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OAKES ESTATES ADVISORY, INC.
Board of Directors
Meeting
Minutes from June 3, 2008 |
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 April 1, 2008 |
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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