September Meeting Minutes - Health & Safety Action Team

M.C.P

Health and Safety Action Team

www.healthandsafetyactionteam.blogspot.com

September 26 , 2008

Cambridge Elementary @ the Family Literacy Center

Present: Alejandro, Rosa, Lucia, Angelica, Alma, Carina, Igenia, Veronica, Rosalio, Angelica, Lina Ortiz, MaryLou, Adrianna, Bill Miller, Hilda Gimenez (everyone introduced themselves and said how many children they had)

Announcements:

Dave Thompson, Monument Futures, 925.682.8248, Computer Class with childcare provided. Register at Monument Futures on Monday, Sept. 29, 2008. Bring full tuition or hall. Tuition is fifty dollars.

Mary Lou Laubscher, Senior Action Team meetings, first Monday of every month from 9:30am-11:30am @ the police substation, 1500 Monument Suite F-17

9-30 Tour of Markham Regional Arboretum

10-4 Monument Health Fair 11am-4pm

10-11 Gardening Seminar, 8:45am-3:45pm

Sgt. Menchaca – Community Updates

• Concord Police wants to work with the community and needs the community to report problems to 925.671.3333 o el 9-1-1
• If you do not want a policeman to go to your house after reporting a problem then let the operator know and the policeman will just contact you by phone.
• There are six policeman on duty at a time in Concord and they are divided up into three different parts of Concord.
• The Concord Police started a gang unit five months ago with detectives to fight the gang problem. We are not like Oakland or Richmond when it comes to gangs. There are the Sureños and the Norteños in Concord. The Monument area is part of the Sureños.
• Prostitution has become a focus area for the Concord Police. Women are now using internet to get cheap hotel rates and in the Monument area use the apartments to do their business. Around Ellis St. and around Ellis park they are concentrating their efforts.
• Apartment managers can report these crimes to the police but need to leave their name and number so that the policeman can get the tips straight from the source.
• They are also focusing on both Cambridge and Meadow Homes Parks with police circulating throughout the day.
• The Concord Policeman pick their shifts every four months and its according to senority. Most like to work Mon-Thur. so they can have weekends free. There are 170 police and detectives combined in Concord.

Health and Safety Concerns -Loss of Route 8 Bus

• Ridership has to double for Route 8 Bus to stay up and running
• Suggestions were made during the meeting on why people do not use it.
• Biggest suggestion was that it was not direct enough and took to long to get to one place.
• On a positive note service is excellent, drivers friendly and happy.
• Another suggestion is that it should go to more business places that residents on Monument go to.

Community Garden Facilitator – Lina Ortiz

• Brought vegetable seeds to hand out and would like the group to start planting vegetables at home.
• Please visit the blog, http://www.communitygardensactionteam.blogspot.com/
• Visit the Kids Garden Discovery Area at the Health Fair on October 4^th 11-3pm at Meadow Homes Park

Next Steps

Go to Health Fair at Meadow Homes Park from 11-3pm

Volunteers needed for the Transportation Booth – Blanca M. volunteered from 12-2pm

Health and Safety with Platica committee to work on goals for the group.

Agenda for Next Meeting

Sgt. Menchaca

Maria Partain for Route 8 information

Look at and select goals for group

This Meeting Highlights

Information from Sgt. Menchaca and on Route 8

Seeds shared from the Community Gardens Action Team

Important info. exchanged

How this meeting could be improved

Invite more people to the meeting. More moms who drop off their kids at Cambridge

Next Meeting

Regular Monthly Meeting (4^nd Friday of the Month)

Friday, October 24^th, Cambridge Elementary School, Family Literacy bldg. at 8:15am