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OAKES ESTATES ADVISORY, INC.
Board of Directors
Meeting
Minutes from December 2, 2008 |
Directors present: Karl Fry.
Terri Iamurri, Barbara Collins, Ron Joeckel, Hiram Garcia, Tim
Witherite, Jim Rice and John Nicola. The meeting was called to
order at 7:04 p.m. with a quorum present.
Approval of November Minutes: John Nicola made a motion
to approve the minutes. Terry Iamurri seconded the motion and
the motion was carried.
Treasurer's Report: John Nicola reported, we have a total
of 98 members with a bank balance of $7,438.70
Update on meeting with Commissioner Henning and Norm Feder:
1. Signs; we are to send
renderings to the county officials for review. It was discussed
that we would like to have three signs, one at the north end of
Oakes Blvd, possibly in the proposed "pork chop" median at
Autumn Oakes, one at the south end and the third at the corner
of Spanish Oaks coming from Tarpon Bay.
2. Speed limit of 35; this is on
the consent agenda the 16th of December and is felt that it will
be approved at that time. It was discussed how we would alert
the residents of the neighborhood of the immediate change.
3. Full 4-way intersection at
Valewood-Immokalee and jog access to Oakes; The Northbrooke
abridge is to be completed in December 2008. The light at
Immokalee will be removed and median installed blocking
westbound turns off Oakes in January 2009. The 1st
Congregational Site Development plan (SDP) has been approved,
but the Valewood intersection is still under design. It will be
completed no earlier than July 2010. We will have at least 18
months where we exit west via Tarpon Bay Blvd.
4. No trucks over 5 tons on Oakes
Blvd.
5. Traffic calming; there has
been no new activity on the Standing Oaks PUD. Their commitment
to us is to complete traffic calming within 6 months of SDP
approval, which could be a year or more away. Karl will check
with Ed Finn to see if any new changes.
6. Medians as a part of county
improvements (Autumn, Spanish); No raised median is planned for
Spanish Oaks where stripes are currently painted, but this may
be discussed when the other traffic calming medians go in as
part of the Standing Oaks PUD. The crosswalk at the neighborhood
park is thanks to Collier County and Kite.
7. Timetables; Completion of the
Northbrook Bridge 12/2008. Removal of the light at Oakes 01/2009
8. Extension of Vanderbilt road
almost complete
9. Completion of Immokalee Road
under I-75; earliest completion 9/09. It will be 8 lanes under
the bridge to allow at least 3 lanes each way plus turn lanes
onto I-75.
Updates of Committee's Chair:
a. Final update of Neighborhood
Park. Open and being used
b. Children's safety & Community signage - table for now.
Planning for annual letter: Terry made a motion to
authorize up to $100 dollars for updated neighborhood list to
send out the annual letter. The motion was seconded by Barb and
approved.
First Congregational Church: Conditional use approved; permit is
in for the building and the old house has been torn down.
New Business: Planning for Officer replacement and
establishment of a VP position as President-elect-How do we
change bylaws? It was discussed that we would bring this issue
to the annual meeting to propose the change and see if we get a
2/3 vote to pass.
A general discussion was held regarding alerting residents of
the neighborhood of the change that is coming concerning the 35
mile per hour speed limit. No conclusion was reached.
Gayle Hahe visited the meeting from the North Naples Baptist
Church where we have our meetings. We had discussion about our
neighborhood potluck dinner that we would have at the church. It
was decided that the date of Saturday, February20th from 5-7
p.m. The church is open to more involvement with their neighbors
and gave us a list of activities that are scheduled, that
included children's activities.
Adjournment: Barb Collins made a motion to adjourn and Tim
Witherite seconded and the motion was carried at 8:12 p.m. |
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OAKES ESTATES ADVISORY, INC.
Board of Directors
Meeting
Minutes from November 4, 2008 |
Directors present: Karl Fry,
Terry Iamurri, Ron Joeckel, Barb Collins, Hiram Garcia, Noah
Standridge, Tim Witherite, Jim Rice, and Denny Baker. Meeting
was called to order at 7:05 p.m. With a quorum present.
Approval of October Minutes: Jim Rice made a motion to
approve the minutes. Tim Witherite seconded the motion and the
motion was carried.
Treasurer's Report: John Nicola called in his report to
Denny Baker. Our balance is $7,363.70. Our membership is 97.
Update on signage: Bob Walker is designated as our
contact to coordinate a meeting with the County. Volunteers to
go to the proposed meeting are Bob, Peter Goodin, Tim, and Noah.
The board desires to set this meeting up for mid-November with
Commissioner Henning, Norm Feder and Nick Casalanguida from the
County in attendance.
Proposed agenda: 1. Signage 2. Where are we in our progress
for traffic vision to reduce our speed limit and to re-classify
Oakes Blvd. To residential 3. Completion date for the bridge at
Northbrook 4. Traffic light at Valewood extension to Autumn Oaks
5. Completion date for Vanderbilt extension? 6. School bus stops
(alternative transportation modes) The board will be notified by
email once the meeting date is set.
Neighborhood Garage Sale: Motion to approve by Barb and
seconded by Terry to have the sale January 24th, 2009. Sale to
be at Faith Bible Church parking lot. It was discussed that an
e-mail blast would be sent to our neighborhood list and an ad
would be put in the paper.
Neighborhood Park: Report from Jim rice that the park is
finished and an open party to the public will be November 6,
2008. The entire neighborhood is invited.
Community Signage & Children's Safety: It was discussed
that approval of signage would have to be addressed to the
county first and then ask the owners of Kaye Homes for
possibility of putting sign there.
First Congregational Church: They have a meeting with the
planning commission on November 18th and it is felt no presence
is needed from OEA.
New Business: Planning for Officer replacement and
establishment of a VP position as president-elect. Motion from
Tim Witherite to amend bylaws to establish a president-elect to
take the place of the elected president after one year, seconded
by Noah. Motion voted and approved. It was discussed that the by
laws need to be checked to see if law can be amended.
Our meeting was visited by Gale Hahe and before the meeting by
Bill Coral who expressed the interest of First Baptist Church
wanting to host a pot luck dinner for neighborhood. It was
discussed that we may try to coordinate that into our annual
neighborhood picnic. A February date will be picked at a later
date. Bill Coral's phone # is 825-6864. They would like to open
the facility to our community for more interaction. They are
working on Kids movie nights; the first scheduled for December
5th and will contact our communications for an e-mail blast to
be sent out concerning this. They will be hosting a Christmas
open house the 13th and 14th.
Noah to apply for DOT enhancement funds for coyote traps.
Adjournment: Denny Baker made a motion to adjourn, Barb Collins
seconded and motion carried at 8:12 p.m.
Respectfully submitted,
Barbara Collins, Secretary |
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OAKES ESTATES ADVISORY, INC.
Board of Directors
Meeting
Minutes from October 7, 2008 |
Directors present: Denny Baker,
Terry Iamurri, Ron Joeckel, Hiram Garcia, Noah Standridge, Karl
Fry, Tim Witherite, John Nicola and Jim Rice. Meeting was called
to order at 7:05 p.m. with a quorum present.
Guest Speaker - Ray Erickson from Collier County Sheriff's
Department: He spoke about our neighborhood watch and how
any one can be involved. Our kids are a great resource for
information. If we would like additional neighborhood watch
street signs the cost is $25.00 per sign. Deputy Erickson spoke
on houses that could be targeted for burglary due to location,
easy entry (sliding doors), no dogs, no alarm on, etc. Our
neighborhood sub station is the Golden Gate- District 2 at 4741
Golden Gate Pkwy., Phone (239) 455-3121.
Approval of September Minutes: Jim Rice made a motion to
approve the minutes. John Nicola seconded the motion and the
motion carried.
Treasurer's report: John Nicola reported our bank balance
is $7,363.70.
Update on Oakes light removal: Bob Walker was not in town
to give an update. Peter Goodin and Karl Fry offered to get with
Nick Casalanguida the first part of November to see what the
timeline maybe.
Neighborhood Garage Sale: Noah Standridge has gotten
approval to have the garage sale at Faith Bible Church, date to
be announced.
Neighborhood Park: Jim Rice reported the park is all done
except for a sun shade. A dedication ceremony will be on
Thursday, November 6th at 10:00 a.m. with Commissioner Henning
and some festivities. Chuck Cannaday will need to put out an
e-mail blast inviting the neighborhood prior to the event.
Community Signage and NN Fire Department: Tim Witherite
reported that the Harrison house has been torn down. The new
fire station will probably not be built for five years due to
budget restraints. The fire department is looking to secure the
property by putting in a berm or fencing. Tim reported the sign
for Oakes Estates would have to put on an upcoming agenda to go
in front of the North Naples Fire District Commission. Peter
Goodin brought up with the widening of that intersection
vehicles will stack up at the corner, giving poor visibility to
our sign. He suggested we try to contact the (new) owner of Kay
homes and see if they would consider letting us put the sign up
there. The easement should be deeded back to the county under
the pretense of traffic calming devise. Noah Standridge offered
to look under public record for the current owner of the Kay
homes property.
First Congregational Church and Autumn Oaks Lane: Roland
(?) reported the Church has gone in front of the Planning
Commission for the third time. The church will now go in front
of the board of County Commissioners on November 18th. The
easement for the Valewood connection is on their plans. It is
Roland's understanding that this will not be done until 2010.
The Oakes Advisory would like to have a representative at this
meeting.
Adjournment: Karl Fry made a motion to adjourn, Jim Rice
seconded at 8:19 p.m. and motion carried.
Respectfully submitted by,
Terry Iamurri |
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OAKES ESTATES ADVISORY, INC.
Board of Directors
Meeting
Minutes from September 2, 2008 |
Directors present: Denny Baker,
Tim Witherite, Noah Standridge, Bob Walker, Ron Joeckel, Hiram
Garcia, Lisa Absher and Terry Iamurri. Meeting was called to
order at 7:08p.m. with a quorum present.
Approval of August Minutes: Noah Standidge made a motion
to approve the minutes. Terry Iamurri seconded the motion and
the motion carried.
Treasurer's report: Terry Iamurri gave the balance of
$7,163.70 for John Nicola who was on vacation.
Collier County LDC re Estates building setbacks: Plenty
of community support and out cry, including state representative
Matt Hudson speaking out about this possible change from 30' to
15' setbacks to the sides of our estate properties. The proposed
change to the LDC was defeated at this time.
Oakes Blvd. light removal: Bob Walker contacted
Commissioner Tom Henning regarding the light at Northbrook and
Immokalee Road. The light at the this intersection will not be
ready to run in all four directions until approximately early
December because there has been a delay with construction of the
bridge at Northbrook. This will delay the light removal at Oakes
until that one is functioning. Bob Walker offered to work with
Commissioner Henning regarding the light change and lowering the
speed limit on Oakes Blvd.
Neighborhood Garage Sale: We would like to go forward
with this venture. So our community can get out and mingle with
one another and recycle each other wares in a fun and ecological
fashion. Noah Standridge offered to contact Faith Bible Church
to see if they would be able to accommodate us in either Jan. or
Feb. 2009. Noah will contact Bob Walker if it can't be held at
Faith Bible and Bob was asked to contact North Naples Baptist
Church as a back up plan.
Neighborhood Park: Tim Witherite made the observation in
Jim Rice's absents, that the Pavilion and dock have not been
constructed as of yet. The rest of the park looks finished.
Children Safety: Jenny Bohaychyk and Lisa Absher have
diagrams of benches they would like to see placed at the bus
stops for the children awaiting buses. Lisa has not been able to
contact the School board transportation department to get a map
of the bus stops. Her available time is in the evening and has
not had time during school hours to get this information. Noah
Standridge offered to contact a school board member to get this
information.
Community Signage: Lisa Absher has put the (2) signs out
for bid and has not gotten a price yet. Prices are subject to
change between bid and actual installation time.
North Naples Fire Department Property: Tim Witherite
reported the fire department appears to be using the old
Harrison house for fire drills. The board would like to be
reassured that NNFD is still looking to put in a station house
and not a training sight. Tim was asked to correspond with them
on this matter along with mentioning we would like to use there
easement to put a welcome to Oakes Estates sign on.
New Business: First Congregational Church will be going
in front of the Planning Commission on September 18th. It was
brought to the board's attention by a resident that this might
be a good time to submit a letter from our advisory clarifying
that we support access on to Autumn Oaks for this churches use
but not for any future conditional use. Our purpose is to
reinsure that Autumn Oaks does not become a commercial used road
for access to other future commercial uses. The resident offered
to draft the letter and let board edit as they need to and
submit ASAP.
St. Monica's Kids against Hunger: Denny Baker read the
flyer about this event being held on September 26th at St.
Monica's from 9-11a.m.
Adjournment: Bob Walker made a motion to adjourn, Hiram
Garcia seconded at 8:07 p.m. and motion carried.
Respectfully submitted by,
Terry Iamurri |
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OAKES ESTATES ADVISORY, INC.
Board of Directors
Meeting
Minutes from August 5, 2008 |
Directors present: Karl Fry,
Denny Baker, John Nicola, Tim Witherite, Ron Joeckel, Jim Rice,
Hiram Garcia, Noah Standridge and Terry Iamurri. Meeting was
called to order at 7:08 p.m. with a quorum present.
Approval of June Minutes: Karl Fry ask that minutes be
amended. Under the Standing Oaks PUD to reflect that he did not
attend the County Planning meeting, but Noah Standridge did.
Noah was negotiating in good faith (not the developer) with the
CPC. Denny Baker made a motion to approve the minutes with the
corrections and Tim Witherite seconded the motion and the motion
carried.
Treasurer's Report: John Nicola reported that our bank
balance is $7238.70. He gave an updated from the 300 postcards
sent May 27th to home owners for membership renewal we have
received 22 back with payment. This gives us a total of 85
memberships. John stated he looked into bank CD's for better
interest on our money as requested by Denny Baker at the May
meeting. He checked with seven different banks on six and twelve
month CD's. Discussion developed that we will have some possible
expenditures in the next month or so and to make our decision
after that how much and how long we will put money into CD's
for.
Proposed change to Collier County LDC re Estates building set
back: The board was emailed last week by Karl Fry that Mark
Strain notified him that a reduction in estates setbacks from
30' to 15' will be coming up in front of the CCLDC. By a show of
hands two people on the board have written emails at this time
to Mark Strain in opposition of this. Denny Baker made a motion
that Karl Fry , as president, first write a letter stating that
our Oakes Advisory Board officially oppose any reduction of
setback to sides of our estate properties and secondly have a
email blast sent to all residence to notify them of this. John
Nicola seconded this motion, the motion carried unanimously.
Oakes light removal and speed reduction: Ron Joeckel
reported he contacted Bob Tipton and Eugene Calvert regarding
lowering the speed limit and getting trucks off Oakes Blvd. He
was told the speed limit would not be reduced because of traffic
counts, no or few accidents and average speed being 45mph or
more that this is not being considered. Karl Fry offered to
remind them that after the light comes out at Oakes and
Immokalee we should be able to lower the speed limit then this
will reclassify us from a collector road to residential status.
Ron reported that dump trucks will not be able to use Oakes due
to weight limits. This will be on Sept. agenda at the CCBC
meeting.
Neighborhood Garage Sale: To be discussed next (Sept.)
meeting.
Oakes Estates robberies: One of four home owners, beside
the board, who attended was the victim of current robberies in
our neighborhood. Her residence on Bur Oaks and another on the
same morning on Standing Oaks were robbed between 7:30-11:30
a.m. She gave details of similarities between the two robberies.
Both homes were entered through broken French or glass pane
front doors, both had empty lots on both sides of the home
thieves took numerous valuables, electronics, jewelry and money.
Denny Baker made a motion to invite the sheriff's department
back to our October meeting to speak to us about the robberies
and crime prevention. He would also like to have an email blast
put out to the residence about this meeting. Terry Iamurri
seconded this motion, the motion unanimously passed.
Neighborhood Park: Jim Rice reported the county is
planning a ribbon cutting for the new park for Friday, Oct.
17th. The opening is been pushed back due to the installation of
the electronic crosswalk being put in by Kyte. The new
neighborhood park will include 5 benches, a pavilion, slide,
swings, nature trail, fishing/observation deck and water
drainage.
New Business: Karl Fry offered to contact Jenny Bohaychyk
and Lisa Absher to see if they are still interested in staying
on the board. He offered to contact Commissioner Henning and
Norm Feder regarding Logan, trucks and speed.
Karl Fry reported he spoke with John McGowan NN fire chief about
the Harrison old residence and the consideration of us putting
up one of our new welcome to Oakes Estates sign on the property
right of way. He reported he will send out an email to all board
members when he gets the details of the Fire Districts August
meeting for atleast one of us to attend this meeting.
Jim Rice stated he got a quote from a licensed trapper to put
out two coyote traps, one at the new neighborhood park the other
to be determined, for $150.00. This will include leaving them up
until two coyote are caught and the relocation of them in a
preserve. Jim made a motion for the board to move forward with
this action for the safety of neighborhood's domestic animals.
Ron Joeckel seconded, the motion carried.
Tim Witherite offered to send thank you notes to the two
contractors that worked on giving us free quotes on getting
county water hooked up to our neighborhood.
Adjournment: Terry Iamurri made a motion to adjourn, Karl
Fry seconded at 8:23 p.m. and motion carried.
Respectfully submitted by,
Terry Iamurri |
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OAKES ESTATES ADVISORY, INC.
Board of Directors
Meeting
Minutes from June 3, 2008 |
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Directors present: Karl Fry,
Denny Baker, John Nicola, Tim Witherite, Bob Walker, Hiram
Garcia, Jim Rice, Ron Joeckel. Meeting was called to order at
7:10 with a quorum present.
Approval of May Minutes:
after Denny Baker reminded the board of the correction to the
name of John to Nick Casalanguida. John Nicola made a
motion to approve the minutes as corrected and Ron Joeckel
seconded the motion and the motion carried.
Treasurer’s Report: John
Nicola reported that our bank balance is $6,863.70. Denny Baker
suggested putting some of the monies in a CD. John will
research this and get back to the board at the next meeting.
John also stated that he had received six returned post cards
back from the 300 plus that were mailed out to home owners for
new membership or membership renewals.
Standing Oaks PUD Update:
Noah Standridge attended the County Planning Committee meeting
on May 15th and stated that the developer had
negotiated with our neighborhood in good faith. There will be a
County Commission meeting on Tuesday, June 24, 2008.
Volunteers, possibly Noah will attend and report back to the OEA
Board at the next meeting.
Report on Oakes Blvd: Light
removal and County plans - Bob Walker will reinvestigate the
time frame for the 30% plan on Oakes/Immokalee which had been
set for completion by the end of July and report on the
completion date of the proposed bridge and NorthBrooke/Valewood
extensions.
Neighborhood Garage Sale
Discussion: Agenda item continued from the May meeting will
be tabled until September.
Discussion of resident concern
regarding noise and potential crime to residents residing at the
end of Oakes Estates streets which is Logan Blvd: Bob
Walker recommended to notify the Commissioners office and Karl
Fry will call to see if there is enough justification to find
ways of deterring crime, such as planting bushes or placing some
type of barriers to help eliminate this problem.
Update by Committees’ Chair:
a. Neighborhood
Park – Jim Rice reported that the park will be completed by
the end of July. It will include a slide, swings, pavilion,
bicycle/walk path. Fishing will be permitted, but the area to
fish from is still to be decided on.
b. Children’s
Safety and Community signage - Karl will speak with Lisa
Absher to see if she needs help in these projects. A new
member, Jenny Bohaychyk (
jennyp099@hotmail.com)
volunteered to help and Tim Witherite made the motion and Ron
Joeckel seconded to have Jenny Bohaychyk be authorized to work
on these two committees and attend County meetings as deemed
necessary.
New Business: Karl suggested
that a group set up a meeting with Commissioner Henning and Mr.
Feder from DOT to lay out steps to take to reduce the speed
limit on Oakes Blvd. and possibly reclassifying it as
residential.
Discussion to suspend July or
August meeting: After discussion it was decided that
July’s meeting be cancelled unless there is critical business
that comes up. Tim Witherite made the motion and Ron Joeckal
seconded. Motion carried
Adjournment: Bob Walker made
a motion to adjourn, Ron Joeckel seconded at 8:00 p.m. and
motion carried.
Respectfully submitted by,
Celia Garcia
Temporary
secretary |
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OAKES ESTATES ADVISORY, INC.
Board of Directors
Meeting
Minutes from May 5, 2008 |
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Directors present: Karl Fry, Denny
Baker, John Nicola, Tim Witherite, Bob Walker, Hiram Garcia, Jim
Rice, Ron Joeckel and Terry Iamurri. Meeting called to order
at7:03 p.m. with a quorum present.
Approval of April Minutes:
John Nicola made a motion to approve
the minutes and Jim Rice seconded the motion and the motion
carried.
Treasurer’s Report:
John Nicola reported that our bank balance is
$6911.17. Our paid membership now totals 63.
Standing Oakes PUD:
This PUD will go before the planning
commission on Thursday, May 15th. Noah Standridge has
offered to be the volunteer from Oakes Advisory to attend this
meeting with the planning commission. The PUD is tentatively to
go before the BBC on Tuesday, June 24, 2008.
Briefing on recent
Transportation Department public meeting:
The Northbrook Bridge will be a four way
intersection. The light at Oakes Blvd. and Immokalee Road will
be coming out this fall. This will have a right in and a right
out only, starting July. The light at Autumn Oaks and Valewood
Dr. will not be available for two more years, due to permitting.
It was discussed that Norm Feder promised us with the light
removal it would be just under a year for us to have a light at
Valewood and Autumn Oaks. Bob Walker is to contact Norm Feder
and John Casalanguida and discuss the two year wait with them.
Ron Joekel attended this meeting and
brought a flyer back for Chuck Cannaday to post on the web page.
Neighborhood Garage Sale:
This was brought up to see if there
would be an interest in our community for this. It was discussed
briefly and it seems favorable for Jan/ Feb. This topic will be
tabled for another meeting.
Membership Postcards:
Jim Rice made a motion for the Oakes
Advisory to send out postcards to all residents to remind them
to pay there $25.00 membership fee. Terry Iamurri seconded, the
motion carried unanimously. Karl Fry suggested for John Nicola
to design the postcard and let Karl review it before sending it
out.
Neighborhood Park:
Jim Rice reported everything is going well
and the park will be done by July.
Community Water:
Tim Witherite reported that impact fees per
lot will be $3,500.00. Hook up to your property will run $15,000
and the hook up to your house will run between $2,000. and
$5,000. Tim said Noah Standridge spoke with the county and was
told an MSTU would have to be created and the total cost per
resident will be between $20,500 and $23,500. per household
including all design, construction, hookups, and impact fees.
This project would take one to one and half years to complete.
John Nicola made a motion to indefinitely table this topic and
to post our preliminary findings on the website for all
residents to see. Denny Baker seconded and the motion carried
unanimously.
New Business:
Bob Walker made a motion to get an email blast put out once the
minutes are approved and get them posted on web right away so
residents can view current events of the meeting. Ron Joeckel
seconded and motion carried.
Adjourn:
Jim Rice made a motion to adjourn, Ron Joeckel
seconded at 8:01 p.m. and motion carried.
Respectfully Submitted by,
Terry Iamurri |
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OAKES ESTATES ADVISORY, INC.
Board of Directors
Meeting
Minutes from April 1, 2008 |
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Directors Present: Denny Baker,
Terry Iamurri, Bob Walker, Tim Witherite, Ron Joeckel, John
Nicola, Hiram Garcia, Jim Rice and Noah Standridge. Meeting
called to order at 7:10 p.m. with a quorum present.
Denny Baker called the meeting to order. Denny then asked if the
Oakes signs were put up for this meeting. There was discussion
of them not being put out. Then the discussion went to who
picked them up last time. No one came forward. The consensus was
the county must have picked them up. Jim Rice confess to a big
April Fools and admitted he has the signs. We all laughed, Jim
got us.
Approval of March Minutes: Denny Baker made a motion to
approve the minutes and Jim Rice seconded and the motion
carried.
Treasurer's Report: John Nicola reported that our bank
balance is $6702.52. He collected $975.00 this month in dues and
we now have 55 members paid. Denny suggested we might want to
send out a postcard mailing to remind residence again about
dues. It was shelved until next months meeting to be placed back
on the agenda.
Standing Oakes PUD: Because our letters of support have
gone out to the Planning Commission and Board of County
Commissioners, Denny Baker reported that Karl Fry does not feel
it mandatory for many of us to show up at the Thursday, April
17th Planning Commission meeting or the Tuesday, May 27th BBC
meeting. Noah Standridge volunteered to make the meetings with
Karl Fry in case of any changes the developer may present.
Pine Beetles: Noah Standridge reported that Fred Kauffman
contacted him regarding the pine trees that are stressed by
beetles in our neighborhood and what could be done besides
cutting the infected trees down. Noah suggested a Fertilome
product to be sprayed upon the trunks of the trees that are
infected. However, the consensus was that even this may not
solve the beetle problem and an completely effective solution is
not known at this time.
Neighborhood Park: Jim Rice reported the county is
waiting for approval of a minor permit to get the work started.
May 1st is the date they are proposing to start the initial work
and it should be completed in approximately 90 days. Jim Rice
will contact Dick Schmidt regarding where the water shut off is
before work begins.
Community Water: This is simply
a fact finding mission at this time and we are trying to obtain
as much information as possible, to next communicate with our
residents, & to gauge interest in the board pursuing county
water further. Tim Witherite reported he got rough
estimates from two county approved companies to bring county
water to our neighborhood. Q. Grady Minor and Associates
estimated price per lot between $12,000 to $15,000 and
WilsonMiller estimates the price per lot at $14,408. This would
not include impact fees or the cost to run the line from the
street to your house. Noah Standridge made a motion that Tim
contacts the county utilities to see that it is feasible for us
to get water and to get the financial aspects of what kind of
amortization would be implemented. Jim Rice seconded and motion
carried with Ron Joeckel against.
New Business: Roland from First Congregational Church
said they are waiting for Grady Minor to resubmit plans to the
county. The county indicated that because of the stacking
requirements, the church would not have an ingress/egress point
along the new Valewood Extension. Preliminary drawings indicated
that the only ingress/egress points will be along Autumn Oaks
Lane.
Adjourn: Tim Witherite made a motion to adjourn, Bob
Walker seconded at 8:00 p.m. and the motion carried.
Respectfully Submitted by,
Terry Iamurri |
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OAKES ESTATES ADVISORY, INC.
Board of Directors
Meeting
Minutes from March 3, 2008 |
Directors Present: Karl Fry,
Denny Baker, John Nicola, Terri Iamurri, Barb Collins, Bob
Walker, Tim Witherite, Jim Rice, Noah Standridge, Ron Joeckel,
and Lisa Absher.
7:05 p.m. Meeting called to order. 33 people including board
members present for the annual meeting.
Approval of Minutes: Jim made a motion and seconded by
Bob to approve the February minutes and the motion was carried.
Treasurer's report: Amount in the checkbook totaled
$6,316.10 again, but will have subtractions to cover the annual
meeting mailings. We expect to add to it again with the addition
of annual dues that will be coming in.
Current Issues:
1. Standing Oaks PUD,
nothing new. Reviewed pictures of proposed medians on Oakes
Blvd for traffic calming. Medians will be landscaped
2. Valewood Light - removal of the light at Oakes
Blvd. around July. Waiting for the rezoning of the church
property off Autumn Oaks which is going slow and probably
will be a year from July before new light and opening at
Valewood Drive. To turn west on to Immokalee the residents
of Oakes Estates will have to access from the light at
Target.
3. Neighborhood Park. Initial work and talk started
four years ago with an initial budget of $250,000. The work
was discontinued because of $60,000 shortfall of funds.
Introduction of Commissioner
Henning
Commissioner Henning was contacted concerning the lack of
funding for our neighborhood park. With his help we have now
been approved the additional $60,000 we need to finalize,
complete with a shelter, path and trash cans.
Commissioner Henning asked if
when dealing with the permitting agency with the local
government, would we pay an extra 10% to get permits done in a
quarter of the time or an extra 20% to get the permits done in
one half of the time. The answer was yes unanimously. We were
asked our opinion of a possible pier into the gulf at Vanderbilt
Road for fishing, recreation, and educational opportunities at
the north end of town. It was discussed that there might not be
enough parking for that kind of project and it might be
something that could bring more crime to the area. It decided
that more study should be done before jumping into a decision.
Vanderbilt Road project is coming along well and is projected to
be finished in late 2008 or early 2009. Discussed that the
changes on Immokalee and Oakes Blvd will bring us closer to get
residential zoning and 35 mile per hour speed limit. It was
asked if it would be possible in the future for Golden Gate
acreage forever be zoned rural. Commissioner Henning did not
foresee any changes to that.
Karl brought to our attention
that commissioner Henning will be running for re-election this
year and has worked very hard for us as a partner since he has
been in office and that we would support him again.
North Naples Fire Department: We need to communicate with
them about our traffic calming plans, including medians.
Questions From Residents:
Asked to see proposed medians for Oakes Blvd. We are proposing 7
altogether and the plans were shown to all. Most agree that the
plans as shown will add to the property values in our
neighborhoods. The proposed plans for Standing Oaks PUD were
also shown to everyone and discussed. There is no notice as to
when it is going to the planning commission. It is felt that we
have at least 2-3 years before any actual work will take place.
Children's Safety: nothing new at this time
Community Signage: discussion about getting an easement
from the church on the northwest side of Oakes Blvd, and the
proposed fire station on the southwest side of Oakes Blvd for
the possible community signs. They would add to the community
and further our objective of obtaining traffic calming on Oakes
Blvd.
New Business: Fatima Karagoz and Hiram Garcia were
nominated for admission to the board and the motion was made by
Bob and seconded by Tim and the vote was unanimous, making our
members 13.
Motion to adjourn at 8:47 pm by Barb and seconded by Jim and the
motion carried
Respectfully,
Barbara Collins, Secretary |
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OAKES ESTATES ADVISORY, INC.
Board of Directors
Meeting
Minutes from February 5, 2008 |
Directors Present: Karl Fry,
Barb Collins, Tim Witherite, Ron Joeckel, Bob Walker, Denny
Baker, Terri Iamurri, John Nicola, and Jim Rice.
7:03 meeting called to order by Vice President Denny Baker, with
a quorum present. President Karl Fry was delayed and arrived in
time for the second half of the meeting.
Approval of agenda: Denny made a motion to approve the
proposed agenda with the addition of an update on the light on
Oakes from Bob Walker. Motion was seconded by Barb and carried.
Approval of January minutes: Jim made a motion and
seconded by Denny to approve the January minutes and the motion
was carried
Treasurers Report: Was phoned to Denny from John that the
amount was the same as last month $6,316.10
Neighborhood Park: Karl contacted Commissioner Henning
about the $60,000+ needed to finish the project and our
commissioner researched and identified a possible source of
funds from the Del Sol park which is not being built. Additional
funds are needed to provide basic neighborhood park requirements
such as a shelter, garbage cans, playground equipment, etc. It
was discussed that the crosswalk and flashing lights on Spanish
Oaks Lane at the park would further our goal for traffic
calming.
Children's safety: Lisa and Vinney were not present to
provide an update.
Standing Oakes PUD: After several board members read
revised PUD documents and confirmed that all our requests were
honored by the developer, our formal letter of support was
approved by the board members, to be forwarded to Ed Finn of
Allen Concrete within the next 24 hours. The next step is to
send this to the planning commissioners and county commissioners
prior to each body's hearing of this re-zoning request.
Community Water: Tim Witherite is still waiting to talk
to a contact at Wilson Miller for a final update as to how much
it might cost the homeowners to bring county water (not sewer)
to Oakes Estates. He discussed the cost with someone from
Standing Oakes PUD and was told the price was going to be very
high. They will have to tap into water off Vanderbilt, down the
bike path. It is likely that prohibitive cost will make this a
dead issue.
Logan Blvd: Karl spoke to Tim Nance about our concerns to
keep the streets closed at the east end to Logan Blvd. Even
successfully changing the long-range plan is no guarantee that
future county leaders will not re-open the issue, although there
would be little benefit from connecting any of our streets. We
as a group will have to be ever vigilant to do as we have done
in the past to fight against any attempts to connect our lanes
to Logan Blvd.
Status and Schedule of Traffic light changes at Northrooke,
Oakes, and Valewood: Bob Walker called Mike Green in the
Transportation Department at the county for update on the light
situation at Northbrooke Drive, which is a precursor to removal
of the lights at Oakes Blvd. They are waiting for permits that
should be done in two weeks. There is a request from Northbrooke
retail center to start bridge widening after Easter. The plan is
to move the Oakes Blvd light to Valewood in July but are not
expected to have the jog from Immokalee Rd to Autumn Oaks to
Oakes Blvd until mid 2009.
The church property has not been rezoned yet. There are plans
showing entrance and exits to the church, one each from Autumn
Oaks and Valewood Drive. Motion to approve the preliminary plans
that Bob Walker will be working on to build the church from Jim
Rice and seconded by Karl. The plans will be given to Chuck and
sent by e-mail to all on the Oakes e-mail list. Discussion of
getting speed limit to 35 will come sometime after the removal
of the light at Oakes Blvd.
Annual letter: The changes to the annual letter were read
by Denny and a motion to approve by Bob and seconded by Jim and
approved to send out the letter to all we can on our current
mailing list. We had a motion from John and seconded by Denny to
approve up to $400 for mailing the annual letter. Barb will go
to Kinkos and get them sent out.
Adjournment: Motion to adjourn at 8:12 by Denny and
seconded by Barb and the motion carried.
Respectfully Submitted,
Barbara Collins, Secretary |
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OAKES ESTATES ADVISORY, INC.
Board of Directors
Meeting
Minutes from January 8, 2008 |
Directors Present: Karl Fry,
Barb Collins, Tim Witherite, Denny Baker, Jim Rice, Bob Walker,
Ron Joeckel, Lisa Absher, Noah Standridge, and John Nicola. 7:06
meeting called to order, with a quorum present.
Approval of agenda: John made a motion to approve the
proposed agenda and Jim seconded and the motion carried.
Approval of December Minutes: Jim made a motion to
approve December minutes and seconded by Denny and the motion
carried.
Treasurers Report: John Nicola reported the balance is
$6,316.10
Standing Oakes PUD: There were some revisions from John
Nicola and Denny Baker and the letter was read and explained. It
was decided that a letter of support to be addressed to the
Collier County Planning Commission will not be sent until the
PUD document showing drawings and information is sent to us to
preview. The letter was discussed and the wording changes for
everyone to agree on. Motion to approve changes in the letter by
Barb seconded by John and the motion carried.
The light at Oakes will come out in
April and only an eastbound turn will be available from Oakes
Blvd. Traveling westbound on Immokalee, a left turn will remain
available south onto Tarpon Bay Blvd. It might take a year and a
half for the "jog" to be completed from Oakes Blvd to the
Valewood Drive traffic light via Autumn Oaks.
Neighborhood Park: Is in the bidding process, contractors
coming back with higher bids than we have money in the budget.
They will re-bid in hopes cost will come down. Permits have been
acquired. We will have a full updated report next month. Noah
will report on the language and limitations of the budget. OEA
is to provide $250K limitation language from the parks policy to
Commissioner Henning, to assist him as he looks for additional
funds to complete our park.
Children's Safety: There has been no new communication
since November. There will be a further information gathering
coming. There are new people at the transportation department,
David Bucheit will be contacted, concerning traffic calming - a
child safety measure.
Community Water: Update from Tim and Denny - Jeff Wilson
form Wilson, & Miller will look at cost of bringing water to
Oakes Estates residents. They will contact the company bringing
water to the Standing Oaks PUD.
New Business: We did not collect membership fees for 2007
and it was discussed that fees will be reinstated as
communicated in the annual letter for 2008. The fees are $25.00.
Karl to meet with Tim Nance to work on the ongoing concern of
keeping streets closed going east towards Logan Blvd. There is
concern with future changes in county personnel that we need to
keep remain vigilant in ensuring that none of our lanes are
connected to Logan Blvd. Bob Walker will call transportation to
see when the actual opening to Valewood Drive from Autumn Oaks
will occur.
Adjournment: Motion to adjourn at 8:34 p.m. By Barb and
seconded by Jim and motion carried.
Respectfully Submitted,
Barbara Collins, Secretary |
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