The Greater Oak Hills Civic Association Meetings:

Notes from the May 14, 2012 General Meeting - coming soon!

 

                                                Notes from the Oct. 10, 2011 General Membership Meeting

•  The meeting was called to order by Bubba Anselmo.  Rodney Underwood, treasurer, presented the Year-to-Date Income and Operating Expenses for GOHCA.  It was noted that we have 318 paid members for the 2011 year or 51% of the neighborhood.  Several in attendance (who have recently lived in other Baton Rouge neighborhoods) noted that this was a good response for membership, that $50.00 was extremely reasonable for yearly dues, and that hopefully Oak Hills would have enough participation in the future so that it would not have to follow some of the other BR neighborhoods who have resorted to mandatory dues for residents. 

•  Projects to be completed by the end of the year - replacement of the flags at both ends of N. Oak Hills Pkwy. entrances and the sign-board at one entrance.

•  New upcoming projects - the new sign for Oak Hills Park at the N. Oak Hills/Siegen Lane Entrance.  This will come up in the future, but requires much planning and working with the city ordinances to have a legal sign with an address and an affordable sign.  This will be an additional expense that will not be affordable in the existing GOHCA budget.  Other issues surrounding this are the remaining lots at that end of N. Oak Hills, landscaping the area, & the mowing responsibilities of the subdivision vs. the city.

•  New concerns - the speeding on Pastureview Dr. and the running of the Stop sign at the corner of Pastureview Dr. and Lazy K Ave..  It   has been suggested that a traffic study and/or police monitoring be set up there.

•  Bubba announced that he would be stepping down as President and that Wanda, his wife, was also stepping down as Beautification Chairman as of 12/31/11.  He thanked everyone for their help during his 4 yr. tenure on the board and said he did enjoy holding this position and learned very much from his experience.  He announced other vacancies on the board.

•  A new Nominating Committee was formed at the meeting.  Head of the committee is Linda Babin, 767-6719, with committee members Molly Williams, Beau Wolfe, and Ellen Elias.  Over the next several weeks, this committee will be searching for volunteers to fill the President, Vice President, and Secretary positions. 

•  These nominations will be presented at a General Membership Meeting to be held in late 2011 or early 2012 - to be announced.  Nominations will also be accepted from the floor, and at this time a new board will be elected.  Also, anyone who wishes to volunteer for other open positions - Beautification, Social Chair, Welcoming Committee, and the Board of Directors (2-3 positions), be sure to contact someone on the committee as soon as possible.

                                                            Notes from the Sept. 1, 2011 Board Meeting

•  General Membership Meeting
  The GOHCA board met at the Bluebonnet Library on Thurs. Sept. 1, 2011, to discuss items to be placed on the agenda for the
  General Membership Meeting, originally scheduled for Thurs. Sept. 15, 2011. 
  NOTE:  The General Membership meeting will be rescheduled for a later date because of the conflict with the LSU vs. Miss. State
  (away game) that will be played and televised on Thurs. Sept. 15, 2011.
   

•  Nominating Committee
  The Oak Hills Civic Assn. has about a 50% membership for the 2011 year (318 members out of 600+ families).  There were many who volunteered to help when they sent in their membership forms and these names have been compiled for the nominating committee to use to help fill vacant positions on the GOHCA board.  Our vice president, Jimmy Clark, is heading up the nominating committee. 

  If you are interested in volunteering for a vacant position, you can contact Linda Babin at 767-6719.  The nominees will be presented at the general membership meeting (TBA) and also nominations will be taken from the floor.  Once the major positions are filled, leaders can use this list to help find committee members for each committee.  The plan is to have these positions filled and in place for March 2012.
  
  Positions that are now or will be vacant for 2012:

  • President - vacant
  • Vice President - vacant
  • Secretary - vacant
  • Beautification - will be vacant
  • Social chairman - vacant now
  • Welcoming - will be vacant
     
•  New Business 
  Beautification and new sign for the North Oak Hills/Siegen Lane entrance to the subdivision:
  The board was informed by Bubba about future considerations that have come up following the relocation of N. Oak Hills Pkwy. that he has looked into and that will need to be addressed by the new board:

      1.  Who owns the remaining lots?
      2.  Will the city or the subdivision will be responsible for mowing the lots?
      3.  Who will landscape the median areas?  The city, the subdivision, or possibly Baton Rouge Green will help out.
      4.  Bubba found out that the new sign must have an address assigned by the city-parish to make sure that it cannot be knocked down
          without notice (as happened to the Oak Hills 3 sign on Perkins Rd.) and that it is legally located according to all sign restrictions.
      5.  How will the new sign be financed (subdivision signs can cost as much as $8,000 an up)?
  
  NOTE:  For those who want to know why they should become a member of the Oak Hills Civic Association:  
  Your support and money are needed to keep the neighborhood beautiful, safe, and a desirable place to live in Baton Rouge - GOHCA currently landscapes and maintains the public areas of the neighborhood such as the entrances (which also involves replacing parts of the brick walls at the entrance when they have eroded or been hit by cars, planting and replacing stolen or dead plants, and providing a watering system for the plants) and mowing the medians; places signs, replaces, and/or paints the entrance signs (there are 3 entrances - Highland Road, North Oak Hills Pkwy. at Siegen, and North Oak Hills Pkwy. near Rue Crozat and Amiens); represents the neighborhood at the Greater Federation of Civic Assns.; maintains a phone tree to keep the residents informed about important events/emergencies/etc.; pays for a neighborhood website to keep our residents informed; pays insurance for the subdivision; provides a neighborhood directory; pays for a Sheriff's patrol through the neighborhood; promotes social events to meet the neighbors; recognizes "yard of the month" to encourage beautiful yards;  and represents the neighborhood in city planning or other area politics that may affect our neighborhood. (See a more complete list under "GOHCA Membership" tab.)

  It takes money to keep Oak Hills Subdivision a clean, well-maintained, safe, and beautiful wonderful
  place to live!  The yearly operating budget for GOHCA is close $15,000 and is used to provide all the amenities listed above and more!  Most neighborhoods in Baton Rouge charge far more than $50 for the services provided by GOHCA - many have mandatory dues of $100 - $200, enforceable by the law through automatic property taxes.

  We applaud and thank the 50% of our neighbors who support the Greater Oak Hills Civic Association with their time and money and look forward to serving you even better.

  Wouldn't it be nice if the other 50% of our neighbors who enjoy all these things for free would help support our Greater Oak Hills Civic Association that makes it all possible???

  ** 2012 GOHCA MEMBERSHIP FORM
January begins a new year and
membership will once again be $50.00.

Feb. 18, 2010 General Membership meeting
2009 Actual Budget