Dear Citizens:
I hope this finds all of you doing well. To be candid with you, this will be the shortest Mayor’s letter that I have ever written. Everything in the city seems to be going well. We have an excellent council and city employees, processes are in place and things are running smoothly.

As the Holidays quickly approach I would like to remind you of a few items. This year’s annual St. Regis Park Holiday Extravaganza will be held on Sunday, December 9th, from 4:00 to 6:00 PM at St. Andrew United Church of Christ, 2608 Browns Lane. Food, Refreshments, a visit from Santa and good old family fun and fellowship will occur.

Also, as some of you new to the neighborhood may not know, Boy Scout Troop 386 annually sells live Christmas Trees at St. Andrew United Church of Christ. Sales run from Late-November through mid December.

If you’re planning to purchase a cut tree, support the Boy Scouts of Troop 386. Proceeds go for summer camp, adventure trips and camping gear.

As Thanksgiving approaches, it provides us the opportunity to be thankful for what we have and to support those less fortunate. I encourage all of you to enjoy your friends and family as you gather around the dinner table. Life is short and you may have a chance to be with people this year that won’t be here next year. On a personal note, I am very thankful to our City staff and Council Members, all of whom are committed to working together to make a positive and lasting contribution to the City of St. Regis Park. I am indeed fortunate to serve with such dedicated
individuals who truly care about our community. I am confident that together we will continue to achieve remarkable things.

On behalf of the City of St. Regis Park, I wish you all a Happy Thanksgiving and Remember, the City of St. Regis Park is a great place to live. Together, we will make it even better!

Sincerely,
Brandt Davis, Mayor

Dear Citizens:

I hope this finds all of you doing well. We had another productive meeting last night. The first order of business accomplished was agreeing on a new city engineer. Mark Madison with Milestone
design group will be helping us with all foreseeable projects. Some immediate work that Mark will be doing for us is looking at all of our roads and making recommendations on repairs and preventative maintenance. Also, Mark will be helping us with our new signage. Last, but not least, Mark will be coordinating with MSD to make sure a project they will be working on later this fall in St. Regis is done to our expectations.

Next, we had a concerned citizen attend the meeting that said they would like to have more communication within the city. After a joint brainstorming, it was decided that we will be adding a service called REACH Alert. The City of Hurstbourne and the City of Anchorage are already using it. As a city, we will be able to send alerts as text messages, voice calls, emails, or all of the above simultaneously. This will make sure that even if someone doesn’t have a cell phone or the internet (i.e. Facebook, emails, etc.) they will still be notified of events. This is all in addition to the newsletter, of course. We see this service being used to remind people of community activities, impending snow storms (reminders to not park on the street), crime information, etc. One of the great things about the program is that there may be 4 users per address (whether the user lives in the home or not). This is an added benefit for adult children who don’t live
in the city and want to stay informed for the sake of their parents who are still residents here. For more information, please visit reachalert.com. In order to get started today, please see the attached flyer with instructions.

Also in regards to better communication, if you are new to the city or have never signed up for our block watch emails, please do so by emailing Councilwoman Cheryl Willett at stregispark@gmail.com.

Louisville Councilwoman Marilyn Parker and I met to discuss the amount of traffic on Browns Ln. during the early morning hours. She was able to see first hand how difficult it is for St. Regis Park residents to turn right, let alone turn left, on to Browns Ln and the resulting back up of traffic on Mt. Vernon, Dannywood, Lincoln, and St. Regis Lane. As a result, she has already had the traffic light at Browns Ln./ McMahan/Lowe delayed a little bit longer to provide more “gaps” between cars for safer entrance on to Browns Ln. for our residents. So, thank you
Councilwoman Marilyn Parker for your quick response.

Lastly, the City Council has decided to not proceed with any survey to residents regarding Speed Humps at this time. If a motion is made on the subject, a vote will take place accordingly.

Remember, the City of St. Regis Park is a great place to live. Together, we will make it even better!

Sincerely,
Brandt Davis, Mayor

Dear Citizens:

It is that time of year when students return to school and the grass doesn’t seem to grow as fast. Soon, we will all start enjoying fall sports, chili and cooler weather. As Ascension and Greathouse resume, I have asked for our contracted police to really focus on speeding that occurs in our city. They will be concentrating on writing tickets and not giving warnings. I would ask you to remind friends and family that live in and frequent the neighborhood to be mindful of their speed.

We had a very, very productive council meeting when we discussed speed humps and other ideas that could curtail speeding and increase the safety of our neighborhood. About 35-40 citizens showed up and everyone had a chance to speak. At the September council meeting we plan on creating a survey to make sure each of our citizens’ voices are heard, especially citizens most affected by the speeding.

In addition to speeding, we have had a rash of break-ins, mainly involving cars. However, alarmingly, we did have a couple of home break-ins. I would ask all citizens to make sure that their car/garage/ home doors are all locked and that they leave plenty of outside lights on at night. I would also encourage everyone to consider contacting a home security company to get quotes on a home security system. This is a best practice. The city is and will continue to make sure we are doing our part in making sure everyone is safe. However, we want to make sure each homeowner is discouraging would-be burglars as much as possible on their end. Security systems go a long way in doing just that.

While the city has accomplished a great deal, there is still much to do. Over the next couple of weeks, we plan on tackling many projects including some of the following: painting the yellow curbs, interviewing engineering firms to replace our previous city engineer, finalizing a plan for new city signage and interviewing potentially new contracted police groups.

Remember, the City of St. Regis Park is a great place to live. Together, we will make it even better!

Sincerely,
Brandt Davis, Mayor