General Meeting Minutes Woodland Heights Civic Association

May 11, 2004

                                                                  Zion Lutheran Church

                                                                                                                                                                                   

Tony Maluski, Vice President Deed Restrictions, called the General Meeting to order at 7:40 pm. Approximately 16 individuals attended.

HPD Officer Jasso:

Officer Jasso was not available to provide the crime statistics.

Announcements/Reminders

Tony Maluski:

·        The May General Meeting will be the last meeting until next September. Meetings for June, July and August are not held due to summer vacation.

·        In response to a question that was raised in the April General Meeting regarding the methodology for the recent raise in homeowner and renters’ dues, a Motion was made to increase the membership dues for homeowners and renters to $35.00 and $10.00 respectively. Dues for Sr. Homeowner remains unchanged. The motion passed with one opposition.

Ivon DuPont:

• Ivon spoke regarding the proposed Interstate 45 Project. Public meetings will begin late summer to early fall and possibly as late as next year. TxDOT is re-evaluating all projects for a pay-as-you-go capability.
• HGAC 2025 transportation plan require paving over even more of Houston by creating “smart express” streets. A public meeting is planted for May 19^th at the Heights Library. Various grass roots organizations are coordinating opposition plans.

Officer Reports

Adrian Reed:

• The Travis Expansion Project has been pushed back to summer of 2005. Demolition and site abatement will continue. Temporary buildings will be provided at Kettlesen.
• Travis PTA will been on May 20^th at 6:15 in the Travis school cafeteria. There will be a presentation by the architect on the site plans. Plans are available at http://www.traviselementary.org/.
• Individuals concerned with preserving the approximate 200 year-old tree at the corner of Florence & Redan should contact Trees for Houston. The tree is in danger of being destroyed in conjunction with the Travis Expansion Project.
• Adrian advised us that Adrian Garcia will hold a public meeting in the near future regarding the Studewood Project.
• The SWMP project is in CIP planning pending the water tax.
• Adrian reported on the Target store planned south of Interstate 10 at the Taylor exit. It is proposed at the old Bowen Tool site.

Tony Maluski:

• Tony was introduced as the new Vice President in charge of Deed Restrictions. Tony asked all residents to report any new construction or remodeling to him. His email address is available on the website.
• Tony discussed the existence of six different deed restriction’s with differing guidelines that govern our neighborhood. The deed restrictions are not intended to be architectural controls (style, materials, etc).
• Tony offered to help any neighbors who live in unrestricted neighborhoods by helping them start the deed restriction process.

Sharon Greiff, Treasurer:

• Presented the Balance Sheet as of April 30, 2004 showing a balance of $32,240.12.
• Sharon reported that 53% of the neighborhood has applied or been approved for the prevailing lot protection. 32% are final and are protected. The 200 block of Bayland has been submitted to P&D.

Vicky Bettis, Recording Secretary:

• Vicky did not attend, however, the membership stands at $10,030 with 13.93% participation.

Kris Koziol, Security:

• Kris was not in attendance.

 

The speaker for September General Meeting was Judge Mark Davidson, Judge Davidson who spoke on Great Characters in Texas History.  Judge Davidson reported how people migrated to Texas to escape debt, arrest and even marriages including Sam Houston and Stephen F. Austin. Consequently, our founding fathers put an item in the Texas Constitution giving us homestead protection.

A few “characters” Judge Davison spoke of were:

• Edmund J Davis - the first republican governor serving in 1869 during the reconstruction. In the 1872 election, he lost with only 29% of the vote but refused to leave office. For two and one-half weeks, Texas actually had two people claiming to be governor.
• James Ferguson - the only governor in Texas history to be impeached. Since he was not eligible to run for office again, his wife, Mariam, also known as “Ma” Ferguson ran for office defeating her opposition, a member of the KKK.
• Wilbert “W. Lee” O”Daniel – previously a floor salesman, he ran in a thirteen way race and secured 53% of the votes. He was re-elected in 1940.

Deborah Dunten provided cookies.

Motion was made and seconded to adjourn at 9:10.

 

Attachments to Hard Copy of Minutes:

 

• General Meeting Sign In List of Attendees

 

 

Respectfully Submitted

Vicky Bettis, Recording Secretary