Daily Crime Reports

Lately, criminal activity has been in the news. One of the most important tools you can arm yourself with is information. Please follow the instructions and directions below on how to sign up for email reports from the Macon Police and Bibb Sheriff’s Department. These crime reports will show you where criminal activity is and has taken place along with BOLO (Be On Look Out) reports.

To receive Daily Crime Reports from both the MPD (Macon Police Department) and BSO (Bibb Sheriff's Office), please follow these simple instructions:

1) MPD Daily Crime reports for all 4 Precincts are emailed Monday through Friday. MPD reports are sent as an attachment in spreadsheet format.
Please email the following info, with your request, to MPD Nwatch Coordinator Judy Gordon:
judy.gordon@macon.ga.us
Name
Address
Phone
Place of employment or retired

2) BSO Crime reports and BOLOS. BSO reports are sent with links to both spreadsheet and pdf adobe reader formats.
Please email the following info, with your request, to BSO Nwatch Coordinator Lt George Meadows:
gmeadows@co.bibb.ga.us
Name
Address
Phone
Place of employment or retired

Information courtesy of North Macon Neighborhood Association

Halloween Mischief

Please be especially vigilant in the upcoming days for the usual youth mischief, as well as the more unusual events that sometimes surround the holiday. Some interesting articles:

Example Bottle Bomb Incident (Michigan, April 2010)
Sex Offenders and Halloween (AJC 2010)
Halloween Health and Safety Tips (CDC)
Prevent Halloween Costume and Decoration-Related Injuries (U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission 2010)

Trick-or-Treat Times in Central Georgia

Macon Mayor Robert Reichert is recommending that the city's children go trick-or-treating on Saturday, Oct. 30.

Because Halloween falls on a Sunday night, the mayor says Saturday trick-or-treating will "ensure that they will be able to make the most out of the evening and not be bothered with following day bus schedules and morning classes."

The city of Macon will also host a fall festival on Friday, Oct. 29 from 6-8 p.m. at Central City Park for kids 12 and under.

Warner Robins Mayor Chuck Shaheen also issued a statement encouraging children to trick-or-treat on Saturday, October 30 from 6:00 p.m. - 8:00 p.m. The statement says surrounding areas will also hold trick-or-treat at that time.

Centerville and Perry will both host trick-or-treating on Saturday, Oct. 30 from 6 to 8 p.m.
In Forsyth, Halloween comes a little early on Friday night, Oct. 29.

Milledgeville will celebrate Halloween on Sunday, October 31.

The cities of Gray and Dublin are not setting specific trick-or-treating times.

http://www.13wmaz.com/news/mostpopular/story.aspx?storyid=94648&provider=top

Homeowners: If you do not wish to participate in Trick-or-Treat, please keep your porch light off. If you wish to receive Trick-or-Treaters, please keep your porch light on.

Regardless if you are participating in Trick-or-Treat or not, please drive extra slowly on Saturday night and be mindful of pedestrians and children walking in the street!

North Macon Neighborhood Association Email Alert System

This notice is courtesy of one of our residents:

We have received an invitation from the North Macon Neighborhood Association for our residents to join their Google Group.

If you would like to join, please send an email directly to jcox@houstoncountyga.org or you may use the links provided on the Google group at:
http://groups.google.com/group/north-macon-neighborhood-association?hl=en

The purpose of this Google Group is to help folks in the North Macon area be aware of suspicious persons, activities or occurrences in the area. This email system will help each of us – in real time – share information amongst ourselves and to law enforcement about persons or activity that needs to be observed or addressed. Not only that, but if you have a lost animal, yard sale, etc. that’s neighborhood related, feel free to post this as well.

In addition, if you see anything or anyone suspicious – please call Macon Police Dispatch at 751-7500. Obviously, in an emergency, call 911.

Thank you for all you do to keep our communities safe.

Reminder about Signs

Please be aware of the following Restrictive Covenant of Ingleside Woods:

6. (b)

No signs of any kind or character shall be displayed to the public view on any lot except one professional sign advertising the property for sale or rent or signs for temporary use by a builder to advertise the property during the construction and sales period. However, restrictions shall not prevent the use of ornamental markers bearing the name and property address of the occupants of each lot or the development itself nor permanent identification signs erected by Developer.

If you have any questions or comments about this Restrictive Covenant, please contact the President of IWHOA.

Speed Severity Report

The Macon-Bibb Traffic Engineer has prepared a Speed Severity Report for Stinsonville Road. Here is an excerpt from his findings:

While the study show vehicles are exceeding the posted speed limit, the average speed is 26 mph. From a traffic engineering perspective, this does not constitute a speeding problem. We look at the average daily traffic to determine speed severity. If the average speed exceeds the posted speed limit by 11 mph, this would present a problem. However, this study shows the average vehicle is traveling 26 mph, while the average vehicle exceeding the posted speed limit is traveling 31 mph.

Copy of Report

Speed Limit Signs

Two speed limit signs were recently installed on Stinsonville Road. We received the results of the speed assessment. Please contact John Williams to discuss specific statistics and/or data.

2010 Ingleside Woods HOA Annual Meeting Minutes

The 2010 Annual Meeting Minutes have been posted and are available online.

Treasury Report - Fiscal Year 2009

Treasury Report 2009 from 3/9/2010 Meeting

Reminder: Ingleside Woods HOA Meeting

Tonight at 7:00 PM at the Securian/Fickling Building on Riverside Drive

Update on Entrance Sign

Entrance Sign

With blue touch up paint

New Paint on Ingleside Woods Entrance Sign

Once again, thanks to John Williams for sprucing up the Ingleside Woods entrance sign with a fresh layer of paint. He will also continue to touch up the wood trim.

Speed Limit Signs

The HOA president has coordinated with the City of Macon for the placement of two speed limit and 'Slow - Children' signs on Stinsonville Road. Two more signs are planned.

New Signage

The Ingleside Woods HOA recently purchased some signage. Two "Please clean up after your dog" signs were installed. One sign was erected on the large lot at the entrance of the subdivision. The other sign was erected on an empty lot at the beginning of Sugarloaf Circle.

We hope these serve as a reminder to all residents and visitors to keep our subdivision clean for others. Thanks go to our President, John Williams, for his labors installing the signs.

"Rare" Snow Event

Ingleside Woods residents enjoyed an unusual blast of snow on Friday, February 12th. Most of snow melted within 24 hours.

Annual Meeting

Our next annual meeting is scheduled as follows:

Date and Time: Tuesday, March 9th at 7:00 PM
Meeting Location: 2960 Riverside Drive at the Securian/Fickling Building

AGENDA:

Welcome: John Williams, Naomi Creamer, Margo Kenirey

Points of Discussion:

1. Discuss eliminating and reducing newsletter postage using email bulletins.
2. HOA rules and other documents for secure 24 hour review on the web site listed above.
3. Speed tables /bumps and speed limit signs for Ingleside Woods. The traffic engineer’s study and assessment will foresee a need for these items.
4. Treasurer’s Report and IHOA Account Balance.
5. Open discussion with issues on anything that could improve the Ingleside Woods community area like a Welcoming Committee.
6. Discuss landscaping, pot holes and animal waste.
7. Discuss adding Restrictive Covenants for parking on lawns and empty lots.
8. Post meeting minutes securely online for residents and board review.
   

You must be present to vote on issues. Your vote counts.

"SLOW - Children Playing" Signs

We'd like to thank Eric Spears, previous IWHOA treasurer, and other residents for coordinating the installation of two "SLOW - Children Playing" signs on Stinsonville Road.

The signs were installed in response to resident's complaints about excessive speeding in the neighborhood. The current president is reviewing other options as well to help enforce the speed limit and keep Ingleside Woods safe for drivers, pedestrians and children.

Crime Prevention

Interesting article about neighborhood near Ingleside Woods

Follow us on Twitter

The Ingleside Woods HOA now has a Twitter account to provide current information to residents by web or mobile devices. On the receiving end, you can be in control of the updates you receive, when you receive them, and on what device.

Feel free to follow us on Twitter!

New President

Congratulations to John Williams, who was unanousmously voted as Ingleside Woods HOA President at the end of 2009. We received 28 votes (18 online and 10 mail-in). The officers will meet soon to plan our 2010 annual meeting.

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