WHY YOU SHOULD JOIN CVNA:

When considering why you should join or renew your membership with the Capitol View Neighborhood Association you should remember that the CVNA is here to represent the neighborhood at large. On a shoestring budget and minimal volunteers CVNA has involved itself in community outreach, involvement, branding and neighborhood betterment. We need your support to increase and to better everything we do. More importantly, CVNA needs your input – your voice, to bring perspective to matters that effect and affect our community.

2011 CVNA dues are:

$35* new members (includes CV banner)

$25* for renewing members

$35 for additional banners

$5 for Capitol View mugs

($1 additional when paying on paypal)

Click here for information on becoming a member Of CVNA

What CVNA did in 2010:

• Votes taken on two Capitol View area salvage yard Special Use Permit requests
• Murphy Triangle annexation discussions at NPU and City Council
• Meet with Beltline representatives regarding neighborhood concerns
• Created a code enforcement book detailing 80+ properties (out of the 700+ residential properties) in the Capitol View neighborhood plus detailed zoning problems in the neighborhood’s industrial and commercial areas
• Voted in favor of beginning the Historic Places Listing registration process (start date January 2011)
• Increased/bettered ties & communications with SWAT neighborhoods (Capitol View Manor, Adair Park, Sylvan Hills, and more)
• Dill Avenue cleanup, neighborhood lunch
• Voted on expanded daycare center on Athens Ave
• Met with city representatives regarding vacant and open houses in structures in the CV neighborhood
• Voted on annual House in the Park Event
• Published Volume 2 of the CVNA newsletter
• Engaged in branding efforts – Capitol View coffee mugs, additional banners, creation of a welcome letter, Facebook page, CVNA website
• One of the sponsors the Friend of Perkerson Park Spring Forward Festival
• Voted on the Phoenix House project
• Voted on the senior living facility project on Arden near the Oakland City MARTA Station
• Ensured CV has a strong voice and viewpoint at NPU meetings by attending 95% of all NPU-X General Meetings & Security Committee Meetings
• Represented Capitol View neighborhood at City Council meetings
• Applied for additional funds thru the Lakewood Amphitheater Financial Committee
• 2010 Neighborhood Holiday Pot Luck

2010 CVNA meeting Guests/Speakers included:

• Atlanta Mayor Kasim Reed
• Atlanta Councilmember Joyce Sheperd
• Atlanta Councilmember Michael Julian Bond
• APD Major Mitchell
• Claire Farely, Zone Prosecutor
• APD Sgt Gentile
• APD Lt Peeks
• MARTA outreach representatives
• MARTA PD representatives
• GA State Rep Kathy Ashe
• GA State Rep Ralph Long III
• AFD Station 20
• Kevin Bean, Atlanta Director of Code Compliance
• Sullivan Center Executive Director Terry Tucker
• Boy Scout Troop 2010 (based in Capitol View)
• US House of Representatives 5th District candidate Fenn Little
• Representatives from the Allene Ave/Allied Battery Plant project
• NPU-X Economic Committee chair Hakim Young
• GSU programs rep Jen Waters
• GOAL mentors program representatives
• GSU Historic Designation Professior, Dr Richard Laub

-  CVNA officers

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2011 CVNA Officers elected [Capitol View Neighborhood]

The Capitol View Neighborhood Association has elected new officers for 2010.

President: ..................Darin Bohm..........................president@capitolview.org
Vice-President: ..........Olivia Henderson..................vicepresident@capitolview.org
Secretary: .................Denise Tevis.........................secretary@capitolview.org
Treasurer: .................Tony Thaxton, Jr...................treasurer@capitolview.org

The Secretary position has been filled by Denise Tevis. Thanks, Denise, for stepping up to plate to help your community!!!

For general information, you can email Lisa at info@capitolview.org

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New Zone 3 Commander [District 12]

Major Ernest Finley will no longer be the Zone 3 Commander in District 12. Major Finley was promoted to Deputy Chief of Field Operations.

Please welcome Major Reginald Mitchell as the new Zone 3 Commander. Major Mitchell comes to us with high regard and experience.

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Juvenile Point System [District Attorney Paul Howard]

District Attorney Paul Howard would like to hear from Community leaders regarding the juvenile point system. Attached is a survey which asks what you think about the current system of allowing juveniles who are arrested back out on the street immediately upon arrest depending on how many points they have. Supposedly the point system is based on the severity of the charges and whether the juvenile has a record. Based on ever how many points he has, he is then released into the community immediately, without any input from the DA's office or the victims.

All across Fulton County, we are receiving concerned feedback about this inadequate system of assessing whether a juvenile is harmful to the community

Since I was on trial this past week, I was delayed in getting these to you. If you would be so kind as to complete them and email them back to me asap, I have to turn them in tomorrow.

Also, please forward to any leaders or activists I have omitted inadvertently. Also, forward to new Presidents, please.

THIS IS YOUR OPPORTUNITY TO TELL MR. HOWARD DIRECTLY WHAT YOU THINK OF THE JUVENILE POINT SYSTEM.


Thanks.
A. Claire Farley
Zone 3 Community Prosecutor
Fulton County District Attorney's Office
201 Moury Avenue #114
Atlanta, GA 30315
404.624.8026 (office)
404.624.8027 (fax)
aletha.farley@fultoncountyga.gov

CLICK HERE TO DOWNLOAD SURVEY

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The Capitol VIEW newsletter [Available Now!]

The first issue of our new newsletter, The Capitol VIEW, has hit our streets.
Click HERE to view it online.

Larger Recycling Bins Available [City cutting back recycling pick-up]

Although the City is cutting back our recycling pick-up to ONCE every TWO WEEKS, the City is offering larger bins for purchase. The price for a larger bin is $70. It is recommended that you contact Mary Harrington prior to sending in your check to make sure they have them in stock. Contact information is below for those interested in buying one from the Department of Public Works:

Mary Harrington - mharrington@atlantaga.gov
City of Atlanta Recycling Program Manager

Send a check or money order for $70 to:
City of Atlanta
Department of Public Works
55 Trinity Avenue SW
Suite 4800
Atlanta, GA 30303-3531

Make sure the delivery address is on the check or money order!

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A List of Important Phone Numbers:

Christie has compiled a list of important phone numbers and website addresses that will be helpful and relevant for our neighborhood. Please click HERE to access that document.

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Code Enforcement and Mortgage Companies

RESPONSIBILITY OF MORTGAGE COMPANIES FOR THE UPKEEP OF FORECLOSED PROPERTIES:

Based on the information below, any mortgage company that has foreclosed on or owns property that fails to maintain such property consistent with the local code(s) is in violation and should be reported to the applicable Code Enforcement Board:

Georgia law specifically recognizes the rights of Code Enforcement Boards to enforce county (unincorporated Fulton County) or municipal codes and ordinances (City of Atlanta).
OCGA 36-74-41(2) states "zoning ordinances and resolutions, ordinances and resolutions enacting subdivision regulations, environmental ordinances and regulations, state minimum standard codes provided for in Code Section 8-2-25, ordinances and resolutions enacted pursuant to Code Section 8-2-25, other ordinances regulating the development of real property, and ordinances and regulations providing for control of litter and debris, control of junked or abandoned vehicles, and control of overgrown vegetation."

Although the law does not specifically define who may be held responsible for such violations, FCC 22-27 defines "violators" as "any person, firm, partnership or corporation, tenant agent or other entity which has committed a violation of one or more provisions of the Code of Laws or which has assisted in the commission of such violation."

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Volunteer Opportunities......................................

Sullivan Center: Teach classes (finance, health, etc.) and other skills at the Sullivan Center, 643 Dill Avenue, Atlanta, GA 30310. (404) 753-0531

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LifeLine Spay & Neuter Clinic [get feral cats fixed]

The LifeLine Spay & Neuter Clinic performs spay/neuter surgeries on stray cats for the Fulton County Animal Services Fix'em Free Program. They also have traps you can borrow if you need one. All feral cats must be dropped off between 8:00 a.m. and 9:00 a.m. and must be in individual humane traps.

There is an over-population of stray cats in our community. Please help by taking the strays to this clinic to be fixed (FOR FREE) so they cannot reproduce.

LIFELINE SPAY & NEUTER CLINIC
129 LAKE STREET
AVONDALE ESTATES, GA 30002

(404) 292-8800, ext. 24
email: clinic@atlantapets.org

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Zone 3: Community Alert [Have you seen this man?]

On February 21, 2008, LARRY B. JOHNSON pled guilty to Theft by Taking after he attempted to steal from a neighbor in the Deckner Road area. This was not his first offense against the community. As a result of this plea, LARRY B JOHNSON is BANNED from the area until AUGUST 2012. Please call 911 if you see Larry Johnson anywhere in this area:
BANNED AREA: South of I-20, North of Langford Pkwy, West of 75/85, East of I-285

Click here for Photos of Larry Johnson and the map of the "banned" area.

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LEGISLATIVE LETTER __[ Download Here]--- ---.-....---
This is the letter you need to send to your elected officials regarding the recurring problem of absentee landlords and vacant homes in Capitol View. We need to bombard them with letters in order to bring their attention to the problem we face here in our neighborhood. The download area also contains a list of elected officials for Capitol View, along with their addresses and contact information.

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AFFORDABLE WORKFORCE HOUSING__[ ADA]
Pass this information around to people you know, or even if you are selling your house, you can tell possible buyers about this program. Our neighborhood is in the Target area.
http://www.atlantada.com/buildDev/HomeAtlanta.jsp

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