The Yalecrest Neighborhood Council helps promote a safe and vibrant community in this historic neighborhood
with its iconic architecture, tree-lined streets and parks.
We act as a forum for residents to voice their opinions about issues vital to the community and to engage in activities, projects and causes that reflect Yalecrest’s vitality.
MONTHLY MEETINGS
YNC meetings are typically held the second Thursday monthly at 6:30 p.m.
at Anderson-Foothill Library. Zoom attendance is also available.
View the video from the latest YNC meeting, May 8, here.
Meeting Highlights About Yalecrest’s
Diseased Sycamore Trees
Key takeaways from the YNC meeting Nov. 14, 2024:
1. Urban Forestry will send contractors to Yalecrest and nearby areas to prune sycamore trees and remove as much dead wood as possible.
2. By the end of 2024, Urban Forestry will finalize a new treatment plan that will be tested on small groups of sycamores in the spring. The city hopes to identify the best strategies that emerge. Yalecrest wlll be a test site.
3. The city and homeowners are facing tough choices: the tradeoff between pouring money into repetitive treatment options or replacing the most damaged trees. Annual costs can range from $500-$1,200 per tree.
4. Private and government arborists agree there are proven methods for controlling the bugs attacking sycamores, but controlling anthracnose is more difficult.
5. Byron Little of Save Our Sycamores advocated for a tighter community-government partnership to solve this problem, with better data collection.
Click here for the full report. Or watch the meeting video here.
Miller Park Clean-Up Day Sept 14th
New Yalecrest Neighborhood Council Board Elected
Jeff Howell was elected chair of the Yalecrest Neighborhood Council during the August Council meeting. Three other new officers—Rachel Day, Jim Guilkey and Jim Webster—were elected along with several incumbents.
Howell will step into the chair position on January 1, 2025. Current Chair Jan Hemming will continue to serve until the end of the year. The board composition is as follows: Jeff Howell Chair (January, 2025), Eric Povilus and Stuart Bevan, Co-Vice Chairs; Jim Guilkey, Secretary-Treasurer; At-Large: Marguerite Henderson, Rachel Day, Jennifer Evans and Jim Webster. All will fill two-year terms.
Friends of Miller Park
In the 1980s, Yalecrest formed the Miller Park Committee, a citizens oversight group. Based on comments as well as suggestions received from Yalecrest residents, the YNC is re-creating the spirit of that early group and formed the “Friends of Miller Park.” The committee is charged with maintaining the historical and environmental integrity of Miller Bird Refuge and Nature Park. This is accomplished through public awareness, occasional clean-up projects, bird watching, vegetation and tree plantings, and educational outings in the park.