The Bellevue Terrace Neighborhood Association
www.btnas.org News Letter Sarasota, Florida
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November 2009
Volume 7        Issue 5
Neighborhood Association Meeting - November 17th, 2009 at 7:00PM
Location: The Locklear Park Gazebo

Special Guests

Lt Pat Ledwith
SPD

Joe Giasone
Sarasota County Sheriffs

Code Enforcement

Meeting Agenda:

Annual Election of Officers

Neighborhood Update

Code Enforcement Q&A

Crime Update, Q&A

BTNA Board Members:

President
Mickey Emberton    376-5276 MMOUSE3020@aol.com

Vice-President
Betty Towne 724-2565

Secretary/Treasurer
Don Peet    954-1740

Board Chairperson
Rebecca Quigley

Neighborhood Watch Chairperson
We need a volunteer

Webmaster
Chip McComas 953-4172
webmaster@ameagles.net

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Presidents Message:


This is the meeting that we will elect new officers for the next year. I will not be running for President so we will need someone new to fill the presidents’ position. I will be available to help any way that I can. So this will be my last news letter.

We will have a code enforcement representative present at this meeting to answer any questions about the violations that several of our neighbors have received and you can ask questions about what you can and can’t do within the City of Sarasota. Please come to the meeting if you have something you wish to know about. The Sarasota police department will also be at the meeting. Hopefully they will have some answers to the shooting at Irving and Lockwood Ridge Rd.

I know this has been mentioned many times before but Golf Carts and the stand on scooters that have the motors on them are not allowed on the city streets. Besides being very noisy and not allowed on public streets, the way people have been driving in our neighborhood also makes them extremely dangerous to the drivers. The police department will answer questions about what you can or can not drive on our streets at the meeting.

As most of you may know, the house on the corner of Brink and Novus was recently destroyed by fire and the lady that owns it did not have insurance. If anyone would like to donate money, furniture or clothing to help her and the children you can call 861-5000 and ask to speak to the fire marshal and they are taking the donations.

There have been several break-ins in the neighborhood recently and the person behind them has been arrested. Please check your jewelry, guns and other personal belongings to make sure they are still there. Some of the people didn’t even know someone had been in their house or that anything was missing until they went to look for them. If you do find anything missing, please call 316-1199 to report it.

Well this is all I have to report right now. Please come to the meeting and vote for a new President and any other office that is open. It has been a pleasure to have served the neighborhood for the past 7 years and we have all done a good job getting the different projects completed for the benefit of our neighborhood as well as others.

Thank you and I hope to see everyone at the meeting.

THE MEETING WILL BE IN THE PARK GAZEBO ON November 17th, 2009 at 7:00 PM

Mickey Emberton, President BTNA


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