March 2023 General Meeting Minutes

Call to order: 7:03 PM

President Andrew Epps welcomed group

Officer Updates

• Officer Chavez (filling in for Code Compliance Officer Jason Ignacio)
  • 21 new code compliance cases in the past month
    • Most related to property maintenance (outside storage, bulk out of cycle, and illegal dumping)
  • Substandard structures (wood deteriorated without paint, broken windows, etc) can be reported in the MyFW App
    • If windows are broken, but they have been boarded up that does meet the minimum standard and is not a violation
  • Repairs/construction without a COA- can be reported as zoning violation in the app
  • Alley violations such as illegal dumping- can be considered a right of way, so FWPD would be contacted. If it is a grass alley, then code compliance can be contacted

Community Garden- Suzanne Mabe

• Garden will be open during Home Tour
• Only pick from the Public Pick plots

Board Items

• Membership- Barbara Crotty
  • 114 Members have renewed
  • April Social: Porch “hop” April 15^th (following the neighborhood garage sale)
    • Need houses to volunteer to host
• Finance update- Andrew Epps
  • Checking $7,409.93 Savings $21,371.63
  • Have given 2 of the 4 donation checks to neighborhood schools
• Home Tour- Kelci Cox
  • Need business sponsors- can sign up on FNA website
  • Need volunteers
  • Home Tour Parade is at 10 AM Saturday May 13^th
    • Neighborhood marketplace will occur in Fairmount park following the parade
      • Food trucks, music, artists, vendors
• Fairmount/Ryan Place July 3^rd Softball Game- Andrew Epps
  • Have met with Ryan Place to discuss plans
  • 5:30 start (anthem) followed by 6pm game start
  • 8:30/9 social and music to follow
  • If you know any local food trucks for the social, let Andrew or Kelci know
• Meeting Signs- Lauren Wu
  • Presented different pricing options (local vs. large corp, sign vs. stickers)
    • Motion to go with local vendor to create stickers with new meeting location, seconded. Unanimous.
• 2021 Garden Tour Plaques- have been delivered to the homeowners who participated in the Garden Tour
• Annual Neighborhood Garage Sale- April 15^th
  • 25 houses have signed up
  • Cut off date to be included on the map is April 11^th
• Meeting Minutes- Chrysten Clay
  • No corrections. Approved.
• Infrastructure- Austin Reed
  • Panther City Lighting will be maintaining the neighborhood flags
    • Will be up from Mother’s Day though Memorial Day, then stored until the 4^th of July

Open Discussion

• Discussion on Yard of the Month and how to attract individuals to compete
• Reminder about upcoming local elections
  • Poll- Southside Community Center
  • Yard signs are not allowed in the green space between sidewalks and the street

Adjourn: 7:50 PM