signatures Collected at Willo Home Tour
A strong outpouring of support for Arizona’s heritage was
demonstrated this past Sunday. Over 800 signatures of
individuals opposed to SB1166 were garnered at the February 14
Willo Home Tour. Stopping by the booth to lend their personal
support were Phoenix Mayor Phil Gordon, Phoenix Vice Mayor
Michael Nowakowski, State Representative David Lujan, State
Representative Kyrsten Sinema, Justice of the Peace Steven
McMurry, and candidate for State Representative Ken Clark.
Special thanks to Brad Bauer (Willo), Nicki Kirkeby (North
Encanto), Steve Procaccini (Coronado), and Martin Vogel (Encanto
Palmcroft) for helping to organize this grassroots effort!
Great tour by the way!
Next on the Docket
Then on Sunday, February 28 it’s on to the Coronado Historic
Home Tour to gather more signatures (as well as enjoy the
day’s festivities and tour):
http://www.gcna.info/homeTour.php
As some of you may know, SB1166 was initially scheduled to be
heard by the Senate Finance Committee this morning, but it was
pulled from the agenda. The Legislature has been given one
more week to introduce legislation, so it’s quite possible it
(SB1166) could return.
Today in History:
February 17, 1977
The following note and linked attachment (http://www.box.net/shared/fdfnk84h86)
were provided by Phoenix attorney Robert Warnicke. It’s quite
a coincidence that the linked document concerning the origins
of the state historic tax classification program was written
exactly 33 years ago today. Hmmmm…. prophetic? Thanks so
much to Robert for going “above and beyond,” like so many of
you who receive this communiqué, to protect our state’s
historic resources.
“Attached please find the
interesting bits of the legislative history on what I believe
is the original bill that ultimately became A.R.S. §
42-12006(1) and A.R.S. § 42-120101(2) as they exist today. I
don't know if you or anyone else looked at it or even knew
where to look for it, but it is what I do when I find myself
trying to figure out "legislative intent." Sometimes
legislative history is helpful, sometimes, not so much.
I believe this is one of those more helpful times.
They hoped to stabilize historic areas and maybe even reverse
a trend: I think we can show just how effective the program
was without too much trouble. The nice part is that we can
now show this was the entire purpose of the law and that it
worked as planned. We can now actually quote from the
legislative history.
There is also some raw numbers analysis of property value
comparisons that could be useful to show how it was then, and
how it is now.
What I found particularly interesting is the analysis that
many of the properties had value that was separate from the
historic buildings, and that by lowering the tax they were
creating an incentive to saving the buildings and stabilize
the neighborhood. I suppose it is obvious, but it presents
the issue in a much better way than I think it has been
discussed. It also gets us away from Senator Gray's focus on
the tax break should be justified with actual dollars spent on
the property (although I doubt many of us will have trouble
with that).”
“Nothing
is dead until the legislative session ends”
In conversations between neighborhood advocates and state
legislators opposed to SB116, it’s been noted that Senator
Linda Gray could attempt to amend any other legislative bill
with SB1166 language and opponents wouldn't know until the
last minute. To “level the playing field,” it’s recommended
that you, your friends, neighbors, and leaders of historic
districts and collegial organizations continue to contact
their state senators and ask to be kept informed if SB1166 or
bills with SB1166 language come up for a vote at any time. As
noted by one state senator, “Nothing is dead until the
legislative session ends.”
How to contact
your legislators
Senate Finance Committee
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The Honorable Ed Bunch, 602-926-4916,
ebunch@azleg.gov
(NEW!)
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The Honorable Ken Cheuvront, 602-926-5325,
kcheuvront@azleg.gov
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The Honorable Ron Gould, 602-926-4138,
rgould@azleg.gov
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The Honorable Jack Harper, Chair, 602-926-926-4178,
jharper@azleg.gov
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The Honorable Barbara Leff, Vice Chair, 602-926-4486,
bleff@azleg.gov
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The Honorable Debbie McCune Davis, 602-926-4485,
dmccunedavis@azleg.gov
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The Honorable Richard Miranda, 602-926-5911,
rmiranda@azleg.gov
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The Honorable Russell Pearce, 602-926-5760,
rpearce@azleg.gov
Your District’s Legislators
If you would like to express your views to your own
State Senator or State Representative (if they are not listed
above), visit
http://www.azleg.gov/alisStaticPages/HowToContactMember.asp
Warmly,
Nicki Kirkeby
NENA President
480-586-8556
nmkirkeby@cox.net
NENA Update
February 4, 2010
Groundhog’s Day Event This Saturday
Update on SB1166 Legislation
Dear Neighbors,
Groundhog’s
Day Potluck This Saturday
This Saturday, February 6th
from 11am to 2pm (Catalina between 16th Dr & 17th
Ave) Come join in the fun as neighbors get together to enjoy
each others company and eat some great food. Councilman Tom
Simplot will be arriving at 11am to visit with neighbors. The
Phoenix Fire Department will be joining us with their fire
engine….how cool is that! Chris Divine will be singing and
will provide recorded music when not performing. There will be
some “special” activities too!
Don’t be shy….come meet your NENA
neighbors!
Donations or pot luck dishes are OPTIONAL
NENA will provide hot dogs, hamburgers, chips, water, sodas
and lemonade!
Update on
SB1166 Legislation
Below is the message forwarded to
me by Brad Brauer, Willo President, who attended the
stakeholders meeting on Monday, Feb 1st to discuss
SB1166.
Friends and Neighbors,
I spent the afternoon at the AZ
Senate meeting with Senator Linda Gray to discuss her bill to
reclassify our Historic Properties. What I take away from
this meeting will probably not surprise a lot of you – the AZ
Legislature is looking for money wherever they can find
money. The proof that this system has been successful in
creating neighborhoods, increasing property values (and tax
revenues) and cleaning up years of deterioration does not seem
to have an effect on Senator Gray. In a meeting with
approximately 15 people, including representatives from
Medlock Place, Willo, Encanto Palmcroft, FQ Story, the City of
Phoenix Historic Preservation, the City of Glendale, AZ State
Historic Preservation, Maricopa County Assessor, the AZ
Association of Realtors, a Tucson historic neighborhood
resident and a representative of the Arizona Education
Association – only two people were supportive of this bill.
Senator Linda Gray and the Rep from the AZ Education
Association. The state budget is slashing the education
funds, so it’s not surprising that the AEA is supporting Sen.
Gray.
A great group of people truly
explained the benefits of these neighborhoods, to their Cities
and the state, the limitation put upon homeowners by HP and
the difference between maintaining and restoring these homes
versus the simple slab homes built in the 60’s , 70’s and
today. It was brought up that the increase in a tax to
historic neighborhoods would provide a negligible increase to
the state. Also that without the tax break there is nothing
to require homeowners to retain the historic character of
their homes, but none of this information really changed
Senator Gray’s mind. She asked for suggestions from the
meeting on how to prevent fraud, a sunset on the tax break or
a reduced reduction. The response from the group was that a
sunset was unacceptable as was a reduced tax break (example –
25% instead of 40-50%). It was suggested that we somehow
prove annually to the county that we are putting money into
our homes and that they are a primary residence not a rental.
I’m sure that the county would be unable to accommodate that
request, as they can’t afford the staffing to review homes
that are coming up on their 14th year in this
program. Rentals are not supposed to receive the tax benefit,
but Keith Russell, Maricopa County Assessor, could not find
that requirement in the statute nor could the State HP
director, they just assumed it’s in there.
Leaving the meeting - it is
apparent to me that we will see some form of amended version
of this bill before some committee in the AZ Senate. If this
stays with the Finance Committee – we have “no” votes
currently from Sen. Leff, Sen. McCune-Davis, Sen. Russell
Pearce, Sen. Miranda and most likely Sen. Gould. Currently,
Sen. Cheuvront has stated that he would vote against this bill
as it is written, but if amended, we may lose our Senator’s
vote. Senator Waring and Senator Gorman have resigned to run
for the US House in Shadegg’s place. That leaves Sen. Steve
Pierce and I’m not sure how he will vote. I think we still
have all the votes necessary to kill this bill in committee,
but will need to keep our eyes on it to prevent it from
advancing under the radar. Contacting your Senator and other
Senators on the Finance Committee is highly encouraged.
Brad Brauer, President
The Willo Neighborhood
Association
Additionally,
Brad wrote Representative Debbie McCune Davis and here is what
she responded:
The bill may reappear on the
Finance committee agenda when Senator Gray has language to
amend the bill. The feedback from the stakeholders would not
indicate an agreement among participants. This means that
Senator Gray cannot represent an amendment as a consensus
proposal. Keep working with the other members of the committee
to prevent this bill from advancing.
When asked if
there is any way that Senator Gray could attach this to
another bill and slide it under the radar, her response was:
Yes. We'll have to be vigilant.
Nothing is dead until the legislative session ends.
So we need to
keep communicating with this committee and specifically,
Senator Cheuvront. For those attending the Groundhog’s Day
Event, we will have a letter you can sign on to and we’ll mail
to the Finance Committee. Brad also mentioned that Robert Pela
(FQ Story) will be writing something in the New Times,
regarding the short sightedness of this bill.
Here are contact numbers for all
the Finance Committee
Warmly,
Nicki Kirkeby
NENA President
480-586-8556 C#
nmkirkeby@cox.ne
NENA Update January
30, 2010
Elimination of Historic Tax Reduction Update
Recycle Aluminum Cans Monday, February 1st
Groundhog’s Day Event (Bring
a dish or a donation or just come over!)
Know any New Neighbors who’ve moved into NENA?
Nominate a home for the Point of Pride
Dear Neighbors,
Elimination
of Historic Tax Reduction Update
– I’d like to thank everyone who wrote emails and/or attended
the Senate Finance hearing this past Wednesday regarding
Senate bill 1166 that proposes the elimination of the tax
reduction for historic homes. The meeting was well attended
with several NENA neighbors (June Kane, Marvin Dinges and
Steve Weiss to name a few) in attendance.
The bill was introduced by
Senator Linda Gray of District 10. She expressed the following
concerns about historic tax reductions; how long should
residents continue to receive these perks; how large will
historic districts be allowed to go; and who checks to make
sure that the owners of these residents are actually living in
the properties and not renting them out?
The committee heard from Willo
President Brad Brauer (a 25 historic district resident) who
spoke about how the historic areas in the 80’s and 90’s were
not desirable areas and the tax reductions and the historic
grants helped to convert these areas into safe, thriving
neighborhoods.
GG George, who established the
first Historic Neighborhoods Coalition, spoke eloquently about
living in a piece of Arizona history.
Louisa Stark, a Board member
of the Phoenix Elementary School District asked if the monies
raised from this legislation would go directly to the Phoenix
Elementary School District. Senator Cheuvront explained that
there would be no financial gain from this legislation, but
that the % of taxes would be evenly distributed to all home
owners. While Senator Cheuvront expressed that he did not
believe it was right to subsidize the taxes of residents of
historic districts, he said he is not in favor of this bill.
He does believe there needs to be more accountability in
regards to owners who rent their properties who take advantage
of the tax reductions (the reductions are only for owners
occupying their residence). Senator Cheuvront went on to
explain that the school district would have their bond
increased and would not see a tax increase. Ms. Stark
expressed that even if the school district received an
increase in their bond, the School Board would not be in favor
of eliminating the tax reduction for residents of the historic
districts. She stated that residents of the historic districts
have been supportive of school legislative issues and the
Board believes it would put an unfair burden on the residents
of these areas.
There was no vote taken at
this meeting and Senator Gray had arranged for a
“stakeholders” meeting to take place this Monday, February 1st.
Unfortunately, Senator Gray did not have the benefit of
hearing the concerns of the residents attending the hearing,
as she had to leave after introducing the bill, as she serves
on another committee. Following the hearing, several of the
attendees were seeking to be invited to the stakeholders
meeting, but there was no one there that could say residents
would be allowed at the meeting. Several of the attendees were
planning on visiting Senator Gray’s office to request being at
the meeting. I have written Brad Bauer to see if he knows if
any residents will be allowed to participate. It would only
seem appropriate to have representatives from the various
historic districts, as we certainly have a “stake” in this. As
soon as I hear back from Brad I will let neighbors know the
status of this meeting. The bill requires an affirmative
two-thirds of both the Senate and House before being able to
pass this legislation.
There will be a letter at the
Groundhog’s Day Potluck that residents can sign onto to voice
their opposition to this legislation.
Monday,
February 1st Recycle Aluminum Day –
Don’t forget to drop your recycled aluminum cans off to June
Kane’s home at 1630 W. Flower Circle North. Recycling not only
helps our environment, but also helps increase our NENA funds!
On average we receive about $12 a month from recycling. Thanks
so much June for overseeing this venture for NENA!
NENA
Groundhog’s Day Potluck:
Next Saturday, February 6th neighbors will come
together for a family cook out, games and socializing. The
event takes place from 11 am to 2 pm and will be held in the
same location as the arts and craft street fair on Catalina
between 16th Dr & 17th Ave.
There will be special
activities and contests (that means prizes) for the children,
as well as the adults. Vice Mayor Tom Simplot has confirmed
his attendance and we’re hoping the Mayor and the Phoenix Fire
Department will be able to attend as well. We’ll hear the
music of Chris Divine, who played at our Street Fair too.
We realize
that times are tough right now for many of our NENA residents,
so NENA will provide hot dogs, hamburgers, sodas and waters.
Anyone wishing to bring a dish or make a donation to the NENA
fund is welcomed to do so, but don’t worry if you’re not able
to do either…..there is always plenty to go around and we
really just want neighbors to meet other neighbors! See you
Saturday! We’ll be starting our set-up around 9:30 am if
anyone would like to help out.
Know a New
Neighbor Who’s Moved into NENA?
Be sure to pass along names and addresses of any new residents
moving into NENA to our
Social Chair, Trish Hermann at
teherrmann@gmail.com.
Trish will contact the new neighbor(s) and
welcome them to the neighborhood and also give them a small
welcome package from NENA. The package has our latest
newsletter, menus from local restaurants, a Block Watch sign
and referrals to businesses in the area from the NENA Board.
Point of Pride Nominations due March 23rd:
There are some
amazingly beautiful and unique homes in our neighborhood and
the Point of Pride is a great way to recognize a NENA
neighbors efforts. Point of Pride recommendations can be sent
to Jim Jeffries at
jlsk766751@aol.com
Warmly,
Nicki Kirkeby
NENA President
480-586-8556
nmkirkeby@cox.net
NENA Update January 1,
2010
Aluminum Can
Recycle Day:
Please drop your aluminum cans to June Kane’s residence on
Friday, January 1st at 1630 W. Flower Circle North. Recycling
not only helps our environment, but also helps increase our
NENA funds!
NENA
Groundhog’s Day Potluck:
Mark your calendars for the
Groundhog’s Day Potluck on Saturday, February 6th
from11 am to 2 pm. The event will be held in the same location
as the arts and craft street fair on Catalina between 16th
Dr & 17th Ave.
There will be special activities
and contests (that means prizes) for the children, as well as
the adults. Mayor Phil Gordon and Vice Mayor Tom Simplot will
be invited to attend and so will the Phoenix Fire Department.
We hope to hear the music of Chris Divine, who played at our
Street Fair too.
NENA will provide hot dogs,
hamburgers, sodas and waters. Everyone attending is asked to
bring a dish to share with others. There is a $10 per
household donation requested that will help offset the cost of
this event and help fund future NENA events.
NENA
Newsletter: You
should have received your January NENA newsletter. Be sure to
hang on to it to refer to for upcoming events.
Know a New
Neighbor Who’s Moved into NENA?
Be sure to pass along names and
addresses of any new residents moving into NENA to our
Social Chair, Trish Hermann at
teherrmann@gmail.com.
Trish will contact the new neighbor(s) and
welcome them to the neighborhood and also give them a small
welcome package from NENA. The package has our latest
newsletter, menus from local restaurants, a Block Watch sign
and referrals to businesses in the area from the NENA Board.
Eco Spartans
Yard Sale: A
NENA resident thought neighbors might be interested in
participating in a yard sale put on by Camelback High School’s
Eco-club. Neighbors can pay $10 for a space with a table
provided and keep all the proceeds from their sales or drop
off a donation for the event. Attached with this email is a
flyer with more information for those who may be interested.
I wish you all a healthy and
happy 2010!
Warmly,
Nicki Kirkeby
NENA President
nmkirkeby@cox.net
480.586.8556
NENA Update
November 30, 2009
Aluminum Can
Recycle Day:
Please drop your aluminum cans to June Kane’s residence on
Tuesday, December 1st at 1630 W. Flower Circle
North. Recycling not only helps our environment, but also
helps increase our NENA funds!
NENA Quarterly
Meeting this Wednesday, December 2:
The meeting begins at 7pm, but
neighbors are encouraged to come 15 minutes early for a meet
and greet before the meeting. There will be holiday treats and
refreshments and if you’d like to bring your favorite holiday
treat to share please feel free to do so. We’re also trying a
holiday gift exchange at this meeting, so if you’d like to
participate please bring a unisex gift valued at no more than
$5. It does not need to be a new gift, but can be something
you have around your home. At the end of our meeting we’ll put
numbers on the gift packages and those participating will
draw. The agenda for the meeting is attached to this email as
well as follows the end of this message. We hope to see a
GREAT turn out for the meeting!
Phoenix City
Manager Seeks Budget Input from Citizens:
Rosemary Holusha forwarded the
following information for NENA neighbors. The Arizona Republic
recently reported that the new city manager is soliciting
input for the budget. Cindy Hernandez, editorial writer at the
Arizona Republic, has emailed Rosemary saying: "I am always
accepting letters to the editor from readers giving their
ideas on how to balance the budget. Letters are limited to 200
words; columns limited to 500 words. Please let your
Association know.” Cindy's email is:
cindy.hernandez@arizonarepublic.com
It appears that programs such as
the Electric Light Parade; Shemer Art Center and the Phoenix
Art Center have been kept due to the great attendance at the
meetings. Others were not so fortunate – as the pools closed
earlier and maintenance has been drastically cut back at
Encanto Park. As has been library hours and obtaining new
books.
You can give your ideas to Vice Mayor Simplot’s office or call
new City Manager Cavazos’ office at 602-262-694l. You can
also email his office at david.cavazos@phoenix.gov
This article also talked about
MORE cuts to fire, police along with libraries, neighborhood
services, parks & recreation, children's sports, etc. from the
General Fund. The new city manager's salary is $280,000 plus
$600 monthly car allowance & other payments. Public hearings
begin in February. It does make a difference to comment.
Point of Pride Nominations due December 22nd:
There are
some amazingly beautiful and unique homes in our neighborhood
and the Point of Pride is a great way to recognize a NENA
neighbors efforts. Point of Pride recommendations can be sent
to Jim Jeffries at
jlsk766751@aol.com
Deadline for Ads for NENA Newsletter December 22nd:
The deadline for submitting an ad for the NENA newsletter is
December 22nd. Please contact Kate Cross at
johnmayhew@earthlink.net
Agenda for
next NENA Meeting
NENA Quarterly
Meeting Agenda
Wednesday, December 2, 2009
7 pm @ Phoenix College Willo Room
Welcome
Acceptance of previous meeting
notes
Financial Report (Sara Hesch
Ongoing
Business
Block Watch sign installation
(Jack & Sally Brusco)
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30 Block Watch signs purchased
with grant money
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9 locations on telephone poles
& 9 on no parking signs
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Need volunteers willing to help
install when weather cools off
Point of Pride nominations (Jim
Jeffries)
Newsletter
-
Ads for NENA newsletter due by
Sept 22
New Business
Groundhog Day Potluck
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Saturday, Feb 6th
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Planning Committee
Peter Piper Fundraising Week
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Announce week in Jan after newsletter delivered
Stop Sign on 18th Ave
& Mulberry Drive
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What do we need to do as an
association to accomplish this
Home on SW Corner of 16th
Ave & Thomas
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Discuss options to change
zoning to Business Zoning
Good & Welfare
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Holiday Gift Exchange & Holiday
Treats
NENA
President
Nicki Kirkeby
nmkirkeby@cox.net
480.586.8556
Dear NENA Neighbors,
This Saturday, November 14th NENA will sponsor our first Arts
& Craft Street Fair from 10AM to 3PM. The event will take place in the
same location where our Ground Hog Day event takes place, which is on
Catalina between 16th Dr. and 17th Ave. The street
will be barricaded off for our event.
 We have a wide variety of artisans participating and some of the arts
and crafts you will be able to purchase include: a mix of
jewelry, metal yard art, unique
paintings in mixed mediums, stained glass, quilted items, belts,
handbags, aprons, scarves, clothing, framed photography, stationary,
scrap book materials, note cards and much more!
There will also be live
entertainment provided by Chris Divine (a NENA neighbor), as well as
recorded music, grilled hot dogs, chips, sodas and waters.
If you would like to donate a dessert to
the NENA food table it would be welcomed. The proceeds from
the food sales go into our NENA fund to support future events.
The event will be advertised in
the Arizona Republic in the Arts/Craft/Bazaar section, as well as on
Craig’s List. The sandwich boards will go out early this week to remind
neighbors of the event and on the day of the event the signs will be
moved to the parameters of NENA and will have bouquets of balloons
attached to them drawing attention to our event. I will also be printing
1,000 flyers and will distribute some to local businesses for their
front counters and will also have flyers on my front porch for neighbors
to pick up if they would like to distribute at their place of work. I
have attached the flyer for our event with this email, so please feel
free to forward to your friends and families. My address is 1539 W.
Mulberry Dr (one block south of Osborn between 15th and 16th
Ave.) for anyone who wishes to pick up flyers.
It’s not too late to participate
as a vendor. Contact me at the info provided at the bottom of this
message.
This is going to be a great event for our neighborhood! I hope everyone
will make it over to support the vendors who are presenting their
beautiful wares!
If you would like to help out as
a volunteer for the event please contact me at the number below.
Can’t wait for Saturday!!!
Nicki
Kirkeby
NENA President
480-586-8556
nmkirkeby@cox.net
NENA 2nd Annual Food Drive
This Saturday, October 24th, volunteers will pick up
donations from NENA neighbors for the St. Mary’s Food Bank. Please place
your donation out by noon and volunteers will pick them up before 5pm.
These are difficult times for many in our community, including neighbors
who live in NENA who have lost their jobs and are having difficulty
securing work. The St. Mary’s Food Bank provides an amazing service to
the community. If you would like to volunteer to help collect the
donations (one person drives a vehicle while the other person walks the
block bringing donations to the vehicle)
please contact Barb Simpson at
602.672.1614
bwitzke_rdh@qwest.com
Additional helping hands will make the
pick-up much easier. Thanks so much
Barb for overseeing this event again!
Successful Super Block
Sale
36 households participated in the Super
Block Sale this past weekend earning $180 for NENA. Many thanks to Ceci
Andrews who rode the neighborhood on her very cool bicycle (I think she
had a few offers for it in fact) and collected the $5 donation to NENA!
Thanks Ceci.
Do You Know Someone New
Who Has Moved Into the Neighborhood?
If you have someone new who has moved into
the neighborhood in the last month or so, please let Trish Hermann know
at 602.669-7336 or email her at
tehermann@gmail.com Trish is ready to deliver a
welcome gift bag with information on NENA and will also find out a bit
of information about our newest neighbors to share in the next
newsletter. Thank you Trish for
welcoming our newest neighbors to our community!
Aluminum Can Pick-Up
Please drop your aluminum cans to June Kane’s residence on Sunday,
November 1st at 1630 W. Flower Circle North. Recycling not
only helps our environment, but also helps increase our NENA funds!
Thank you June for overseeing the can
collection!
Point of Pride
Nominations due December 22nd
There are some amazingly beautiful and
unique homes in our neighborhood and the Point of Pride is a great way
to recognize a NENA neighbors efforts. Point of Pride recommendations
can be sent to Jim Jeffries at
jlsk766751@aol.com
NENA President
Nicki Kirkeby
nmkirkeby@cox.net
480.586.8556
NENA Update September 29, 2009
Aluminum Can Recycle Day: Please drop your aluminum
cans to June Kane’s residence on Thursday, October 1st at
1630 W. Flower Circle North. Recycling not only helps our
environment, but also helps increase our NENA funds!
Curtains A Big Hit with NENA Neighbors: Over 20 NENA
neighbors, friends and family attended the NENA fundraiser,
Curtains, at the Phoenix Theatre this past Sunday. NENA
neighbor and Managing Director for the theatre, Dan Schay,
treated neighbors to wine and appetizers before the show and
after the show gave us all an amazing tour of the theatre.
We visited the backstage, the costume productions room,
stage set area where they construct the sets from steal. We
learned about the history of the theatre and expansion plans
for building a state of the arts theatre soon. The theatre
is seats less than 400 people, so every seat is spectacular.
The theatre offers a “dip your toe in the water”
type package for $99 that includes tickets for 3 shows. What
a great Holiday Gift Package! Contact Lindsay Halvorson for
more information at 889-5283 or email her at
l.halvorson@phoenixtheatre.com Oh and the show…..
tremendous! Great actors with amazing voices, costumes and a
hilarious script! Thanks to everyone who attended and helped
raise money for NENA and BIG thanks to Dan for being such a
wonderful host to our event! www.phoenixtheatre.com
Check out our New Website: The NENA website has a fresh look
with easy navigation and appears full screen on your
computer. Check it out at www.northencanto.com A Discussion
Board will be added to the website in the near future. Many
thanks go out to Deanna Fusco (who creates our fabulous
newsletters) for the graphics on the website and to Brian
Clark, the webmaster for the Association of Flight
Attendants Council 66 who designed the website.
NENA
Newsletter: The October edition of our NENA newsletter will
be delivered to your homes in a few days. It will have
details on our upcoming events including:
Ice Cream
Social & Raffle
Saturday, October 10th
4pm to 6pm
3018 N. 15th Drive
(Ellen Perkin’s Home)
Celebrate
good times, good neighbors & great ice cream!
NENA
Annual Super Block Sale
Saturday, October 17th
$5 fee
will be collected from each household participating
Signs will be posted prominently around the perimeter of the
neighborhood
NENA’s 2nd Annual St. Mary’s Food Bank
Drive
Saturday, October 24th
Attach the flyer you
receive in the October newsletter to your donation & Set donation out by noon on the 24th
Donations will
be picked up by 5pm the same day
Our goal is to exceed
last year’s amount of 544 pounds!
NENA’s First Arts
& Craft Street Fair
Saturday, November 14th
10am to
3pm
$25 per vendor
Vendors providing their own
tables
Will be raffles, face painting, music & lots of
great shopping
Contact Event Coordinator: Nicki Kirkeby
at nmkirkeby@cox.net
Point of Pride Nominations due
December 22nd: There are some amazingly beautiful and unique
homes in our neighborhood and the Point of Pride is a great
way to recognize a NENA neighbors efforts. Point of Pride
recommendations can be sent to Jim Jeffries at
jlsk766751@aol.com
I hope to see you all at our
upcoming events!
NENA President
Nicki Kirkeby
nmkirkeby@cox.net
480.586.8556
September 10, 2009
Dear NENA Neighbors,
During our last two NENA meetings our Community Action
Officers have spoke about new precinct boundary changes that will be
taking place next year. NENA may be moved into the Maryvale precinct
or possibly into the Squaw Peak precinct. NENA residents may wish to
attend one of the meetings scheduled below to learn about how this may
affect our neighborhood. There were concerns raised by NENA neighbors
who attended the meeting who did not want to be included in either the
Maryvale or Squaw Peak precincts. These informational meetings will
help us understand fully what to expect and what we can do to
influence keeping us in the Precinct we currently are in. Below is the
message from the City of Phoenix “Pipeline” newsletter. It is also
attached with this email for those who would like to download it to
read.
New Precinct Boundaries
Community Briefings
Throughout the remainder of 2009 and culminating in July
2010, the Phoenix Police Department will be realigning precinct
boundaries and staffing to accommodate for the addition of two brand
new police precincts. Many items have been taken into
consideration and many studies completed on how best to
affect these changes. In an effort to keep the public informed of the
police precinct boundary changes and all criteria that has been part
of this decision making process, several informational, Town Hall
type, community briefings have been scheduled in each section of the
city. They are as follows:
Desert Horizon Community Groups
Cowden Center
9202 N 2nd Street
Thursday 9/10/2009 5:30 p.m.
Cactus Park Community Groups
Cholla Library
10050 Metro Parkway East
Tuesday 9/22/2009 5:30 p.m.
Squaw Peak Community Groups
All Saints Episcopal School
6300 N Central Avenue
Wednesday 9/23/2009 5:30 p.m.
Central City Community Groups
City Hall Assembly Rooms
200 W Washington Street
Thursday 9/24/2009 5:30 p.m.
We hope that you will plan to attend one of these briefings
so that you will have a clear understanding of this process. Some
communities will not see any changes, many others will. Please rest
assured the service from your police department will remain seamless;
when the time comes for the new boundaries to take affect, each
community leader will be notified as to their new precinct personnel
contacts such as: Precinct Command Staff, Community Action Officers,
Crime Free Multi Housing Officer, Abatement Detective, Community
Programs Officer, and Neighborhood Enforcement Teams. We look forward
to the addition of the two new precincts in anticipation that we will
be equipping ourselves better to address the needs of our citizens. We
hope to see our Central City neighborhood leaders on Saturday,
September 24th.
Phoenix Theatre NENA Fundraiser: Don’t forget to order your
tickets for the Sunday, September 27th performance of Curtains, a
musical, murder mystery at the Phoenix Theatre. There will be a wine &
cheese reception at 6:00 p.m., hosted by NENA neighbor, Dan Schay, who
is the Managing Director for Phoenix Theatre. The show begins at 6:30
p.m. followed by a back stage tour of the theatre. Tickets are $45
($13 being donated to NENA) and can be ordered at 889.5283 or email
Lindsay Halvorson at
l.halvorson@phoenixtheatre.com
Let’s make this a BIG success!
Point of Pride Nominations due September 22nd: There are some
amazingly beautiful and unique homes in our neighborhood and the Point
of Pride is a great way to recognize a NENA neighbors efforts. Point
of Pride recommendations can be sent to Jim Jeffries at
jlsk766751@aol.com
Deadline for Ads for NENA Newsletter
September 22nd: The deadline for submitting an ad for the NENA
newsletter is September 22nd. Please contact Kate Cross at
johnmayhew@earthlink.net
NENA President
Nicki Kirkeby
nmkirkeby@cox.net
480.586.8556
NENA Update July 29,
2009
Aluminum Recycles:
Please drop your aluminum cans to the Kane residence on Saturday,
August 1st at 1630 W Flower Circle North. Recycling not
only helps our environment, but also helps increase our NENA funds!
Sliding Parts for Double Hung Aluminum
Windows:
If anyone is
interested in parts for double hung aluminum windows a neighbor has
replaced their windows and is offering the left over parts to anyone
interested. Kelcy Layton will only be holding onto these parts for the
next 2-weeks, so contact ASAP if you are interested by emailing:
kelcylayton@hotmail.com
Phoenix Theatre NENA Fundraiser:
Don’t forget to
order your tickets for the Sunday, September 27th
performance of Curtains,
a musical, murder mystery at the Phoenix Theatre. There will be a wine
& cheese reception at 6:00 p.m. with the show beginning at 6:30 p.m.
followed by a back stage tour of the theatre. Tickets are $45 ($13
being donated to NENA) and can be ordered at 889.5283 or email Lindsay
Halvorson at
l.halvorson@phoenixtheatre.com
November Arts & Craft Street Fair:
So far there have
been 7 neighbors who have expressed an interest in participating in an
arts and craft street fair. Please email
nmkirkeby@cox.net if you are interested in participating as a
vendor. Vendors will contribute $35 to NENA and vendors will provide
their own tables/tents.
NENA Website:
The revamped
website is almost complete and will hopefully be unveiled within a
week or two.
Block Watch Sign Progress:
5o Block Watch
signs have been purchased with Block Watch Grant Funds. Unfortunately,
the business that had provided a verbal installation bid increased
their bid dramatically and made it impossible to cover installing all
50 signs with the remaining funds. Hardware to install 9 signs on
telephone or light poles have been purchased with the remaining grant
and plans will be made when the weather cools to coordinate a
volunteer neighborhood installation. We can get firm bids from sign
installers for next years grant and plan accordingly when applying for
future funds.
NENA President
Nicki Kirkeby
nmkirkeby@cox.net
480.586.8556
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