The Official Newsletter Of The Miraloma Park Improvement Club October 2015
Miraloma Life
San Francisco’s Private Clubs: A Rich History of Patricians and Plebians
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Miraloma Park Improvement Club Membership Application
Please complete and mail with your dues to the Club address below. 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.
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Enclosed are my dues for the next twelve months (check one):
$12 Senior Member(s)
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$15 Single Member
$25 Family Membership
[ ]
$35 Supporting Member
$50 Contributing Member
[ ]
$___________Other
No MPIC membership information is shared with other parties or organizations.
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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.