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MARCH • APRIL 2022
NORTHDALE CIVIC ASSOCIATION COMMUNITY NEWSLETTER
Greetings to all Northdale residents and homeowners.
I hope everyone is doing well and in good health. If you just joined our community, the Northdale Civic Association, Inc. (NCA) wants to take this opportunity to welcome you to the community. Northdale is a highly respected, low crime, family-oriented neighborhood that offers residents many amenities. Northdale businesses offer a wide variety of goods and services. In this edition, I want to introduce to you our NCA VP, Mr. James (Jim) Salgado. Jim has been serving our community for many years and has prepared a message for you. “Hello fellow Northdale residents! My name is Jim Salgado, and I am your Vice President of the NCA. My purpose in writing to you is to ask for your help. A few months back the NCA included a letter with the newsletter soliciting volunteers from our community to join our newly forming ‘advisory’ board with the purpose of
helping the NCA to better understand the needs of our community and how we as a collective body can address them. For example, over the last few years, I have read through social media posts, (such as Nextdoor) and periodically I come across posts such as the one that had a picture of the trail where a few boards of the bridge over the pond was missing. While I am glad this was posted to Nextdoor, I was deeply concerned that this had the potential of causing harm to walkers in that area which is unacceptable and learning of the problem on social media vice a call or e-mail. If ever you find some situation that has the potential to cause harm to our neighbors, like the missing boards on the bridge or even broken sprinkler heads in the common areas, PLEASE let me or any board member know ASAP. While we try to be as informed as possible on issues that affect the community, we really need you to be our extra eyes and ears. Another example was posted by a neighbor, of a tree that had fallen on the corner of Caliente Place and Traskwood Court and was the result of TS Elsa having recently passed. Because this neighbor was prompt in reporting the hazard, Mr. Bill Castens, our NCA Treasurer and I put two chainsaws to work cutting branches and clearing the street of the debris. We also enlisted the assistance of Hillsborough County Code Enforcement Office Christine McCombs to help
coordinate the removal of the tree and subsequent cleanup. As a direct result of that partnership, we were able to clear the streets of the tree and all debris by 1 PM same day! Thanks to the community minded person for reporting it! All this brings me to the point of this message; we in Northdale are vulnerable to natural disaster-type situations need a way or program to address these types of situations. To get after this problem, the NCA included with a past 2021 newsletter, a letter to solicit for volunteers in our community to join a ‘steering and advisement’ committee that will be ‘boots on the ground’ contact to the community, to be the touch point that listens to the community on issues that concern them and to advise the NCA on those issues/ needs. In the next few issues of the NCA Newsletter, I will highlight some of the many areas we can plan for situations that present a danger to our community and citizens so please join me over the phone or in person and let’s get the conversation started. Thank you for your time and attention”. Sincerely, ‘Jim’ James L. Salgado Vice President, Northdale Civic Association
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