SANDYBROOK NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION

MEETING MINUTES THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 18, 2003

Gale Vondrasek called the meeting to order at 7:08p.m. A forum was called.

Minutes from last months meeting and this months meeting will be approved at the next meeting.

The Treasury Report was gone over. Due to a donation of last months 50/50 split by Gale Vondrasek the treasury holds $37.00. The forum approved the report.

Dawn Hebert was voted in as the new Secretary of the association.

Review of the bylaws began.

• Article V
  No transferability of memberships was added.
  
  
• Article VI
  Dues must be paid at the time of membership.
  
  A question was posed suggesting a January-June payment schedule; it was suggested this would not be feasible due to accounting difficulties.
  
  
• Article VII
  Meetings will be held on the third Tuesday instead of the third Thursday of the month.
  
  All meetings will be open to all residents however only paid residents in good standing may vote.
  
  Tim Hess called for ideas for privileges of members.
  
  A membership drive is on for the next 30 days; dues are lowered from $50 to $40.00.
  
  
• Article VIII
  Passed with no questions.
  
  
• Article IX
  A yearly outside audit was suggested.
  • The audit will be called by a percentage of general membership.
  • The audit will be performed by executive board members
  • The Executive Board will perform unannounced audits.
  • An article allowing members to call for an audit will be added.
  • The party to complete the yearly audit has yet to be decided.
  
  Funds going out will be approved by the executive board and/or members vote.
  
  A general accounting form will be presented for approval by members at each meeting.
  

The remainder of the bylaws were tabled until the next meeting.

A call for Block Captains for the following areas was made: Fallbrook Court East, Elderwood, Misty Glen, and Sandstone.

Tim Hess went over the crime report. He was questioned on whether it was possible to obtain statistics comparing the number of calls to the police to actual crimes committed. It was suggested that the neighborhood has a slow response of police to calls. It was suggested to residents who have concerns about this issue to get in touch with City Council member Becky Haskins or NPO Brad Hickey. Tim Hess stated that he would check on this.

The Sandybrook Neighborhood Association has been invited to join the Fort Worth League of Neighborhood Associations.

Roger Kromer won the 50/50 split and donated $8.50 to the coffer.

Meeting was adjourned at 8:13 p.m.

SPECIAL ZONING MEETING MINUTES

THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 18, 2003

Gale Vondrasek called the meeting to order at 8:15 p.m. and established a quorum.

Emory Place
No questions asked

Tee One Up
Weldon Ward attended and explained the plans to change the driving range to single family homes.
The city council will hear the case on October 14th, 2003.
The association agreed to write a letter approving the plan.

Newberry Trail
It was decided that the Association would assent and approve the plans to open Newberry Trail.

Duplexes/Town homes
Nathan Olsen, engineer of Northern development attended.
Mr. Olsen explained that the current plan was to create 166 units on 83 lots.
The units will be duplexes, most people are concern that they mostly will be rented and possibly become Section 8 property.
Residents called for single family dwellings or certain neighborhood commercial development. A list of proposed businesses was given to Mr. Olsen.
Residents stated they will fight against plans to create multifamily dwellings.
It was agreed to support another month delay in the zoning case so Nathan could discuss the issues with the owners and run some numbers on other developments.

The meeting was adjourned at 8:47 p.m.

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