August 16, 2010 ONA Board Planning Meeting

The Oakdale Neighborhood Christmas Tree Sale was discussed. It was decided to order 175 trees (douglas firs, frazier firs, white pines and scotch pines). They will cost approximately $2,631.25. The idea of giving current 2010 members and 2011 members $5 off of the tree. A clean up day will be held in October. The date will be determined later. There is a tire amnesty day scheduled for Saturday, October 2, 2010. Fred Lanahan discussed the idea of alternate side parking for our neighborhood. This concept was previously discussed at the last PAPA meeting. Mr. Lanahan will bring this topic up at the meeting.

August 16, 2010 ONA Meeting Minutes

It was noted that the minutes from the June meeting were available on the ONA website.

Treasurer’s Report: The Treasurer’s Report was presented by Tom Tiernon and is attached to the Secretary’s minutes. We currently have 90 paid members (compared to 101 paid members in August 2009). There is currently $460.57 in the checking account and $3,451.99 in the savings account which makes a grand total of $3,912.56. A motion was made to approve the Treasurer’s Report as written. The motion was seconded and carried.

President’s Report: It was announced that 175 trees will be ordered and that a $5.00 discount will be given to members. The sale, at this point, will be held in “George’s” parking lot. Many volunteers will be needed for this event. A neighborhood clean up day will be in October. Exact date to be announced in the newsletter. Volunteers for that event would be greatly appreciated. The Tire Amnesty Day will be on October 2, 2010. Elections for new officers will be in December.

PAPA Report: The PAPA festival held on August 11, 2010 in Packard Park had a small turnout. This was most likely due to the event being moved from the original date of August 3, 2010. Nonetheless, PAPA will have the event next year. They had one of the new hybrid buses, a police dog, free food and ice cream, facepainting and a band. Fred Lanahan discussed the concept of alternate side of street parking on certain roads in our neighborhood. Some of our streets are narrow, especially when cars are parked on both sides of the street. If cars were parked on one side of the street, it would be easier to plow the streets, pick up leaves, or get a fire engine, police car, or ambulance quickly to your home. There would be certain pilot blocks that this concept would be tried on. This will be discussed at further ONA meetings. Please come to a meeting to get more information or to voice your opinion. Naomi Crone reported that she had a lawnmower removed from her garage and reminded everyone to keep their home and garage locked.

Old Business: Softball season is over. It was the Oakdale Neighborhood Association’s first year. Ryan Stark coached the co-ed team. He reported that there were a lot of rain cancellations. The team won one game and lost 6 games. It was difficult pulling a team together, but they did have fun. The next meeting will be held on September 20, 2010.

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It was noted that the minutes from the May meeting were available on the ONA website.

Treasurer’s Report:

• Presented by Tom Tiernon and is attached to the Secretary’s minutes. We currently have 85 paid members (compared to 99 paid members in June 2009). There is currently $31.19 in the checking account and $3,950.97 in the savings account which makes a grand total of $3,982.16.

President’s Report:

• As previously discussed in the Board Planning Meeting, the Oakdale Neighborhood Christmas Tree Sale will be happening this year.
• The July/August newsletter will be distributed soon.
• A fall clean-up day will be planned again this year. The City will provide a dumpster for our use. Volunteers will be needed and greatly appreciated. Date to be determined.

PAPA Report:

• PAPA recently passed new bylaws.
• PAPA will be hosting a Festival at Packard Park on August 3, 2010 from 4:30 p.m. to 8:00 p.m. There will events for the kids, food and music. Anyone interested in volunteering for this event should contact Jane Ford at 456-7077.
• Fred Lanahan reported that he has been attending the Direct Action Response (DAR) meetings which is a cumulation of city department heads from offices like planning department, police department, fire department, street department, etc. It is an excellent way to maintain contact with these various entities.
• Mr. Lanahan also attended the initial meeting of the Fairfield Avenue Business and Merchant Association which was formed in an attempt to get some interest in improving the Fairfield corridor. There will be a second meeting for commercial business owners on Saturday, July 31st, 2010 at 8:30 a.m. at Lightenup Wellness at 3501 Fairfield Avenue. As PAPA is requesting each neighborhood association pay dues in the amount of $50 based on their new bylaws, Mr. Lanahan made a Motion to send PAPA $50.00. The motion was seconded and carried. The funds will be used for PAPA neighborhood functions.
• It was announced that there will be a Rudisill Planning Meeting on June 29th at 5:30 at Redeemer Lutheran Church.

Old Business:

• Fred has spoken with Mr. Singh (the new owner of the gas station/convenience store) and he is hoping to begin construction the end of June. Bruce has conveyed to Mr. Singh the complaints of the trash behind the building and that there have been quite a few trucks and other vehicles parked in the parking lot.
• Call the City at 3-1-1 for the following issues: street lights that are out, weed length in violation of Neighborhood Code Enforcement, abandoned cars, potholes.
• The police desk sergeant’s telephone number is 427-1222. You can call this number for non-emergencies such as firework violations or if you observe something suspicious.
• There will not be an association meeting in July. The next meeting will be Monday, August 16, 2010.Submitted by Kristine Lagemann

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The Oakdale Neighborhood Christmas Tree Sale was discussed.  A motion was made to once again hold the sale.  The motion was seconded and passed. 

There was also discussion regarding reviewing and tightening up our current ONA Bylaws as they are a few years old.  PAPA has just adopted new Bylaws which were modeled after Southwest Neighborhood’s Bylaws and the ONA Board decided to review ONA’s Bylaws and PAPA’s Bylaws to see if any changes could or should be made.

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In the absence of the President, Tom Tiernon chaired the meeting.

• The minutes from the April neighborhood meeting were approved as written on the website.
• The Treasurer’s Report was presented by Tom Tiernon and is attached to the Secretary’s minutes. We currently have 78 paid members and $4,132.45 in the account.
• The Great American Clean-Up was this past week. We had a small turnout of 6 people who combed the alleys of Oakdale Association in search of trash and limbs.
• Tom reports that he has no new information on George’s Market on Fairfield. Hopefully by the June meeting construction will have either begun or we will have information regarding the hold up.
• Tom also reports that at this time there is no new information on the sale of Taylor.
• Dirt was delivered in two locations and made available to members of the association. At this time, there is still dirt available at the Oakdale location.
• June 5^th is the date for the PAPA neighborhood garage sales. An add has been purchased advertising this garage sale so there should be a lot of activity in the neighborhood.

NEW BUSINESS: There was discussion regarding the large amount of vacant properties in the Oakdale Neighborhood and what can be done to keep the properties looking nice. There was a suggestion to find out who the property owner is and to send them a letter from the Association requesting them to mow, weed wack, etc. There was also discussion regarding how we can get more homeowners to become members of the Association and attend monthly meetings.

Submitted by Kristine Lagemann

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There were approximately 16 people present.

• The Neighborhood Meeting Minutes were approved as written on the website.
• Tom Tiernon gave the treasurer’s report. There is $3,560.09 in the savings account and $702.48 in the checking account. Last year at this time there were 58 dues paying members and today we have 68 dues paying members.  The treasurer’s report was approved and is attached to the secretary’s copy.
• Mr. Lehman reports the following: The ONA board met on Sunday the 18th and discussed the Christmas Tree Sale, and planting/maintaining flowers on each of the approximate 15 corners throughout the Oakdale neighborhood.  We should start seeing construction action at George’s Market relatively soon.
• Mr. Lanahan and Mr. Tiernon attended a meeting regarding Taylor University where an announcement was made regarding the Leona Group Charter School Corporation signing a letter of intent to purchase portions of the campus. There were no commitments made by the Leona Group.
• Paul Lagemann, a representative of Earth First, the company, vying to be the city’s next trash contractor, gave a presentation about Earth First and answered questions.
• Bruce Stier, who is running for Wayne Township Trustee, spoke about the job and responsibilities of a Trustee. Dick Fishering and Tom Tiernon, both from the Oakdale neighborhood, are also running for Wayne Township Trustee.
• Fred Lanahan reported that the next PAPA (Packard Area Planning Alliance) meeting is going to be this Wednesday. New bylaws for PAPA will hopefully be adopted at that meeting and the Fairfield Corridor Project will discussed. The Fairfield Corridor Project is a project that will organize a business association along Fairfield from Rudisill to Brackenridge and will improve the streetscape.

New Business:

• Mr. Lehman reported that he has been meeting with a few individuals regarding a marketing program for living in the south side of Fort Wayne. The slogan is “Living South and Loving It!” This would simply be a push for good public relations for neighborhoods in our area.
• Dirt Delivery. At this time the board is not sure whether or not they will provide dirt for dues paying members as they have done every year.

Old Business:

• Ryan Stark reported that he has formed an Oakdale Association co-ed softball team. Anyone still interested in playing should contact Ryan. Their schedule will be announced so members of ONA can attend the games and cheer the team on!
• May 15th is clean up day for the neighborhood and possibly dirt day.
• Call the City at 311 if you notice any street lights out.

The next meeting will be May 17, 2010 at 7:00 p.m.
Submitted by Kristine Lagemann, Secretary

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