 City of Garland Events
Check out the City
Web site to
learn about the newest going-on's!
Block Captains
Here are the current BVHA Block
Captains - they're the first line
of contact for issues on your street.
- Atherton: Charles
Wafer and Bruce Bostwick
- Burlingame: Twyla Petty,
R.C. West, and Kathy Samaniego
- Menlo
Park: Susan McArther
- Palo
Alto: Linda Lelak
and Sam Madden
- San
Bruno: George Everett
- San
Marie: No one currently
- San
Mateo: Sandra Avlogitos
- Santa
Rosa: Ann Wilson
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Neighborhood Survey
We have a short survey we'd like
everyone to fill out. It'll
take you about 3 minutes to do.
We're trying to make sure that
the issues that the residents are
most concerned about and the ones
the Board feel
are most important - match. We
all need to be on the same page
in working on our neighborhood. Everything
is anonymous of course. Click
to take the BVHA
Survey.
City
Launches CodeRED System
 The
City of Garland has contracted
with Emergency
Communications Network,
Inc., of Ormond
Beach, Florida, for its "CodeRED" high-speed
telephone emergency notification
services.
Such urgent notifications
would include water main
breaks, large electric utility
outages, time-sensitive public
health alerts, hazardous
chemical spills, emergency
evacuation alerts and more.
To ensure no one is omitted,
Ms. White, the City’s
Public and Media Affairs
Manager, urges all
individuals and businesses to
log onto the City’s
website, www.ci.garland.tx.us,
and follow the link to the "CodeRED
Residential and Business
Data Collection" page.
Those without Internet access
may call 972-205-2828 to
provide their registration
information. Required information
includes first and last name,
street address, city, state,
zip code, and primary phone
number.
The CodeRED system is a
geographical based notification
system, which means street
addresses are needed to select
which phone numbers will
receive emergency notification
calls in any given situation.
The system works fine for
cell phones too, but we have
to have a "street address".
People who have recently
moved but kept the same listed
or unlisted phone number
also need to change their
address in the database.
The information will only
be used for emergency notification
purposes". Questions
should be directed to the
City of Garland Public and
Media Affairs office at 972-205-2879. |
BVHA
By-Laws Available
We're pleased to let everyone
know that we now have available
for download the BVHA
By-Laws.
This will cost you nothing
- just go our our PDF
Policies page and click
to download. |
Vital
Neighborhoods in Garland
The City Web site for Vital
Neighborhoods is
now live! We've posted
information and links
to the City site for
everyone to access. Click
Here Now.
Or visit the Web site directly
at:
www.garlandvitalneighborhoods.org |
 Garland Online Forum
There's a new online forum for Garland
residents. www.garlandcitizensforum.org
Registration is required (keeps
it from being abused) and you don't
need to use your real name when posting. The
current categories are:
- Election 2006
- City of Garland
- Garland Power & Light
- Garland City Council
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- GISD School Board
- Garland Community Happenings
- Economic Development Issues
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New subjects can be easily added,
and each area is moderated. This
forum was not created
by the city - this is by residents,
for residents. The hope is that a
broader online community can help
make a better community.
Garland Code Ordinance
As we mentioned in the September
Newsletter, there's been much discussion
over the state of our sidewalks,
curbs, and driveways.
The consistantly asked question
is what part of the repair work falls
to the city, what part to BVHA, and
what to the homeowner? The answers
are always more complicated than
we'd like.
The short version: the main body
to look to for remedy of your deteriorating
sidewalk, parkway, curb, and driveway
adjacent to your home is
you.
Click
here to download Garland
Code Ordinance Article X, Section
31, to learn exactly how
you fit into the infrastructure
repairs.
Landscape Service
Interested in learning what our
landscape company service involves? Click
here to download the contract
and service matrix in PDF format. The
current service company is Dale Landscape,
Inc.
Community Spirit
Here is a terrific PDF download on helping regain and promote Community
Spirit discovered on a resource Web site. Just click
on the link to download the information: Community
Spirit.
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