5/20/2019 Fairmount Neighborhood Association General Membership meeting.

Board members in attendance: Sara Karashin, Deanna Stuart, Bob Fain, Steve Voltmann, Sean Ford, Leah Suasnovar

Call to Order 7:08 pm

Introduction of new members

NPO Sergio Guadarrama provided neighborhood updates, briefing on recent kidnapping in Ryan Place. A resident’s camera greatly assisted in this case. Reminder that you can collaborate with FWPD and promote public safety by registering your home camera system through this link: https://police.fortworthtexas.gov/OnlineServices/Cameras/

Discussion about volunteering for the COPS (Citizens on Patrol) program.  This program helps reduce the crime rate in our neighborhood by putting extra eyes on patrol.  According to the current city Citizens on Patrol Standard Operating Procedures (revised in October 2017), interested parties must not have a criminal record; be over 18 years of age; attend 4 hours of classroom instructions and then later will be scheduled for a ride along with a Fort Worth Police Officer, and be able to donate a minimum of 4 hours per month in either manning the patrol’s base station or actually conducting the street patrolling. If you are interested in joining this program please contact our director of public safety, Steve Voltmann:  publicsafety@historicfairmount.com.

Code compliance not in attendance

Board member updates:

Finance: Bob Fain: finance@historicfairmount.com

• Banking balances as of  5/17/2019
  • Checking                 $22,415.22
  • Savings                   $1357.70
  • CD                            $15,297.04

Administration: Leah Suasnovar: administration@historicfarimount.com

• Reminder to all who reside in Fairmount, homeowners and renters, the FNA Board will have several positions open this August. Volunteering for the Board is a great way to volunteer your time, get to know your neighbors better and gain insight on how the Board and City programs work. If you are interested in being more involved please send me an email with questions.

Promotions: Sean Ford: promotions@historicfairmount.com

• Thank you for a fabulous Home Tour!  T-shirts are now on sale for $15, you can still buy online.
• July 4 Softball game vs Ryan Place is practicing. Contact promotions if interested in playing

• Home Tour Parade is now BETTER LATE THAN NEVER parade! Join us on May 25th at 10am. Message Pat Bradley at pattyjeanbradl@gmail.com to join!

Communications: communications@historicfairmount.com

• Sign up for emails on our website at historicfairmount.com to stay up to date on events and other neighborhood information. Information relevant to development around the neighborhood and other great information is shared in this newsletter.

Historic Preservation: Michael McDermott: preservation@historicfairmount.com

• If you see construction that does not follow our historic guidelines or goes against city code, please email preservation@historicfairmount.com and cc tiffany.taylor@fortworthtexas.gov and justin.newhart@fortworthtexas.gov
• Monthly Preservation Palaver: May 29 at 7pm at Fairmount Community Library

• Last chance for FREE historic window repair workshops through the city. See dates below. For more information, contact the Preservation and Design Section at 817-392-8000.

Membership: Deanna Stuart: membership@historicfairmount.com

• WHY BE A MEMBER:  You earn the right to affect how the FNA spends its money and to steer how the FNA influences the neighborhood. Only members get to vote on money, policies, stances, etc.; may be a chairs; and may be board members. The FNA helps the neighborhood with the voice of the membership and with the money raised by the FNA.

• The FNA membership fiscal year is Jan-Dec NOT one year from purchase date.  Memberships purchased in Nov/Dec are applied to the following year as a courtesy. You can renew or join through the website: historicfairmount.com. Family Memberships = $25 and Individuals = $20.

Safety: Steve Voltmann:  publicsafety@historicfairmount.com  

• We need your help safeguarding our elderly and disabled.  One resident in particular on the 2000 block of Fairmount is being targeted by scammers who enter the home and convince the resident to pay money for work that was not rendered

Infrastructure: Fred Harper:  infrastructure@historicfairmount.com

• Street and Sidewalk Repair committee being formed to advocate at the next bond election.
• Park and greenspace get mowed every 4th Monday of the month.
• If commercial dumpsters near you are being collected outside of posted city hours (ordinance says no collection prior to 6am), PLEASE email your address, time of complaint and (if you know it) the company collecting waste to Angela.Traister@fortworthtexas.gov and cc president@historicfairmount.com and Leticia.Cordero@fortworthtexas.gov
• The Hemphill Corridor Vision Project is underway in its very beginning stages. The taskforce realizes the corridor will become very desirable to developers and wishes to protect the area from random infill. An overlay for development is underway and will be brought to residents for feedback and input later in the year.
• The Fort Worth Public Arts has been granted $229,620.00 towards public art along Magnolia. Bond sites have been identified at Lake and Henderson, but art will not be located at any one particular intersection, but rather art along the avenue. A call will go out to pre-qualified artists requesting a letter of intent relating the artists’ work to the Near Southside.  A review panel, which includes Robbie Werner of Stir Crazy and Sara Karashin with the FNA will choose a selection of 3-5 artists plus an alternate.
• Joe’s Run 10k by the Samaritan House will go through the neighborhood on June 1st from 7:30 am-10:00am. Affected streets are Hemphill down to Elizabeth, up 5th Ave, across Park Place, Down Fairmount, across Elizabeth, and up 8th Ave.

General:

• FW League of Neighborhoods Guest speaker Dr. Paul Geisel presenting Why Fort Worth Needs Strong Neighborhoods and Associations: A Conversation. Dr. Geisel has lived in Fort Worth for many years and has consulted with area neighborhoods concerning their challenges and difficulties.  Please bring your problems and questions so that we can actively engage Dr. Geisel and get his thoughts on some of our most current neighborhood issues.  The next meeting of the Fort Worth League of Neighborhood Associations will be at 6:30 pm on June 6, 2019, at the University Christian Church at 2720 South University Drive in Fort Worth.

UPCOMING EVENTS

05/25 -Historic Window Repair Workshop, Hazel Harvey Peace Center, 9:00am

05/25 – Better Late Than Never Parade, Starts at Fairmount Park, 10:00am

05/25 – A5A Annual Tap Dance Celebration, Arts 5th Ave, 7:00pm

05/28 – Historic Window Repair Workshop, Hazel Harvey Peace Center, 9:00am

05/39 – Preservation Palaver, Fairmount Community Library, 7:00pm

06/06 – FW League of Neighborhoods Meeting, University Christian Church, 6:30pm

06/14 – Fort Worth Magazine Annual Best of Party, River Ranch Stockyards, 6:00pm