East Mountain Neighborhood
Association
March 19,2008
The
president Patrick Norton started the meeting with the pledge of allegiance
We
were fortunate to have Tom Lawler as our guest speaker to talk about Internet
crimes. There are 10 agents that work out of the New Haven office. They
concentrate on crimes against children, child predators, and Internet
threats. The process is usually when a
parent calls to say there is a problem.
Some include pornography, violence, hateful speech, and dangerous acts.
Those most at risk are female teens in middle and high school. They use things like myspace, facebook. We also saw a video about a 13-year-old who
lost her mother from Darien CT. She was
speaking to a 24 year old who met her, had sex with her and strangled her. This teen went to the mall on Friday night
as she always did, when her aunt went to pick her up; she was not there.
He
also spoke about identity theft. He warned not to give your social security
number on the Internet as well as any bank information. The minimum amount to report identity theft
is $5,000.00. If you think something is
too good to be true it probably is a scam.
Everyone is entitled to a free credit report once a year. He gave us some helpful websites. They include:
FBI.gov
BBB.org
(better business bureau)
www.ic.3gov (internet company crimes complaints)
www.fbi.gov(interent schemes)
www.usdoj.gov (criminal fraud int)
www.ftc.gov(theft) 1-877-438-4338
www.snopes,com(urban legends)
www.experian.com 1-888-397-3742
www.transunion.com 1-800-620-7289
www.equifax.com 1-800-525-6285
Joe
Padua gave us an update about ATV’s from prospect. Also there have been reports of illegal dumping.
There
has been a speed trap in peach orchard road.
The
update about the Casino trip is May 10th 2008 Bus to leave at 8:00
am price is $30.00 please send money to Jean Guisto if interested. The fee also includes a $10.00 food voucher.
Patrick
Norton gave an update on the park. He spoke to Jim Nemic,there are currently 13
bidders. Bids will open next week. The
shovel will be put in the ground by May 1st.2008. All of the funds are in the hands of the
City of Waterbury currently.
Bob
Perigard gave an update on the flags. We have contacted East End and the
Neighborhood Council. We will order 100
flags to get the discount. Once the other organizations pay for their flags, we
will distribute them respectively. Mike
Ptak made a motion to release the funds Tim Connolly seconded that motion. A vote was taken and the motion
carried.
Mike
Ptak gave an update on the condo project.
Mike Ptak called Pat Zailkas but he was unavailable. There have been no news to report relative
to the last meeting held with corporation council.
Ned
Mencio gave an update on the June Award Dinner. The four people we will be honoring are as follows: Michael Ptak,
Larry Devino, Jean Guisto, and Terry Robilarde. The committee met and they currently have a decorating committee
consisting of: Maureen Meade, Carol Amedeo, and Jan Perigard.
Mike
and Barbara Stere will be in charge of the program. Mr. and Mrs. Klish are in charge of the plaques. Claudette
LaFlamme will be writing up Bio’s on the candidates. Tony Loechner will be printing the tickets. We are still in need of servers, etc.
Contact Ned if you are interested.
The
Waterbury Development Corp will be sponsoring three programs to discuss the
revitalization of Waterbury. They will
be held at
Waterbury
Arts Magnet School on Wednesday March 26,2008 at 6:00pm,
Monday March
31,2008 at 6:00pm,
Tuesday
April 1,2008 at 6:30 PM
The
topics of discussion will be Revitalization and Public Service, Neighborhood
Housing and Economic Development and Citizen Advisory Committee.
Ronnie
Ayotte spoke about the upcoming forum to be held on April 3,2008 at the
legislator in Hartford relative to the Money follows the patient law whereby
clients can choose to stay at home as opposed to living in a nursing home for
those people who are elderly as well as those clients with disabilities like
Bob Vielette. There will be a bus
provided for those interested at 9:00 am on Progress Lane in Waterbury at the
Agency on Aging .
Bob
Perigard made a motion to spend some funds at Michael’s Greenhouse for our
flower flag. The motion was seconded by
Mike Stere. The vote was taken and the
motion carried.
A
question was asked by Erin Norton about the deadline for the scholarship. Claudette said it is April 26,2008.
Nancy
Ptak said all of the orders have been sent to Mr. O’Donnell and we are waiting
for him to complete the work.
Ned
made a motion to adjourn the meeting and Mike Ptak seconded the motion.
Respectfully
submitted by
Nancy
Ptak
Secretary