Last night was a great meeting with a ton of information.
There is a committee forming to address traffic concerns related to Hight.
If you would like to join that committee and work with the school district and the city to improve the traffic safety issues please let me know.
Captain Hahn gave us some crime updates and wants to remind everyone that when a stranger knocks on your front door..... Do not ignore them!
You do not have to open the door but somehow you need to let them know you are home.
You can tell them through the door that you are not interested or you can pretend someone else is home and talk to them, say something like, no I am not expecting anyone.
Just don't ignore them because a recent trend has folks knocking to see if anyone is home and if no one answers they go around to a back or side door and break in.
This trend is one that suggests if you are home and you let them know that you are home you won't become their next victim.
Not every stranger is a home invader but it doesn't hurt to let folks know you are home.
If you see someone in your neighborhood knocking on doors and then going around to the back of the house please report that to the police immediately.
Captain Hahn also let us know that Natomas is leading the City in crime reduction!
He credits a connected community, involved and engaged officers and neighbors who care and watch out for one another.
He did not say it but we all know it doesn't hurt that we have a great captain too.
Lastly we had a presentation from Allegahny properties. They are develoung the land on the west side of East Commerce between Del Paso and down past Arena to Natomas Crossing.
The project is in various stages but in the long term includes big stores like Lowes and lots of dining spots, like an Uno's grill.
They also have a long term plan to build a large hospital site.
It is an exciting project and most importantly this developer is looking at creative ways to help address some of this communities biggest challenges.
They shared with us a new idea that would allow the retailers that come into their new spaces to pay into a CFD, Community Facilities District to help pay for things like area specific crime and safety efforts.
This is a tremendous gesture and great news for the future as this project builds out.
This is another sign that some community partners are thinking of creative solutions to help bridge the gaps in service for this region. In the long run these efforts will make the difference for Natomas.
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