2/25/2019 FNA Membership Meeting Minutes

2/25/2019, Fairmount Neighborhood Association General Membership

Meeting Minutes, Southside Preservation Hall, 1519 Lipscomb

Board Members in attendance: Sara Karashin, Leah Suasnovar, Bob Fain, Sean Ford,

Steve Voltmann

7:00 PM Call to order, welcome new members

NPO Sergio Guadarrama update: not much to update, car burglaries continue to

be an issue, be sure to not leave valuables in your car and lock doors nightly

Code Officer Mata update: working complaints as they come in. You can report

complaints through the city website, My Fort Worth app, call 817-392-1234 or email

1234@fortworthtexas.gov . Reminder to not leave bulk trash blocking sidewalks,

and to not put bulk trash in in bags. Additionally there should be no political signs

in the right of way. Signs should be 10 feet away from the curb on your property.

See distributed minutes for FNA Board updates.

Additional updates:

Home Tour is coming up May 11&12, 2019. (Mother’s Day weekend). We need a

volunteer for set up and tear down, this person will need a truck. This volunteer will

need to coordinate with other volunteers to put up flags throughout the

neighborhood, deliver podiums to homes, make table and chair deliveries to homes,

and then pick these items up from participating homes. Email the home tour

coordinator, Julie Mathis, at hometour@historicfairmount.com

to volunteer. Perks for volunteering include a ticket to the Wine Down celebration for all volunteers, and

one ticket to attend the tour for every shift worked. If you would like to docent at a

home, those shifts are from 11:30-3:00, and 2:30-6:00. Volunteers are important as

this is the neighborhoods biggest fundraiser.

The current Director of Communications has stepped down from their position, and

there will not be a monthly printed newsletter. Serena Keeler has volunteered to

produce the Home Tour edition, which will be distributed to all homes in the

Fairmount neighborhood. If you want to volunteer to assist Serena with the

newsletter, she could use assistance obtaining advertising sponsors and with

content.

Neighbor update:

the city is finally addressing the severe flooding at 6th and Arlington. A broken drain pipe appears to be contributing to this problem, and the

city plans on making repairs in September.

Park Updates: Fairmount Park improvements will be completed in two phases. You

should see new benches, a water station (for humans and pets!), and new path, and

dog waste station in April. There is a plan for a “native/pollinator garden” that will

be installed at a later date. The plants will need to be maintained by volunteers

after installation.

March 30th is the date for the Cowtown cleanup, we will be seeking volunteers to

help clean up the neighborhood, look for details soon.

Preservation update: reminder that any exterior work on your home requires a

COA. Contractors are costing the City thousands of dollars in man hours and legal

fees by not following proper procedures in completing work in our neighborhood.

Please contact Tiffany Taylor at the City of Fort Worth with any questions.

Martin Dahl will be hosting a Preservation Palaver at the Fairmount Community

Library 2/27/2019 at 7:00 pm. You will have the opportunity to ask Martin questions

regarding any work you would like to do to your home.

8:00 Meeting adjourned

Minutes submitted 2/28/19 by Leah Suasnovar

Next General Membership meeting Monday, March 25, 2019.

Next FNA Board Meeting, 3/4/2019