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SEPTEMBER PNA NEIGHBORS MEETING – Tuesday Sept 29 @ 7:00 pm
New Location: Lafayette High School Enter through the main entrance and follow the signs the PNA meeting
Meeting Topics
by Hilary Angelucci, aide to Council Member Peggy Henson, District 11
The Harrodsburg Road and South Broadway left turn lanes to Mason Headley and Waller Avenue respectively will be closed Monday to allow for demolition and reconstruction of the Harrodsburg and Broadway medians. Detour signage will be in place for the left turn to Waller. Once the medians are complete, they will remove the detour and push the lanes towards the medians, which will pretty much make Harrodsburg Rd unobstructed the rest of the project. The entire project should take about 8 weeks.
The right turn lanes near the corner islands will close, routing them over newly placed temporary paving on the left side of the islands. The outbound right turn lane from Harrodsburg to Mason Headley will close and the lane width will adjust on Waller by St. Joe to construct curbs, accessible ramps and drainage structures, etc.
Once the perimeter areas of the project are finished, the construction team will complete the corner islands shifting right turn traffic back to the right side of the islands. Mason Headley will close the inside left turn onto Harrodsburg while leaving the combo thru and left turn lane open.
The current configuration of the intersection is not pedestrian friendly, much less ADA compliant. This project is intended to address that, making the intersection friendlier to all folks walking in this area.
Please be patient and use extra caution at this intersection.
With 75 newly planted trees at Lafayette and SCAPA, it is a daunting task to water, mulch, and weed if only one or two people take care of all the trees. So we are asking for your help. If you would be willing to adopt a tree (or trees), here is what we would ask of you:
1. Let us know which tree(s) you want to adopt. We will place an adoption tag on your tree with your name on it so that others know that tree is taken. Email Melinda Smith at picadomeneighborhood@gmail. com, with which tree(s) and how exactly you would like your name listed. Examples: This tree adopted by: “The Johnson Family” or “Sam Johnson”-however you prefer. Melinda will get the tags made and give them to you to place on your tree(s).
2. WATERING According to our arborist, each tree needs 10-15 gallons of water per week – water must be able to soak in and not run off. If it does rain – it must be a soaking rain to count – and needs to be at least 1” of rain. The watering is needed throughout the summer and fall months as needed. You can use three 5-gallon buckets. Several of our neighbors have been able to obtain free 5 gallon buckets from local restaurants. For two of the buckets, you would punch holes in the bottom and sit them at the base of your tree so that when they are filled with water, it soaks in slowly. The third you would use to fill up your first two buckets. Be sure and reclaim your buckets after the water has seeped through for use next time. If you would like information on obtaining those buckets, contact Jim DeBruyne (jmdebruyne@gmail.com).
3. WEEDING Also please pull any weeds around the tree so that the Lafayette maintenance staff will not feel the need to mow very close to the tree. If they do, and accidentally hit the tree, it creates a wound that can allow disease and insects into the tree.
4. If you find you can no longer care for the tree(s), please contact Jim DeBruyne (jmdebruyne@gmail.com) so that he can arrange a new volunteer for your tree.
Special Note: If you will be out of town for longer than week and can’t find anyone to care for your trees in your absence, contact Jim DeBruyne from the PNA Board who is heading up the tree nurturing program. He will find a substitute for you. His email is Jim DeBruyne (jmdebruyne@gmail.com).
Thank you so much for helping us create a supportive and beautiful community in our neighborhood.
Lafayette’s 75th Anniversary will be held this Friday and Saturday. Hundreds of former alumni are expected to attend. Picadome Neighbors who are not alumni are also invited. Please help us welcome these guests into our neighborhood by being understanding that there is limited parking for such a large event. Many guests will have to park along our neighborhood streets.
Lafayette High School
Beginning at 5 pm on Friday, former faculty, staff and alumni will gather in the library to reconnect. There will be tours available. There will be a sock hop in the gym where the band will be an alumni band. On Saturday, 10:30 am, alumni will meet with their respective classes. At 1 pm, all are invited to attend performances by Lafayette’s band and orchestra. The master of ceremonies will be Tom Hammond (class of 1962), who is the voice of the Kentucky Derby and a longtime sportscaster for NBC. Former Governors John Y Brown Jr. (Class of 52) and Ernie Fletcher (class of 1969) will speak.
On March 21, we successfully planted 75 trees on the grounds of Lafayette High School. However, after the planting, we discovered that 23 of the trees had been planted too deeply. According to Dave Leonard, certified arborist and volunteer consultant on this project, trees will die if planted too deeply. We had to devise a plan to lift the trees.
Thanks to 10 determined volunteers working over Saturday and Sunday, all 23 trees that needed to be raised up in their beds, now have been! All that will be needed in the next few weeks is mulching with the wood chips that Dave Leonard, has generously offered to donate and deliver. When the wood chips are delivered, we will be adding mulch to each of the 75 trees. Thank you to all who gave time this weekend for this great project!
Location: Helm Hall, SCAPA, 400 Lafayette Parkway. Enter through the glass doors at the covered walkway area facing Lafayette Parkway and follow signs to Helm Hall
March Meeting Topics
NEIGHBORHOOD MATCHING GRANT AWARD FOR PICADOME NEIGHBORHOOD
We are pleased to report that Sandy Shafer and Laurie Fields successfully applied for a grant to benefit our neighborhood. Our neighborhood has received funds to plant 75 trees at Lafayette High School in honor of their 75th Anniversary and additional plants in the empty green space on Lafayette Parkway. This grant requires that the winning neighborhood provide volunteer and monetary match toward the grant. Please help us with the planting of the trees on Saturday March 21st.
WE NEED YOU! VOLUNTEERS NEEDED LAFAYETTE HIGH SCHOOL 75th ANNIVERSARY TREE PLANTING SPONSORED BY PICADOME NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION
SATURDAY, MARCH 21, 9:00AM
Please help us at 9:00 AM on Saturday, March 21st, Lafayette High School’s Beeler Auditorium to help us set trees in already drilled holes. Please bring a shovel. Tree holes will be pre-drilled and the trees will be set via machinery. All that will be required of volunteers is to fill the holes with dirt, and place mulch around the tree. March 22 will be used to finish the planting (if necessary). Kindly RSVP to Picadomeneighborhood@gmail.com if you can join us. We want to know how many volunteers we can count on so we can plan accordingly. Please join us!
Winter Wonderland
A tough cardinal soldiers on in the weather extremes
Greetings from your Picadome Neighborhood Association! We hope you are keeping warm during this artic front that we have been enduring. Thanks to all the neighbors who were able to shovel sidewalks enough for the post office personnel to deliver. Please check on your elderly neighbors during these severe temperatures to be sure they are ok.
Neighborhood Matching Grant Award
We are pleased to report that PNA has received a Neighborhood Matching Grant for $4,000 to be used for planting trees at Lafayette High School in honor of their 75th Anniversary and to be used for landscaping at our vacant lots on Lafayette Parkway. Special thanks to Laurie Fields and Sandy Shafer for applying for this grant for us. Details of the award will be presented at our next PNA Neighborhood Meeting.
Next PNA Neighborhood Meeting
To celebrate the upcoming end of winter and welcome in summer, we are planning our next Picadome Neighborhood Meeting in March. We will share details on the Neighborhood Match Grant and about Lafayette’s 75th Anniversary. Please watch for posts sharing the date and time.
Picadome Neighborhood Association exits to help take our neighborhood from a collection of homes to a community of neighbors and friends working together to address issues affecting the neighborhood. We advocate with local government to solve those problems. Membership is $20 per household and open to anyone living in the Picadome Neighborhood (Complete list of PNA streets).
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