Neighborhood Improvement Committees
Crime Prevention
Chair: No Chair
zach@downtownlakemerritt.com
Social Activities
Chair: No Chair
zach@downtownlakemerritt.com
Grafitti Cleanup
Chair: James Roninger
(510) 414 5493
james2112@rocketmail.com
Development Projects
Chair: No Chair
zach@downtownlakemerritt.com
Neighborhood Beautification (i.e. tree plantings, façade improvements, sidewalk benches)
Chair: No Chair
zach@downtownlakemerritt.com
If you would like to form your own neighborhood committee,
email zach@downtownlakemerritt.com
Proposed Neighborhood Improvements
Below is a list of proposed neighborhood improvements.
To see how your neighbors voted on which changes they would like to see the most, visit DLMNG
Online Poll. To voice your opinion about any of these
ideas, visit the DLMNG
message board.
- Change street cleaning from once a week on each side
of the street to once every other week or once every month.
PRO: Residents wouldn't have to move their cars as much
to accommodate street sweeping. CON: More trash may accumulate
in street gutters.
- Bring a Farmer's Market to Snow Park at Alice and 19th
Street.
- Work with property owners on Alice, Jackson and Madison
to plant new trees in front of their apartment buildings.
- Change parking spaces on Madison between 15th-17th from
parallel parking to diagonal parking. PRO: The number
of parking spaces on Madison would increase by about 40
percent. CON: One driving lane on Madison would be eliminated.
- Work with the Scottish Rite Center to build a two-three
level parking structure where their parking lot is currently
located.
- Advocate for park improvements at Snow Park, such as
picnic benches, play structures for children and BBQ grills.
- Install speed "bumps" or "humps" on Alice, Jackson and/or
Madison Streets between 14th-17th. PRO: Would slow down
traffic on these streets; make it safer for pedestrians
to cross streets. CON: Might be inconvenient for neighborhood
residents and/or damaging to car suspensions.
- Change Madison from a one-way street to a two-way street.
PRO: Car speeds might slow down and Madison would be easier
for pedestrians to cross. CON: Might disrupt traffic flow
between Lakeside and the 980 Freeway.
To recommend additions to the Downtown Lake Merritt Neighborhood
Group wish list or expand on existing items, post a message
on the DLMNG
message board.
Neighborhood Improvements To date
December 2006
Thanks to the work of Downtown Lake Merritt Neighborhood
Group members and others in the community, residential permit
parking signs have been installed on Madison and Jackson
Streets between 14th Street and Lakeside Drive.
With a residential parking permit sticker, residents are
exempt from the two-hour parking limit anywhere in the Area
F Residential Permit Parking Zone, which includes parts
of Alice, Madison, Jackson and 17th Streets. To get your
sticker, click on the file labeled "How To Get a Residential
Parking Permit.doc"
September 2006
The Downtown Lake Merritt Neighborhood Group persuaded the
Public Works Agency, "Clean and Beautiful" division to install
a city emptied litter can at 15th and Jackson. We are working
with that division, on an ongoing basis, to ensure the can
is emptied frequently.
We also organized an official Neighborhood Watch Group
for the 1400 block of Jackson. Neighborhood Watch Signs
have been installed and the group is expanding and attempting
to formalize the Beat 4 Neighborhood Crime Prevention Council
(N.C.P.C.) to obtain annual crime prevention funding from
the city for the beat.
August 2006
After the Downtown Lake Merritt Neighborhood Group made
a re-zoning request, the Public Works Agencies Transportation
Services Division, repainted the curb in front of Nature's
Best Foods at 1431 Jackson from a red zone to a green 12-minute
zone and a white passenger-loading zone.
July 20, 2006
Nature's Best Foods was kind enough to team up with the
Downtown Lake Merritt Neighborhood Group to install two
community bulletin boards in the entranceway of their store.
Residents can now post messages about community activities
and meetings, and use the board to "get the word out" on
important issues that could impact our neighborhood.
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