Oread Neighborhood Association 
General Meeting
September 22nd, 2011
Draft Meeting Minutes

7:10pm meeting called to order by Rob Farha
Attendees:   Rob Farha, David Holroyd, Fadila Boumaza, Bruce Guy, Imran Wahla, Tom Delvin,  Jon Davis, Serina Hearn, Glenn Skulboarstad, Rick Kupper, Marci Francisco
Announcements:
1.	Football game:  All went well.  The police was present during the event and took action on illegal parking.   Marci suggested to put the parking rules in the newsletter
2.	Homecoming is at 11 am sat October the 1st.
3.	Fire in the 1342 Tennessee.  Fire caused by a couch in the front porch 5 2 bed apts.  No injuries.  No indoor furniture on the porch rule will begin to be enforced.
4.	Elections in the October meeting (October 20th).  Nominations are now accepted and will continue to be until the night of the elections.
5.	Nash Dash Sunday October 9th= Charity event for the Burt Nash.  The route is to be determined.
Officer reports:
1.	President:  Meeting with Scott McCullough, David Corliss and Hugh Carter about the latest boarding house text amendment.  A new text amendment was submitted to amend the one passed on last year.   The proposal got kicked back and additional info was requested about how many houses would qualify for the new parking requirement as it was believe that the majority of the houses would qualify for the ½ parking requirement.  The stats showed that only 20% of the houses would qualify.  Structures with 3500 sf or more (apt or houses i.e. any existing structure) could be renovated and qualify for the new parking requirement. 
2.	VP:  David Holroyd urged the ONA members to start focusing on doing things such as ensuring that the alleys are lit versus spending time on endless discussions on boarding houses and zoning.  David Holroyd went to Westar and got commitment that the alleys that have light that are not lit would be maintained if the ONA identified the unlit poles and if the ONA paid for them to be lit. At the present time 5 locations looked at that did not have light bulb.  Rob Farha move to pay for the lights on existing that have no lights (up to 10) and ONA to pay for it for a year. Tom Delvin seconded it.  Marci Francisco suggested the approval of the motion but also suggested to ask in the newsletter if any other poles need to be added to the list.  The motion was unanimously approved.  
3.	Treasurer report:  All is working well.  Checking account all balanced
4.	Secretary:  No report.
5.	District reports:  Marci Francisco reported that the 1043 Indiana property was boarded properly.   

City Commission: No item.
Planning Commission:  Proposed set back change proposal for commercial property adjacent to residential property.
BZA:  No item.
Newsletter in works by Matt Long.  Matt to put a draft together in the next few weeks.
New Business:
-	 Accepting nomination for election
-	Marci Francisco:  City is bringing the issue of the community garden.  Looking at underutilized land and turning them into community garden.  Marci Francisco also encouraged all ONA attendees to record their participation to the “take charge challenge”.
-	Festival of culture on the 25th at South Park
-	Oktober Fest on Sat. 24th at 4pm
-	Marci Francisco moved to approve all outstanding meetings minutes including August’s with suggested correction.  Tom Delvin seconded the motion. Unanimous approval
Jon Davis motion to adjourn the meeting Tom Devlin seconded it.  It was unanimously approved.  The meeting was adjourned at 8.30pm.