Elliot's

Minutes for Elliot's, a family-owned diner on Elliot St in downtown Lowell. Mainly known for hotdogs.

CTO: 0850
In Attendance: Ratbas, 4 other guys each sitting quietly at their own tables, owner and one employee. Plenty of trees and lamp posts for bike parking.

Order: $3 breakfast (2 eggs, toast, homefries, choice of meat, coffee). Served in under five minutes. Served on a styrofoam plate with a plastic fork. Substituted ice coffee for hot, no additional cost. All foods prepared exactly as they should be (nailed the homefries).

Plenty of natural lighting. Tiled walls provide an authentic classic atmosphere.

Other guys leave by 9. The last one puts his copy of the Lawrence Eagle Tribune where the trays would normally go

Radio is playing the oldies station. The oldies station is playing 80's songs.

More customers come and go, owner identifies them by name.

"Come on Eileen" plays from an old portable stereo too small to be called a beat box despite being from the era when that term was used.

Tech report: No wi-fi. Weak signal available from nearby Garcia Brogan's. Went with tether. No strange looks from anyone.

Financial report (including tax and tip): $4.18

Upcoming events: closed Memorial Day. Open Mon-Sat, 7a-10p. Closed Sundays.

CTA: 0925.

Coffee Shop on a Friday Morning

CTO: 930am

In attendance: Rat, 2 employees, guy on a laptop, lady eating ice cream and drinking coffee from another coffee shop.

Minor disagreement about the price of an item clearly displayed as a special. Quickly settled.

Lightly cooked items served up in a reasonable amount of time considering it's a college-student employing facility and not a 5-generation diner. Actual food items also reasonable under the circumstances.

Barbecue sauce unavailable. Motion made to go with ketchup. Motion passed unanimously.

Coffee served in 16 ounce Martha Stewart-looking mug. Beverage itself was candy-tasting as though the creamer was flavored. Employee apologized for making it too light.

Internet access flawless.

Financial report: $7 including tip.

CTA: 1010.

cnag unofficial minutes
(your spelling and choice of what to record may vary)
4/19/10

cto: 1838
att: 37

Liz intro, Pat teaching class.

Today is a holiday, this effects trash

General announcements (public service phone numbers)

Demolition meeting 5/19 for gas station site to take place at City Hall

Volunteers needed for McPhearson reopening celebration in all regards. Hoped for date is 6/26 (same date pool opens)

Neighborhood clean up event 5/1 corner of 1st and Bradley. 10am rain or shine

--Eric LaMarsch from Veteran's Services:
VS is not VA
sim to welfare system, but for vets
Those who qualify are encourage to ask for a private consultation
Located at Sr. Center

Police report
Capt. Flaherty and Frank from Family Services Unit
Frank talks about sex offender registration.
Emphasizes the rights of the offenders from harassment
Discussion of the responsibilities of the offenders to register
Level-3 offenders are listed on web. You need to click on an 'agree' button to view them.

Rep from school com.
Discussion of general financial concerns. Schools have been closed. Anticipating another 5-8 million dollar cut.
We're looking at our needs to add another school due to state requirements.
Concerns about Varnum school getting passed around and what to do with the property.
Open floor for questions about C-ville schools. No questions.

Capt Flaherty's crime report for 3/15-4/15 (map)
Robbery 1, Burglary 15, Theft from vehicle 13, theft of vehicle 4, vandalism 25

Jenn from LPD
Community surveys are going out in multiple languages. This will be done randomly at first due to budget limitations (1500 phone calls by mid May. Calls take about 10 minutes). After that the survey will be available at Survey Monkey. Efforts will also be made through social media and LTC.

Voke students on the Aiken St Bridge arts projects
They would like to redo the silhouettes.
This is an on-going project
The bridge has 126 images
During a recent field trip they were able to save some of the original paintings by retouching them. Others had to be painted over.
This works towards VICA for the students.
The Voke was encouraged to check with the owner of the Spinners for funding.
They need paint and volunteers.

Update on flags program (US flags all up the business end of Bridge St).
Still needs donations.
40 flags have been ordered.

Dog/reservoir issue:
2 page brochure on the dangerous and vicious dog ordinance should be available soon. City officials will be visiting all neighborhood groups at that time.

CTA: 7:45