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Sherwood Hills meeting spotlights one-day emergency-preparedness class, cleanup and Highway 99 safety concerns
Summary
Sherwood Hills residents heard about an upcoming one-day CRESSA emergency-preparedness class, a neighborhood cleanup on NE 117th–119th and raised safety concerns about missing sidewalks, invasive blackberry growth and illegal signage along Highway 99; county reporting procedures and code-enforcement capacity were discussed.
Sherwood Hills Neighborhood Association volunteers and Clark County staff described several neighborhood-priority items: a one-day emergency-preparedness class launching this weekend, a neighborhood cleanup on the stretch near NE 117th–119th, and recurring safety and maintenance concerns along Highway 99, including lack of continuous sidewalks, accumulation of illegal signs and obstructive blackberry growth.
Marlene McCall, a neighborhood program coordinator with Clark County, described a condensed, one-day version of Community Emergency Response Team–style training organized with CRESSA. "We're launching it actually Saturday, and it'll be just a 1 day program where you can come for the day and ... learn how to pack your go bag," she said. McCall said the class is designed to be accessible — participants pay a small fee (about $5) to cover materials — and that the county can organize a session for a neighborhood if at least 12–15 residents sign up. The initial session mentioned at the meeting will be held in Amboy at a local fire station; McCall said the program team will schedule additional sessions and can organize one in Sherwood Hills if enough residents express interest.
Neighborhood volunteers announced a cleanup day on the same corridor where the proposed mural will be painted and invited people to sign up. Organizers said the cleanup will focus on litter and vegetation near the wall adjacent to Klein Line Park.
Residents raised several recurring issues for county follow-up. They said Highway 99 lacks continuous sidewalks in stretches adjacent to Sherwood Hills, that many temporary signs (campaign and commercial) are left in the public right of way, and that overgrown blackberry and vegetation in some spots are obstructing sight lines at driveways and bus stops. McCall advised residents that Clark County’s public-works and code-enforcement web pages include forms to report potholes, obstruction and other road problems and that county crews prioritize cases by public-safety risk. Meeting participants said code-enforcement resources are limited; one county staffer noted there are already a substantial backlog of cases and that enforcement prioritizes safety hazards.
Speakers discussed practical next steps: organizers will collect neighborhood signups for the CRESSA one-day class and for the mural/cleanup volunteer lists; residents were advised to use the county web reporting tool for immediate safety or code concerns; county staff offered to follow up on a planned sidewalks project and on the Highway 99 bus/rapid-transit plans that may affect pedestrian improvements.
The meeting closed with reminders that neighborhood activities are volunteer-led and that county staff can be contacted for assistance or clarification; participants asked for follow-up email notices with event dates and sign-up links.
