NorthPrimrose

Speeding Update & NPRA General News

Some updates on NPRA and Primrose issues:

Robert talked to CPT Hunt of MPD during the last City Council meeting. He advised that the blue pick-up truck in question has been tickted several times since we brought it to his attention. This is good news!  Also, we are in the MPD traffic enforcement matrix, and should be getting a couple of hours of coverage each week. Several of your have complained that there just does not seem to be enough happening from the City. However, the speed trailer is making another rotation through at Oaks and Primrose, so hopefully that will have an effect. 

We think the consensus of the neighborhood, however, is that passive measures are having a limited effect.  Dennis, from the 200 block, will be sending an email to City Manager Scott Ochoa in an attempt to get more progress.

With that in mind, we'd like to have a neighborhood meeting to discuss some issues.  One of the things that were brought up back in January was the idea that this effort of ours should have some formal structure. We had resisted that idea, because we wanted to keep things simple, and not overbearing.  However, in light of recent developments, we'd like to have a meeting to discuss that very idea.

We will let you know when and where, but would appreciate your thoughts and ideas, plus preferred dates. Email us at northprimrose@gmail.com.  We will try to combine this "business" meeting with a presentation from the Monrovia Police Department on crime prevention, and make it a two-fer, possibly a backyard barbecue.

In addition, as most of you are aware, the Monrovia Police Officers Association and the City Council are at laggerheads over a contract. We have received a lot of questions on this.  We would like to hold a discussion with a representative of the Council and one from the POA so you can ask them questions, face to face, and guage their answers for yourself. We might even make that meeting a three-fer.

Let us know your thoughts.  We hope to see you all at the parade this weekend!

Things That Go Bang in the Night

Neighbors:

Yes, we heard it too! Around Midnight Saturday / Sunday morning, we heard what we're pretty confident sounded like a gunshot on either Primrose or Acacia.  We called MPD and they told us they'd had a lot of calls, and a couple of cars were on the street within a few minutes.

Robert, who's heard more than a few bangs during his years in uniform (and in combat), is pretty sure it was mid-block in the 100s of Primrose or Acacia, and was quite certain it was a bullet.  That was supported by a couple of other folks. However, someone else thought it was dumpster lid slamming down.

MPD didn't find anything at that time, and we're not aware of any crime scenes, so it's probably fair to assume it was not much.  It could very easily have been someone mishandling a weapon and having a "negligent discharge" or perhaps someone thought they were shooting at shadow.  AS Robert says, these things happen when people handle guns.

Whatever the case, we hope everyone out there is OK.  The important thing is to note that there was no injury and no sign of any crime.

Thank, goodness! And thank goodness for neighbors who call 911 at the sign of a problem.  That's the strength of neighbors watching out for each other.