June 23, 2014 Minutes

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1 OAK FOREST CRIME PREVENTION COMMISSION Dennis Mitzner, Chairman Janelle Mitzner James Richmond Jr. Leanne Baltas Deborah Geer Jim Watson Jason Riha Tom Ceska Sandra Czyznikiewicz Marc Judge Dale Gustafson Kim Malecky-Iles Officer Lori Manning Chief Gregory Anderson Mayor Hank Kuspa South Central Avenue Mail Drop 52 Oak Forest, IL ext Fax: Website: June 23, 2014 Minutes 1. Meeting called to order at 7:05pm. 2. Members present: Dennis Mitzner, Janelle Mitzner, Jim Richmond, Leanne Baltas, Jim Watson, Jason Riha, Sandra Czyznikiewicz, Marc Judge and Dale Gustafson. There was a quorum. No guests attending. 3. Correspondence/Announcements: None 3. Motion to approve the minutes of the 23Jun14 meeting was made by Jim Richmond and seconded by Jim Watson. Motion unanimously approved. 4. Treasurers Report: $3, Personnel The name of Jim Lewandowski will be submitted to the Mayor for nomination to the City Council for appointment to this commission National Night Out A. Kenootz Pizza will donate ten pizzas to the event. We can then go to other food vendors and say, this is what one of your competitors is doing for us. Would you match his generosity? We will print flyers with the donating businesses name that they can hand out and/or include with carry-out orders. Sandi mentioned that Markella s will donate some food certificates. Janelle will get the contact name for White Castle who donated to Relay for Life. We should include on the flyers; limited supplies or while supply s last. We should give enough fliers to cover Thursday, Friday, Saturday and Sunday nights. B. Solicit vendors for free or deeply discounted food and drink. Marc Judge has volunteered his Lora to help us out in our solicitation of Oak Forest businesses for P a g e 1 23Jun14 Crime Prevention Commission Minutes

2 donations. Lora has volunteered Rhonda Ceska to help in acquiring both prizes and food. C. Marc Judge has a 16x16 jumper we can use, but we have to limit the number of kids in it to 5-6 at a given time. Purchase a second jumper for the night. Marc and Dennis to explore. Segregate the age groups in the two jumpers. I ve also requested donated materials from Trooper Roman at ISP District Chicago will deliver some handouts to our PD for use at NNO. D. Putting our literature in the plastic bags worked out well. In an effort to expand our list, we should have those wanting information to sign our sheet to include address before handing out the bags. We will get together at City Hall to load the bags on Saturday, 26Jul14 and then go out for pizza at either Kenootz. We will discuss the time at the 16Jul14 meeting. E. We should relocate the Command Van closer to where the action is next year. F. Chrissy gave me contact information for individuals at the SouthtownStar and Village News. After looking at the costs from both, it was decided to put our funds to better use. G. Sandi to explore bulk mailed advertising. Sandi to have information by 20Jun14. H. David Poninski has a PSA running on the cable access channels promoting the event through June and July. Sandi will explore The Village newspaper. We should submit a press release to: The Patch, Topix, etc. Topix is a blog, but exposure is exposure and it s free. The use of local electronic bill-boards has been recommended, i.e. banks and other local businesses that have them. Our flier can be given to the churches in town to be distributed at the masses/services on Saturday/Sunday August 2 nd and 3 rd. I ll ask Chrissy Maher to create the press release for us to include picture(s) from last year s event. I. Lydia Ponczak aka Views Of The News interviewer will schedule us for a spot on the filming of the July program; which will take place in June at a date and place to be determined. Unfortunately, I wasn t notified prior to the taping and missed it. J. We will have a table at Oak Fest on the night of July 3 rd from 6:00pm-10:00pm where we will hand out our flier. We will also hand out a raffle ticket that is attached to one of our fliers to everyone that stops by. Lori recommends that we bring the box only, and not the tablet itself to Oak Fest. So noted. K. Tom Ceska was supposed to be at tonight s meeting. If each of the members strategically placed five yard signs in each of the seven Wards, we should get fifty yard signs. I also have a list of schools and churches that, I believe, are critical P a g e 2 23Jun14 Crime Prevention Commission Minutes

3 places for our yard signs. I will bring the list to the July meeting. We looked at the 2013 and 2014 Tinley Park signs and the former is better in our estimation. I will get with Tom Ceska and submit a proof to you. L. T.Rock Entertainment will be paid $ to provide the music. Sandi to advise. M. Chief Anderson said we can coordinate a Police Department Open House with NNO again this year. He also said we can use the reverse 911 system to send out a blast to the homeowners. Sunday, August 3 rd, probably would be the best day for the message, say 2pm? Then if people are out, the can listen to it later. I d almost say send it when they aren t home, because they might be more inclined to listen to it if they weren t disturbed. N. Purchase school supplies for the event. Per Rhonda Ceska, Office Depot has already made a donation. O. We discussed having a Neighborhood Watch meeting to be held in the Council Chambers immediately following National Night Out at ~8:30pm. Per Chief Anderson, he doesn t believe we would get many people to come inside for this, unless the weather is bad. Therefore we will remove this item. P. A suggestion was made to have other City commissions help promote NNO at their events; which we all decided we should do. Q. Mark Judge will have ice cream and a face painter for the event. Thank you, Mark. R. Parking for the event. Have signage directing residents where to park. Suggest Library and Park District. Blank yard signs and magic markers? Senior bus for transportation? S. Have Tom contact the person with the ICEE machine. Also get the cost of a popcorn machine. Contact your favorite food vendor to see if they would be willing donate free food for the event. T. Ad-specialty pens for giveaways to adults. Janelle will handle. Let s do a magnet and a pencil? Dennis brought a sample of the previous magnet we ordered with the Police non-emergency number on it. U. Marc and I will get a quote from Daniels Printing for posters to be placed in the windows of Oak Forest businesses. I ll get one from Ron Dreschel also. Chrissy can help with the design. V. See the attached task list and list of supporters. P a g e 3 23Jun14 Crime Prevention Commission Minutes

4 7. Neighborhood Watch Alderman Toland (4 th ), will be holding a Neighborhood Watch meeting in the Council Chambers on Thursday June 26 th at 7:00pm. Robbery at the 7-11 on 167 th and Forest Ave on 16Jun14. Corporate won t allow the doors to be locked at night to control entrance or exit. Since Oak Forest does not have an ordinance prohibiting 24-hour a day businesses, this business can t, per corporate, take measures to protect the late night employees. 8. Old Business: A. Tina Moslander pf Oak Forest embroiders clothing. She will get us a quote on new commission polo shirts, since all of our members do not have them. For a shortsleeve shirt it should be self-wicking. Mark and I met with her and she has been sent the City s logo. Let s do another size survey tonight. B. The City s new website is up and running. C. Heroin Epidemic Awareness Campaign in conjunction with SD228 and OFFD and OFPD. Per Sandi, couple that with Gang Awareness. Target parents of students in SD228. The new form of Narcan; which will bring an overdose victim out of a drug induced coma, is a nasal spray. Should each squad car and/or officer carry it? This is not our decision, but just a question for discussion. Personally, I think they should. Officer Manning is on the Board of Bremen Youth services and will discuss with them their possible involvement with us in this campaign. Sandi to check with Liz Gorman about the Orland Township initiative and report back. 9. New Business Sandy suggested that our members with children monitor their Facebook pages for potential gang recruitment. The language the kids use is discreet, so be careful. One of our neighbors, CC Hills, is known to have Black and/or Gangster Disciples residing there. P a g e 4 23Jun14 Crime Prevention Commission Minutes

5 10. Executive Session None required 11. Motion to adjourn at 8:01pm made by Marc Judge and seconded by Sandi Czyznikiewicz. Motion was approved unanimously. P a g e 5 23Jun14 Crime Prevention Commission Minutes