Slumloards

Hello
After all the emails sent about This slumlord's properties, Linda Forbes and I decided to take a walk to see these properites up close. It was not pretty. We went to 6 of his properties and none had current rental sticker issued by the city!

Some had stickers from years gone by but half had NONE

This is not acceptable and we are going to send Mr. Wayne Caregnato of the city's
zone enforement one of the sample letters

This is where the form letter comes in! All you have to do is to visit

each property, they are all within walking distance. Look for the

sticker in the window. No sticker? Write a letter with that address -

one complaint per address. It doesn't matter if the property is registered, if it has no sticker it is not in compliance and we must demand compliance on every single issue!

And the benefit of a walk by is that you get to see the condition of the properties. If the house needs paint, make a note and we will file a complaint with the city to ensure that it gets painted within 30 days.

Here are the properties we looked at. The red lettering with white background are the appartments that are in complience with City Code. You can look them up at this link
here

You can look up by CITY, STREET AND LANDLORD. Check it out yourself

941083		Millville City	Residential	401 BROAD ST E		No Sticker	Trash, loud noises
941236		Millville City	Residential	403 VINE ST E		No current Sticker
941238		Millville City	Residential	407 VINE ST E		No Sticker
941273		Millville City	Residential	526 MULBERRY ST		No Sticker
942124		Millville City	Residential	105 4TH ST N		No Sticker	Broken Windows, Boarded up, Trash.
942154		Millville City	Residential	322 SASSAFRAS ST		No Sticker	INGRALDI, DENNIS P.

James Anthony Cinquina from Linwood, NJ owns the property at 401 Vine

st, which is a nuisance. He also owns the following in Millville: 816
Archer St, 301-303 Green St in the 3rd Ward; and 309 S 3rd St. It would
be interesting to target 2 or 3 slumlords at a time.
Is anyone interested in taking a walk to 309 S 3rd? Just walk by and take notes
and get one of Carl's forms. If you do not have a copy one can be made.

Remember, our next meeting is Thursday May 10th at 6:30pm

http://www.c-n.com/specialsections/datauniverse/propertyowners.html

Meeting Thursday April 12 6:30

Friends of Millville

Friends of Millville is a new group that seeks to involve citizens in a partnership with city government. Our purpose is to promote the revitalization of the city, especially through economic and residential development of the downtown and older neighborhoods.

We support programs and strategies that will renew inner city neighborhoods, especially programs addressing neighborhood security and home ownership/maintenance.

We want to help build a healthy city and to involve more people in positive citizen action. We oppose negative nitpicking that wears down our elected and appointed officials and does nothing to help build a better Millville.

Join us! We are meeting

APRIL 12, 2007

Riverfront Renaissance Center for the Arts Community Room

6:30 P.M

Statement of Purpose

Friends of Millville

Vision

In ten years, Millville is the best place to live in New Jersey. A partnership of residents and municipal government has resulted in a thriving downtown arts district, prosperous retail malls and flourishing light industry. Poorest neighborhoods are redeveloped, resulting in an increase in owner occupied housing and minimal levels of crime. Citizens actively support a city government that serves residents through a variety of health, social, and recreational programs. Residents of all ages and in all neighborhoods enjoy a high quality of life.

Mission

The mission of Friends of Millville is to involve citizens in a partnership with city government that has as its goal revitalization of the city, especially through economic and residential development of the downtown and older neighborhoods.

Goals

1. To advocate for and support city government strategies and programs aimed at revitalization of inner city neighborhoods, with a special focus on neighborhood security and home ownership/maintenance.

2. To educate the public about the need for citizen action to build and maintain a healthy city, and to involve more people in citizen action.

3. To identify and support candidates for municipal office who will continue the forward-looking agenda of the current administration.

Potential Projects

1. Citizen action for community safety

­ publicizing how/encourage people to report crime

­ possibly Neighborhood Watch

­ improving police-citizen communication

­ advocating for stronger police response to all violations impacting quality of life (e.g., loitering)

­ support center city walk – good citizens visible in neighborhoods will make a difference

2. Citizen action for quality neighborhoods

­ research/understand property maintenance laws; educate others

­ publicize how/encourage people to report code violations, illegal rentals, poorly maintained properties (825-UGLY), house numbers not properly displayed.

­ advocate to city for limitations on rental permits

­ work with city to promote home ownership in downtown area

­ publicize/promote development of positive activities for children and young people

Strategies

1 Publicize Friends of Millville

– print and electronic media, website, blog

-- develop several message points that we consistently repeat

-- come up with a catchy slogan, e.g.

Forging a Better Millville Through Leadership and Compassionate Community Activism

2. Stress benefits of downtown revitalization to the entire city. Downtown revitalization will preserve open space on the outskirts of the city and use existing infrastructure, so that taxpayers will not have to fund new utilities. All residents will benefit both financially and through enhanced quality of life when all of Millville becomes a desirable place to live.

3. Research issues and educate citizens on what they can do to make their neighborhoods safer and cleaner, and to increase home ownership

4. Contrast our positive approach to the city’s most critical issues to nit-picking negativism of others

5. Advocate for our positions – at city commission meetings, via letters to the newspaper, developing news articles