Welcome
 Welcome to the Broadmoor Residents' Association web site! We are a Louisiana non-profit corporation and our objectives are to unite Broadmoor subdivision residents for the betterment of the area and to promote its general welfare and prosperity. Membership in the Association is completely voluntary and dues payable at any time during the year for the calendar year beginning in January. We rely entirely upon dues paying members, donations and fund raising activities to support our programs. Please join. The Association needs your support to carry out its programs. Donations are always appreciated. Visit the Membership Information Section for more information.
President's Message
Gary Littlefield |
Welcome to our 2010 edition of The Breeze. We had an extremely successful 2009 with a very active Board and a full agenda.
I am very thankful to have such dedicated board members and Chairs working to make Broadmoor the best it can be. We started 2009 by getting our Neighborhood Watch Program up and running and I want to thank all of the folks involved in making that happen, especially Avery Sloan, John Perkins, M. J. Chustz, John Kaiser and Wayne Davis. If you are called upon to assist by being a block captain or a quadrant coordinator, I encourage you to do so. We have placed signs throughout the neighborhood and many residents now have yard signs promoting the program. The paid security patrols continue to work hard in policing our large neighborhood and we increased the number of patrols last year.
We activated a new hotline voice mail procedure, reunited a large number of lost animals with their owners, starting enforcing our Good Neighbor Parking Regulations, increased advertising in our newsletter, and voted to start a Friends of Broadmoor Program for area businesses. Your Board also took the initiative in 2009 to proceed with the formation of the The Broadmoor Crime Prevention and Improvement District. We'll be forwarding more details to you this year and you are welcome to visit our web site page broadmoor-br.org/bcpid.html for more information. We have also added additional board members and now have a total of 28.
My family and I have lived in Broadmoor for 24 years. In speaking with a number of my fellow resident's over that time, one question I am often asked is "What can I do to help?" First and foremost, please pay your Annual Dues. The Association cannot survive without dedicated, dues paying members. In 2009, we had total paid membership of only 27% - 558 paid out of a possible 2006 residents. Secondly, attend our monthly meetings at 7 PM on the third Monday of each month in the Adult Education Building at Broadmoor United Methodist Church. The meetings typically last only one hour. Is the investment you have in your home and your neighborhood worth one hour of your time each month?
Lastly, get involved with one of our many committees by volunteering your time and talent. These committees include Advertising, Beautification, Communications, Community Relations, Security & Neighborhood Watch, Membership and Zoning. Any of our board members can give you quick outline of what is involved in becoming a volunteer.
To those of you who will pay your dues in 2010 and have paid in the many years previously, THANK YOU. Please encourage your neighbors to become members and to get involved. Let's all work together to make Broadmoor a safe and attractive subdivision for our generation and the next.
Metro Council District 6 Community Meeting -
Sept. 2nd
Metropolitan Councilwoman Donna Collins-Lewis will host a Community Meeting for all District 6 constituents and community stakeholders on Thursday, September 2 at 6 pm at BREC Headquarters, 6201 Florida Blvd., corner of Florida Blvd. & N. Ardenwood. Special guests include: Lael Holton, Manager of Advance Planning and Research with the East Baton Rouge Planning Commission, who will discuss the Florida Boulevard overlay district; Brian Marshall, CEO of the Capital Area Transit System, who will discuss upcoming CATS Property Tax; Susannah Bing, Project Manager at the East Baton Rouge Redevelopment Authority, who will give an update on the Melrose East workshops; and Michael Ellis, SSO Program Manager at CH2M Hill, who will discuss the status of the Sanitary Sewer Overflow Program.
Councilwoman Collins-Lewis encourages citizens to attend the forum to hear valuable information regarding District 6 which is roughly bounded by North Foster Drive to the west, North Flannery Road to the east, Choctaw Drive, Greenwell Springs Road to the north and Florida Boulevard and Old Hammond Highway to the south. Your input is needed. Let's work together to improve our community.
Metro Council Town Hall Meeting on Crime -
Sept. 16th
Please see this PDF Invivation Letter for the Metropolitan Counci's Town Hall Meeting on Crime to be held on Thursday, September 16th from 6 to 8 PM at the BREC Headquarters Ballroom, 6201 Florida Boulevard. Call 389-3000 for additional information.
Joint meeting at St. Thomas More on Oct. 4th
You are invited to attend the first-ever Joint Meeting of the Broadmoor Residents' Association, Parkview Oaks Civic Association, Sherwood Forest Civic Association, and Sherwood Lake Association on Monday, October 4, 2010 - 7:00 pm at the St. Thomas More Activity Center on Dartmoor Drive.
The event is hosted by St. Thomas More Catholic School. Representatives from St. Thomas More will share the school's $4 Million building renovation and expansion project. A professional realtor and appraiser will also share how these improvements will positively impact residents' home values.
Jambalaya will be served, so please RSVP to Dana Vutera at 281-9278 or dana@vutera.com
More information can be found at www.stmexcellence.org
Improvements to Email Program
(8/14/10) - Our email database is used each week to send important messages to residents regarding such things as monthly meetings, social events, lost and found pets, crime alerts, notices from Metro Council and EBR Parish, and other items of interest to the community. The number of addresses has grown to the point that we have changed the way we administer this communications function.
In the past, a message going to all residents had to be sent at least five times over a five hour period due to restrictions by email providers to prevent spam. This was somewhat cumbersome and delayed messages, so we are now using Mail Chimp, a commercial service that does not limit our ability to communicate with you promptly. Another nice feature is that residents now have the ability to register online with a form. Only 700 of our 2000 residences in Broadmoor are on the email list, so if you read this and aren't receiving weekly emails from us, please take this opportunity to register your email address with us. Non-members are urged to register, too. The addresses in our database are those that we receive from Membership Forms, Neighborhood Watch Forms, and from sign up sheets at meetings and events. Unfortunately, many of the addresses are no longer valid, and emails sent to these bad addresses are "bounced" back to us as undeliverable. So, please keep us up to date with your current address and start receiving our weekly bulletins.
To register, GO TO EMAIL REGISTRATION and give us your new email address. OR, send us an EMAIL update with your old and new address.
BBQ/Potluck Party Report
Broadmoor Residents' Association hosted a BBQ/Potluck Party on July 17, 2010 from 2-5 PM at the CYO Activities Center at 10555 Mollylea and everyone in Broadmoor was invited! The event was well attended and residents enjoyed the free burgers and hot dogs, homemade potato salads, side dishes, cold drinks and desserts. Thanks to those who donated food items and to event organizer Marcelle DeSoto and her volunteers. Special thanks to John Perkins and Connor Uffman for cooking the burgers, sausages and hot dogs.
Contests - The winners of the "Broadmoor's Best!" contests were Gerald Hubenak for his Cajun Potato Salad and Gloria Smith for her Cherry Dump Cake dessert.
Association President Gary Littlefield welcomed guests and spoke briefly about the upcoming election on November 2nd for the Broadmoor Crime Prevention and Improvement District proposal. The Membership, Security/Neighborhood Watch and Communications Committees each had tables with handouts and information for visitors. Several residents signed up as new members at the event. Council representative Donna Collins-Lewis visited with residents and is pictured with a group of board members in the photo below. For more photos from the BBQ visit this page.
Thanks again to everyone who attended the BBQ Party and to the organizers and workers on Saturday!
 Pictured from left: Blair Roussel, George Mermigas, Julie White, Gary Littlefield, Donna Collins-Lewis, Johnny Kaiser, Marcelle DeSoto, Isiah Miller, Wayne Davis and Jerry Graves.
Are you supporting Neighborhood Watch?
 In December 2008, the Neighborhood Watch Committee divided the Broadmoor map into 4 quadrants (Quads). Quad Coordinators have organized each quad with the help of neighborhood Block Captains who have contacted most residents to explain the program, given out security brochures, and distributed window decals and yard signs to residents who paid their 2009 dues. If you are a paid member for 2009 or 2010 and have not received your decal or sign, please send us an email or call the Hotline at 926-9829.
We need more Block Captains to make this program work effectively. Please consider volunteering. For more information, send an email to the NW Committee here.
It takes all of us working together to make this project a success. Help prevent crime and make our neighborhoods safer and more secure!
Parking, illegal signs and trash complaints
 We continue to receive complaints of illegally parked vehicles on the streets or in other public space in Broadmoor, and will contact authorities to investigate and take the necessary action to see that all laws and regulations are enforced. It has been several months now since we started repeatedly notifying everyone regarding parking regulations via newsletters and emails and the time has come for illegal parking to stop. It is illegal to park on your front yard grass on a regular basis, or on the street for longer than nine hours. All off street front yard parking must be on paved surfaces or other dust free surfaces such as gravel. Many homeowners have widened their driveways with concrete or gravel to accommodate four or more cars or have started using their carports or garages again, and everyone appreciates their being good neighbors! Sometimes it may appear that someone is parking illegally and in fact, they are not, and we will make every effort to report back to the complaining parties if we find that to be the case.
Signs should not be placed on city property without permission and they will be removed by us or the police. For example, it is illegal to post any advertising signs on right of ways, medians or in the area between sidewalks and the streets. It is also illegal to post signs or flyers of any kind over a stop sign, traffic sign or other property of the city. The most frequent abuse of this regulation is by persons who have lost or found pets. Please do not post signs such as this on public property. Take advantage of our Lost & Found Page and we'll post your message to our web site and send email blasts to residents in Broadmoor. Temporary signs for open house events and garage sales may be staked to the ground subject to certain size limitations, and must be removed after the events have ended. Political campaign signs must be on private property.
It is illegal to post signs in the right of way area between the street and sidewalk, and signs must be at least 15 feet from the curb. Signs must be less than 8 square feet in residential areas such as Broadmoor. See the Signs Section on the Zoning & Restrictions Page.
Homeowners with accumulated trash, tree limbs, stumps and construction debris on their property have been or will be reported to the EBR's 311 Complaint Line for investigation by authorities and possible citations or summonses to appear at Litter Court. Most residents have made great progress with trash removal after recent hurricanes and storms. Failure to comply with repeated requests for compliance will result in the city taking necessary action and subsequently billing the property owners.
Visit the Community Relations Committee page for more information about Litter Court and filing complaints.
Recent News Items
Here are brief introductions to recent news items and announcements of importance that may change frequently. Click on the "more" link to read an entire item. For details about committee activities and officers' reports, visit those sections listed in the navigation sections at the top left or top of this page.
New board sets goals for 2010
The annual election of members to serve on our Board of Director was held on November 16, 2009 . . . Officers for this year are President - Gary Littlefield; Vice President - Kim Ashford; Secretary - Marcelle DeSoto; and Treasurer - Gregg Scott . . . At one of our first meetings, board members discussed and decided that the board will work towards accomplishing these goals and objectives for 2010 and beyond. (More . . . )
Motion approved to create Broadmoor Crime Prevention and Improvement District
At the August meeting of the board, a motion was introduced to take the necessary steps to create the Broadmoor Crime Prevention and Improvement District (BCPID). This motion was introduced after months of research, discussion, and consultation with our government representatives. All board members present voted unanimously to approve the motion. (More . . . )
Yard of the Season
Beautification Committee Chairman Steven Graham is requesting nominations for "Yard of the Season" Spring 2010. Call our Hotline at 926-9829 to leave a message. A gift certificate from Vernon's Hardware will be awarded to each homeowner.
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