COMMUNITY BULLITIN BOARD
- The following are emails
and suggestions received from the residents of Discovery Hills. They are
posted here in an effort to inform, unite and create a forum that we can
all share thoughts and suggestions immediately. I do respect everyone’s
privacy and will not post anything submitted unless you give me permission
to post it online. So remember, if you want it seen here, grant me the
right to put it online and keep in mind that this is a public site and any
information you present is available to the eyes of the world.
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From: Lou Tharin To: MarcGohres@GohresCompanies.Com Sent: Wednesday, May 03, 2006 5:06 AM Subject: Discovery Hills Nice job
Marc. We are the Tharins and live at 10429 Carmel Mountain AVE. On the
subject of the neighborhood watch program, I would also like to see it in
place. In addition, I think we need to be a gated community. This would be a
farily simple project because we only have two ways in and out. An
automatic/key entry type gate would be easy to use and control traffic flow. Thanks, Lou |
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From: farmnag (RF
Naglik) Sent: Tuesday, May 09, 2006 9:24 PM Subject: Community Concerns Marc, Thanks so much for stopping by and introducing
yourself. As newly arrived residents of Discovery Hills, we are willing
to assist you in any way we can to help improve our neighborhood.
We believe that a neighborhood meeting is a great idea. We also concur
with the proposal of a gated community. Installing stop signs
throughout our neigborhood would also be a step in helping to insure the
safety of all our residents. Again, thanks for all your efforts and
hard work. Ray & Ocene Naglik, Pacific Palisades Ave. |
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Thursday, May 11, 2006 Yet
another instance of one of our neighbor’s brand new car broken into and
vandalized at 1212 Benicia Hills. This situation is out of control and we
need to come together as a community and resolve it. PLEASE
GET INVOLVED AND POST YOUR THOUGHTS HERE, AND CHECK BACK OFTEN!! I HAVE POSTED FLYERS ON THE
MAILBOXES TO PLEASE LOG IN AND GIVE YOUR COMMUNITY INPUT ON WHEN AND WHERE WE
SHOULD HAVE THE MEETING. MY SUGGESTION WOULD BE THE PARK AND WE CAN EVEN USE
SOME DELEGATE FUNDS FOR FOOD AND REFRESHMENTS! |
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From: farmnag (RF
Naglik) Sent: Saturday, May 13, 2006 7:03 AM Subject: Street light Hello Marc, I called the city of Las Vegas about the defective street
light on the corner of Firelight and Hualapai at the entrance to our
tract. They told me that they would be out that evening to repair it,
and amazingly they did just that! I spoke to the repair crew and
thanked them for their very prompt service. Again, please let me know
how we can assist you. Don't hesitate to call or stop by. Ray & Ocene Naglik |
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From: The
Stockwell's To: MarcGohres@GohresCompanies.Com
Sent: Monday, May 22, 2006 3:01 PM Subject: Hello Good Neighbor Hello Marc and Family, We're the Stockwell’s on Benicia Hills St. We have
lived in Discovery Hills for 9 1/2 years. We have seen many friends’
come and go. Fortunately, we have
been privy to a fairly cohesive group of good neighbors
(reference the article in the May SUMMERLINES as well as online at Be
a Good Neighbor!) within our subdivision. As of late, our attentions have been focused on burglary,
theft, vandalism and a 'bad' neighbor.
We would be very interested in attending any meetings that would
entail gating our area, installing speed bumps, revitalizing the ‘watch’
program any of which making this neighborhood safer and more secure for all
of us. Thank you for setting up this forum. |
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From: Diane
Eggers To: MarcGohres@GohresCompanies.Com
Sent: Saturday, May 27, 2006 4:03 PM Subject: Discovery Hills Hi Marc, I love the website – thank you very much! I hate to say this, but I just don’t think
becoming a gated community is the answer to deterring crime. It sounds like a false sense of
security. It is so easy to get the access code, and
they rarely ever change. Check
out the following article from The Orlando Sentinel: http://www.ccfj.net/HOAFLgatesec.html. I think education
on making your house a harder target with topics such as landscaping,
lighting, securing doors & windows, etc. would be more beneficial.
If somebody wants to get in your house they will find a way, gate or no
gate. On that happy note.......enjoy the rest of your holiday weekend! Sincerely, Diane Eggers |
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From: farmnag (RF
Naglik) To: Marc
Gohres Sent: Sunday, May 28, 2006 5:07 PM Subject: Re: Discovery Hills Hi Marc, Thanks for this latest e-mail. We support all
your efforts toward the gated community. Getting all of the homeowners
to agree to it will, we think, the biggest challenge! Our feeling is
that we should go forward with having a Discovery Hills homeowners'
meeting. Let us know how we can help with this, and let us know when
the next SNCA Board of Directors meeting is to be held. Ray & Ocene Naglik Pacific Palisades Ave. |
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From: The
Stockwell's To: Marc Gohres Sent: Wednesday, May 31, 2006 1:54 PM Subject: Re: Discovery Hills Hi Marc, Thanks
for initiating the steps in our becoming a gated community.
We would love to see this process through and provide any support
possible. Shannon
Stockwell |
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From: Jared
To: MarcGohres@GohresCompanies.Com Sent: Tuesday, June 06, 2006 10:44 PM Subject: Egging of Property Marc, It was
nice speaking with you today. Over the last month our house and
automobiles have been "egged" on 3 separate occasions. We truly
support a gated community. This would not only deter potential
criminals but "lock 'out" the lazy soccer moms and dads who don't
use the parking lot on the other side of the park, rather, they use Snow
Mountain Street as a parking lot. Also, we live in the most expensive
development in the Crossing with the average home selling over $500,000+
----- there are much less prestigious communities which are gated.
Also, I am in favor of having a "community meeting". We must
do something ASAP to deter crime, it has gotten out of hand. Let me
know what we can do to help. If we do nothing, the value of our
properties will (continue to) decline. Thanks. The
Gilman Family Snow
Mountain St. Residents
of Discovery Hills 10 years |
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From: Lisa St.
Martin Sent: Monday, June 12, 2006 9:09 PM Subject: Neighborhood Watch Hi Marc - I am the neighborhood watch block captain
on Falls Church. A few months ago, I called our Metro rep Kathy to talk
about the recent incidents in the neighborhood. I asked Kathy why I
hadn't been contacted by anyone at Metro to advise me of the recent
activity. Kathy said that there has been so much crime on the west
side, that they didn't have the resources to contact the block captains as
they once had. Considering that I travel with my job, it makes it even
harder to keep in touch with everyone. I have discussed this with a few of the
neighbors, and there is interest in organizing a community meeting with
Metro. Are there any plans for that type of a meeting? I would
like to help with the meeting if possible. Thanks Marc..... -Lisa St. Martin |
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From: Marc
Gohres To: Lisa St. Martin Sent: Monday, June 12, 2006 10:15 PM Subject: Re: Neighborhood Watch Hi Lisa, Your help would be greatly appreciated, I have set up the
discovery hills website as a communication tool in between mailings, but I
realize that a lot of people still don't use the internet. I was planning on
sending out a mailing in the next week or so with a meeting time, place and
date. I thought perhaps we would meet at the trails center
facility where the SNCA meetings are held each month, but then I thought we
might get a better turn out if we had it here in our development. The park
playground area perhaps where the picnic tables are? Give me your thoughts and feel free to call me
768-8598, let's coordinate with Kathy at Metro and I will get the
mailing out ASAP. Please check in at the website at http://www.gohrescompanies.com/dhills/index.htm and
click on the recent emails link to see what other residents have expressed. I
hope you don't mind, but I posted your comments there as well, along with
this reply. Look forward to hearing from you, Marc |
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From: farmnag (RF
Naglik) To: Marc
Gohres Sent: Wednesday, June 14, 2006 6:58 AM Subject: New Vandalism Marc, This morning as a got the morning newspaper, I discovered
that most of the front pathway lighting in front of my home was ripped out of
the ground by some vandals overnight. I have attached photos.
Once again, I agree with you that we need a gated community or a night time
armed security patrol. You can count on my wife and a I to support you
and help with your efforts. Ray Naglik Pacific Palisades Ave. |
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----- Original Message -----
To: MarcGohres@BestLasVegasProperties.com Sent: Saturday, July 01, 2006 7:48 PM Subject: Gated Community or not? I tend to agree with Diane Eggers on the gated community
idea. I think it does give a false sense of security. I also think that its
quite possible some of the problems may be
coming from people inside our community. Gates dont fix that. Nor does
it stop anyone who wants to come in on foot from the soccer park. I would be
interested to see what the expense for gates would be compared to hiring a
private security company to patrol Discovery Hills. I personally would have
no issue spending $100 a month if that's what it takes to cover costs. If
every resident pays toward this expense, I doubt it would even be that much.
Another idea is Security Cameras on the streets to record events. How much would
that cost? Again amongst everyone, it may be feasible. Just some thoughts. I
lean toward hiring a private security firm just for Discovery Hills, If word
gets out that this whole sub division is constantly under patrol at night, I
think our problems will find a softer target elsewhere. Just my two
cents. Mark Millard, Ventura Hills st. |
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----- Original Message -----
To: MarcGohres@GohresCompanies.Com
Sent: Wednesday, July 05, 2006 12:10 PM Subject: Discovery Hills Thank you for the letter advising us of the website, we
appreciate your interest in our area. Since we purchased our home in
this tract we thought it was set up to be a gated community but the builder
never followed up on it. We would support the gated community as long
as it included some kind of determent for people accessing the tract through
the park. We have seen an increasing number of children with motorized
scooters coming through the park into the tract. We do realize it's not
a 100% guarantee to get rid of crime, but the "lazy" criminal would
have to find another way. We have only been victims of
"eggings" one time but understand that the vandelism is getting
well out of hand. |
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Original Message -----
To: marcgohres@bestlasvegasproperties.com
Sent: Friday, July 07, 2006 8:11 AM Subject: last night's meeting Hi Marc, Thanks for hosting last night’s neighborhood
meeting. I have lived in Discovery Hills for 8 years and didn’t realize
how many of my neighbors I didn’t’ know. It was nice getting to meet so many
of my neighbors. Since many of us live such active lives, I’d like to
be able to communicate with neighbors via email. Is there a way we can ask
people to put their email addresses on the website? When we first moved into DH we received a bio on all our
neighbors w/ their names, addresses, phone numbers and a little info about
each of them and their families. Thank
you, |
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----- Original Message ----- From: "sherrie.killion-kuzmanovic" <sherrie.killion-kuzmanovic@mail.libertyrealty.com> To: <MarcGohres@bestlasvegasproperties.com> Sent: Friday, July 07, 2006 10:30 AM Subject: discovery hills > Hi! Marc, I thought the meeting last night was a
great first step to making our community a safer one. We should have regular
meetings, to get to know each other and to give all neighbors a chance to
voice. I see two things that we discused to be really good ideas, SPEED BUMPS
and SECURITY PATROL. Maybe at our next meeting we could have costs etc. Keep
up the good work! |
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----- Original Message -----
To: MarcGohres@GohresCompanies.Com
Sent: Friday, July 07, 2006 5:00 PM Subject: Discovery Hills Hi Marc, I'm glad to see the meeting went well and I am so sorry I
had to miss it. I hope there will be more in the future. I'd like
the chance to get to know my neighbors better too. I'm also glad the issue of speed bumps was brought up
because I think the corner of Ventura Hills/Falls Church is a dangerous
one. I live on the corner of Ventura Hills and I've lost track of how
many times I've almost gotten nailed either pulling out of the driveway or
walking across the street. Some people take that corner way too fast
and/or way too sharply. People need to realize that there are two
families with small children that live in that corner, not to mention kids
riding motorzed scooters (without helmets) up the middle of the road. I
don't like speed bumps, but I don't want to scrape a kid off the street
either. Maybe just discussing the issue at a meeting would help. I wholeheartedly agree with some type of secuity
patrol. As a stay-at-home mom, I've noticed an increase of unwelcome
"activity" on Ventura Hills lately. A security patrol would
definitely be more effective than a gate. Thanks for all your hard work Marc - it is greatly
appreciated! -Diane Eggers |
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To: MarcGohres@GohresCompanies.Com
Sent: Saturday, July 08, 2006 12:30 PM Subject: Meeting Marc, Thanks for your efforts Thursday
evening. A patrol service using TSI or some other armed security would
be beneficial. I will do some research as I am well acquainted with the
ownership of TSI. Speedbumps. As I mentioned I did some
preliminary work with Lynette Boggs-McDonald. She was extremely
supportive but all went away when she left for the County Commission.
Our city councilman is Steve Wolfson. We need to contact him and bring
him into the development. I am sure if we are united it won't take too
long install speed bumps and signs, etc. We as a community need to let
him know,, however a first contact from you and perhaps other Summerlin
representatives would be the way to start. Thanks- |
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----- Original Message -----
To: MarcGohres@GohresCompanies.Com
Sent: Tuesday, July 25, 2006 11:37 AM Subject: Broad daylight burglary at
Ventura Hills Hi Marc, Thanks for the web-site. Though I think it might
be time to resend the address to those who don't frequent it. Can I
help pass it out for you? I hope you received my phone message the
other night. Just last week a neighbor reported to us that his
neighbor's house had been burglarized, on Ventura Hills St.
Well it just so happened that he has a very neat system that recorded
the whole event. 3 men came in 2 cars. One man attempted to
go towards one house but apparently heard people inside. The man left
quickly and hit the house next door. He probably rang the doorbell and
when nobody answered the door they simply kicked it in. The 2 cars left
while the man stayed in the house for 45 min! He loaded up their SUV
and left with their valuables including guns. All of this is on tape
and has been given to police. This happened at 3:15 pm. On his
surveillance it is noted that the 2 cars were driving around the neighbor at
noon. I feel horrible for the woman who came home by herself to find
her house like this, but it makes us wonder what else one can do. It's
scary that someone could SIMPLY kick in one of our doors. I would
recommend we all check our doors for the length of our deadbolts,etc.
Also if you have one of those side windows at the door you install a double
key deadbolt so they just can't pop the window, reach in and unlock your
door. We ourselves are now looking into a similar surveillance camera
system. We have an alarm and being a day sleeper and not answering my
doorbell all the time, I sleep with the alarm on but now will sleep with my
motion detector on. Looking on the Metro web site there are several
burglaries in our neighboring areas (including the Vineyards). Marc, I would like to use this venue to network any
security vendors that we all use, ie:security doors, surveillance
cameras/companies, alarm systems, etc. We personally have a security
door though I wouldn't recommend the company as I wasn't completely satisfied
with the aesthetics of their job. Comments/suggestion? Chrissy Millard |
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Thursday,
August 10, 2006 From: MarcGohres@GohresCompanies.Com Subject: Truck vandalized and broken
into. Well, my truck was broken into for the third time now,
this time they stole everything in the truck and vandalized it, smashing in
the side of the door and front quarter panel. After seeing the amazing video
from the above burglary I think I am going to get a camera system installed.
If anybody wants a copy of the surveillance tape from the above burglary, let
me know and I let you borrow the DVD to make a copy. |
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To: MarcGohres@bestlasvegasproperties.com
Sent: Friday, August 18, 2006 10:59 AM Subject: Discovery Hills Last Night Marc, I do not know if you are aware of what happened last night
on my street in Discovery Hills. Either you were awaken by the huge
fight with drunken teenagers, or the Police chasing them in our neighborhood,
or the helicopter spot light that lighted up your back yard and house at 1:
00 AM !!!!! It is the same house on Benicia where the mother has moved
out and left the 4 boys to live there. It is out of control. We feel like we
are living on MLK & 4th in the ghetto !!!! We awoke with
drunken cars sketching and kids fighting in front of my house on my lawn with
blood and beer cans all over our street. It was so out of hand that
people were out of their houses with guns in their hands trying to protect their
lively hoods. Marc, Is there any thing in the CCR rule book about abandoning
your house to children that are out of control. ? don’t you have to
live in the house or can you just leave it for kids ?. Either they need
to do something or the neighbors are and it is not going to be good. We
are living in fear of these kids in our neighborhood. The Summerlin board makes sure they write you a notice to
lien your house if you do not keep your lawn maintained or you do not have a
trash can out too long, or your tree is too over grown, but they are letting
these kids (or this mom) ruin our Summerlin homes. ??? They need to get
their act together now. Ever since this mom with no husband and 4 kids
have moved in our neighborhood has been vandalized, trashed with empty beer
cans all over the streets, noise that is out of control, parties every
weekend, our street is so packed with cars from this house that it extends
all the way down to Carmel Mountain and illegal outbursts of yelling,
etc. The mom has since moved out and has moved in with her
boyfriend who will not let the kids over his house so the mom has left them
to this house on Benicia and she comes once every two weeks to get the mail
and that is it. We need to take care of this NOW. Thank you for listening. |
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To: Jill Steele Sent: Friday, August 18, 2006 1:05 PM Subject: Re: Discovery Hills Last Night Jill, Be
assured that your entire message below was faxed immediately to the Summerlin
North council, and I will forward their reply to you when I receive it. I realize
your frustration and have tried my best efforts in uniting our neighborhood
to work together. I am currently driving a rental car as my truck had been at
the dealer getting repaired for the third time due to a break-in, attempted
theft and vandalizing of the exterior body with what appears to be a bat or
some other blunt object, so I too know the problem is out of hand. The
question remains is what are WE, Discovery Hills going to do about it? I am open
to all suggestions and will post them here for a public forum on how to get
this under control. Marc |
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To: MarcGohres@BestLasVegasProperties.com Sent: Sunday, September 17, 2006 1:32 AM Subject: Want to know about who owns a
house on your street, or crime? I am going to include 2 links, that some of the concerned
residents may find helpful. One link is to find out about crime in the area,
the second is a link to who owns any house in the valley. So if you want to
know who the owner of any house is, you can find out. Both links are a matter
of public record, and given to me by Metro. I know your busy, as we all are,
but I would like to hold a meeting at my house on how we change the problems.
I have seen nothing posted (on this site) of any resolution to problems. I
would like to say on a positive note that someone has been arrested in
possession of the vehicle stolen in the 1200 block of Ventura Hills St
burglary. Also, what happened to posting the video of the burglary mentioned
above so we can be aware, and look for those cars / people again?
Thanks, Mark. http://gisgate.co.clark.nv.us/openweb/asp/openweb.asp The second link was down when I tried to attach it, but it
is the same link that Kathy from metro gave before. Let's do more then talk
about it on a web site? Thanks again, Mark. |
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----- Original Message ----- From: Jill Steele
To: MarcGohres@GohresCompanies.Com
Sent: Wednesday, July 18, 2007 3:19 PM Subject: Dried out landscapes Why are there so many dried up front yards in
Discovery Hills ? Are they not passing out notice? we have maybe
4 houses with burned out front yards, and the side yards that homeowners are
responsible for are all dried up ? Did they turn the water off? One house 1212 Benicia Hill on the corner is all
gone. This is such a fire hazard and an eye score, and our Discovery
Hills is looking like ghetto houses. !!! I get a notice because my trees are over grown, but these
homes are all dried up and no notice ? Even if they are empty they need to
keep up the yards. |
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