DHA President - Kevin Delehanty opened the meeting and welcomed everyone and restated our charter as an organization.   Our primary goal as an organization, is for the betterment of all who live in our neighborhood on issues involving our neighborhood and the community of South Boston as a whole.  The Dorchester Heights Association is a non-political organization.  We work with all elected officials and will always function in the best interests of the membership and community.

National Parks Service - John Manson told the association the Dorchester Heights open house was a great success.  He acknowledged Ed and Cheryl McLaughlin for providing the Parks Service with a new updated map of Boston during the revolutionary period. The Sugar Maple trees are dying due to the type of soil they were planted in.  The soil in that area of the park is being analyzed and they will plant new trees that will flourish in that area of the park.

South Boston High School – Kevin Delehanty spoke on behalf of the high school.  Kevin told us that Tom Paleri would be attending all future meetings.  Tom has acknowledged the Dumpster is a major issue, which he plans to address this year.   The school is going to continue to let the neighborhood park in the schoolyard between the hours of 4pm and 6:15am.   Flyers were placed on cars to ensure the owners are aware of this policy. We should be thankful to the school for this privilege.  This will greatly help with the over crowded parking situation in the Dorchester Heights area. The association will be asking if the school is going to open the library for us to have a meeting there and also if they will open it up to the neighborhood for use.  This will be discussed at the October 12^th DHA meeting.

Neighborhood Crime Watch - Peter Alto is asking for more volunteers to join this group.  Peter will be setting up a meeting soon and will issue a call tree of the current members.  There will be more on this at the October 12^th meeting.

South Boston Betterment Trust - Maryann McLoud Crush and Bill Bailey where on hand and gave us an outstanding presentation on what the Betterment Trust is all about.  They also addressed questions about all the recent press and actually provided us with “the rest of the story” that somehow seems to be missing from all of the news articles these days.  Both Maryann and Bill can be reached at 617-268-1797 if you have any questions or comments about the Betterment Trust.

Dorchester Heights National Historical Register Nomination - The nomination should be completed by the end of summer. Any questions concerning the nomination should be directed to Jennifer Goold from the Boston Landmarks Commission at 617-635-2519. You can also email her at jennifer.goold@ci.boston.ma.us.