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"Homeless" Action Protocol for SSNA

The following protocol was developed during a special meeting with local law enforcement at the lake marshal's office. How should someone report unsafe or illegal activity observed in our area, by persons who are simply up to no good, or may be homeless and "camping" nearby? When to report by  My FW App :  tents for overnight use, send pictures and location illegal dumping of trash, send pictures and location When app is used, duplicate reports for the same incident may be closed in order to cull the log.  Things reported here are considered non-emergency but still need to be addressed. When to call 911: open flames observed for warmth or cooking aggressive behavior When 911 has been called,  the caller may follow up with the department to ask what was the result of the call.   I've tried these things and have seen no proper response or improvement. This is a commonly heard complaint.  Our strategy for now is to follow this protocol, so there is a paper tra...

Special Meeting and Presentation at Lake Worth Boat and Ski Club from April 9

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  Occurred April 9, 2025 Lake Worth Boat & Ski Club Attendees LWBSC Board Members SSNA President Deanne Kearny SSNA Treasurer Tom Mast SSNA Secretary Adrienne Taylor Points of Interest Presented Casino Beach development ideas to build camaraderie on the project Summary The purpose of our short presentation at the Boat & Ski Club's board meeting  was to introduce our new board officers, share the new boundaries of SSNA and to discuss the progress toward the Casino Beach development plan.   Deanne shared Dave Lewis's presentation for possible development, talked about our own neighborhood's inputs to the city and the plan for the city to go out for public for further input.   Tom elaborated on the need to have commercial businesses and shared the facts on the size of the park land, and city land.   The Ski club members shared ideas and concerns about some of the inputs based on trails that were put in on Cahoba areas.  They also ha...

Special Meeting with Lake Marshals and SEMA from April 8

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  Occurred April 8, 2025 Lake Marshal's office on Surfside Attendees Fort Worth Officer Sergio Martinez Fort Worth Officer Josh Van Brundt Fort Worth Marshal Sgt. James Wade SEMA Structures Project Manager Brady Wright SSNA President Deanne Kearny SSNA Secretary Adrienne Taylor Points of Interest Developed a protocol for reporting concerning homeless activity, post to come. Discussed adding signage to existing different lands to ward off trespassing. Discussed future island clean-up efforts. Summary The purpose of this meeting at the Lake Patrol office was to ask for directions and advice about when and how to properly report concerning, unsafe and illegal activity in the Casino Beach and bridge construction area.   Deanne shared the suggested developments for Casino Beach, and acknowledged that some of this will reduce homeless/loitering activity in the future. We discussed the issue of homeless living/camping in the parkland/city owned property surrounding the new bridge. ...

Board Meeting from April 2

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Occurred April 2, 2025 Mast Home Attendees President Deanne Kearney VP Brian Keller (on speaker phone) Secretary Adrienne Taylor Treasurer Tom Mast Neighbor Judy Mast Points of Interest A meeting will be scheduled with the lake marshals about how we report worrisome and illegal activity at Casino Beach and under bridge construction All but one of our six SSNA meeting signs were recovered from their their locations.  It will be replaced before the signs are updated and reused for October's meeting. Discussions were had about whether SSNA should be expanded to include a portion of City of Fort Worth residents who do not have lake properties, yet reside close to our boundaries. Survey of top desired Casino Beach items from a list of choices to be sent to SSNA and all other lake NAs. Bike path has no scheduled dates, but we reviewed where they have their tentative plans to place trail heads.   We are working towards planning a clean up of our own of the lake and Goat Island. ...

Successful First Neighborhood Meeting

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Occurred March 27, 2025 First Baptist Church of Lakeside Attendees Macy Hill - City of Fort Worth, District 7 Councilwoman Sami Roop - City of Fort Worth, District Director for District 7 Dave Lewis - City of Fort Worth, Parks and Recreation Director Kenneth Nalley - City of Fort Worth, Community Engagement Officer Jared Wood - Fort Worth Nature Center & Refuge Manager Julia - Commodore Lake Worth Sailing Club Dottie - Lake Worth Sailing Club Mary Tayser - Lake Worth Sailing Club Marvin Makarwich - North Lake Worth NA Peggy & Joel Mitchel - North Lake Worth NA Cookie and Tommy Thompson - NASLW Julie and Ron Wooten - East Lake Worth NA Brian Hankins - East Lake Worth NA Deanne Kearney - SSNA President Brian Keller - SSNA Vice President Tom Mast - SSNA Treasurer Adrienne Taylor - SSNA Secretary More than 30 neighbors were in attendance. Points of Interest Voted in 2025 By-laws Councilwoman Macy Hill encouraged attendance at  Public Meeting: Raptor Ready Mix Inc, 177217L002 ...