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Residents push for neighborhood watch as feral-cat feeding prompts complaints
Summary
Board members agreed to draft a notice to the co-op asking residents to stop feeding feral cats after reports of a large feeding site; members also discussed starting a neighborhood watch, using newsletters and social media for outreach and logging incidents for the sheriff.
Board members discussed complaints about people feeding feral cats at the co-op and agreed to draft a letter asking the co-op to discourage feeding.
A participant described a substantial feeding site and estimated as many as 30–34 cats at times, saying the activity is creating problems for nearby residents and their animals. The board agreed to draft and circulate a notice to the co-op and review the wording before sending. Members also discussed better incident reporting to the sheriff’s office and requested monthly call logs (vandalism/suspicious activity only) to understand patterns.
Separately, the board discussed forming a neighborhood-watch effort to increase community awareness of vandalism and suspicious incidents. Suggestions included a sign-up hyperlink on the village website, a newsletter summary of recent incidents and enlisting volunteers to do periodic walks. Several members volunteered to help coordinate outreach; one member offered to post meeting recordings and use YouTube/Google Drive for sharing videos of incidents.
The board asked staff to draft the notice to the co-op, to ask the sheriff for incident-log statistics and to begin outreach planning for a neighborhood-watch sign-up.
