February 17 CNA Board Meeting Canceled

Please note that CNA board meeting has been canceled. The board will not meet this Wednesday, Feb. 17. The next meeting will be held in March. Date and time to be announced later this month.

The CNA board had planned to hear proposals from various private security companies. The board decided to table the issue of hiring private security. The board was concerned that not enough Creekside residents had been made aware of the private security proposal. The board hopes this short pause will give all Creekside residents an opportunity to weigh in on the issue. The board also noted that a temporary delay would allow surrounding communities to examine their own security needs and options. Hopefully, all neighborhoods in the Creeksdie area will join together and move forward with a community-wide security plan within the next year.

Upcoming Creekside Neighborhood Association Meetings

The Creekside Neighborhood Association meets the 3rd Wednesday of every month. You are invited to join your neighbors in discussing issues, concerns and victories affecting Creekside and the Natomas community as a whole. Please join us on the following dates:

CNA Meeting for Wed., January 20th: This is an important meeting. At this meeting Creekside residents will discuss and determine whether hiring a private security company to patrol our streets is right for Creekside. If you want private security you need to attend this meeting and be heard!

CNA Meeting for Wed., February 17th: At this meeting, Creekside will host a private security fair. Representatives from various private security companies will be available to answer your questions about their services and costs. Note: this meeting's Agenda is subject to change depending on the outcome of January 20th meeting. Meaning, if there is lack of support, or strong oppoistion to the hiring of private security, we will not have a security fair.

CNA Meeting for Wed., March 17th: Would you like to meet the candidates running for Sacramento city council (District 1). CNA will host a meet and greet for Natomas residents. This is your opportunity to meet and ask the candidates their opinion on flood control, police protection, DNA light rail, and the recently announced Arco Arena land swap deal. This meeting is subject to change in order to accomodate the candidates' schedules.

CNA Meeting for Wed., April 21st: TBA

All meeting are held at the Homecoming Apartments (behind Safeway on Del Paso Rd) on the second floor meeting room. See you there!

Health and Wellness Fair

Security Patrol in Creekside

Creekside Neighborhood Association held its regularly schedule meeting this past Wednesday. The entire meeting was dedicated to discussing whether or not Creekside should seek bids to hire a security company to patrol our community.

Matt Caroll from Paladin Security discussed the benefits of hiring a private security company at the last Creekside Neighborhood Association meeting. Representatives from Homeowner Associations located inside Creekside also attended the meeting.

Mr. Caroll summarized his experience in the industry and Paladin's philosophy toward its employees and communities it serves. Paladin comes across as dedicated to providing good customer service. Endorsements from other HOA's that employee Paladin this assertion.

The leadership at Paladin all have a background in law enforcement. Mr. Carroll was formerly with the West Sacramento Port Authority before it was privatized. He holds a number of law enforcement related accreditations. And the security officers employed by Paladin are all armed security professionals that are well trained compared to other security companies. Many security companies only observe and call the police. Not Paladin. Paladin will approach suspects, try to diffuse or prevent a situation, but will arrest suspects if necessary.

Now how much is this going to cost?

Well, I can give you generalizations but not specifics. Based on certain assumptions, it would cost each resident about $200.00 a year, or just about $16 a month. This is on the high end. There are many patrol variations that affect cost. And also depending on how large the pool of homes contracted, the per month cost could easily sink to below $10 a month.

What services would Paladin provide?

As mentioned above, Paladin offers various packages that can be custom tailored to a neighborhood's needs. But based on the above assumption and cost, this is what we would get for $16 per month:

• 3 random night patrol
• 1 random daytime patrol
• Respond to calls for service. After first calling 9-1-1, you call Paladin and they will too dispatch a Paladin officer to any calls involving suspicious activity or crime in progress. But call 9-1-1 first. Paladin is not a replacement for the Sacramento PD
• burglary alarm response
• car lock out service
• vacation check service
• battery jump service
• Paladin officers will even escort you from your car to your home if there is a suspect or situation that makes you feel unsafe
• Call city to report street light outages
• Call city to report city code violations such as abandoned cars and graffiti
• Note: Creekside is a Neighborhood Association. Creekside will not hire Paladin or another security company on behalf of all Creekside residents. Only those Creekside residents that pay the monthly fee will be entitled to the above services. I am forming an interest list. See below.
• Yard signs could be provided to indicate your home is protected by Paladin.

What is the next step?

The Creekside leadership and leadership are discussing various options on how to proceed, whether to contract with Paladin, Sac Sheriff or PD or another security company with unarmed guards. Our next meeting will we held the 3rd Wednesday in January. We need your help and input on this important decision. Please join us then. Also, please feel free to discuss on the CNA Yahoo Group.

I would like to start forming a list of those interested in contracting with a security company. I need to hear from those that are interested and willing to pay the $16 a month or less for the above provided services. We need at least 100 homes to get this off the ground. If you are interested, please email me at ucd9699@sbcglobal.net. I will add your name to a list.

In closing, I think is important that Creekside hire some form of security to patrol our neighborhoods. The communities surrounding Creekside: Westlake, Natomas Park, Homecoming Apts, John Laing Homes, and Hampton Village have all taken this step. This leaves Creekside in the middle without any security patrol. and deterrent. As we learned from Kurt McCray, Sac PD's neighborhood watch coordinator, the goal is to move crime out of your neighborhood. The problem as you can see, is we don't want the crime being pushed out of the surrounding communities into Creekside. We want to push it outward and out of Natomas altogether.

Don't remain silent on this! Get involved. Contact me and get on the forming interest list.

Sean

Security Patrol

Creekside is exploring the idea of hiring private security to patrol our streets. We need approximately 100 or so interested residents. The cost per participating home will be less than $20.00 a month. The cost will vary depending on the number of homeowners that show up and the level of service we agree upon. Please join us at our next Creekside Neighborhood Association meeting on Wednesday, Nov. 18 to discuss.

Hight Walking Wednesdays

MOMS Club of Sacramento

Looking for people to laugh, learn, grow and play with?

Did you know that there is a Greater Natomas Moms Club?

We offer a wide variety of activities for mothers and their children. Park days, play dates, mall outings, fun trips for the kids such as Fairytale Town and the Zoo, even a mom's day out!

The MOMS Club of Sacramento-Greater Natomas, invites mothers with children of all ages to join our club. Most activities are held during the day, when stay at home mothers need the most support. However, moms who work outside the home are welcome to attend any activities that fit their schedule. We believe in supporting mothers at every stage of motherhood.

Please check out our website at http://momsclub.htsnet.com/!

Next CNA Meeting, Wednesday, Jan. 20

The next Creekside Neighborhood Association meeting will be on Wednesday, Jan. 20 at 7 p.m. at the Homecoming Apartments. The main topic to be discussed will be hiring private security for Creekside. Keep checking back for updates on the meeting.