Oread Neighborhood Association
Thursday, February 25, 2010 @ 7:00 PM
Plymouth Congregational Church – Heritage Room

MINUTES

Number of Residents, Property Owners, and Renters in Attendance:  63

Name	Affiliation with Neighborhood	Email address	
Brian Aubry	Resident	baubry@ku.edu	
Alex Backus	Renter	alexbackus@yahoo.com	
Tony Backus	Property Owner	autoincbackus@yahoo.com	
Matthew Blankers
(Representing students from School of Social Welfare)	No personal affiliation with the Oread neighborhood identified.	matthewblankers@gmail.com	
Fadila Boumaza	Property Owner	fadila.boumaza@gmail.com	
Jeanette (Jenny) Brockman	Renter	jenny_brckmn@yahoo.com	
Taylor Bussinger	Renter	tbus@sunflower.com	
Jeff Clark	Property Owner	*	
Sheena Clark	Resident	sheenaannmarieclark@yahoo.com	
Tim Coldsnow	Property Owner	tcoldsnow@yahoo.com	
Erik Crawford	Resident	ErikC90@yahoo.com	
Loren Cressler	Renter	thepirate_3@hotmail.com	
Ty Crowl	Renter	jtcrowl@yahoo.com	
Candy Davis	Resident	cdavischc@hotmail.com	
Jon Davis	Property Owner	jdavis@sunflower.com	
Tom Devlin	Property Owner	thomasd@sunflower.com	
James Dunn	Resident	llorddunn@aol.com	
Chris Earl	Property Owner	chrisearl@sunflower.com	
Rob Farha	Property Owner	knobbiewheel@yahoo.com	
Myron Feuerborn	Property Owner	*	
Tom Fevurly	Property Owner	tfevurlyos@olateschools.com	
Marci Francisco	Resident / Property Owner	maf@sunflower.com	
Bill Gadberry	Property Owner	williamegadberry@sbcglobal.net	
Jeff Hattfield	Property Owner	jeffhatfield@sunflower.com	
David Hardy	Renter	davidhardy89@gmail.com	
Linda Haskins	Resident	taketeninc@kans.com	
John Heleniak	Property Owner	tally68@sunflower.com	
Philip S. Hemphill	Resident / Property Owner	philhemphill@yahoo.com	
James Hicks	Property Owner	colonialcolonyIIc@sunflower.com	
Travis Hicks	Property Owner	travishicks@sunflower.com	
Elise Higgins	Resident	elise.higgins@gmail.com	
David Holroyd	Resident / Property Owner	*	
Greg Huenergardt	Renter	gregh04@ku.edu	
Lynn Hui	Property Owner	huifinancial@yahoo.com	
Joe Keating	Property Owner	*	
Christy Kennedy	Resident	cnokennedy@yahoo.com	
Mark Kern	Property Owner	mkern@kerngroupinc.com	
Rick Kupper	Property Owner	rbkupper@yahoo.com	
Ben Lauridsen	Renter	lauridsenben@gmail.com	
Michael Lavievi	Renter	mike.lavievi@ku.edu	
Morgan Miller	Renter	*	
Quinn Miller	Property Owner	qmiller@me.com	
Katherine Moore	Renter	kmoore10@ku.edu	
Rose Moore (Fevurly)	Property Owner	capablermm@yahoo.com	
Chris Morris	Property Owner	realestatehome@aol.com 	
Tyler Mulholland	Resident	tfmulhol@ku.edu	
Shane Munsch	Property Owner	sjt@sunflower.com	
Mike and Sarah Randolph	Property Owner	msrandolph@sunflower.com	
Beth Reiber	Resident	bethreiber@sbcglobal.net	
Carole Ross	Resident	cross@ku.edu	
Nan Schaper	Property Owner	hideawayapts@gmail.com	
James Schneider	Property Owner	jaes54321@hotmail.com	
Lois Schneider	Property Owner	lois_schneider@hotmail.com	
Matthew Shaw	Renter	mattshaw@ku.edu	
Becca Sherman	Resident	rsherman@ku.edu	
Jim Slough	Property Owner	trontdadd@aol.com	
Jerry Stubbs	Resident	tgstubbs@ku.edu	
Brandy Sutton	Property Owner	bsutton@pendletonandsutton.com	
Kyle Thompson	Resident	kthompson@sunflower.com 	
Jenny Vazquez	Resident	jlv1990@ku.edu	
Robert Vick	Renter	rvick711@yahoo.com	
Carol von Tersch	Resident	tersch@sunflower.com	
Imran Wahla	Property Owner	imranwahla@gmail.com	
Steven Watts	Non-Voting Associate Member of ONA	scajj@sbcglobal.net	
Rhonda Weber-Hicks	Property Owner	colonialcolonyIIc@sunflower.com	
*Information not provided.

Board Member Elections
Selection of District Representatives was initiated.  This action was subsequently postponed.

MOTION:  	Suspend election of District Representatives until after the election of Officers has been completed.  
     VOTE:	Approved Unanimously

Officer Elections
There are four officer positions elected from the general membership; President, Vice-President, Treasurer and Secretary.   General membership is defined as any person eighteen years of age or older living or owning property within the Oread Neighborhood.  All general members of ONA can vote for Officers.

Treasurer
The Treasurer shall collect all membership dues and shall have the care and custody of all the funds and property of the Association, which shall be disbursed by him or her only upon the order of the Board of Directors.  He or she shall submit a report for the preceding year at the annual meeting and shall render special reports whenever requested to do so by the Board of Directors.  He or she shall deposit all funds in the name of the Association in such financial institutions as may be designated by the Board of Directors.

NOMINATIONS:
·	James Hicks – 928 Louisiana
·	James Dunn – 936 Kentucky

James Hicks was elected to serve as the Treasurer.

Secretary
The Secretary shall issue notices and keep minutes of all meetings of the Board of Directors and all meetings of the Oread Neighborhood Association, shall conduct the correspondence of the Association, be custodian of the records, keep the roll of all members, and discharge such other duties as may be assigned to him or her by the Board of Directors or the President.  	

NOMINATIONS:
·	Lois Schneider – 1320 Vermont
·	Beth Reiber – 1235 Kentucky

Lois Schneider was elected to serve as the Secretary.  Lois has lived in Lawrence for 25 years.  She owns 10 houses in the Oread neighborhood.  

Vice President
The power and authority of the Vice-President shall be co-extensive and equal with that of the President and in the absence or disability of the President he/she shall perform the duties and exercise the powers of the President and perform such other duties as the Board of Directors may prescribe.

NOMINATIONS:
·	Rob Farha – 502 W. 14th – The Wheel
·	Candy Davis – 947 Louisiana

Rob Farha was elected to serve as the Vice President.  His interest in serving on the Board of Directors is to help protect financial investments in income producing properties.  He has concerns about the Boarding House text amendments that are currently being considered by the City of Lawrence.  His goal is to work to keep the neighborhood clean and thriving.  

President
The President shall be the chief executive officer of the Association, charged with the duty of supervising all of its functions, subject to the orders of the Board of Directors.  S/he shall be ex officio a member of all committees.

NOMINATIONS:
·	Rose Moore – 1328 Tennessee
·	Kyle Thompson – 1041 Tennessee

Rose Moore was elected to serve as the President.

District (Area) Representatives
Six (6) area representatives, one to be a resident in each of the geographical areas of the Oread Neighborhood as defined by the Board of Directors and approved by the general membership.  The general members in each of the six (6) geographical areas shall elect as their area representative a general member living in the same area.  If no area representative is available, a resident from another area may serve on their behalf.

District 1
NOMINATIONS:
·	Linda Haskins  – 1216 W 10th

When a vote was taken for the District 1 representative, there were two in favor of electing Linda Haskins and a majority of those in attendance who opposed the nomination.  

MOTION:  	Review Robert’s Rules of Order to determine if an opposing vote can overrule those who were in favor of electing Linda Haskins to serve as the District 1 representative.  
     VOTE:	Approved via Majority Vote of Those in Attendance

Robert’s Rules of Order will be reviewed to determine if an opposing vote can overrule those who were in favor of electing Linda to serve as the District 1 representative.  

District 2
NOMINATION:
·	Marci Francisco – 1101 Ohio

Marci Francisco ran unopposed and was elected to serve as the District 2 representative.  Marci has lived in the Oread neighborhood since 1973.  She serves at the Oread Neighborhood Association representative on the Community Development Block Grant Advisory Board.  She is both a home owner and a property owner in the neighborhood and has been involved in renovation of several Oread homes.

District 3
NOMINATION:
·	Phil Hemphill – 937 Kentucky

Phil Hemphill ran unopposed and was elected to serve as the District 3 representative.  Phil is both an Oread home owner and landlord.  He has lived in the Oread neighborhood since 1974.  

District 4
NOMINATION:
·	Elise Higgins – 1236 Louisiana
·	David Holroyd – 1224 Louisiana

Following nomination, Elise Higgins withdrew from running for the District 4 representative position.  David Holroyd then ran unopposed and was elected to serve as the District 4 representative.  David has lived in the Oread neighborhood since 1965.  He lives in the middle of his block and referred to himself as being the “block mother.”

District 5
NOMINATION:
·	Katherine Moore – 1328 Tennessee

Katherine Moore ran unopposed and was elected to serve as the District 5 representative.

District 6
NOMINATION:
·	Tom Hoffman – 1538 Tennessee
·	Eric Crawford – 1538 Kentucky

Eric Crawford was elected to serve as the District 6 representative.  Eric is a KU student who has lived in Lawrence for two years and this is his first year living in the Oread neighborhood.  

At Large Members
Two members are elected by the general membership to serve as At Large Members.  The President from the previous year automatically serves as an At Large Member unless he/she serves a second term in which case a third at-large member would be elected.  

Former President – At Large Member:
Kyle Thompson had completed a one year term as President of ONA and will continue to serve on the ONA board as an at large member.  Kyle has lived in the Oread neighborhood for 22 years.  He raised his children here.  

NOMINATION – At Large Member #1:
·	Elise Higgins – 1236 Louisiana
·	Robert Garcia – 1129 Vermont
·	David Hardy – 1115 Tennessee

Elise Higgins was elected to serve as At Large Member #1.  This is the second year that Elise has lived in the Oread Neighborhood.  She has an interest in improving lighting in the neighborhood.  She also serves on the KU Student Senate and can represent the student side of the neighborhood’s population.  

NOMINATION – At Large Member #2:
·	Tom Fevurly – 1328 Tennessee
·	David Hardy – 1115 Tennessee
·	Jim Schneider – 1320 Vermont

Jim Schneider was elected to serve as At Large Member #2.  Jim came to Lawrence as a KU doctorial program student in 1970.  He served on the Oread and East Lawrence neighborhood association boards and on several City of Lawrence task forces, including a Lawrence Housing task force and a Lawrence Homelessness task force.  

2010 Oread Neighborhood Association Meeting Schedule
The new Board of Directors agreed to continue to meet according to the schedule that was published in the winter newsletter.  Monthly meetings are scheduled to begin at 7:00 PM and will be held in the Heritage Room at Plymouth Congregational Church on the 4th Thursday in the following months:
March 25th
April 22nd
May 27th
June 24th
July 22nd
August 26th
September 23rd
October 28th
Because of the Thanksgiving and Christmas holidays, meetings will be held at Plymouth on the 3rd Thursday in November and December on the following dates:
November 18th 
December 16th 

Reservations have been made with Plymouth Congregational Church for each of the above dates identified above.  If there will be changes to the meeting time and/or location, the church will need to be notified so that the space can be made available to others.

City Agendas

Board of Zoning Appeals, March 4th Meeting
http://www.lawrenceks.org/pds/bza_agendas_minutes
a)	There are no Oread properties identified on the March BZA agenda.

No action required on the part of the neighborhood association.  

Traffic Safety Commission, March 1st Meeting
http://www.lawrenceks.org/advisory_boards/tsc/system/files/100301TSCagenda.pdf 
a)	Item No. 3:  Consider reversing the STOP signs at the intersection of 11th Street & Indiana Street.  
o	Facts include:  During construction of the hotel, street closures and detours necessitated the temporary establishment of an all-way stop at this intersection which is still in place.  It is recommended that the stop signs on 11th street be removed and the stop signs on Indiana Street be retained.  This will make snow-plowing easier in that the street grade on 11th Street is higher than on Indiana Street which makes stopping snow-plows more difficult.

Neighborhood Discussion:
·	Neighbors would prefer that placement of stop signs revert back to the way it had been prior to construction of the hotel (i.e.:  stop signs on 11th / none on Indiana).  It was the neighborhood’s opinion that this would enhance traffic flow through the neighborhood.  
·	There was some discussion about snow plowing at this intersection.  Because the need for this city service is limited to only the winter months, neighbors would prefer to facilitate traffic flow on Indiana Street rather than the limited, intermittent need for the city to plow snow at this intersection.  
·	Carol von Tersch volunteered to attend the March 1st Traffic Safety Commission meeting to speak on behalf of the neighborhood.

MOTION:  	Write a letter to the Traffic Safety Commission recommending reversing the proposed location of stop signs at the intersection of 11th and Indiana in order to enhance traffic flow in the neighborhood.  Carol von Tersch will attend the meeting to speak on behalf of the neighborhood.    
     VOTE:	Approved Unanimously

FOLLOW UP:  
·	The following communication was sent to the Traffic Safety Commission in a letter from the Oread Neighborhood Association dated February 27, 2010.

To The Traffic Safety Commission;

Regarding March 1st Traffic Safety Commission meeting Agenda Item No. 3.  After a discussion of the Oread Neighborhood Association (ONA) meeting February 25, 2010, it was the consensus of the membership and the board of ONA that the existing all-way stop at the intersections of Indiana & 11th Streets be removed and stop signs be retained on 11th Street only.   The issue of snow-plowing was discussed, but it was felt that returning the intersection to stop signs on11th Street only (as was the condition prior to hotel construction) would again facilitate a better flow of traffic on Indiana Street. 

ONA is sending Carol von Tersch to represent us at your meeting.  I will send you a hard copy of this letter.  Thank you for considering our thoughts on this matter.

Sincerely,

Lois Schneider, Secretary Oread Neighborhood Association 

The remaining items on the February neighborhood association agenda, were tabled for a future meeting. 

MEETING ADJOURED AT 9:10 PM