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OAKES ESTATES ADVISORY, INC.
Board of Directors
Meeting
Minutes from April 6, 2010 |
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Directors present: Tim
Witherite, Terry Iamurri, Ron Joeckel, Sean Libby, Jim Rice, Bob
Walker, Mike Vitte and Denny Baker, meeting called to order at
7:05 p.m. with a
Approval of March Minutes: Jim Rice made a motion to approve the
minutes, seconded by Bob Walker and the motion unanimously
carried.
Treasurer's Report: Tim Witherite read the report for John
Nicola (absent): our balance is $5,823.24 with 62 current
members. Two checks were dispersed since last month, one for our
P.O. Box and the other to John for reimbursement for expenses
for the annual report. A motion to approve the treasurer's
report was made by Bob Walker and seconded by Jim Rice; the
motion was unanimously carried.
Neighborhood signs: Tim Witherite reported that Peter Goodin let
him know that the county fee originally quoted at $ 1000.00 for
the right of way permit has been lowered to $200.00. The county
notified us that we will need to pay for an engineer for wind
load calculations for a fee of $300.00 that we had not provided
for. The deduction in the right of way permit fee should help us
come in under budget. We can move forward to apply for the
building permit when the engineer provides the wind load
specifications. We estimate that we are six to eight weeks away
from receiving the County permit and installing our beautiful
Oakes Estates signs.
Sean Libby made a motion to keep the sign on the Oakes Blvd.
south entrance in the median, verses asking the new home owner
of the former Kaye homes model to place it on his property. This
motion was seconded by Bob Walker and the motion unanimously
carried.
By-Laws Review: Tim Witherite and Denny Baker agreed they would
contact John Nicola to schedule a meeting to update the by-laws.
It was proposed that prior to filing the amended by-laws we
might want to have Gary Sheck (sp?), an attorney living in our
community and a past member of the board, to look over the
changes and advise us what we must do to properly document and
record them.
Update email list: John Nicola will contact Chuck Cannaday to go
over this.
Fire Insurance Rates/ ISO: All board members that had called
their insurance companies inquiring about a rate reduction for
their fire portion of their home owners policies were all told
that there ratings were already considered an ISO rating of 3.
No improvements in ratings were noted.
New Business: Tim Witherite was contacted by Don Ward, Jr. a
State Certified Real Estate Appraiser requesting to give a
presentation on property tax appeals to the Oakes Estates
owners. He believes Oakes Estates is being grossly over assessed
and that many of our neighbors are paying too much in property
taxes. It was agreed that Tim Witherite will invite Don Ward to
the May meeting to speak to the board about what he would
propose to tell the home owners and then invite him back if we
feel that it would interest and benefit the neighborhood.
Gayle Hahe from North Naples Baptist Church reminded us that our
community is welcome to the many events they have going on. Open
Gym is available to all school age children on each Thursday
night at 7:00 p.m. They also have a free movie night on Friday,
April 30th from 6:30-9:00 p.m. Mr. Magorium's Wonder Emporium is
the movie for children K-5th. Please contact Gayle Hahe for any
information at Gayle@nnbc.net or 597-2201.
Adjournment: Bob Walker made a motion to adjourn at 7:31 p.m.,
it was seconded by Jim Rice and the motion carried.
Respectfully Submitted by,
Terry Iamurri |
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OAKES ESTATES ADVISORY, INC.
Board of Directors
Meeting
Minutes from March 2, 2010 |
Directors present: Tim Witherite,
Hiram Garcia, Barb Collins Terry Iamurri, Jim Rice, John Nicola,
Mike Vitte, Sean Libbey, Ron Joeckel.
Approval of Minutes: Jim made a motion to approve the February
minutes, seconded by John and the motion was passed.
Treasurer's Report: John Nicola reported the balance at the end
of February was $5,759.49. Our member count is 54. We expect
more more to sign up at the annual neighborhood yard sale on
March the 6th.
Neighborhood signs- update: No new information yet as Peter is
unable to work on more information at this time. Mike will call
the county to see if sign could be affixed to the marquis that
held the Kaye Homes sign at the southwest corner of Oakes Blvd.
That is a private home now and we will proceed to ask county if
possible to put Oakes Neighborhood Sign on the private property
before we ask the homeowner.
Neighborhood Yard Sale: Is expected to run from 8a.m. until 12
noon at the Faith Bible Church on Immokalee Road. It was
discussed that people would start to show up at around 7a.m.
Mike Vitte has obtained a permit. We decided not to advertise in
the Naples news and Terry would try to post it on Craigs List.
It is already posted on the sign for the church on Immokalee
Road.
Adopt-A-Road Litter Program on Oakes Blvd.: It is now posted
that Gabe The Granite Guy is keeping the road clean, but not for
sure. It was decided to table any interest from our current
members to do the job.
By-Laws Review: Tim suggested another meeting to review and
clean up some old and outdated by-laws. Tim, John and Denny will
schedule a meeting to review.
Updating of e-mail addresses: John will call Chuck to see about
updating addresses. We will look into setting up member payments
possibly by pay-pal.
New Business: It was discovered by Tim that North Naples Fire
Department which included the Oakes neighborhood has their ISO
rating changed from 9 to 3 by adding a 3,000 gallon water tender
to its fleet. The result of that for many residents is that they
may have a reduction from their homeowners insurance as a
result.Gayle Hayhe from
the North Naples Baptist Church attended the meeting to remind
us of the neighborhood Spring Block Party on March 27th from
4-7p.m. There will be chili cook off with a $5 dollar entry. The
event will include BBQ and potluck. there will also be and
Easter egg hunt, Easter Bonnet Contest, face painting, games and
prizes, and a bounce house and dunk tank. All neighborhood
residents are welcome to attend.
A motion was made by Jim to send
a follow up thank you note to the Parks Department for the great
work they continue to do on the upkeep of the park. The motion
was seconded by Barb and the motion was passed. Tim said he
would send that note.
Adjournment: Motion to adjourn at 8:15 by Barb and seconded by
Mike and the motion was carried.
Respectfully Submitted,
Barb Collins, Secretary |
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OAKES ESTATES ADVISORY, INC.
Board of Directors
Meeting
Minutes from February 2, 2010 |
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Directors Present: Tim
Witherite, Hiram Garcia, Bob Walker, Ron Joeckel, Terry Iamurri,
Barb Collins, Jim Rice, John Nicola, Mike Vitte and Denny Baker.
Each of the board members introduced themselves to all who were
attending our annual meeting. The rest of the attendees
introduced themselves at a later time.
Approval of Minutes: Bob made a motion to approve the January
minutes, seconded by Ron and the motion was passed.
Treasurer's Report: John Nicola reported the balance at the end
of January was $4,856.43. Checks have started to come in for
this years membership.
Neighborhood Signs: Peter Goodin not able to attend and give an
update. Mike Vitte brought one of the signs to the meeting,and
it was met with positive approval. We do not know yet where the
permits are in the process. We have the money in the budget to
pay for and the posts will be made by Mike Vitte when it is time
to install.
Neighborhood Yard Sale: The date will be March 6th at the Faith
Bible Church fronting Immokalee Road. Mike Vitte will look into
a permit. It will start at 7a.m. and participants selling need
to be a current member of Oakes Estates Advisory. The dues can
be paid the day of the sale.
Neighborhood Vision Update: As stated in our annual newsletter
that was delivered a few weeks ago to the neighborhood, part of
our vision is that Oakes Blvd. never be four lanes. It has now
been removed from the 25 year master plan and hopefully will
never be brought up again. Another potential problem that has
always been part of our vision is to never have our roads opened
up to Logan at the east end of each road and that has been
assured to us at this point, but something the neighborhood
keeps track of. The speed limit for our neighborhood has been
lowered to 35 MPH after work done by board members. Whenever the
Standing Oakes PUD builds whether by the current owner or a new
one, the rules of buildings, buffers and traffic calming devices
will stay in place as was worked on so diligently by our board
members. The possibility of commercial building at the corner of
Immokalee and Logan was stopped by the planning commission for
now. Our neighborhood park is being used very frequently at all
different times and was the product of hard work by board member
Jim Rice.
Election of Officers/Directors: Tim Witherite stated that he
would stay on as president for another year. Denny Baker agreed
to stay as VP for one more year. Terry Iamurri and Barb Collins
agreed to stay on as co-secretaries for another year and John
Nicola also agreed to stay on for another year as Treasurer. Bob
Walker made a motion to accept as it stands and was seconded by
Ron Joeckel and the motion was passed. We have 11 active members
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OAKES ESTATES ADVISORY, INC.
Board of Directors
Meeting
Minutes from January 4, 2010 |
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Directors Present: Tim
Witherite, Hiram Garcia, Sean Libbey, Bob Walker, Ron Joeckel,
Terry Iamurri, Barb Collins, Jim Rice, Mike Vitte and John
Nicola.
Approval of minutes: Jim made a motion to approve the December
2009 minutes, seconded by Bob and the motion carried.
Treasurers Report: John Nicola reported the balance at the end
of the year was $4,856.43 with a total of 52 members. Motion to
approve by Bob and seconded by Jim and the motion was carried.
Neighborhood Signs Update: We have a $3500 budget and the
estimate was 2,379 with a balance of 1,121. Mike Vitte will have
everything to go in a month concerning installing the signs
except the size of the actual posts. Tim will contact Peter to
see where we stand concerning the permitting process.
Update on By-Laws requirements and Annual Meeting: Terry's
sister, Doreen Vachon who is a Realtor with Downing Frye, will
give a talk to all about the current status of real estate in
Naples and how the county appraises homes today. We will have a
welcome table at the front to greet and encourage homeowners to
become members of the organization and pay dues of $20 for the
year if paid by March 31st and after that it is $25. Barb will
get the annual letter out to the neighborhood as soon as
possible. Chuck received his gift card for all his help and work
on the by-laws and thanked everyone. It was discussed that we
will try this year to review the by-laws to see if any changes
are needed. According to the by-laws now it is said that the
annual meeting can be held anytime in the first quarter of the
year and there can be up to 11 directors and we now have 13. We
will be loosing a few soon. If we are back to 11 it would be 6
for a quorum.
Neighborhood Yard Sale: It is now scheduled for March 6th and
possible rain day for the 13th at the Faith Bible Church. Mike
will find out if a permit is needed.
New Business: A resident on Autumn Oaks reported that cars were
parking on the road to walk through to Eagles Nest to pick up
their children from day school instead of going in on Immokalee
as they are supposed to do. Motion for Tim to send a letter to
Eagles Nest pointing out that is not allowed by Bob, seconded by
Sean and the motion was carried. If that does not seem to make a
difference we will contact the county to have them install no
parking signs. Bob informed us that the work to open the road on
Immokalee under I-75 will now not be finished until April. Tim
said he would send a congratulations letter to Pastor Les Wicker
on the opening of the new church. Nothing new going on at the
snake farm PUD. Gayle Hahe from the North Naples Baptist Church
brought us some information about activities the church
continues to have that is open to all in the neighborhood
including open gym on Thursday and a chili cook off March 27. We
appreciate the help and use of the church for our annual meeting
next month. All updates on the church and be accessed at
www.nnbc.net
Adjournment: Bob made a motion to adjourn at 7:45 pm and it was
seconded by Barb and the motion was carried.
Respectfully Submitted,
Barbara Collins, Secretary |
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