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Make check payable to Miraloma Park Improvement Club, 350 O’Shaughnessy Blvd., San Francisco, CA 94127. (No cash, please). Thank you! [ ] New Member [ ] Renewing Member Date: ________________ Name: ____________________________________________________________________ Address:___________________________________________________________________ Phone: ______________ Email: ________________________________________________ [ ] Please send me an email reminder to renew my membership. [ ] [ ] [ ] Enclosed are my dues for the next twelve months (check one): $12 Senior Member(s) [ ] $15 Single Member $25 Family Membership [ ] $35 Supporting Member $50 Contributing Member [ ] $___________Other No MPIC membership information is shared with other parties or organizations. October 2015 Miraloma Life Page 11 Important Phone Numbers EMERGENCY All City Calls Poison Control Center Non-emergency Police Dispatch Suicide Prevention Hotline Ingleside Police Community Room Parking Complaints Abandoned Cars Security Survey/Nbd. Watch Office of Citizen’s Complaints Against SFPD Narcotics Tips (anonymous) SFPD Tip Line Domestic/Family Violence (24hrs) Stray, Abused, or Dangerous Animals Dumped Item Pickup – DPW Vital Records Code Enforcement Hotline Graffiti Cleanup – DPW Police New Graffiti Hotline MUNI Shelter Damage/Graffiti Ingleside SFPD Hearing-Impaired line School of the Arts Norman Yee, Supervisor Dist. 7 ([email protected]) 9-1-1 3-1-1 1-800-222-1222 415-553-0123 415-781-0500 415-404-4000 415-553-1200 415-553-9817 415-673-SAFE 415-241-7711 1-800-CRACKIT 415-587-8984 415-864-4722 415-554-6364 3-1-1 3-1-1 415-554-3977 3-1-1 415-278-9454 1-510-835-5900 415-404-4009 415-695-5700 415-554-6516 RENT the MPIC Clubhouse Miraloma Park Residential Design Guidelines: Adopted in 1999 by the SF Planning Commission to promote preservation of neighborhood character by encouraging residential design compatible with neighborhood setting, these Guidelines facilitate the complex process of permit application and design review and can prevent costly, time-consuming Discretionary Review proceedings. The Guidelines are at www.miralomapark.org. MPIC Board of Directors President....................................................................Robert Gee Vice President ..................................................................Bill Kan Recording Secretary .................................... Joanne Whitney Corresponding Secretary ............................Dan Liberthson Treasurer ..............................................................Vivienne Antal Sergeant-at-arms.......................................... Joanne Whitney Tim Armour Karen Breslin Daniel Homsey Gary Isaacson Sue Kirkham Cassandra Mettling-Davis Kathy Rawlins Justin Ryckenbusch Ryan Sims Pratibha Tekky Karen Miller Wood Serder Yerelan Directory General Inquiries for MPIC ........................................415-281-0892 Clubhouse Manager ....................................................415-281-0892 Clubhouse Rental Agent ............................................415-794-7885 Website: www.miralomapark.org Webmaster: Ron Proctor ............................................415-281-0892 Mayor’s Office of Neighborhood Services ...........415-554-7111 Miraloma Elementary School ...................................415-469-4734 Miraloma CoOp Nursery School .............................415-585-6789 Miraloma Playground .................................................415-337-4704 Miraloma Life Staff Editor: Dan Liberthson ..............................................415-281-0892 Advertising: Vivienne Antal..................................... 415-281-0892 [email protected] Distribution: Gary Isaacson .......................................415-281-0892 Graphics/Layout: Christopher Long ......................415-281-0892 Article Submission Policy MPIC Members get a discount. Trash and recycling available. Free parking in the adjacent parking lot. Call 415-281-0892 for rates/availability Or E-mail: [email protected] Deadline for November 2015 issue articles is Monday, October 12. E-mail copies of your article to [email protected], with “Miraloma Life” in the Subject. Or mail to: Editor, Miraloma Life, 350 O’Shaughnessy Blvd., San Francisco, CA 94127.
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