April 24, 2023 General Meeting Minutes
Call to order: 7:02 PM
Barbara Crotty welcomed group
Officer Updates
- NPO- Officer Bell
- Reminder to call 911 for any emergency issues, not the NPO assigned phone line
- There have been a few break ins of a vacant home in the neighborhood
- No crime issues associated with the new skate park
- Code Compliance- Officer Adrian Petella
- Provided information/handouts about Code Rangers
- Free 4 hour training
- Learn how to identify and report potential code violations
- Next training is May 20th
- Roger.soto@fortworthtexas.gov
- City of Fort Worth Priority Repair Program
- Helps homeowners in need of emergency or mechanical system home repairs
- Up to $5,000. Limited to once every 12 months
- Income based eligibility
- Call 817-392-7548 to see if you’re eligible
- 99 total violations in neighborhood from March 24- April 24. Mostly high grass, property maintenance, and solid waste.
- Reminder that Parks and Recs department is in charge of the alley maintenance
- Provided information/handouts about Code Rangers
- Community Garden- Suzanne Mabe
- Thanked FNA for supporting the garden
- Looking for volunteers to help clean up the public beds or help with the beds at Stir Crazy. Sign up on their website
- Garden will be open during Home Tour
- Activities include painting pots and planting flowers
- Librarian at De Zavala is starting a school garden, so the Community Garden donated plants and seeds
- Garden t-shirts are for sale
- Chicken coop is coming down and greenhouse will be built
Board Updates
- Membership Update- Barbara Crotty
- June’s social will be a garden party at Michael McDermott’s home
- Holiday Party in December will be held on a Sunday, so that musician Brad Thompson is able to provide entertainment
- Finance- Regina Jackman
- Checking $4,948.30
- Savings $21,374.60
- Home Tour Update
- Need volunteers, especially on Sunday from 2-5
- Sign up on FNA website
- Volunteers get a ticket to Home Tour and entry into the Wine Down celebration at Rosen House Inn following Home Tour
- Board voted to hire 2 off-duty police officers for traffic control on Hemphill
- Parade line up begins at 9:30AM at Fairmount Park. Parade begins at 10AM
- Food trucks, artists, and vendors will be at the Fairmount Park on Saturday of Home Tour
- Need volunteers, especially on Sunday from 2-5
- New General Meeting Signs- Lauren Wu
- First use of the updated signs was a success as new attendees joined the meeting
- Infrastructure- Austin Reed
- Sprinklers are fixed in the green space
- Gauging interest in volunteers helping with the green space instead of hiring someone to maintain.
- Email infrastructure@historicfairmount.com if you have a lawn company to recommend or if you would like to volunteer
- Communications- David Weuste
- Newsletter delivery- need volunteers to help deliver the 2,100 newsletters throughout neighborhood this weekend
- Email communications@historicfairmount.com to volunteer
- Newsletter delivery- need volunteers to help deliver the 2,100 newsletters throughout neighborhood this weekend
- March meeting minutes were approved
- Soma Winery
- Located at 201 S. Main across from Bearded Lady
- Change their wine selection every two months- different countries/regions
- Rent out space for events
- Serve food such as paninis and charcuterie
- For events they can do specialty foods as they have in house chef
- No reservations are needed for wine tasting
- Live music on Fridays
- Sommelier wine classes
- Open Tuesday through Thursday 4-9, Friday and Saturday 4-10
- Early Voting
- Going on now
- Election day is May 6
- Reminder about poll locations such as Daggett Elementary School and Southside Community Center
Adjourn: 7:50 PM
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