Oread Neighborhood Association
Special Board Meeting – Monday, November 8th, 2010 at The Wheel

DRAFT MINUTES

Meeting called to order at 8:10pm by President Rob Farha.

Nine board members present therefore quorum exists for official business.

Farha announced that the meeting is to set the November 18th general meeting agenda and that there will not be a December meeting due to the holidays.

Farha announced that David Corliss, City Manager, wanted to speak at the October meeting but ONA said no due to Board elections. He suggested that Corliss speak at 7:15pm on Nov. 18th on the topic Corliss chooses, and he leaves afterwards…no questions to him at meeting, direct questions outside of meeting either through email or phone.

Farha announced second agenda item that Paul Werner of Werner Architects wants to present a 30-minute discussion on the RM32 definition and issues regarding the development code that effect ONA properties. This discussion will also include the topic of 1043 Indiana and its possible plans for redevelopment. 

The questions was asked of ONA’s role after the presentation. Should ONA vote for support or non-support of the project? Members discussed and decided that many letters from residents and owners would be better than 1 letter from the association. ONA wants to get more owners involved so it does not appear that only a few are involved.

Farha announced the third agenda item of Dillon’s new proposal at their store location on18th and Mass St. A brief description of the project was described and members provided input on the matter.

Farha announced the fourth agenda item regarding Board of Directors and Officers insurance policy. The policy would provide legal counsel if the Board is sued for any reason so that members are not personally liable. The cost is about $1,000 and would come out of the ONA budget, but not the CDBG funds. 

Bill Gadberry made a motion for the board to apply for insurance for board members through August 1, 2011. Seconded by Rose Moore. Vote approved with 1 abstaining. There was brief discussion on the timeline for the policy to be effective, any prorated costs based on grant year, and paying for the policy. More research and contact with the City will be done before purchasing a policy. Copies of the policy with signatures need to be available.

CDBG possible projects were listed. The 14th and Tennessee NW corner of public easement project was discussed as well as the Edgehill Road Stairs. Procedures on adding projects to the grant application and the information required for each project was discussed. Alleyways in disrepair and having repair paid through CDBG was discussed. Contact will be made to the city to discuss options for repair. It was suggested that letters from each property owner would be helpful in getting the City to fix alleyways. 

The need for mid-block lighting on Tennessee / Kentucky / Ohio was discussed. It was determined that a request to Westar is made to get the light in and the City pays the utility bill. 

Shane Munsch, treasurer, discussed the 4 bank accounts ONA has at Cap Fed and at MainStreet Credit Union. There was discussion on the funds at MainStreet being related to the Merc grocery store before it moved out of the neighborhood.

Motion made to close the MainStreet accounts, deposit funds into Cap Fed account, and to keep separate by identifying line items. Seconded by Imran Wahla. Unanimous approval. 

Motion to close the meeting. Seconded by Munsch. Approved.

Meeting closed at 8:57pm.