WPHA ANNUAL MEETING
Thursday, March 27, 2008, 7:00 8:30pm
Our Redeemer Lutheran Church Hall
WPHA ANNUAL MEETING minutes taken by Monica Austin
Approximately 80 attendees
I. Welcome by Don Averitt
II. Thank You and Introduction of current Officers and Street Captains
a. THANK YOU to 2007 Officers
1. President Don Averitt, Lupton
2. Co-President Debbie Thompson, Desco
3. Treasurer Sarah Jane Francis, Joyce Way
4. Secretary Mary Carol Hughes, Joyce Way
b. THANK YOU to the 2007 Block Captains
1. Airline Scott & Julie Lawson
2. Ashington John & Jerry Bradley
3. Boedeker Cirlce Beverly Levy
4. Boedeker Dr Sylvia Motz
5. Chipperton Don & Betty Harris / Pam & Gordon Moore
6. Clearlake Cumalee & Terry Haines
7. Dartwood Holly & Bill Becker
8. Desco Molly & Terry Babilla
9. Joyce Way Elaine Looney / Jessica & Rodney Wren / Sarah Jane & Will Francis
10. Lupton Emily & Stephen Feldman
11. Prestonshire Thank you to Jeannie Berry for prior years / For 2008 Rebecca & James Hallam
12. Stefani Jim & Anne Groves / Tom & Frances Warren
13. Villa Park Kelly Howell
c. THANK YOU to the 2007 Volunteers:
1. Planning & Zoning Task Force - Terry Haines, Jerry Bradley, John Bradley, Bob Ikle
2. Website Craig Sutton
3. Membership/Database Monica Austin
4. Newsletter Elaine Looney
5. Party Coordinator for Spring Desco Block Party Kelly Robinson
6. Crimewatch emails Don Averitt
7. First Watch Information Julie Schwartz
8. Crimewatch signs research David Trigiani
III. Welcome New Neighbors
IV. Financial Info by Monica Austin
a. Financial Report as of Dec 31, 2007 (see excel document for details)
b. Currently we are operating in the black.
c. Budget for 2008 same items seen as 2007.
V. Membership & Directories
a. Membership
1. 2008 approximately 50% as of March 22nd
2. Dues notices went out in Feb and are due now.
3. 2007 Membership 69%
4. Dues remain at $75
1. mail to: Monica & Bob Austin, 7267 Ashington Dr, Dallas, TX 75225 payable to WPHA
b. Directories
1. Yellow directories went out during the winter
2. Thanks to Elaine Looney and Amanda Gardner for all their hard work. Please see them if you need a directory
VI. Crime Watch
a. Julie Schwartz First Watch security service for a fee currently have 87 members and a commitment from others to sign up that will bring our total to 136. This will allow us to have First Watch service with a dedicated car for the neighborhood for 8 hrs/day. The call to action is now. Please get your contracts in. After the other 49 contracts are turned in these hours will be determined by reviewing crime statistics for our neighborhood to see when most crimes are occurring. If we can get 200 total people to sign up we will have a full-time First Watch car in the neighborhood. Bud Angwin from First Watch also spoke and explained that if you are NOT a First Watch subscriber they cannot help unless you are calling to report something regarding a subscribers home. PLEASE SIGN UP NOW. Last year we had 26 members at this time. See Julie Schwartz for a contract.
1. Need volunteers to help Julie Schwartz
2. See wphadallas.com for more details
b. Reminder - Keep up newspapers and fliers off doors
This is a RED FLAG you are NOT HOME.
c. Don Averitt call 911 & email Don to notify neighborhood of security alert at averittd@swbell.net
VII. Website wphadallas.com
a. Please continue to view for neighborhood information
b. Thank you to Craig Sutton for maintaining
VIII. Spring Block Party Sunday, May 4, 2008 from 4-6pm, east end of Desco in the cul-de-sac
a.
Amanda Gardner volunteered to
coordinate the Spring Block Party. Please let her know if you can help out.
IX. Vote on 2008 Officers
1. President, Charlie Kight (nominated by Kim Pettigrew)
2. Co-President, Ann Kight (nominated by Kim Pettigrew)
3. Treasurer, Kim Pettigrew (nominated by Elaine Looney)
4. Secretary no volunteers open please call Monica Austin, 214-537-7524 to volunteer
X. 2008 Volunteers:
a. Website Craig Sutton
b. Membership/Database Monica Austin
c. Newsletter Elaine Looney
d. Wall Improvement Chairman OPEN call Kights to volunteer 214-363-3560
e. Party Coordinator for Spring Desco Block Party Amanda Gardner
f. Directory Coordinator 2009 OPEN call Monica Austin to volunteer 214-537-7524
g. Crimewatch emails Don Averitt
h. Playgroups Alisha Gardner
i. Street Captain for Lupton Circle OPEN call Monica Austin to volunteer 214-537-7524
j. New Street Captains for Prestonshire Rebecca & James Hallam
XI. Planning & Zoning Task Force
a. Thanks to Terry Haines, Jerry Bradley, John Bradley, Bob Ikle
b. Walnut Hill/Central Review John Bradley discussed the current plans at this 17 acre location. A gated community with 101 homes is going in on the west end. The name is The Glens and it will have 800K-1.2 million dollar single family detached homes. A stacked Edgemere type rest home will be going in on the north west end. The center will have nice restaurants, retail, and multi-family housing above it. Parking will be mainly in garages.
1. Two Resolutions were passed.
a. Resolution One: The WPHA hereby authorizes its Task Force Committee composed of Terry Haines, Chairman, and John Bradley and Jerry Bradley as Task Force members, to support the proposed zoning change for The Glen development at the northwest corner of Walnut Hill and Central from townhouse zoning to single family detached residential zoning and any other changes that in their collective judgment are appropriate.
b. Resolution Two: The WPHA is a member of the neighborhood Coalition that is authorized by Deed Restrictions to approve certain design elements of The Glen development. Windsor Park has one voting member on the Neighborhood Coalition. The WPHA hereby designates Terry Haines as its Voting Member and names Jerry Bradley as the First Alternate and John Bradley as the Second Alternate.
2. There are 5 votes total for the Neighborhood Coalition.
1. Glen Lakes 2
2. Meadows -2
3. Windsor Park 1
3. The other neighborhoods approve of Providents plans.
c. Boedeker Preview Bob Ikle stood up and discussed that the plans for Nasher Trail are still going forward. An assessment will be completed and more info will be available at the end of April. The current goal is to connect to White Rock Trail to the north and Katy to the south.
d. Clearlake closure Bob Ikle stood up for Terry Haines and spoke about the plans to close Clearlake at Park Lane. He announced that they had received all signatures from Clearlake and some on Desco to go forward. The reason for closure was high speeds on Clearlake and theft.
1. There were many concerns about these plans.
1. That is the way many people leave the neighborhood to get to Hillcrest and go south. They turn right onto Park Lane, so they have a protected left turn at the light at Park/Hillcrest.
2. Terry Babilla was concerned that this closure would cause an increase of speed down Desco to Hillcrest. He was strongly against this closure. His main concern was speed down Desco and his young children.
3. Other concerns were mentioned regarding that is the entrance that the fire trucks use from the Greenville station to get into the neighborhood.
2. A vote was made to HOLD the closure of the Clearlake closure at Park Lane. The neighborhood wanted further review to see what impact this will have on the rest of the neighborhood.
e. Public Improvement Projects Needs assessment request
1. Boedeker hike bike trail
2. Boedeker stop signs
3. Boedeker landscape, sprinkler system and planting
4. Walnut Hill landscape, sprinkler system and planting
5. Clearlake street closure at Park Lane
6. Hillcrest and Park Lane wall improvement and sidewalk repair
7. Boedeker sidewalk
8. Boedeker street repairs
9. Security guards, cameras, police presence
XII. New Business, Questions & Answers
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