Would you please use the side door (south side)  for entering?

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HI, Weekend greetings. Thanks to Lafayette neighbors for opening and closing. If you would like extended hours in lower Lafayette, would you please call Dave 722-1511 or Dawn 393-4219?

Pizza & Social at 6:30, More social & meeting starts at 7pm @ Lafayette Upper

Agenda items:

Duluth Boat Club Presentation on sites at 13th and boat launch/DSSA area

Bylaws committee would like input on meeting night change. Which night and what time ? Dave Poulin & Liz Mackay of Bylaw Committee. Please contact Dave at 722-1511 with your comment/input for the bylaws committee. Thank you!

Support of Festival of Lights at 38th- Al Robins

Tree Planting Support; Volunteers Needed

Pontliana Woods Update- Gay Hooper

MPPS- Report from our sister C-3 -Minnesota Point Preservation Society

Welcome new Breeze editor, David Bacchus

Youth Committee- Liz Mackay, Volunteers needed

Art Fair Committee-Mission statement DRAFT for 2015 Art Fair

Ice burbling behind Beach House

In contrast to our neighbors down in Mexico

Wish you were where?

The key points are:

1. The County commissioners voted to take the woods out of conservation at the Nov. 4th board meeting.

2. There will not be a public auction until June 2015. This will allow some time to explore permanent protection, but not a lot.  We are asking anyone with any insight or conservation group connections to please contact Gay Hooper 218-722-2357 or Dulce Proud 218-525-4530.

3. Key soil testing has not been done. The city council has been informed and will look into this.

4. A 1994 six-step MDNR action plan to preserve this land is now being ignored. We will ask the Planning Commission and City Council to re-review the situation.

5. We gave a presentation at the Duluth Audubon Society meeting last week. They were very supportive.

6. 17th &18th Minnesota Ave homeowners met with Rep. Erik Simonson today. He was given a lot of background information about the woods and a copy of the latest breeze thanks to Dave Johnson.

Park Point resident Dennis Hoelscher shared this recent post:

 Residents Concerns About Insufficient Fire and Medical Emergency Services in Duluth, Minnesota

Fire and emergency medical services have been at or near the top of residents’ concerns for several years. The closing of Fire Station 5, in June 2012, made conditions even worse. A report was recently written that deals directly with this matter. It is titled Residents Concerns About Insufficient Fire and Medical Emergency Services in Duluth, Minnesota. 2014 December 3. The report provides details of current conditions, analysis of the City of Duluth consultant’s report titled Comprehensive Study Of The Duluth Fire Department, 2012 March, and some feasible solutions. 

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Lafayette was the location of another great potluck with our neighbors and visitors to Park Point.  Thanks to everyone who helped out with this celebration. The candles and decorations were really nice. The food, of course, was fabulous !

See Robert Pokorney‘s new paintings Dec. 17 at the Lake Avenue Cafe.

Reception on Dec. 17th from 4-6 with free wine and snacks.