OAKES ESTATES NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION
TUESDAY, DECEMBER 4TH, 2018 7:00 P.M.

Call to order/determination of quorum: The meeting was called to order at 7:04 with a quorum present: Karl Fry, Mike Vitte, John Nicola, Jim Rice, Jim Glase, Bob Walker, Tony Palladino, Tom Ellis and Terry Iamurri. Guests in attendance were Mark Schwab manager at Tarpon Bay, Scott Relf. Alison Anders, Jon Hagedorn, Coventine Fidis, Bobbi Sutton, Israel and Deysi Iglesias and their daughter Johanna, along with our hostess Gayle Hahe. All guests with exception of Mark Schwab were residents of Autumn Oaks Lane.

Approval of Minutes: Jim Rice made a motion to approve the minutes, Jim Glase seconded the motion and the motion carried.

Treasurer’s report: John reported a bank balance of $4,068.69 with 75 contributing members.

Old Business:

Naples Senior Center (NSC): Bobbi Sutton personally notified all the homeowners of Autumn Oaks and organized a meeting on the Monday after Thanksgiving to discuss the impact the senior center may have on them. Scott Relf then met with board chairman John Passidomo, CEO Dr. Jackie Faffer and CC traffic engineer Jim Banks at their current NSC facility on Costello Dr. They conveyed the same information regarding the nonprofit senior daycare and the activities and operation of their programs that was shared at our November meeting and prior at their facility in October to some of the OENA board. Scott told them he felt everyone’s concern would be traffic. Scott personally felt that there were areas for us to negotiate and review if we consider this for that location. First, keep the rear five acres preserve forever, a hedge on Oakes Blvd (maybe a wall), Valewood road widening, limit the time of use, bus stop on Autumn Oaks would need to be changed or improved, have them hire law enforcement for peak traffic times. Coventine Fidis is an engineer and he reviewed the plans at Valewood and said there is no way to improve that intersection unless First Congregational Church is willing to give up more land. The board said they already donated land to their east for Valewood, possibly even more for part of the water retention area. Therefore, we do not believe this would ever be a consideration. After a lengthy discussion of this project being considered for our neighborhood, even though the feeling in the room was that this a wonderful mission the consensus is we would prefer to see residential homes go in on this parcel. It was a majority view of the residents of Autumn Oaks that there are no concessions in terms of site design, road improvements, or buffering that would negate the significant negative impact and reduction in property value that having a huge commercial building in that location generating many more trips than homes regardless of hours and activities. Jim Rice made a motion to oppose the senior center, Tom Ellis seconded the motion and the motion carried unanimously.
Logan Landings- Updates: John Nicola gave the update that Naples Daily News in the past week provided an up-to-date listing of additional restaurants and other services opening in this complex. The anchor Sprouts grocer is supposed to have their opening Feb. 20th with many of the other tenants to open 30-90 days later.
Valewood Light Changes & Closing of Median: Karl reported the county has put this out to bid. The bids will be in by the 14th of this month. Work is supposed to start early January. Karl made contact with Tony Khawaja with traffic and he indicated there will be light timing and signal changes that will be coming to this intersection. Karl will get with Tony to provide a clearer understanding of the signal changes.
Destiny Church Expansion: Destiny has proposed to build a bridge to Tarpon Bay Blvd. to alleviate traffic on Oakes Blvd. and direct detriment to adjacent homeowners. A lot of discussion went into this topic. We feel we are just kicking the problem over to Tarpon Bay and their residents, as well as inevitable increased traffic on the southern part of Oakes Blvd. Adjacent homeowners at the meeting decided that despite improvement in their personal experiences if a bridge were constructed, they did not feel comfortable supporting any growth in the church’s operations, or transferring their problems onto others. John Nicola made a motion that we respond to Rich Yovanovich, the attorney, for Destiny church to let them know we are opposed to the expansion under any circumstances. Bob Walker seconded the motion and the motion carried unanimously. Bob Walker agreed to contact Mr. Yovanovich directly with the update.
CC Planning Commission- District 3 Update: Karl let us know he has been accepted to this board and has already received 1000+ pages to review before his first meeting, Thursday 12/6. He would be sitting on a board that would encompass reviewing or impacting things for our neighborhood and this would be a conflict of interest. He will need to step down from the board. He asked if anyone would consider stepping up to take his position. So far no one has consider it. Jim Rice asked him to stay until at least January’s meeting. He agreed.
Standing Oaks PUD updates: No new updates
New Business:

Oakes Estates Signs – Website Visibility: Karl asked Terry if the flowers at the signs could be trimmed to see the website sign. Terry said she would take care of it.

Open Agenda:

North Naples Baptist Church Events: They are offering a Christmas Eve service at 5:00 pm. Gayle invited anyone who would like to join them to the Ft. Lauderdale Christmas Pageant on Saturday Dec. 15th they only have 10 tickets left they are $70 each which includes the pageant and round trip by motor coach bus to get there. Please contact Gayle for more information Gayle@nnbc.life

Adjournment: Bob made a motion to adjourn at 9:28 p.m. Mike Vitte seconded the motion and the motion carried.

Respectfully submitted by Terry Iamurri
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OAKES ESTATES NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION
TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 6, 2018 7:00PM

Call to order/determination of quorum: The meeting was called to order at 7:01 p.m. with a quorum present: Karl Fry, Mike Vitte, Terry Iamurri, John Nicola, Jim Glase, Tony Palladino, Bob Walker and Russell Williams. Guests in attendance were Mark Schwab manager over at Tarpon Bay, Bobbi Sutton, Tom Ellis, Steve Bracci and Kevin Leo from Oakes neighborhood. Special guests from Naples Senior Center were Dr. Jackie Faffer CEO/president, Troy Thomas- consultant, Wayne Arnold – sight and landscape plan consultant, Jim Banks- traffic engineer, Renee’ _____-architect, John Passidomo and Michael Greenburg –board members. Gayle Hahe our hostess from NNBC were in attendance.

Approval of minutes: Bob made a motion to approve last month’s minutes, Tony seconded the motion and the motion carried.

Treasurers report: John reported our bank balance the same as last month $4138.23.

Old Business:

Naples Senior Center presentation: They came to explain why they chose the 13 acre parcel on the corner of Oakes Blvd. and Autumn Oaks as a consider site for their conditional use. Jackie explained their nonprofit and first senior daycare started back in 2014 that started with 80 members and now has over 1300, not all are actively participating. There days and hours of operation are M-F 9-5. They serve the needs of older citizens providing tools and support programs to address challenges they face including physical, social and emotional support. They offer different activities each day for seniors. With a full time staff of 17 and 200 volunteers whom are trained and fully vetted to help with these daily activities throughout the week. All of presenters based all of their information for us on the lunch they have each Wednesday which is their biggest draw and heavily attended with approximately 180 seniors coming for lunch that is catered by Publix. There would not be a full kitchen on site, just warmers for food. Heaviest time for travel would most likely be 11-1 on this day. A graph to show traffic studies was presented by Jim Banks. Many of us asked numerous questions regarding the traffic and its impact to our and surrounding intersections. The building would be two stories put in the middle of 8.5 acres with a buffer of parking, retention areas and landscape buffering on all sides the most easterly part will have a 5 acre buffer of possible residential parcels or left as preserve. The entrance would line up with the Valewood light and exit would face Autumn Oaks Lane. After many concerns about traffic, appearance and major change to our neighborhood were voiced, Wayne Arnold volunteered why this parcel will continue to be a major concern for our neighborhood due to it has the storage building on it which is commercial and it abuts to other parcels which allow for conditional use because of surrounding businesses that abut to them. A straw vote was taken after the Senior Center Presenters left 99.5% felt we cannot embrace this fit for the neighborhood. Mike Vitte offered to contact Ed White the owner and listing agent on this parcel to discuss alternative uses for this parcel including single family homes sites with possible higher density usage. The light at Valewood was discussed at length again and Karl offered to contact Tony Kwanja with the county traffic and see if something else can be done there.
Destiny Church Expansion: The neighborhood information meeting (NIM) held at the church and attended by many on the board and some neighbors whom voiced concerns and objections regarding the size of the expansion, noise and traffic were squashed by attorney Rich Yovanovich stating the only detail to be worked out was the parking. That was the purpose of the NIM. The next day Karl requested another meeting with county staff. Bob Walker, John Nicola, Tony Palladino and Karl attended an Oct. 10th meeting with Jamie French, Ray Bellows. Jim Sabo (principal planner for this project) and two people from code enforcement. They were assured that a new conditional use is required and is subject to all updates since the original conditional use was approved. Attorney Yovanovich requested another meeting in his office where they informed us they intend to re-apply for child care again. They asked if we would accept and agree not to object to their request if they built a bridge to enter from Tarpon Bay Blvd. We said we would need to see a site plan and all conditions in writing. We are waiting on the site plan. Pastor Greg stated he will move the entrances to exiting the church to deter car lights from shining inside surrounding neighbors’ homes whether the conditional use is approved or not.
Standing Oaks PUD status: Bob reported they have resubmitted their permits. They originally were going to build two new bridges, they are now going to replace only one. Bob asked Chris Allen to find out whom will be responsible for maintaining the landscape medians. Chris called him back a short time later to say the development will be. The landscape medians will now just have low growing shrubbery that will be maintained at 2” or less due to the length requirements requested by the FDOT for trees in the median. Their landscape architect has requested a letter from us that states that they have consulted with us to provide to the county. Peter Goodin has agreed to outline a letter that would state that.
Logan Landings-Updates: John reported they are moving along on schedule.
Collier County Planning Commission Opening: Karl applied for this and he will know next Tuesday night if he has been accepted for this volunteer position to work with them. He does see this as a time conflict with OENA in his position as president and would like to step down but still remain on the board. He asked John Nicola if he would consider the presidency but he declined it.
Replacement of board member Hiram Garcia: Bob Walker nominated Tom Ellis to take Hiram’s place, Tony seconded the motion and the motion carried. Tom was welcomed by the board.
<p.New Business:

Rita’s Italian Ice: Jennifer Gibson vice president of Rita’s Italian Ice of Naples contacted the OENA board today by email regarding the possibility that she and her family would like to put up a 640 sq.ft. Building on the south west corner of Logan Blvd and Immokalee Road that will sell Italian Ice and frozen desserts it is currently owned by Colin Walker. Karl invited her to come to a meeting tonight or next month to present her vision and how this might comply with land development code for the property. Mike Vitte offered to contact Colin and see what his vision for selling the parcel is.

Adjournment: John made a motion to adjourn at 9:00 p.m. Tony seconded the motion and the carried.

Respectfully submitted by Terry Iamurri

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Oakes Estates Neighborhood Association
Board Meeting Tuesday, October 2nd, 2018

Call to Order/Determination of Quorum: Meeting was called to order at 7:06 p.m. with a quorum present: Karl Fry, Mike Vitte, Terry Iamurri, Jim Glase, Jim Rice, Tony Palladino, John Nicola and Russell Williams. Guests in attendance were Mark Schwab manager over Tarpon Bay, Mike Pyburn, Gary Spiert, Julia Hoffman, Hillary Coffee, Bobbi Sutton and Ed Zeigler. Our hostess Gayle Hahe with NNBC was present.

Approval of minutes: Tony made a motion to approve the September minutes, John seconded the motion and the motion carried.

Treasurer’s report: John reported a bank balance of $4138.23 with 75 contributing members.

Old Business:

Logan Landings- Updates: John reported nothing new. For the guests present, he stated the plaza has signed leases for about 65% of the project. They expect 4 separate sit down restaurants in the out parcels, a couple of takeout restaurants in the plaza, along with a pet store, nail and hair salon so far to join Sprouts as the main anchor.

Destiny Church Expansion: At this time we are waiting on a planning review before making an appointment with county officials. Before any county meeting, Karl will put a list of questions together for the board to review and solidify before this meeting takes place. The approved list (agenda) will be provided to the county in advance so they can prepare and have concise answers ready.

Standing Oaks PUD Status: Bob Walker has offered to be the liaison for this project and will proactively seek status upon his return to Naples this weekend. Karl has reached out to the landscape architect, Leigh Gevelinger, to verify plant species that have been submitted to the county now that cabbage palms and live oak trees will not be allowed due to FDOT guide lines. He is also requesting clarity as to whom will be responsible for maintenance of the medians—we assume and expect this to be the developer who is responsible for installation of the medians and landscaping. At this time Leigh has not responded.

13-Acre Parcel@ Oakes and Autumn Oaks: Naples Senior Center has made an offer to acquire this property to relocate their center from Castello Drive. Karl received a report from the county that a GMP Amendment has been submitted to begin the process of approving this sizable project. Karl checked back with attorney John Passidomo who is on the board for Naples Senior Center and reached out to us initially. Mr. Passidomo said that a site plan should be ready in 2-3 weeks. They had a pre-application meeting with the county last Thursday but the results of that meeting are not yet known.

New Business:

Replace board member Hiram Garcia: The individual who expressed interest a few months ago has not followed through. All board members are asked to be on the lookout for a new member to fill the open seat. Anyone wanting to volunteer please enquire.

CCPC District 3 open: Collier County Planning Commission is actively seeking a volunteer from our district, which includes our neighborhood, to meet the first and third Thursday mornings of each month to utilize county staff research as input, discuss zoning requests, then issue recommendations to the Board of County Commissioners. No one from our board expressed interest although it would be helpful to ensure the estates viewpoint is considered as the county grows.

Open Agenda:

Bear Sightings: Many of us attending have witness and seen bears in the past days, weeks and months in the neighborhood, mostly looking and disturbing garbage cans.

North Naples Baptist Church Events: Gayle said they will again host a Trunk and Treat night on October 31st, from 6-8 p.m. everyone is welcome for this event. On Thursday’s for the next six weeks moms are having a “playdate” with their toddlers. For more information regarding these and other events contact Gayle at Gayle@nnbc.life

Adjournment: John made a motion to adjourn at 8:15 p.m. Jim Rice seconded it and the motion carried.
Respectfully submitted by Terry Iamurri
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Oakes Estates Neighborhood Association
Board Meeting Tuesday, September 4th, 2018

Call to order/determination of quorum: Meeting was called to order at 7:03 p.m. with a quorum present: Karl Fry, Mike Vitte, John Nicola, Terry Iamurri, Tony Palladino, Jim Glase, Russell Williams and Jim Rice. Guests in attendance were Ron Waldrop and Steve Bracci. Our hostess Gayle Hahe from NNBC was present.

Approval of minutes: Tony Palladino made a motion to approve the August minutes, Jim Glase seoned the motion and the motion carried.

Treasurer’s report: John reported a bank balance of $4125.24 with 75 contributing members.

Old Business:

Logan Landings – Updates: John Nicola corrected the proper name of this project and reported the anchor store Sprouts is schedule to open mid-January. The occupancy for the plaza is 65/70% filled. They will not say who has signed leases but these are the type of businesses going in; 2 restaurants, a pet store, nail salon, hair salon and they expect 2 of the outer parcels to be restaurants as well.

Destiny Church Expansion: The neighborhood information meeting (NIM) held last week had more than half of OENA board there. Almost everyone from the board spoke along with a few other residents in regards to the expansion impacting not only the surrounding homes of their peace and quiet but of the impact the neighborhood will see in traffic along Oakes Blvd. Rich Yavonovich a land use attorney is representing Destiny Church. He spoke that this NIM was to clear up that the original Conditional Use never designated a parking area on the site plan. This meeting was needed for the church to move forward with the county to amend the original conditional use of 1997 to incorporate that. James Sabo is the principal planner from Collier County Growth Management and Zoning Division was in attendance. He has been in this position at the county for just over a year. He was unable or unfamiliar with questions that were asked regarding the expansion. The OENA board and guests of tonight’s meeting brought up these questions and bullet points to address with county ASAP requesting these staff to be invited; James Sabo, Jamie French, David Weeks, Nick Casalanguida and Leo Ochs will be our next step. Karl asked for someone to be our liaison for this ongoing project, reluctantly Tony Palladino stepped up.

With the median on Immokalee Rd being extended it gives Oakes Blvd. less access.

Standing Oaks PUD Status: Karl Fry asked for a board designee for this project, with no one volunteering at this time. To the best of the board’s knowledge this project is being constructed by Chris Allen of Allen Concrete whom we believe is working with Davidson Engineering. Leigh Gevelinger the landscape architect for the medians that will be constructed on Oakes Blvd. has been our only contact for this project so far. Karl has written Leigh on two occasions asking whom is the contact or builder of this project, with no reply from her. Leigh contacted Terry Iamurri, Peter Goodin and Karl by email this past week letting them know that FDOT will not allow the cabbage palms and Live oak trees in the median landscape design due to the island medians requirement of trees within 100’ from any intersection. The landscape medians are 80’ long. This will only leave what it is consider ground covering plants that can be maintained to a total of 24” tall. Karl asked for a straw vote from the board how they felt regarding the medians without trees being planted, the majority were okay with it. It was said they may cause deadly crashes, which we do not want. Peter contacted Pam Lulich of CC Transportation Planning whom said she has not seen Leigh Gevelinger’s design as of yet, but expected she might be reviewing this around September 6th. Leigh has requested a letter be signed from the OENA that they have been contacted regarding a request from the original PUD. Karl and Peter are working toward this request but will hold off fulfilling it until Leigh gives us a contact for this project along with a clear understanding that the Standing Oakes PUD will be responsible for not only the planting but the maintenance of these landscape island medians which had been asked in numerous past conversations.

13-Acre parcel @ Autumn Oaks & Oakes Blvd.: Karl reported a GMP Amendment has been submitted for this parcel to the County from Attorney John Passidomo whom is on the board for the senior center that is considering this site. The county’s stand is that Mr. Passidomo has filed everything timely and correctly for consideration. Russell Williams said this will most likely have a huge impact on the neighborhood if allowed. The site they are on now on Castillo Dr. is impacted greatly by parking that overflows to the surrounding roads with also borrowing parking by a nearby church. This will be a senior day care Monday through Friday, with Wednesday offering bingo and a free meal to seniors from Meals on Wheels that is delivered. The design drawing should be available in a month or so.

Storm water Non-Ad Valorem Assessment: Steve Bracci reported with overwhelming amount of questions from residents regarding the validity of the impervious and non-impervious areas around their homes, the county has come back and said they will not be charging more than $190.00 per resident for this fee. There will be a meeting for questions on this Thursday, September 6th, starting at approximately 5:05 p.m. in the Commissioners Chambers on the 3rd floor of the Government Center. Tony and Steve plan to attend.

New Business:

Replacement of board member Hiram Garcia: John Nicola had to leave before the meeting was over. John has been in contact and could not report why Oscar Villeverde was unable to attend yet again. The board question how much does he want to participate.

Open Agenda:

North Naples Baptist Church Events: Gayle wanted everyone to know they have open Gym Volleyball for Adults/Teens every Tuesday night at 7 p.m. For more information contact Gayle at Gayle@nnbc.life

Adjournment: Jim Rice made a motion to adjourn at 8:48 p.m. Russell Williams seconded it and the motion carried.

Respectfully submitted by Terry Iamurri
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OAKES ESTATES NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION
BOARD MEETING TUESDAY, AUGUST 14, 2018

Call to order/determination of Quorum: Meeting was called to order at 7:04 p.m. with a quorum present: Karl Fry, Mike Vitte, John Nicola, Terry Iamurri, Jim Rice, Tony Palladino and Jamie Ringhofer. Guests in attendance were Bobbi Sutton, Rob Mackey, Carol Barkauskas, Doug Sprague, Pam Storrar, Amber Williamson, Eric Solomon, Steve Bracci, Dale Wohlers, Peggy Wohlers, E.R. (Ray) Russell, Gene Wahlberg and Pastor Greg Ball from Destiny Church and Gayle Hahe our hostess from NNBC.

Approval of minutes: Jim Rice made a motion to approve the July minutes, Tony seconded the motion and the motion carried.

Treasurer’s report: John reported a bank balance of $4,151.22 with 75 contributing members.

Old Business:

Landings at Logan- Updates: John reported the walls are up for the anchor grocer, Sprouts, they are cutting in the roads for the other retailers. The opening is now scheduled for the first quarter of 2019 for Sprouts with other retailers to follow. Bobbi Sutton questioned whether we will be getting a buffer at the end of Autumn Oaks and possible Hidden Oaks Lane because it appears they have cleared some vegetation at the end of Autumn Oaks and wondered if this is in preparation for the landscape buffer they will be providing for us. John will inquire about this.
Destiny Church Expansion: Pastor Greg Ball was available to let us know that they will be having an informational meeting regarding their new expansion under the old conditional usage. According to Pastor Ball, as they understand it, the only thing they have left is a conditional use for parking. This will be held at their church at on Wednesday, August 29th at 5:30. He said their building now is 60x60 which allows them 300 people by fire code. They set up chairs each week for approximately 260 for each of their services, one on Saturday evening and two on Sunday. He was asked if there was going to be a turn lane installed when the expansion takes place and he said there would be. There also might be presence of a deputy for traffic flow in out of Hidden Oaks when services are taking place. Residents asked if the temporary church signs at Hidden Oaks could be taken down because they are numerous and are displayed all weekend long. The signs were discussed with Pastor Ball agreeing to remove them. During the meeting Tony Palladino’s wife called, they live across from Destiny Church to say that music from the church was rattling their windows. Pastor Ball said he has had Collier County code enforcement come out to check on the decibels the noise from his church puts out is under what county code allows. That their youth group would only be playing until 8:30 tonight. Karl then asked was it his stand that if their noise was below what the county allows, then it doesn’t matter if the neighbors complain or their windows rattle? Pastor Ball said it was within his rights to continue. It was noted that the church has activities seven days a week and for the surrounding residents their lives are disrupted everyday by the church noise and traffic. Karl asked to have the minutes reflect that we would like to put out an email blast to notify residents of the upcoming informational meeting at the church.
Standing Oaks PUD: No new updates.
4-Way Stop at Spanish Oaks and Oakes Blvd.: Karl reviewed the ways the OENA Board has surveyed the neighborhood for this. It did an email survey three different times with approximately 45 total responses. With 80+% of the responses in favor of the 4 way stop sign. The board then did a postcard mailing by Val-Pak to each homeowners by mail for them to vote by SurveyMonkey on line. The survey got a total of 164 responses, 120 were in favor of and 44 were against the 4 way stop at Spanish Oaks. Steve Bracci, former board member and local attorney, presented research indicating our survey process falls short of the “Three E’s” protocol as mandated by the county for traffic calming changes. We thank Steve for his research. Karl replied that the board had not been notified by the county of these requirements, but that if we move forward, we would verify the requirement and follow the protocol. The board ultimately decided to table discussion and action on the 4-way stop until traffic impacts become clear from other inevitable changes, namely tear-drop shaped medians from the Standing Oaks PUD and the removal of the cut in the Immokalee Road median allowing westbound traffic to turn south onto Oakes Blvd.
Oakes Estates Sign Plantings: Terry reported a few (3) more plants died at the Autumn Oaks Sign. She replace these at no charge. The plantings at all three signs are doing well now.
New Business:

Replacement of board member Hiram Garcia: John has been in communication with Oscar Villaverde but they are playing phone tag or missing each other. He will try again for next month to get him to the meeting.
Storm water Non-Ad Valorum Assessment: Approved by the county commission in March as a fee, it was discussed that this is actually a tax. The federal government has required states to add this to unincorporated areas such as Golden Gate Estates. Places like the city of Naples does not have this "fee". Stantec was hired to survey the impervious areas for taxation. Most residents got these notices yesterday. They have 20 days to request reviews. The county will hold a public hearing on Thursday, September 6th starting at approximately 5:05 p.m. in the Commissioners Chambers on the 3rd floor of the Government Center on the East Trail. It was asked if Karl might try to get our Commissioner, Burt Saunders to come address this at OENA meeting next month which would be Tuesday, Sept. 4th.
13 Acres on corner of Autumn Oaks: Karl was notified by attorney John Passidomo whom is on the board for the Naples Senior Center that is now located on Castillo Dr. in Naples that they have interest in this parcel for their headquarters. Naples Senior Center is primarily a senior day care facility, but offers additional programs to assist seniors. Mr. Passidomo indicated to Karl that their desired design drawings should be available within 1-2 months. As more information becomes available from both the interested party and the Golden Gate Master plan board we hope to have a better understanding of what this parcels potential use is.
Open Agenda: North Naples Baptist Church Events: Gayle wanted us to know that the church has newly remodeled their portables in the back of the church that were hurt from hurricane Irma. They have open Volleyball every Tuesday night at 7 p.m. for more information contact Gayle at Gayle@nnbc.net

Adjournment: Tony made a motion to adjourn at 9:00 p.m. John seconded the motion and the motion carried.

Respectfully submitted by: Terry Iamurri
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Oakes Estates Neighborhood Association
Special Board Meeting
Thursday, May 17th, 2018

Call to Order: The meeting was called to order at 7:07 p.m. Karl Fry, John Nicola, Mike Vitte, Terry Iamurri, Jim Glase, Jim Rice, Jaimie Ringhofer, Bob Walker and Tony Palladino were present. Gayle Hahe was in attendance from NNBC.

Old Business:

Standing Oaks PUD: Bob reported that they are projecting to run utilities from the Southside of Vanderbilt Beach Road down Oakes Blvd. within the next 2-3 months, at the same time they will be installing the medians along Oakes Blvd. We need to be thinking about the xeriscape plants for these medians. Terry will bring pictures of a thatch palm and other considerations. We need to ask for a county recommended list of plants.

Destiny Church Expansion: Destiny Church is requesting a revision to their original conditional use permit. This is a very important issue for our entire neighborhood due to the amount of traffic that would come with the possibility of this becoming a mega church. It was decided that rather then send our normal email blast out to everyone regarding this that we would allow Tony to construct a letter to send as an email that the board will approve to each individual on our email list. We have had residents tell us they were never notified of things due to these emails going to their junk mail. We are trying a new avenue to communicate and reach out to our residents.

4-Way Stop@ Oakes and Spanish Oaks: Karl informed us that Phil Ellington from Valpak donated the design and graphics for this postcard. Karl did not have the finished version to share tonight with the board but expects it to be done by tomorrow. It will then be emailed for any revisions to the board. Karl will check to see if Survey Monkey has a way to recognize or retrieve emails from the responses. Once this is proofed it will be sent out to residents.

Standing Oaks/Destiny – Special Letter to residents: Karl put together an informative letter to our residents of the imminent changes to our neighborhood regarding both of these projects. Destiny Church is requesting a provision to the original PUD would still have to come in front of the planning and County Commissioners meeting in the very near future. We have to press upon all our residents their view and voice needs to be heard. Karl drafted a letter to help residents state the obvious problems with the consider expansion of Destiny Church and the already approved Standing Oaks PUD, with the intention of each individual adding their personal views of the reasons to oppose the possibility of Destiny tripling its size. This meeting was called tonight because we need to formulate a plan to how to better communicate or get the word out to the residents. The things that were tossed out for ideas were: to put signs out on Oakes Blvd. to “pay attention to your mail”, do a second postcard by Val-Pak, go door to door, do tents at the entrance of each street on Saturday and hand out letters/try to collect emails, send a webmaster email blast verses a personal email from a board member. These considered options were discussed at length. It was decided that along with the communications listed in the above paragraphs that we would go door to door to leave a two page letter and a return postage paid envelope to Oakes Estates Neighborhood Association so they can then be forwarded on to County Department heads and the commissioners from our association. Terry offered to have stamp made with our name and address and stamp 500 #10 envelopes to have ready. Jaimie made a motion to allow a $300.00 budget for the purchase of OENA stamp, 500 #10 envelopes and stamps for Terry to purchase for this project. Tony seconded and the motion and the motion carried. The following is a list of the streets and lanes the board members are assigned to deliver the letters to. If you are unable to give it to someone it will be left in a Ziploc bag with a stone in the driveway.

Karl Fry – English Oaks

Russell Williams- Bur Oaks

Mike Vitte- Shady Oaks

Tony Palladino- Standing Oaks

Terry Iamurri- Golden Oaks

Jim Rice- Spanish Oaks

John Nicola- Hidden Oaks

Jaimie Ringhofer- Autumn Oaks and Oaks Blvd. up to Hidden Oaks Lane

Jim Glase and Bob Walker- Oakes Blvd. south of Hidden Oakes Lane

New Business:

Hiram Garcia moving West- resigning immediately – Karl asked if anyone new someone whom might like to be on the board John Nicola offered to contact Oscar Villaverde whom showed an interest at the annual meeting in March.

Adjournment: Tony made a motion to adjourn at 8:45 p.m. Jaimie seconded the motion and the motion carried.

Next monthly meeting will be Tuesday, June 5th at 7 p.m. to be held in the gym at NNBC

Respectfully submitted by Terry Iamurri
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Oakes Estates Neighborhood Association
Board Meeting Tuesday, May 1st, 2018

Call to order/ Determination of Quorum: At 7:02 the meeting was called to order with a quorum present: Karl Fry, Mike Vitte, John Nicola, Terry Iamurri, Hiram Garcia, Bob Walker, Tony Palladino, Jim Glase, Jim Rice and Russell Williams. Guests in attendance were Stephanie Malloy, Ed Zeigler and Paul and Melinda Sullivan. Gayle Hahe from NNBC.

Approval of minutes: Tony made a motion to approve the April minutes, Hiram seconded the motion and the motion carried.

Treasurer’s report: John reported a bank balance of $4151.91 with 60 contributing members.

Old business:

Logan Landings (new name)- Updates: John reported the plaza is now scheduled to open the first quarter of 2019 with the possibility of Sprouts grocer opening at the end of this year.

Destiny Church Expansion- recent application: They have submitted a new Conditional Use application which is still under review by county staff. We are waiting for it to go to the planning commission.

Immokalee Median Cut-Through to be Closed Off: The county held an informational meeting at NNBC from 5-6PM this evening. Mark McCleary is the principal project manager for the closing of the median this summer that currently allows westbound vehicles on Immokalee to turn south onto Oakes Blvd. This will double the length of the left turn lane from Immokalee eastbound on Valewood which has been stacking into the through lanes of Immokalee Road.

Standing Oaks PUD- Moving forward: Terry and Karl approached Mark McCleary at the info meeting earlier tonight regarding this project. He confirmed it is going forward and is up for review. We asked him to let us know whom the main contact is so we can reach out to them. John offered to try look up information regarding the PUD guidelines. The board reviewed concessions written into the PUD including medians to be installed above and below several of our intersections within six months of approval of their Site Development Plan (SDP).

Spanish Oaks Stop Sign Survey Initiative: Terry brought up that maybe this should put on hold for six more months to see if the Immokalee Road lane closure and the possibility of having medians installed on Oakes Blvd by the Standing Oaks PUD might be enough for Spanish Oaks residents to get out of their street. After group discussion it was decided that these changes, while impacting traffic on Oakes Blvd, will not materially change the situation at Spanish Oaks Lane. We agreed to move forward with the mailing discussed last month. Jim Rice made a motion to spend up to $400.00 for a mailer to go out to survey residents. Karl will format it to direct residents to go to a new page on our website with background info and a link to SurveyMonkey to vote. Bob seconded the motion and the motion carried. This mailer will go out with a headline of “Safety Bulletin” with a call to action within 3 weeks (set a date) of the mailing. We want to include wording that this 4-way stop is supported by the OENA board. Phil Ellington from ValPak has offered to assist with postcard graphics and minimizing budget on the mailing. Karl will coordinate with him.

Oakes Estates Sign Plantings: The board thanked Terry for taking on this project.

New Business:

Lights at Tarpon Bay Blvd. to Synchronized with Immokalee Rd. at the Interstate: Ed Zeigler at a past meeting asked the board to look into getting these lights to synchronize like they did for about a week around the holidays. The board did ask Tony with the county whom is in charge of this. The reply was it is important for the county to keep Immokalee Road traffic moving then a lesser artery like Tarpon Bay in the synchronization of these lights.

Open agenda:

North Naples Baptist Church: Gayle said they are gearing up for Vacation Bible School to Start on June 4-8th from 9-12:30p.m. The theme is "Game On". Please contact Gayle at Gayle@nnbc.life

Adjournment: Tony made a motion to adjourn at 8:13 p.m. Hiram seconded the motion and the motion carried.

Respectfully submitted by Terry Iamurri
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Oakes Estates Neighborhood Association
Board Meeting Tuesday, April 3, 2018

Call to Order/ Determination of Quorum: At 7:02 p.m. the meeting was called to order with a quorum present: Karl Fry, Terry Iamurri, Jim Glase, Jim Rice, Hiram Garcia, Tony Palladino and Bob Walker. Also in attendance was Gayle Hahe from NNBC, Celia Garcia, Christian Sibut, Doug and Donna Sprague.

Approval of Minutes: Tony made a motion to approve the minutes, Jim Rice seconded the motion and the motion carried.

Treasurer’s report: John was unable to attend, Karl reported for him our bank balance is $3874.24. We took in $1595.00 in donations with 38 paid members. Our annual meeting in February was well received. Gayle took a quick count and felt we had between 30-50 people attend. John has the sign in sheets. We will check with him when he returns.

Old Business
Landing at Logan: The only thing we have heard it is supposed to open the end of this year. The board feels this is an aggressive opening date because they have only cleared the property.

Destiny Church: We know they have submitted a new application for conditional use on March 28th. The board feels we need to stay vigilant to see what they are requesting. We want to minimize impacts on our neighborhood.

Standing Oaks PUD – Moving Forward: Rebecca Acx emailed Karl to let him know she saw that a site plan has been submitted for this project of 164 units. She had hoped to stop it. Karl let her know that this has been in the works for over 10 years and we worked with the developer back then to minimize impact on our neighborhood in terms of buffers, vegetation, building limitations, etc. Originally, 216 units were allowed in the zoning. Karl will email the Collier County Commissioners to remind them of the list of concessions we negotiated and that were accepted and placed into public record as part of the PUD. These included tear drop-shaped medians above and below three of our intersections plus a median north of Standing Oaks Lane, the main entrance to the PUD, to be installed within 6 months of approval of the site plan.
13-Acre Parcel@ Oakes and Autumn Oaks meeting: Tom Taylor president of Holes Montes had a verbal agreement with the owner, Ed White, to purchase this parcel with the intent to put a Self Storage facility on the property. A team of board members from OENA met with them to let them know that is unacceptable within our neighborhood. Other suggestions were discussed but OENA board members strongly suggested single family homes is the only vision we would like to see for this parcel of land, consistent with current estates zoning.

New Business
Spanish Oaks Stop Sign Survey Initiative: Eight people signed up to go street to street to get signatures to have a 4-way stop approved by the county. It was discussed when this was done in the past you have to continually go back to homes that are not home when you make the sweep. With so many gates and fences on most properties it also makes it difficult. The board decided after much discussion to have Karl make up a large postcard, possibly with an image of a stop sign and headline “Safety Bulletin”, and a call to action to go to a survey website to read more and submit a vote within 7 days. The last mailing for the annual meeting cost $420.00. Postcards may cost up to 50% less. Karl will contact Phil Ellington from Val-Pak and see what he recommends and if he might help our efforts.

Donation to NNBC youth group: Terry made a suggestion that we make a donation to North Naples Baptist Church Youth group for their help with set up and clean up for our annual meeting. She also reminded everyone we have not given a donation in two years. This is our meeting place each month that we are not charged for and Gayle Hahe must attend to lock up after us. Jim Rice made a motion to give a $500.00 donation. There was discussion. Terry then made a motion to make a $150.00 donation, Jim Glase seconded it, the motion carried, with Jim Rice declining.

Website advertising: Terry brought up that she had met a realtor, Michelle Combs at the annual meeting. Her realty group is offering a free seminar targeted to 18-24 year olds whom maybe facing uncertainty in their jobs and careers. Michelle was looking for a way to get the word out there about this Quantum Leap seminar. Despite the worthy nature of this cause, the board agreed that advertising such events might become burdensome and did not align with our mission statement. It was decided that this was better suited for the Nextdoor.com site.

Open Agenda
North Naples Baptist Church Events: Gayle said they are offering Open Gym Co-ed Volleyball on Tuesday nights at 6:00 p.m. She also thanked our group for leaving the many leftover desserts from our Tuesday night annual meeting last month. They had them at their Wednesday night fellowship meal.

Adjournment: Terry made a motion to adjourn at 8:41 p.m. Bob seconded the motion and the motion carried.

Respectfully submitted by Terry Iamurri
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Oakes Estates Neighborhood Association
Board Meeting Minutes
Tuesday, February 6,th 2018

Call to Order/Determination of Quorum: At 7:03 p.m. the meeting was called to order with a quorum present: Karl Fry, Mike Vitte, John Nicola, Terry Iamurri, Russell Williams, Tony Palladino, Bob Walker and Jim Rice. We had three guests in attendance Phil Ellington and Erik Solomon from Hidden Oaks Lane and Ed Zeigler along with our hostess Gayle Hahe from NNBC.

Approval of minutes: Tony made a motion to approve the January minutes. John seconded the motion and the motion carried.

Treasurer’s report: John Nicola reported a bank balance of $2938.81. He has paid our webmaster fee’s this past month for this year.

Old Business:

Annual Meeting: (a) Review draft of annual letter- Everyone thought it was a great letter. It was decided that Karl would edit the letter to include that at the Annual meeting we welcome all neighborhood business to bring their business cards and/or brochures to be able to put out on display for our local residents to be aware or consider using their services. Karl will have a sign in register to announce the businesses. An email blast needs to go out to announce this. Bob made a motion to approve Karl’s letter with the added verbatim, Jim seconded the motion and motion carried. (b) Discuss special guests- Karl will contact people from the county such County Commissioner Burt Saunders, CC sheriff’s deputy Neal Bohannon and other’s to invite them to our meet and greet annual meeting. (c) Finalize Meet-N-Greet format and food- Gayle has offered to have NNBC youth group help set up tables and chairs for this in their gymnasium. Gayle offered to make coffee and help coordinate with Terry the supplies and set up time. Terry sent out an email of considered desserts for this event. Mike made a motion for Terry to spend up to $150.00 for this event. This would include the desserts, small bottles of water, cream and sugar, coffee, paper goods and utensils for up to 100 people. Russell seconded the motion and the motion carried. (d) Approve Mailing Service Contract- Terry said that Presstige Printing is going up $22.00 on the printing from last year so printing with mailing this year should run $403.00 Tony made a motion to approve this mailing and Mike seconded the motion and the motion carried.

Landings at Logan- Updates: John this new commercial use of retail, restaurants and a grocer has cleared this parcel and is expected to have some openings in nine months.

Destiny Church Expansion- latest application: To the best of our knowledge nothing has changed. The church needs to re-apply for conditional use.

Bedding under Oakes estates signs: Terry said she went by to assess the signs since hurricane Irma. She found that all the signs have small plant debris adhered to them which she took a rag to remove. All the signs are starting to get mold growth on the fronts. Mike Vitte offered to go by with his large tank sprayer in the coming weeks and make a solution of bleach and water to get it off. Terry still plans to replant after Mike bleaches the signs either in March or April. Terry re-caulked the sign at the neighborhood park and repainted the red trim on all the signs to freshen it up.

New Business:

Corner of Oakes and Autumn Oaks Lane: John Nicola has attended a few of the GGAMP meetings. He noticed that this parcel appeared to be listed as commercial and brought it to the attention of Mark Strain and the OENA board. He was told by Mark that was an oversight and would be changed. Terry after reviewing the Golden Gate Master Plan latest updates for future usage caught it again and alerted the county GGAMP board regarding this. The county response was that numerous factors had to be in place for this to still be able to be used for commercial or conditional use. Those things were that the license never lapse to be renewed each year and that power to the property was not shut off. At this time we do not have those answers. Karl spoke with Mark Strain this past week regarding this property. Mark told Karl that someone wants to use this as a self-storage business. They have asked for a meeting with the county for this Friday, Feb. 9th.

Donation to NNBC: Jim and Terry both made motions of different denominations to make a donation to NNBC youth group because they will be setting up for our annual meeting and because Gayle and the church have been kind enough to host our monthly meetings. No donations have been given since 2016. Neither got seconded. It was decided to table this until after the annual meeting to see where we are at with donations.

Allyn Concrete Parcel PUD: Bob made note that they are trying to pipe water connection to this parcel, most likely to re-market it or to start developing it.

Open Agenda:

North Naples Baptist Church Events: There will be no rummage sale this year. On Thursday’s they will now offer open volleyball to co-ed’s instead of basketball. On Tuesday, February 13th Ladies of the church have home baked cookies to hand out, thru a drive through system at the church these are free and a form of goodwill, it is there Valentine Cookie Outreach. Sadly, due to the shootings in small community churches they have chosen to have armed security present at Sunday services for the safety of their parish.

Adjournment: Karl made a motion to adjourn at 8:21 p.m. Russell seconded the motion and the motion carried.

Respectfully submitted by Terry Iamurri
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Oakes Estates Neighborhood Association
Board Meeting Minutes
Tuesday, January 9th, 2018

Call to order/Determination of Quorum: At 7:02 p.m. the meeting was called to order with a quorum present: Karl Fry, John Nicola, Terry Iamurri, Hiram Garcia, Russell Williams, Tony Palladino, Bob Walker, Jim Glase and Jim Rice in attendance along with Gayle Hahe from NNBC.

Approval of minutes: Bob made a motion to approve the minutes as read. Tony seconded the motion and the motion carried.

Treasure’s report: John Nicola reported a bank balance of $3563.81. John did a spread sheet of our income and expenses for the last nine years the expenses that OENA have been as high as $3857.77 in 2009 to as low as $788.56 in 2012, many factors take these considerations in each year. The consensus is it’s important for us to do an annual mailer each year to solicit funds to sustain us and to get information out that has impacted us currently and in the future of our neighborhood.

Old Business

Stop Sign @ Spanish Oaks/ Oaks Blvd.: At this time the board has agreed to not move forward with this. It was expressed to Karl to include the process of how this came about in the annual letter.

Landings at Logan – updates: John said by their time line they should be starting to clear and building any day. He will continue to monitor landscaping for the end of Hidden and Autumn Oaks Lanes.

Destiny Church Expansion-latest application: No information on this at this time. There was much concern from the surrounding neighbors to the endless activities at the church both day and night. The night activities have many concerns for safety including driving in and out of the church all hours on the night, cars parked on the street, car alarms chirping and people congregating and talking in the lot late in the evening.

Bedding under Oakes Estates signs: Terry said she would keep the board abreast of when periwinkle will become available to replant, most likely April.

New Business:

Annual meeting- guest, annual letter, fundraising: After many possible topics of interest or potential guest speakers for our annual meeting it was agreed upon to do something different this time. It was decided to do a meet and greet your neighbor with coffee and dessert in the gymnasium of NNBC if Gayle gets the okay from their pastor. It was discussed to keep the format of annual letter the same as last year and to use the same printer, Prestige Printing in Bonita Springs. Possible topics for Karl to include in this year’s letter will be: the 4 way stop at Spanish Oaks, an update of the closing of the median on Immokalee Road, ideas and concerns to preserve the neighborhood and OENA board longevity to be considered. Jim Rice made a motion to have Terry get a new list from the county of addresses for our neighborhood for the mailing. John seconded the motion and the motion carried.

Open Agenda:

North Naples Baptist Church Events: Gayle let us know that the drive thru Nativity was well received this year and next year they will consider getting their CD’s for listening done in Spanish and Creole too. NNBC will have a new couple, The Butlers looking after their student and recreational ministry. For more information about the many activities and services available at NNBC please contact Gayle@nnbc.life

Adjournment: Tony made a motion to adjourn at 8:12 p.m. Bob seconded the motion and the motion carried.

Respectfully submitted by Terry Iamurri

Oakes Estates Neighborhood Association
Board Meeting Minutes
Tuesday, December 5th, 2017

Call to order/ Determination of Quorum: At 7:02 the meeting was called to order with a quorum present with John Nicola, Terry Iamurri, Tony Palladino, Bob Walker, Russell Williams, Mike Vitte, Jamie Ringhofer, Jim Glase and Jim Rice in attendance. Guests were Coventine Fied from Autumn Oaks, Carol Barkauskas from Golden Oaks, Ron Cheek came because he saw our meeting signs along Oakes Blvd. is from Golden Gate and Gayle Hahe from North Naples Baptist Church.

Approval of Minutes: Jim Rice made a motion to approve the minutes as read. Bob seconded the motion carried.

Treasurer’s report: John reported our bank balance at $3563.81 with 65 contributing members. At a prior meeting we discussed having John check on errors and admissions insurance or one for director’s for the OENA board. He said he would follow up with that.

Old Business:

Stop Sign @ Spanish Oaks/Oakes Blvd. – Survey results after round 3 email blast: It appears most people that responded were in favor of this but the few that did not want a stop sign were vehemently opposed to it. Karl sent a response email from Anthony (Tony) Khawaja whom is the chief engineer of traffic operations he stated that we did not get enough response from our survey’s for county to install them at this time. John made a motion to drop this from the agenda at this time and possibly revisit this when the Standing Oaks PUD is active, Tony seconded the motion and the motion carried.

Naples Garden Shoppes- Update: John said the new name for this project will be Landings at Logan. John reminded everyone that some of the C codes have changed for the project. This project had C-1 through C-4 usage. This stands for classification for intensity of use. The new change in C codes is for more limited usage, mostly C-1 through C-3’s. Tuesday. Dec. 12th, it will be on the counties consent agenda. With this final approval they hope to start breaking ground in January.

Destiny Church Expansion- latest application: Nothing new to report.

Bedding under Oakes Estates Signs: Terry said that source for periwinkle plants have dried up because it is consider a summer annual plant. Winter annuals are now available but not ideally suited. Her suggestion was to wait until spring when periwinkle will be back on shelves and we will then plant the same uniform flowers under each sign. Mike suggested we make this a planting party.

New Business:

Water Main Autumn Oaks: Our guest Coventine Fied inquired what the county was doing with an 8” water main on Autumn Oaks. It appears just maintenance.

FPL Letter- Water line: Jim Rice said he received a letter from FPL Energy Services stating that they are offering coverage for a fee of $3.99 per month if your well service line should fail. It is an optional service homeowners can pick up.

Open Agenda:

North Naples Baptist Church Events: Gayle reported they will again be doing their live drive thru Nativity Scene with Cd listening at Christmas. She reminded all of us that we are welcome to come along with the neighborhood. This will be from 6:30-8:30 p.m. on the 16th and 17th also on Dec. 17th at 10:30 a.m. they will have guest Trevor Thomas Christmas Presentation. Get more info at Gayle@nnbc.life

Adjournment: John made a motion to adjourn at 7:45 p.m. Jim Rice seconded it and the motion carried.

Our next meeting will Tuesday, January 9, 2018

Respectfully submitted by Terry Iamurri
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Oakes Estates Neighborhood Association
Board Meeting Minutes
Tuesday, November 7th, 2017

Call to order/ Determination of Quorum: At 7:04 the meeting was called to order with a quorum present with Karl Fry, John Nicola, Terry Iamurri, Tony Palladino, Bob Walker, Russell Williams and Mike Vitte in attendance and Gayle Hahe from North Naples Baptist Church.

Approval of Minutes: Tony made a motion to approve the minutes as read. Bob seconded the motion carried.

Treasurer’s report: John reported our bank balance at $3583.77 with 65 contributions. All property owners are automatically members of the OENA.

Old Business:
Stop Sign @ Spanish Oaks/Oakes Blvd. – Survey results after round 3 email blast: Each round was sent to our email list with over 240 valid email addresses. Each round resulted in 15-20 responses. Round 1 was ~70% in favor; rounds 2 and 3 were over 90% in favor of the stop sign. A few residents from the minority were vehemently opposed. Bob made a motion to advise the county after doing our due diligence that the residents that responded were overwhelming in favor of the stop sign, but that the final decision is at the county’s discretion. Mike seconded the motion and the motion carried.

Naples Garden Shoppes- Update: John said the new name for this project will be Landings at Logan. There will be another meeting on the 16th of this month. At the past meeting that John attended Mark Strain said that some of the C codes have changed for the project. This project had C-1 through C-4 usage. This stands for classification for intensity of use. The new change in C codes is for more limited usage. John feels much praise should be given to GL homes, the planning commission and Mark Strain for making this a friendly usage of this parcel of land and the types of business that will be able to occupy it. It should be a benefit to our neighborhood with main traffic impacts on Immokalee Road.

Destiny Church Expansion- latest application: Tony read from a county planning application website they are asking the county to approve the 2003 original conditional usage due to the natural disaster that effected the church that made them move the childcare off site at that time. We believe that to mean the buried organic debris that caused the collapse of the sanctuary floor several years ago, not Irma. Karl will speak to Deputy Director James French with Collier County Growth Management regarding this.

Bedding under Oakes Estates Signs: Terry said that source for periwinkle plants have dried up because it is consider a summer annual plant. Winter annuals are now available but not ideally suited. Her suggestion was to wait until spring when periwinkle will be back on shelves and we will then plant the same uniform flowers under each sign.

Well Water testing: With good intentions we wanted to send this out as an email courtesy to our residents. Unfortunately, as we were all reeling from the personal and professional impacts from Irma ourselves, we did not get it out in a timely manner and this info is no longer timely.

Open Agenda:
North Naples Baptist Church Events: Gayle reported there trunk or treat was met with a wonderful over the top response. They probably had a 150 people come through. Upcoming activities include a Thanksgiving celebration and Anniversary dinner on Sunday, Nov. 19th at 6 p.m. They will again be doing their drive thru Nativity Scene with Cd listening at Christmas. She reminded all of us they welcome men and women both to their Monday morning Zumba class. Get more info at Gayle@nnbc.life

Adjournment: Tony made a motion to adjourn at 8:07 p.m. John seconded it and the motion carried.

Respectfully submitted by Terry Iamurri
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OAKES ESTATES NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION
BOARD MEETING TUESDAY, OCT. 3RD, 2017

Call to order/ determination of quorum: Karl Fry, Terry Iamurri, Jim Rice, Mike Vitte, Russell Williams and Tony Palladino. The meeting was called to order at 7:08 p.m. with a quorum, with hostess Gayle Hahe and guest Michelle Bracci.

Approval of minutes: Tony made a motion to approve the Sept. minutes. Jim seconded the motion and the motion carried.

Treasurer’s report: No Report. John Nicola was out of town and could not attend.

Old Business:

Stop Sign @ Spanish Oaks/Oakes Blvd. - Survey Results: The county made it clear that a stop sign was mandated by accident rates and traffic counts & speed as measured, and that our approval is not needed; however, they agreed to wait for us to poll residents before proceeding.

The latest email Blast went out Sunday, Oct. 1st Karl had 17 responses; 1 was not for the stop sign and the other 16 were for it. Karl said he had an initial response in September that was similar. So out of approximately 500 residents and approximately 270 emails we got 30 responses. Michelle Bracci specifically came for this. She was upset this was the first she had heard of it. She was also alarmed that this email blast went to her spam. She opposes the stop sign as is part of a slow encroachment on our lifestyles. The board explained that this corner has had more accidents, including pedestrians, than any other lane. And that Spanish Oaks residents have a very difficult time getting out of there street to get on to Oakes. The board only preceded with this to try to resolve a safety concern for our residents. It was decided that we should check with Chuck Cannaday, our webmaster, to see how many emails went out and possibly read. It was also asked that we resend it yet again with a last chance to respond to this survey in red ink and flag it, to get attention, to see if we will get anymore responses. We will then get back to the county regarding this intersection.

Naples Garden Shoppes: No report- John out of town

Destiny Church Expansion – latest application: Tony spoke with Pastor Greg whom let him know that they acquired the house on the most westerly side of Autumn Oaks Lane as a residence for Pastor Greg. It will be used in the future for an easement/permit for a bridge from Tarpon Bay Blvd. as a new access for the church and to alleviate traffic on Hidden Oakes and Oakes Blvd. in the future.

Bedding under Oakes Estates signs: Terry reported that the sign on Oakes and Autumn Oakes that it has a lot of weeds at this time due to the storm. The surrounding lawn has not been mowed in weeks. Some of the flowers did survive. It was agreed to look at this again next month with hopes that the surrounding area might be picked up. Then we will look to plant the same uniform color of periwinkle at all three signs.

Tree Trimming at Oakes Neighborhood Park: The county responded to a request from Jim Rice and trimmed trees in and around the park. Palms trimmed above the Oakes sign by the park and a large Oak tree removed should allow flowers to grow more easily. Jim Rice noted that the cabbage palms got trimmed before hurricane Irma from a contracted tree trimmer with the county. The parks and recreational maintenance trimmed the very over grown cocoplum hedge opening up the sidewalk access to the park.

Well Water Testing: It was agreed that we should have Chuck send out an email blast with info regarding contaminated wells and let them know that water testing is being done free at the health dept.

New Business:

Drainage down the lanes: It appears most of our streets, especially Spanish Oaks has problems in the middle of the street with water not draining. It is supposed to drain east to west. The consensus was that the county will not come out and change the culverts to align their heights for swale flow. Terry mentioned 15-20 years ago the county came out and dug out the swales on each avenue. That might be the only resolution to this. The board inquired a number of years ago without success so it was decided not to contact the county at this time.

Open agenda:

North Naples Baptist Church events: Gayle let us know that the Fire Dept. at Veteran’s will have trunk or treat on Saturday Oct. 28th from 5-8. North Naples Baptist will have theirs inside in the gym on Sunday, Oct. 29th at 6 p.m. Decorate your car, fun and games in the Gym. NNBC will have a new Youth Relations person starting in January 2018. Contact Gayle Hahe for these and other events and activities at Gayle@nnbc.life

Adjournment: Tony made a motion to adjourn at 8:27 p.m. Jim Rice seconded it and the motion carried.

Respectfully submitted by Terry Iamurri

OAKES ESTATES NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION
BOARD MEETING TUESDAY, JUNE 6TH 2017

Call to Order/Determination of Quorum: Karl Fry, Terry Iamurri, Russel Williams, Tony Paladino and Jim Rice. Hostess Gayle Hahe and Tony Khawaja with Collier County Transportation was in attendance. The meeting was called to order at 7:07 p.m.

Approval of minutes: We did not have a quorum to approve so this meeting was unofficial. Email board votes after the meeting were utilized to move forward on proposed items.

Treasurer’s Report: John Nicola was out of town.

Old Business:

Stop sign @ Spanish Oaks/Oaks Blvd.: Tony Khawaja with Collier County Transportation brought his findings of a traffic study that had been conducted in May of 2017 done at this intersection. Well over 7000 trips are averaged at this intersection daily. 4367 trips were logged Northbound, 2168 were logged Southbound the ones East and West were logged but I did not write down the numbers. Average speed was 42.3 mph. Crashes and accidents that were reported at this intersection were presented. The County said that a 4way stop is warranted but they want our approval to proceed. All five board members in attendance and at least 2 more at the time of these minutes be written are in favor. With this in place it will most likely reduce serious accidents and pedestrian incidents but increase more rear-end collisions (about 5 per year expected). It will be a nosier intersection per Tony Khawaja from CC transportation but not significantly. It should reduce speeds overall but this is unofficial and not justification for a stop sign. Karl will ask Chuck Cannaday to post thePowerPoint from the county that was presented at this meeting on our website. Along with an email blast for residents to weigh in before submitting an official response to the county. SEE PRESENTATION HERE

Naples Garden Shoppes: John Nicola was not available to give us any further updates.

Destiny Church Expansion: Tony reported to his knowledge nothing is new.

Bedding under North Oakes Estates Sign: Terry has volunteered to plant a low flowering plant called periwinkle beneath the sign. It comes in various colors. This will provide color and some contrast for the sign to stand out. This was decide to be a superior option to decorative rocks and will require very little maintenance.

New Business:

Summer Recess July and August meetings: We will reconvene on September 5th. This vote was done via email with the board on Wednesday, June 7th.

Open Agenda:

North Naples Baptist Church Events: Gayle know everyone is invited to an ice cream social the last Sunday in June the 25th at 6:00 p.m. Please contact Gayle for more information Gayle@nnbc.life

Respectfully submitted by Terry Iamurri
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OAKES ESTATES NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION
BOARD MEETING TUESDAY, APRIL 4TH, 2017

Call to order/determination of Quorum: Karl Fry, Hiram Garcia, Bob Walker, John Nicola, Terry Iamurri, Jim Glase, Jim Rice, Russel Williams and Tony Palladino with a quorum present the meeting was called to order at 7:01 p.m. Guests in attendance were Katherine Backus , realtor for Autumn Oaks property, Carol Barkaukas – Golden Oaks, Brad Kovak and Paul Palak from Bur Oaks along with our hostess Gayle Hahe from the church.

Approval of April minutes: Bob made a motion to approve the minutes. John seconded the motion and the motion Carried.

Treasurer’s report: John reported a bank balance of $3335.17 with 53 contributions this year. 2 additional contributions were collected at the meeting for a total of 55 to date.

Old Business:

Naples Garden Shoppes: John has been attending all pertinent meetings regarding this proposed use for the southeast corner of Logan Blvd. and Immokalee Road. John attended a March 6th meeting giving him more information to report to the board. After review of the proposed GMPA Amendment and CPUD John sent a letter approved by the board to Kevin Ratterree with GL homes of our concerns. They had presented a number of prohibited uses in the CPUD, but not within the GMPA amendment. The GMPA amendment seeks to allow all those permitted uses up to and including C-4 district. The C-4 district has a number of intensive uses that we felt were not in line with the type of high end development they are proposing. We suggest eliminating certain SIC Major Groups within both the GMPA &CPUD that did not seem suitable. John reported to the OENA board both GL and the county seemed to agree with stance on this project. There will be another meeting with the County at 9 a.m. on Thursday. John changed his work schedule to attend. John’s professional, courteous and friendly manor in approaching our concerns to be heard. We appreciate that John has taken the initiative to follow this project buffering our neighborhood.

Destiny Church: Every one of the immediate neighbors reported the noise level is better. Jim Glase said the music is still loud for about 1 ½ hours on Sunday but reasonable. It was noted that the basketball hoop got moved.

Asphalt corners of our lanes and Oakes Blvd.: Everyone felt that was represented that they are okay, much better than the lime rock fill of past. Karl reported that Hidden Oaks southeast corner asphalt is very narrow and wavy, not quite equal to the quality of other streets.

New Business:

4 Way Stop: Jim Rice brought up that he and his neighbors would like to see a 4 way stop at Spanish Oaks and Oakes Blvd. or maybe one of the pear shaped medians that are in our future for Oakes Blvd as part of the Standing Oaks PUD’s concessions. After much discussion it was decided we will table this until the beginning of 2018 because by the end of this year the cut through on Immokalee south bound will be eliminated. Hopefully, eliminating more traffic and speeders. Karl emailed Commissioner Saunders immediately after the meeting to identify possible traffic calming solutions. We will see if this improves Spanish Oaks’ residents ease of exiting on to Oakes Blvd.

Fire Evacuation: Jim Rice brought up that his neighbors brought to his attention that it would be nice to see if the board could implement an evacuation alert to Oakes residents in the case of fire or other imminent danger. It was decided this is best left to the professionals. We all get alerts by phone for 911 emergencies. Our 911 service people are trained for this.

Shooting in the Estates: John Nicola brought up that he spoke with Sgt. Neal Bohannon with CCSD regarding this. He said there is a statue on the books allowing target shooting on 1 ½ acres or more. Residents from Golden Oaks have heard shots being fired on many occasions coming from Spanish Oaks. The statute is very difficult to enforce because an officer has to witness it happening and it must be done in a reckless and dangerous manner for it to be considered a crime or issue. If this happens in the future, by all means, residents should call the non-emergency number and report it and an officer will come out. If an injury or accident has occurred, the 911 emergency number should be utilized.

13+ Acres on Autumn Oaks and Oakes Blvd.: Katherine Backus is a realtor was asked by one of the owners Ed White, to attend our meeting. To see if the Oakes Estates Neighborhood Board would consider a condo/townhouse project for this property. She has an interested party that would like to put up approximately 60-70 units on this property. They are proposing to access the property from Valewood. With units being on the outer ring of the property and a water retention pond in the middle. She brought to our attention the reason we might consider this was that often homeowners in the area want to down size but do not want to leave the neighborhood. Karl asked her if she knew what the property was zoned for. It appears it is estates. Also, at the Golden Gate Master Planning meeting that Jim Glase and John Nicola attended, it was indicated as a commercially zoned parcel which was brought to the attention of Mark Strain. He believed this was incorrect, feeling it was estates-zoned and he was going to confirm. John Nicola will follow up with Mark Strain. Karl let her know that the board has discussed this parcel in the past not knowing what might be proposed. The board unanimously agreed that we would like this to be developed like any other home site in the community, one house per 2 ¼ acre site. This parcel is 13+ acres with an asking price of $3 million.

Open Agenda:

North Naples Baptist Church Events: Gayle Hahe let us know the church is having a beautification day this Saturday starting at 8:30 in the morning. They will be planting flowers and mulching. The children are doing good deed an outreach for lent and giving back to the neighborhood they will be washing mailboxes on Golden Oaks Lane on Saturday as well.

Adjournment: Tony made a motion to adjourn at 7:59 pm. Bob seconded the motion and it carried.

Next Meeting Tuesday, May 2nd, 2017.

Respectfully submitted by Terry Iamurri
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OAKES ESTATES NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION
BOARD MEETING TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 7TH, 2017

Call to order/Determination of Quorum: Hiram Garcia, Terry Iamurri, Tony Palladino, Bob Walker, Karl Fry, Jim Rice and John Nicola with a quorum present the meeting was called to order at 7:10. Guest in attendance was former board member, Roland Fondessy and host Gayle Hahe.

Approval of minutes: Bob Walker made a motion to approve the minutes. Jim Rice seconded the motion and the motion carried.

Treasurer’s report: John Nicola reported our new balance of $2544.44 it was discussed that are funds are the lowest we’ve had in many years.

Old Business:

Repairs to our Lanes at Oakes Blvd.: After the board met with Commissioner Saunders and explained that we had originally asked for asphalt to repair the ruts in November and showing pictures of how quickly the ruts are appearing again in the limerock they deposited, the county has sent out a road crew to asphalt the corners of the lanes. At this time they have completed work on English, Bur, Standing, Shady and only the west side of Golden Oaks Lane. The crew appears to have taken a break. If we do not see them back by next month we will inquire when the rest might be done.

1/9 Meeting Report (Commissioner Saunders): The meeting was attended by Karl, Bob, Tony, Jamie and Jim Glase on the board. Commissioner Saunders was there with his assistant, David Lykins, David Wilkison (Department Head) and Nick Casalanguida (Head of Growth Management Division). The discussion topics were the repair to the ruts at the top of the lanes, The Valewood light and the median cut south onto Oakes from Immokalee Rd., The 13 acre parcel clarification in master plan, and the street lamps that needed attention. The report back was the lights have been fixed, the ruts are being addressed, the 13 acre parcel is residential, and the Valewood light will have its own meeting on 1/24.

1/24 Meeting Report - Valewood Intersection: Tony Khawaja from transportation met with Karl, Bob, and John along with Roland and Les Wicker of 1st Congregational Church regarding the light at Valewood and Immokalee Road to see if we could get a protected left arrow out of our neighborhood. We were told No that this would add 15 seconds to the light cycle which cannot afford to take away from the very heavy traffic on Immokalee Road. Our team got to see how the intersections are monitored with cameras and the synchronization of the 15-45 second intervals for the load capacity to allow traffic to flow. The light is working as efficiently as it can and senses when our traffic has all exited. The median cut-through from westbound Immokalee onto southbound Oakes Blvd will be paved over around 2017 year-end. This will free up space for a longer turn lane for eastbound drivers waiting to go north on Valewood.

Destiny Church- Neighbors updates: It was noted that traffic has picked up at the church but the noise has not been a factor.

Destiny Church- Application for revised Conditional Use: There has been no activity since November.

New Commercial Development Just east of Oakes Estates: John Nicola stated he will update us as he has contact with any updates. He will contact GL Homes VP Kevin Ratteree to make sure we are kept in the loop.

New Business:

Annual Meeting: Gayle informed us that instead of using the sanctuary this year they have a room set up for 50 people on the second floor that we could use to hold our annual meeting next month. This would give us a cozier feel and would allow if we chose to offer a beverage and baked good to those who attend. Karl will work on a one page flyer for this year’s mailer. It is crucial that we ask for contributions because we have been depleting funds for the past few years, our large expenses are the mailer and the maintenance of our website, but funds are needed for potential legal defense, maintenance of neighborhood signs, and special projects.

Open Agenda:

Signs need attention: Terry brought up that all the signs are fading but the sign on Ken Carter’s former easement is mildewing and needs the plants cut back hard and the removal of a Brazilian pepper tree that has grown in behind the sign. Terry has offered to do this. Bob Walker offered to meet the new owner and let them know of our intentions.

North Naples Baptist Church Events: Gayle reported that a sweet little old lady in their church thought it would be a nice outreach program to bake cookies and let people drive-through to pick up a dozen for Valentines. She will be doing this on February 13th and 14th from 4:30-6 p.m. The church will be doing a rummage sale on Saturday, February 18th from 7-noon. The funds will be used to by new musical equipment that is ancient in the church. She reported they had a great Super Sunday (Super Bowl) tail gate party with about 160 people in attendance. They had lots of food with pulled pork, hot dogs and hamburgers being served. The church has many ongoing activities you may contact Gayle Hahe at Gayle@nnbc.net

Adjournment: Tony made a motion to adjourn at 8:02 p.m. Bob seconded the motion and the motion carried.

Respectfully submitted by Terry Iamurri
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OAKES ESTATES NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION
BOARD MEETING TUESDAY, JANUARY 3RD 2017

Call to order/ Determination of Quorum: Karl Fry, Terry Iamurri, John Nicola, Jaimie Ringhofer, Hiram Garcia, Bob Walker, Jim Glase, Jim Rice, Tony Paladino and Russell Williams with a quorum present the meeting was called to order at 7:03 p.m. Only guest in attendance was former board member Roland Fondessey.

Approval of minutes: Jim Rice made a motion to approve the minutes, Bob seconded it and the motion carried.

Treasurer’s report: John reported our balance is $3094.44. We had a total of 45 member contributions last year in 2016.

Old Business:

Pot holes and road damage to our lanes: Unfortunately, on the lanes where lime rock was placed at the top of the lanes it is starting to wash out and causing riveting again. It was noted that Shady Oaks Lane got asphalt as an enhancement to the top of its lane. It is pristine.

Golden Gate Master Plan Restudy – next steps: There has been no new meeting set as of yet. We do want to ask Mark Strain to recheck the 13 acres on Autumn Oaks and Oaks Blvd. zoning once again.

Confirm agenda for 1/9 meeting with Commissioner Saunders: The meeting time is noon. Karl, Bob, John, Tony, Jim Glase and Jaime all will try to attend. The purpose of the meeting is to familiarize the new commissioner with our association and the challenges our neighborhood faces, and to make sure we have open lines of communication.

Destiny Church - Neighbor Updates: Saturday after Thanksgiving it was very loud. Sunday from 2-6 the basketball made it impossible for Jim Glase and his wife to enjoy the patio by their pool due to the noise. The noise has gotten less frequent; down to three instead of five nights a week.

Destiny Church - Application for revised conditional use: We would like the church to pull a permit for outside usage and events, to hold outside activities as far as possible from property lines next to buffering neighbors, designate areas away from neighbors for activities, no childcare (middle of the neighborhood), install sound barriers- commercial not residential levels, perimeter buffering and an alternative access.

New Commercial Development Just East of Oakes Estates: John Nicola asked to table this until he has more information.

New Business:

OENA Annual Meeting: Ask Chuck to send out an email Blast at least 20 days before the meeting to SAVE THE DATE Tuesday, March 7th, 2017. It was suggested to offset our continual loss of revenue to have a 50/50 Raffle and to ask for donations with our mailer this time. Let them know we would like to have a buffer of funds to have a $5000.00 bank balance.

Open Agenda:

North Naples Baptist Church Events: Gayle let us know they have a recording artist that has joined their staff. They will also be hosting a rummage sale on Saturday, February 18th at 7 until noon. They would be happy to have any of our donations for this event. Please contact Gayle for any information at gayle@nnbc.net

Adjournment: Karl made a motion to adjourn at 7:45 p.m. it was seconded by Jim Rice and the motion carried.
Respectfully submitted by Terry Iamurri

Oakes Estates Neighborhood Association
Board Meeting Tuesday, Dec, 6th, 2016

Call to Order/Determination of Quorum: Karl Fry, Mike Vitte, John Nicola, Terry Iamurri, Bob Walker, Jaimie Ringhofer, Tony Paladino, Jim Glase and Jim Rice with a quorum present the meeting was called to order at 7:05 p.m. Guest in attendance was former board member Steve Bracci.

Approval of minutes: Bob made a motion to approve the November minutes, Tony seconded it and the motion carried.

Treasurer’s report: John reported nothing had changed. We still have 45 member contributions and a bank balance of $3094.44

Old Business:

Potholes/ Road damage to our Lanes: The County sent out a road crew with lime rock, but no asphalt as requested to fill in and widen the tops of our lanes. It was suggested that Karl either write or verbally thank them for the gesture.

Street Lamps: Bob noted that the street lamps still have not been fixed. There is a light that is on 24hrs a day by English Oaks and light burned out at Hidden Oaks that needs replacing.

Replacement of retiring board members: Russell Williams has joined the board on an interim basis taking Nic Spano spot. Hiram and his wife Celia Garcia have returned to the neighborhood. Hiram has returned to his position on the board.

Golden Gate Master Plan Restudy- Next Steps: It was noted by John Nicola at the last meeting that 13+ parcel on the corner of Oakes Blvd. and Autumn Oaks Lane appeared to be listed as a commercial parcel. The firm that put together the future Master plan for Golden Gate was out of Miami. Upon further investigation from Mark Strain it was noted that was a mistake. Karl will follow up with Mark to make sure it is noted and changed on the future master plan for the area. There has been no future meeting schedule as of now.

Valewood Light: A meeting will try to be set up with our new Commissioner Burt Saunders with Karl, Jim Glase, Tony, John and Bob around noonish to discuss this at length.

Destiny Church – Neighborhood noise update: Other than last Saturday it seems noise has quieted down. Almost as if a switch has been pulled.

New Business:

Destiny Church –Application for revised Conditional Use: The board has learned that Destiny Church has applied to expand the church, along with open a child care business within our neighborhood. After much discussion and conversation the board has decided to get more information before determining exactly what our position should be.

Code Violations – Who to call/How to report issues: Karl will get with Commissioner Saunders, Nick Casalanguida, Mark Strain and Chris Scott the planning manager. Report noise or other violations to head of code enforcement is Jeff Letourneau. Phone (239) 252-2341 or jeffreyletourneau@colliergov.net .

New Commercial Development Just East of Oakes Estates: John Nicola brought site plans for the Naples Garden Shoppes just east of Logan on the south side of Immokalee Rd. The shopping center is approximately 100,000 sq.ft, to include a 33,000 sq.ft. Grocery, 45,000 sq.ft. of in line space and 4 outparcels. Growth Management Plan Amendment is needed by GL Homes the developer. John will stay abreast of this development. He thinks we should ask for added buffers on Autumn and Hidden Oaks lane at the end of the streets so there will be no thought of these streets ever connecting to the plaza or Logan Blvd. We have had rogue drivers run over signs at the end of Hidden Oaks Lane to drive up the hill to Logan. John will get with Kevin Ratteree from GL Homes to begin a dialog.

Open Agenda:

Kids stealing packages: Terry reported that 3 teenagers were apprehended in stealing packages from a person’s home on Golden Oaks Lane. She also informed the board that former board member Ron Joekel died. The Board is grateful for Ron’s contributions and express our condolences for his family and friends.

North Naples Baptist Church Events: Gayle said their Drive-through Nativity stations with CD will be held on Dec. 10th and 11th starting at 6:00 p.m. They will have a Christmas Eve candle light service at 5 and 6 p.m. Please contact Gayle for more information on these and other events at the church gayle@nnbc.net

Adjournment: John Nicola made a motion to adjourn at 8:15 pm, Tony Paladino seconded the motion and the motion carried.

Respectfully submitted by Terry Iamurri
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Oakes Estates Neighborhood Association
Board Meeting Tues., November 1st, 2016

Call to Order/ determination of quorum: Karl Fry, Mike Vitte, John Nicola, Terry Iamurri, Jim Glase, Jim Rice, Hiram Garcia, Bob Walker and Tony Palladino with a quorum present the meeting was called to order at7:02 p.m. Guest in attendance were former board member Roland Fondessy and newly appointed board member Russell Williams from Bur Oaks Lane.

Approval of October Minutes: Jim Rice made a motion to approve the minutes, Tony seconded the motion and the motion carried.

Treasurer’s Report: John reported the bank balance is $3094.44, with 45 member contributions.

Old Business:

Potholes and Road damage to our Lanes: Karl will contact Nick Casalanguida to make him aware of our concerns that the grass has worn away from the southeast corners of all the “lanes” on Oakes Blvd. causing ruts, holes and rocks make it dangerous for all wheels that go through them. He will ask if asphalt might be applied this time.

Replacement of retiring board members: Hiram Garcia moved back into the neighborhood and has retaken his position on the board. Nic Spano has moved from the neighborhood. Tony made a motion to request that Russell Williams fill out the remainder of Nic’s place until March on the board, Mike seconded the motion and the motion carried. We are very fortunate and delighted that Russell accepted.

Golden Gate Master Plan Restudy (10/20 6:30): John Nicola and Jim Glase attended this meeting. Jim reported that 41 people were in attendance. They both reported that it was an informational meeting that was looking for the public’s interest and thoughts for growth, which were conveyed to seeing less commercial and more beautifying especially along Santa Barbara to I-75. A questionnaire of 30 questions with a choice of 5 responses to each question was given out so they could wage and poll the desires of the audience. The results will be given to the Board of County Commissioners. John observed that the corner parcel of 13+ acres on Oakes and Autumn Oaks is under consideration to be a possible commercial parcel by the land plotted for future growth. It was asked of Karl to follow up with Commissioner Henning, Mark Strain or Nick Casalanguida to see if something has changed.

Valewood Light- Intersection upgrades: Karl will contact Nick Casalanguida regarding the safety issues at Valewood and Immokalee Road signal. He will ask if they will consider studying the traffic movement at the light, implementing left turn arrows and using left lanes north and south bound for left turns only, using right lanes for straight or turning right. He will also inquire when the median cut will be eliminated from the Immokalee Road westbound to go south onto Oakes Blvd.

Destiny Church-Neighbor Noise updates: After last month’s meeting when Pastor Greg told the surrounding neighbors they could call him if there were any noise issues, Jim Glase called him at 10:30 at night and left a voice message that he was having a noise issue with the kids still playing basketball at 10:30 at night and was finding it hard to sleep with all the yelling and screaming from the game. Pastor Greg did not return the call. Overall the neighbors said the noise in the last month was better. The Halloween festival was quieter from what they could tell 2 of the 3 surrounding neighbor’s left Halloween night and did not return until 10:30. Jim Glase, Roland, Bob, Tony and Karl said they will try to set a meeting with Commissioner Henning regarding issues with the church.

New Business:

Panther sighting: Bob reported that Tony has just gotten baby chicks and a panther was sighted just watching the baby chicks.

Open Agenda:

North Naples Baptist Church Events: Gayle reported that the trunk or treat was a success they had a bounce house and even adults got in and enjoyed it. The church is doing operation Christmas child shoe box packing on Nov. 9th at 6:30 p.m. They will honor veterans on Sunday, Nov. 13th at 10:30 a.m. Sunday Nov. 20th celebrating Thanksgiving and the church’s 30th Anniversary. All are invited to these events. Contact Gayle for more info gayle@nnbc.net

Adjournment: Tony made a motion to adjourn at 7:52 p.m. John seconded it, the motion carried.

Respectfully submitted by Terry Iamurri
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Oakes Estates Neighborhood Association
Board Meeting Tues, October 4th, 2016

Call to order/ determination of quorum: Karl Fry, Mike Vitte, Terry Iamurri, Jim Glase, Jim Rice, Hiram Garcia, Jaime Ringhofer, Tony Palladino and Nic Spano with a quorum present the meeting was called to order at 7:05 p.m. Guest in attendance were Pastor Greg Ball from Destiny Church and resident Russell Williams from Bur Oaks Lane.

Approval of Minutes: Jim Rice made a motion to approve the June minutes, Tony seconded the motion and the motion carried.

Treasurer’s report: John Nicola was not in attendance.

Old Business:

Oakes-hosted County Commission Candidate Forum: Sadly, we only had about 8-10 guest in attendance along with most the OENA board for this early August forum. The candidates were well prepared and seemed qualified for this position. Burt Saunders was the only candidate that followed up with a thank you the next day for inviting him to our forum and said he looked forward to working with us in the future. The next Forum will be held at Naples Daily News Community Room on 10/6/16.

Pot holes and Road Damage to our lanes: After much discussion about the damage and the preferred way to repair it, it was decided that we should ask the transportation dept. (with a cc to our newly elect commissioner) mid-November to use hot asphalt on the top SW corner of all our lanes to help with this continual wash out.

New Giant Concrete Utility Poles along Oakes Blvd.: Mike reported that FPL said they expect to continue these poles down Oakes in the near future. It is known as hardening the lines. It is supposed to give us a more reliable form for our utilities.

Replacement of retiring board members: Nic Spano has sold his home on Spanish Oaks and is moving to Bonita Springs this week. We would like to find a replacement for him on the board. Hiram Garcia and his wife Celia moved to an Assisted living months ago but have changed their mind and are back occupying their house on Oakes Blvd and has agreed to stay on the board. We would gladly welcome anyone whom would like to be a board member to contact Karl Fry or come to a meeting first Tuesday of each month and let it be known.

Golden Gate Master Plan Restudy (10/20 at 6:30): John Nicola has offered to go. Jim Glase, Karl and Terry all are showing an interest and are hoping to attend. It will be held at Golden Gate Community Center on Golden Gate Parkway.

New Business:

Valewood Light: Jaime brought up that nothing has been done with the extended lane on Immokalee Road or the designated left turn lane for Valewood light so the traffic could move more appropriately and accidents could be avoided. Karl offered to contact transportation after the November meeting to get this addressed.

Clearing Drainage Swales/ specifically empty lots: Russel Williams from Bur Oaks came with a question to ask if our drainage swales ever get dug out? Terry said over the 27 years she has lived here they had gotten dug out mechanically twice that she remembers, but also stated it has been at least a decade since the last clearing. No one else remembered their streets being cleared. We hope to follow up on this for Russel.

Destiny Church noise an issue again: Jim Glase said the noise at Destiny Church has gotten very loud over the past two weeks. The days and time have both have increased. It is noisy Tuesday-Saturday. With Thursday and Saturdays being the loudest. Last Saturday he said the noise was so loud from 4-9:30 p.m. he left his house. His windows are vibrating. Tony piped up that he agreed with Jim and the biggest culprit is the sound of the bass. Pastor Greg said that he has the drums incased in a box to keep the noise level down. He said he would check to see why the noise was louder. Jim Rice asked him to not just check but to turn it down. Many piped up to ask him to be a better neighbor to his surrounding neighbors and to do the morally correct thing. Tony noticed that Phoenix builders have been out at the church property and asked what might be going on. Pastor Greg said they are reviewing the process of getting an engineer site plan and survey to move forward with expansion the church. Much has to do with the amount of parking space allowed or needed by the county to know the full potential of what they can build. With the new expansion Pastor Greg is looking into putting up a sound proof outer brick wall to help with noise problem. If that does not adequately take care of it he will consider an interior soundproof wall. Tony asked if he would please allow him to be informed of the church’s plans as they start to formulate so that he may have some input before anything gets finalized. Pastor Greg seemed reluctant, but indicated he would.

Open Agenda:

North Naples Baptist Church: Gayle informed us that they will have their Trunk or Treat on Sunday Oct. 30th at 6:00 p.m. they are doing a fellowship potluck with anyone whom would like to bring a dessert before the Trunk or Treat. The neighborhood is invited. Karl asked how the church was doing with it new pastor and Gayle said great and they are getting new families to join. For more information regarding the many activities the church offers contact Gayle at gayle@nnbc.net

Adjournment: Jim Rice made a motion to adjourn at 8:22 p.m., it was seconded by Terry and the motion carried.
Respectfully submitted by Terry Iamurri
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Oakes Estates Neighborhood Association
Board Meeting Tuesday, June 7th, 2016

Call to order/ determination of quorum; Karl Fry, Tony Palladino, John Nicola, Jim Glase, Jim Rice, Jaimie Ringhofer, Mike Vitte and Terry Iamurri with a quorum present the meeting was called to order at 7:05 p.m. Guest in attendance were Roland Fondessey, Hiram and Celia Garcia and our hostess Gayle Hahe with NNBC.

Approval of minutes: Jim Rice made a motion to approve the minutes, John Nicola seconded the motion and the motion carried.

Treasurer’s report: John Nicola reported a bank balance of $3230.04 with 44 signed up members.

Old Business:

County Commission Candidate forum: Tony Palladino reported that the only candidate he has heard from for our August 9th meeting is Ron Kezeske. The candidates are Burt Saunders, Russel Tuff, Annissa Karim and Atom Joseph McCree. He will try giving the candidates a call to see if they will attend our forum. We agreed if there are two or less we will not hold it, three or more it is a go. Tony will update by email when he finds out who will be attending.

Golden Gate Master Plan Amendment Process: John Nicola apologized that he had offered to go to the initial meeting and completely forgot the evening it was held. Karl offered to look at the contact list to see if John can follow up on things that were discussed at the meeting and report back to the board.

New Giant Concrete Utility Poles along Oakes Blvd.: Mike Vitte said he called FPL, but was only able to go through their automated system. Jim Rice said he spoke to someone with FPL and was told the concrete poles were installed to “harden” the lines, it is a term that used for reinforcing. He told Jim that all of Oakes Blvd. will get these poles. It is an equipment upgrade and eventually they will remove all the wooden poles on Oakes Blvd. when the lines are switched to the concrete ones.

New Business:

Replacement of retiring board members: Hiram/Celia Garcia have moved out of the neighborhood to The Beach House and Nic Spano said he will be moving from the neighborhood when his family home sells. Karl suggested we put out an email blast announcing the two open seats on the board asking for any volunteers. He said he will make up the wording request and pass it on to Chuck to put on the webpage as well.

Summer Break. No board meetings July or August. Resume in September.

Open Agenda:

North Naples Baptist Church Events: Gayle Hahe reminded us that they will have vacation bible school starting Monday, June 13th from 9 a.m. to noon. The theme is Go Deep/ submarine fun for ages 3 through High School. For more information contact gayle@nnbc.net

Adjournment: Tony Palladino made a motion to adjourn at 7:43, it was seconded by Jim Rice and the motion carried.

Respectfully submitted by Terry Iamurri
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Oakes Estates Neighborhood Association
Tuesday, May 3rd, 2016

Call to order/determination of quorum: Karl Fry, Nic Spano, Hiram Garcia, Bob Walker, Tony Palladino, John Nicola, Terry Iamurri, Jim Glase and Jim Rice with a quorum present the meeting was called to order at 7:05 p.m. Guest in attendance were Sergeant Neal Bohannon from CCSO, Pastor Greg from Destiny Church, Nancy Dagher from Quail Village Golf Club, Celia Garcia, Raul Revenda, Verde and Francis Santiago, our hostess Gayle Hahe with NNBC.

Approval of Minutes: Bob Walker made a motion to approve the April minutes, John Nicola seconded the motion and the motion carried.

Treasurer’s report: John Nicola reported a bank balance of $3155.04 with 42 signed up members.

Old Business:

County Commission Candidate Forum: Tony Palladino will contact the candidates on our behalf for a forum to be held on August 9th sponsored at NNBC.

Golden Gate Master Plan Amendment Process: Karl asked if anyone would be interested or available to go Wednesday, May 11th public workshop meeting at Golden Gate Community Center on Golden Gate Pkwy. John Nicola offered to attend next Wednesday meeting and report back with information at our next meeting. Jim Rice asked if we could get some information from Mark Strain whom works in the county planning dept. via email. Karl said he would contact him and see if this would be possible. These will be workshops that will cover guidelines, growth, development and what will be permissible for the next 10-20 years for the development of the Golden Gate Master plan. The volunteer commitment is a minimum of two years.

New Business:

Farewell to Hiram (and Celia) Garcia, Retiring board member: Karl thanked Hiram for his service for the past 12 years on the board. Terry gave them a gift of a small tropical flower arrangement and Jim Rice from the Clay Place will be giving them a surprise gift, on behalf of the board, in the coming weeks before they leave for their new retirement home at “The Beach House”. The board will miss them.

Fire District merging: Karl asked if we thought it worth an email blast to let everyone know that our North Naples Fire district has merged with Big Island Corkscrew Fire district that will now be serving our area as one. We felt it was worthy news.

Open Agenda:

Active shooter response training: Sgt. Neal Bohannon let us know he and others from Collier County Sheriff’s Office are holding these meeting with any groups that have an interest to them. The original program took two hours to present they have compacted it down to one hour if we or some other organizations have an interest to have one please contact Sgt. Bohannon at Neal.Bohannon@colliersheriff.org

North Naples Baptist Church Events:

Gayle let us know this Saturday, May 7th they are having a “Spring Fling” celebrating all ladies they will have free food, it starts at 5:00, all are welcome. The Vacation Bible School theme will be Submerge/go deep. For more information gayle@nnbc.net

Adjournment: Tony Palladino made a motion to adjourn at 7:52, it was seconded by Jim Rice and the motion carried.

Respectfully submitted by Terry Iamurri

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Oakes Estates Neighborhood Association
Board Meeting Minutes
April 5th, 2016

Call to order: Karl Fry, Hiram Garcia, John Nicola, Terry Iamurri, Nic Spano, Mike Vitte, Jim Glase, Tony Palladino and Bob Walker with a quorum present the meeting was called to order at 7:05 p.m. No introduction was needed. The only guest was Pastor Greg from Destiny Church.

Approval of Minutes: Bob Walker made a motion to approve the minutes, Nic Spano seconded the motion and the motion carried.

Treasurer’s Report: John Nicola reported a bank balance of $3173.69. With a deposit added since last month of $150 from 6 donations. Our signed up members for this year is 34. John stated that the mailer for the annual meeting cost the association $600.00 but we took in $975.00 so it was worth mailing the flyer to get the revenue in that we needed to cover the cost of it and toward the fee for our web page.

Pastor Greg suggested that we just email the neighborhood to save the cost of mailing it. We considered this already but there are many residents not on our email list. We will consider an email letter once our list reaches 80-90% of property owners.

Old business:

Destiny Church – Updates: Pastor Greg asked how things were. Jim Glase said the noise has been tolerable on Sunday’s, but Thursday nights the “bass” sound from the drum is still very loud. He said 2 or 3 weeks ago the noise from the “bass” was as loud as it has ever been. It was louder and played later than normal that night. He had a guest staying in his home who left due to the noise.

Tony Palladino said the traffic still bothered him. Jim Glase said he found an empty liquor bottle amongst some of the litter in his yard. Bob Walker and Tony both said they know people are driving into the church parking lot late at night. John Nicola suggested that they consider putting a chain up across the driveway to discourage problems. Pastor Greg said he is trying but does not know if he will do that. He knows of the concerns and will hold festivals on the side or the backside of the church, other than their Fall Harvest Festival. He needs to use the parking lot to keep kids out of fire ants in the grass when playing for this event.

Tony made a suggestion that as Pastor Greg gets further along with his architect and building plans that he allows us to assist in some suggestions so progress can be made in efforts to keep the nearby homes less effected by the growth and many activities at the church. Tony mentioned to Pastor Greg to consider a wall to the East and a bridge w/culvert to the west to egress the property. Pastor Greg said he hopes all future agenda’s do not need to have the church listed as an item to be discussed. Bob Walker told him we will take it off the agenda and discuss it only as problems arise.

County Commission Candidate Forum: Karl re-introduced a previous suggestion that we hold a town hall meeting for the five candidates that are running for district three for the county commission seat held by Tom Henning.

Gayle Hahe offered North Naples Baptist Church for the venue. After much discussion a date was set for Tuesday, August 16th. Karl asked if anyone on the board had an interest to contact the candidates and invite them to speak for up to 15 minutes on their platforms. No one moved on this. Pastor Greg from Destiny Church offered to get his secretary to make the calls on behalf of the Oakes Estates board. Tony Palladino then volunteered to poll the candidates to see if they would have an interest in speaking to our group. The event would be open to the public as well.

New Business:

Hiram Leaving the Board: Hiram announced that he and his wife Celia will be moving from Oakes Estates. They are moving to assisted living, Beach House. His last meeting will be May. Karl asked the board to ask their neighbors if they would like to be on the board to fill Hiram’s seat.

Neighborhood Park girdling of trees: Terry sent pictures to Karl of guide wires that have been left on red cedar trees around the perimeter of the Oakes Park for so long they have girdled the trees. Karl has forwarded to Barry Williams, Director of Parks & Recreation, and they will take care of the problem.

New Power Poles installed along Oakes Blvd: Terry brought up that her neighbors have inquired about the new power poles installed along Oakes Blvd. saying they are aesthetically not pleasing and wonder if they will be continuing down the remainder of Oakes Bld. Mike Vitte offered to contact FPL and find out the status of the poles.

Slip covers for signs: Bob Walker suggested we look to make slip covers for the signs we put out for the meeting that would say “Annual Meeting” to draw interest to this important event each year. Our numbers are dwindling and the board has not had much new interest in membership or new blood to the board. Most serious issues have already been tackled which historically have driven participation.

Open Agenda:

North Naples Baptist Church: NNBC has a new pastor! Gayle was asked about how they liked him, she let us know he seems like a great fit. They were very happy to have him start on Easter Sunday. We asked if many Oakes residents showed up for their kindly invite to the Easter egg hunt they sponsored or the potluck. She said they had just a few. She wanted us to be aware that that the Southern Baptist Churches have the best disaster relief program in the world. They will be having VBS in June and have a very busy month planned.

Adjournment: Bob made a motion to adjourn at 8:13 p.m. Tony seconded the motion and the motion carried.

Respectfully submitted by Terry Iamurri
With help from Nic Spano
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OAKES ESTATES NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION
Tuesday, March 1st, 2016

Minutes Annual Board Meeting

Call to order: Karl Fry, Hiram Garcia, John Nicola, Nic Spano, Bob Walker, Jim Rice, Mike Vitte and Terry Iamurri with a quorum present the meeting was called to order at 7:04 p.m. Karl had the board introduce themselves and then invited our guests to introduce themselves. In attendance were Gayle Hahe, Carolyn Rambosk, Rita Greenberg, Bob Mackey, Bobbi Sutton, Ed White, Pastor Greg Bell, Jim Glase, Cindy Vitte and Michael Simonik with the Humane Society.

Treasurer’s report: John Nicola reported a bank balance of $2369.00. Two large disbursements this month were for the mailing $675.00 and the yearly website fee of $550.00.

Old Business:

Special Guest: Commissioner Tom Henning, District 3 County Commissioner. Commissioner Henning was introduced and welcome by Karl. Karl reviewed highlights of the 12 years Commissioner Henning being on the commission and working alongside the Oakes Estate Neighborhood Association to enhance and benefit of our community. Two of the most recent things being the closing of the median on Immokalee Rd. onto Oakes Blvd. and all the things that we negotiated for the most positive impact on our neighborhood with the Southbrooke PUD. Some of the questions asked of Commissioner Henning were regarding the consolidation of EMS and fire dept. He responded with examples of both responding to emergencies when one or the other clearly was not needed. He feels consolidation will be more efficient and effective. Asked about the water release of Lake Okeechobee with regards to the gulf , he said all studies show the water release for areas of Lee not Collier counties. He is not objectionable to water from Lake Okeechobee being release into the Everglades. The Commission recently reviewed and approved a 3% increase for firefighters so they can be retained in the area. They know it is necessary for affordable housing to be forthcoming in the years ahead. It was asked if Logan Blvd. will be extended north. Yes, it will. The holding pattern is not due to Collier County, it is with Lee County with acquiring the land and with environmental issues.

At the end of our farewell to Commissioner Henning Karl Fry gave him a gift from the Oakes Estates Neighborhood that was donated and designed by Jim Rice from the Clay Place which thanked him for his service to our neighborhood. Commissioner Henning reminded us to send him or his replacement a letter or email on how we want to keep the aesthetics and the assets of our neighborhood intact.

New Business:

Change in NN Fire Control & Rescue District: Orly Stoltz has retired. New Chief, James Cunningham had a conflict and was unable to attend. Executive Chief Rita Greenberg and Carolyn Rambosk were on hand to answer questions and invite all of us, our families and children to attend the many open houses they will be having at many of their fire houses in the coming weekends. The parcel on the northwest corner of Oakes and Vanderbilt is owned by the fire department and it is intended in coming years to have a station there.

Additional Topics: Three people at the meeting said they did not receive their meeting flyer in the mail. After Terry reviewed the mailing list after the meeting 2 of the 3 were on the list. The third might not have been received due to a different last name.

Destiny Church: Jim Glase asked Pastor Greg if something can still be done with the drums that make a constant boom, boom base sound for hours on Sunday morning and Thursday nights at the Destiny church on his street of Hidden Oaks Lane. Things in his house vibrate and the sound is pounding nonstop for hours. Pastor Greg responded that they have encased them in a box, put up sound barrier walls and are looking into the possibility of using bamboo plants to help muffle the sounds. Pastor Greg said he will continue to work on this issue.

Oakes Estates Board for 2016: Karl Fry forgot to put this on the agenda. He did ask if everyone on the board would mind staying on another year or if they wanted to come off. Jim Rice asked if he could step down. Karl let us know that Steve Bracci asked to be replaced too. Karl asked if anyone would like to come on the board in attendance. No one raised their hand. Jim Rice then nominated Jim Glase to come on and he accepted. Jim Glase will replace Steve on the board.

Open Agenda:

North Naples Baptist Church Events: Gayle Hahe invited everyone and all residents to come celebrate Easter with them at the church. An Easter Egg Hunt will be held at 5 p.m. and a potluck dinner will be served at 6 p.m. For more information contact gayle@nnbc.net

Adjournment: John Nicola made a motion to adjourn at 8:25 p.m., it was seconded by Hiram Garcia and the motion carried.
Respectfully submitted by Terry Iamurri
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OAKES ESTATES NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION
TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 2ND, 2016

BOARD MEETING MINUTES

Call to order/Determination of quorum: Jaimie Ringhofer, Jim Rice, Karl Fry, Mike Vitte, Nic Spano, Bob Walker, Tony Palladino, Steve Bracci and Terry Iamurri with a quorum present the meeting was called to order at 7:06 p.m. An introduction of the board was done. Guests were Leslie Barrett, Mr. & Mrs. Fidus and Ed Zeigler. Gayle Hahe our host from NNBC was present.

Approval of January Minutes: Tony approved the minutes, Bob seconded and the motion carried.

Treasurer’s report: In John’s absences Karl reported our funds were the same $3525.69.

Old Business:

Destiny Church - updates: Bob and Tony reported that Destiny church has something going every night but Monday along with their Sunday service. Things have calmed down to being manageable. They had a New Year’s Party it was held on the back side of the church near the canal and there were no noise issues. They believe having it in that location helped.

Annual Meeting-Finalizing Special Guest: We agreed to have Commissioner Henning be our guest speaker and present him with one of Jim Rice’s fish plate/platter which he will engrave for his service. Jim graciously offered to donate this from his business The Clay Place. Gayle offered to have our annual meeting in the Sanctuary, on March 1st.

Annual Mailing: Jim made a motion to have the mailer ready to go to The Print Shop as soon as we know if Commissioner Henning has agreed to be our guest speaker, if not our second choice will be a forum of the candidates running for Commissioner’s Henning’s seat on the Board of Commission. Tony seconded the motion and the motion carried.

New Business:

The Light at Valewood: Jaime and Steve brought up that light at Valewood when entering on to Immokalee Road heading west is accident waiting to happen. They seem to think there should be a designated turn arrow for left turns. There is an issue when people coming across from Quail Creek/Longshore Lakes are not signaling they are turning right and are jumping three lanes of traffic to get in the turn lane to come straight down Oakes Blvd. When that turn is closed it will help but not alleviate the problem. Karl offered to write an email to Nick Casalanguida to request that Dale Bathon from traffic control can look over this issue. Karl will carbon copy Commissioner Henning for him to be aware of it. Steve made a suggestion that maybe some type of signage might help and arrows for lanes need to be addressed.

Open agenda:

North Naples Baptist Church: Gayle announced they will having a garage sale at the end of the month and would welcome any donations people have to drop off to them. They will continue their popcorn and prayer the 1st and 3rd Friday’s of each month. For more information contact gayle@nnbc.net

Adjournment: Tony made a motion to adjourn at 8:09 p.m., it was seconded by Mike and the motion carried.
Respectfully submitted by Terry Iamurri

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OAKES ESTATES NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION
TUESDAY, JANUARY 5, 2016
BOARD MEETING MINUTES

Call to order/Determination of quorum: Jaimie Ringhofer, Hiram Garcia, Jim Rice, Mike Vitte, Bob Walker, Roland Fondessy, Tony Palladino, Karl Fry, John Nicola and Terry Iamurri with a quorum present the meeting was called to order at 7:06 p.m. An introduction of the board was done. Guest were CCS officer Neal Bohannon and Pastor Greg from Destiny Church.

Approval of the minutes: Tony approved the December minutes, it was seconded by Jim Rice and the motion carried.

Treasurer’s report: John Nicola reported our bank balance at $3525.69, with no changes from last month.

Old Business:

Destiny Church: We appreciate that Pastor Greg came to address some of the issues and to inform us of his potential future growth. He has a growing church. When he first acquired the property he had about 300 parishioners attending the 2 Sunday services. The congregation on Sundays varies from 500-600 attending Sunday service, so he is considering a third mass , most likely on Saturday evening at 5PM. He stated that he has 25,000 of buildable space allowed in his Conditional Use for the property. He has made arrangements to meet with an architect, an engineer/ planner to discuss options of what can be done with the property to support their mission and growth. That meeting is to take place on Friday, January 8th.

At this time Pastor Greg is interested in seeing what these professionals will bring to the table. He would like to see a new Sanctuary built in that space with the possibility of other options. The church has a daycare that has 53 children attending now across Immokalee Road in Northbrook. He has signed a lease for 5 years. They are now in year two with three more left. He is unsure of the landlord’s intentions with a renewal. He says at this time he has no intention of bringing the daycare over but he needs to be planning if the lease does not become renewed. The conditional usage for the daycare states that the church may have up to 65 children in phase one. In the conditional use there is a consideration for a phase two allowing the church to have up to 120 students with other improvements and amenities to the property. Bob Walker directly asked Pastor Greg to at least limit the daycare to phase one and to not pursue phase two allowing 120 kids with all the amenities and traffic that would come with that. Pastor Greg declined to forego that option. With that information Bob Walker and Tony Paladino wanted to be on record stating they are both dead opposed to that kind of growth in that location.

We readdressed the noise concerns of immediate neighbors with Pastor Greg, since their harvest festival that fell on Halloween. Since then the noise level has been more tolerable. At this time the board will not take further action. The board conveyed they have no ill will and do not mind Destiny Church in our neighborhood. We want them to be good neighbors as other churches have. We asked Pastor Greg to keep us abreast of his future building and growth plans, and he agreed.

New Business:

Annual Meeting: John reminded us that without sending a mailer we do not get any contributions to our bank account. Last year a post card was sent. Terry will get an updated list from the county appraiser’s office for the mailing. Karl will write and organize the pages for the mailer and send to the board for their approval. Once the board approves, Terry will bring it to the Print Shop for printing and distributing, no later than the second week in February. Annual Meeting will be March 1st.

Open Agenda:

Bike Race/Triathlon: Officer Neal Bohannon came to inform us that Vanderbilt Beach Road will be closed for the triathlon this weekend. He suggested trying to find a different route or use the interstate instead. They expect it to be thick in the mornings up to about noon, lesser through the day. An email blast was sent to Oakes residents earlier this week.

Active Shooter Training: Officer Neal Bohannon informed us that the Collier County Sheriff’s Dept. held one of these trainings in Mercato that was publicized a few weeks ago. He wanted to let us know these are open to the public and this is wonderful information for us to take advantage of. He invited and encouraged us to attend. He asked not to be complacent just because we live in Naples. There will be a couple more offered at the Hilton and North Naples regional park with times and dates to be announced. Please pass this a long to friends and family.

North Naples Baptist Church: Gayle Hahe said they held a prayer and popcorn drive thru in the parking lot on Jan. 1st from 4:30-6 p.m. and felt it was successful and brought joy to those whom came by. They are considering doing another. They are still seeking and considering a new pastor for their parish. Please keep North Naples Baptist in your prayers to be blessed soon with the right person. They have many activities through each month from basketball to bible study. For more information contact gayle@nnbc.net

Adjournment:

Bob Walker made a motion to adjourn at 8:09 p.m. Tony Paladino seconded the motion with the motion carried. Next meeting Tuesday, Feb. 2, 2016 at North Naples Baptist Church.

Respectfully submitted by Terry Iamurri

Oakes Estates Neighborhood Association
Tuesday, December 1, 2015 7:00 p.m.
Board Meeting Minutes

Call to order/Determination of quorum: Hiram Garcia, Bob Walker, Tony Paladino, Terry Iamurri, Mike Vitte, Jim Rice, John Nicola and Karl Fry with a quorum present meeting was called to order at 7:01 p.m. Guest Jim Glase in attendance.

Approval of November minutes: Bob Walker approved the minutes, Jim Rice seconded and motion carried.

Treasurer’s report: John Nicola reported no changes. Bank Balance is. $3625.69

Old Business:

Southbrooke PUD (medical/ office development): With no opposition from the OENA we expect the design to go forward. Karl did not hear from commissioner Henning or Mark Strain that any neighbors went to BCC meeting review on 11/17/15.

Destiny Church – Activities/Hours Impact on Residents: Tony Paladino, Bob Walker and Jim Glase all close residents to the church weighed in and spoke about the times of disturbance. It appears Thursday 7 p.m. night activities are noisy and Sunday mornings starting at 7:45 a.m. with the sound of bass and drums that are heard into these neighbors’ homes that live close by. The consensus was it was a bit quieter this month than in the past. With concerns that this is a growing church and congregation our community wants them to respect the neighborhood they are living in. When the conditional use was given to this church it was a modest congregation with normal church activities, not an outdoor party venue with concerts with amplifiers, lighting and PA systems reaching well beyond the church property. After much discussion regarding taking legal action and contacting code enforcement Bob Walker made a motion that the board table further action until next meeting in order to observe what steps Destiny Church has taken regarding noise and disturbances after his last request with Pastor Greg following their last (Halloween) party. In recognition that desire for the board and the neighborhood to have a quiet, peaceful coexistence together with all neighbors. He would like Destiny Church to have one more opportunity to display an appreciation for the privilege of their conditional use in our neighborhood. Tony Paladino seconded the motion, motion unanimously carried.

New Business:

Annual Meeting: Gayle Hahe asked when our annual meeting will be held, so she could reserve the sanctuary. It will be Tuesday, March 1st. It was suggested that Karl write an annual letter informing residents of things we have accomplished and to solicit contributions to build our coffers. With no letter last year very little revenue came in. The mailing always runs over $500., we have fees for the website and possible legal fees we might need funds available for.

Open Agenda:

North Naples Baptist Church Events: Gayle Hahe reported they still do not have pastor. Their committee is still in search and reviewing possible candidates. The church will be having a Birthday Party for Jesus along with the Estates Baptist Church on Dec. 13 at 6 p.m. it is a potluck, bring finger foods to share. On Wednesday night from 5:30-6:15 the church provides full course meal for $6.00 per person, any and all are invited to any of their events and more. Please contact Gayle with any questions at gayle@nnbc.net or call (239)597-2201

Jim Rice made a motion to donate $100.00 to the church for any of their many upcoming parties. It was seconded by Mike Vitte and motion carried.

Adjournment:

Bob Walker made a motion to adjourn at 7:37 p.m. Terry Iamurri seconded, motion carried.

Adjournment:

Bob Walker made a motion to adjourn at 7:37 p.m. Terry Iamurri seconded, motion carried.

Respectfully submitted by Terry Iamurri
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Oakes Estates Neighborhood Association
Board Minutes Tuesday, November 3rd, 2015 7:00p.m.

Call to order/determination of quorum: Hiram Garcia, Terry Iamurri Jim Rice, Bob Walker, Roland Fondessey, Mike Vitte, Tony Palladino, Karl Fry and Jamie Ringhofer, with a quorum present meeting was called to order at 7:00 p.m. OENA board introduced themselves and guest in attendance were Carol Barkauskas, Jim Glase and Dr. Bob Casola.

Approval of October minutes: Jim Rice made a motion to approve last month’s minutes, it was seconded by Tony Paladino, the motion carried.

Treasurer’s Report: Karl reported for John Nicola whom was out of town that there were no changes. Bank balance is the same at $3625.69

Old Business:

Southbrooke PUD (Medical /Office development): Karl reported that he sent an email with our letter of non-opposition attached to Commissioner Henning and Mark Strain to the effect that our board and even close neighbors on Autumn Oaks do not oppose the project as we negotiated far greater setbacks, vegetative buffers, walls, and very limited business uses. However, he said that individual property owners may show up to oppose the project when the BCC reviews the project on 11/17.

Destiny Church – Activities/Hours/Noise/Traffic Impact on Residents: Karl requested updates from church neighbors / board members Bob Walker and Tony Palladino. Bob wrote an email letting him know of the trunk or treat that was held at the church was outside setting up all day when it started at 6 p.m. it had a loud PA system, music and portable light system that was pointed at the neighboring homes on Hidden Oaks Lane. Tony Paladino confirmed that noise went on until 10 p.m. Bob spoke with Pastor Greg the following day regarding the event’s disturbance--he said they are a growing church and like to have events outside not to deal with clean up within the sanctuary. Surrounding neighbors have noticed traffic with the events at the church are daily and evenings. Jamie Ringhofer offered to draft a letter in coming weeks to Pastor Greg on our behalf regarding apparent disregard for the quiet enjoyment of nearby neighbors. Karl has forwarded the emails Bob and Tony wrote on to Commissioner Henning and Mark Strain for them to look into. Jim Rice made a motion that we as a board formally petition the county for any information or options the OENA might have to protect the basic rights of our residents in the wake of ever-more frequent and long-hour events being held by the church. Bob Walker seconded with the motion passing.

New Business:

Identity Theft – Free Public forum on Friday, Nov. 6, 2015 will be held from 10-11:30 at Naples Daily News 1100 Immokalee Rd. in their community room. Limit to the first 150 people to arrive. Collier County sheriff Neal Bohannon provided this information for us to share. A panel of expert speakers will advise how to avoid being victimized and how to minimize damages if online predators are successful.

Open Agenda:

North Naples Baptist Church: Sat. Nov. 8 at 8 a.m. Walk For Life & Family Fun Fest, also student work day and movie night from noon to 4pm. NNBC is having a book drive to put a new book into elementary children’s hands who receive free or reduced lunch please inquire about these and other upcoming events with Gayle Hahe at gayle@nnbc.net or 597-2201.

Adjournment: Jim Rice made a motion to adjourn at 7:40 p.m. Tony Paladino seconded the motion and motion carried.

Respectfully submitted by Terry Iamurri
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OAKES ESTATES NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION
BOARD MEETING OCTOBER 6, 2015 7:00 P.M.

Call to order/determination of quorum: Karl Fry, Hiram Garcia, John Nicola, Nic Spano, Tony Palladino, Terry Iamurri, Mike Vitte and Steve Bracci with a quorum present the meeting was called to 0rder at 7:04 p.m.

Approval of minutes: Tony made a motion to approve the September minutes, Hiram seconded and the motion carried.

Treasurer’s report: John Nicola reported no changes. Bank balance $3625.69 with a total of 20 contributors.

Old Business:

Southbrooke PUD (medical/office Development): The development was approved by the planning commission. Brian Howell will bring it in front of the County Commission on Nov. 17th. Karl will check in with Commissioner Henning to see if feels we need to be there.

Destiny Church – Activities/Hours impact on residents: Karl reached out to Pastor Greg regarding the noise and traffic. Pastor Greg said they have put in sound panels and the sound transmissions have reduced in terms of decimals. He says they are lower than the county limit. He sees the future of his parish/church growing and expects in time to build a new sanctuary on the property. The neighbors do not feel anything has changed. Karl said he will contact Mark Strain to see if there is any action we might take regarding the noise and safety issues for the immediate neighbors.

New Business:

Autumn Oakes 13.9 acre corner: For those that attended the Southbrooke planning meeting something was said from county staff that this parcel may still have conditional use. It was suggested that Karl go to Mark Strain for clarity of its possible use.

Open Agenda:

North Naples Baptist Church Events: Gayle Hahe let us know they will be celebrating their 29th church anniversary with a potluck dinner to honor the staff on Sunday, Oct. 11th at 11:30 a.m. She also let us know they have a possible senior pastor in the wings to lead there parish after the retirement/move of Pastor Helton Hixon. For more information about upcoming events and activities contact gayle@nnbc.net

Adjournment:  Mike made a motion to adjourn at 7:45p.m. Terry Iamurri seconded and the motion carried.

Respectfully submitted by Terry Iamurri
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OAKES ESTATES NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION
BOARD MEETING TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 9TH, 2015

Call to order/determination of quorum: Karl Fry, Terry Iamurri, Hiram Garcia, Tony Palladino, John Nicola, Jamie Ringhofer and Jim Rice with a quorum present the meeting was called to order at 7:02 p.m. An introduction of the board and guests in attendance were Jamie Ringhofer’s son and daughter, Frank and Tracy Millot and Jim Glace from Hidden Oaks Lane.

Approval of minutes: Jim made a motion to approve the June minutes, it was seconded by Tony and the motion carried.

Treasurer’s report: John Nicola reported a bank balance of $3625.69 with 2 new contributions. Bring a total of 20 contributions for 2015 year. We have not solicited contributions this year.

Old Business:

Southbrooke PUD (Medical/Office Development): Karl attended the three hour planning Commission meeting, chaired by Mark Strain. After the presentations Karl spoke briefly that our letter of non-opposition was negotiated in good faith by the developers. Karl was clear that we and our Autumn Oaks residents would prefer a single family home or just trees. Staff recommended rejection based on the language in the Golden Gate Master Plan regarding where commercial uses should go. The planning commissioners unanimously overruled the staff’s recommendation and approved the project. Although the commission decided it was a reasonable and benign use of this property, Chairman Strain made sure that all specific provisions from our OENA letter were integrated directly into language of the PUD. The PUD and the plan amendment will now go to the Board of County Commission for final approval.

There is a committee being formed to begin the GG Master Plan revision process. Mark Strain suggested we get a representative on it.
Closing of North End of Oakes Blvd: The results from the June 24th, Safety Commission Meeting that Bob Walker and Karl Fry attended were that there is no tangible reason to close the north end of Oakes Blvd. The Safety Commission felt there was merit in the proposal to eliminate the left turn lane that allows you to cut through the median to head south on Oakes when traveling westbound on Immokalee Road. The county’s in-house design team will begin conceptual drawings to eliminate the westbound turn lane and subsequent expansion of the eastbound turn lane onto Valewood Drive north. We will be notified of a public meeting for the final plans.

Water Management Standards for Oakes Estates: Tabled.

New Business:

Change monthly Meeting Date to avoid conflict with Collier County School Board Meeting: Tony made a motion to move OENA meeting to the first Tuesday of the month. Terry seconded the motion and the motion carried.

Open Agenda:

Blue Zone: The OENA was invited to attend an introductory meeting of the Blue Zone project, as were other HOA and Country Clubs from Collier County. Terry attended this meeting. It was decided unanimously by the board that this was a social choice. Not something we the board should be involved in or promote. It is not within the stated mission and scope of our organization. The board discussed that if any residents did want information they have the right to attend a Blue Zone meeting.

Water leak at bridge at Tarpon Bay: Terry reported that there was a water leak at the bridge at Tarpon Bay she noticed over the Labor Day weekend. The water was coming up between a slice in the concrete apron of the bridge and was flowing into the canal below. She took pictures to show the retaining wall had shifted a few inches most likely due to the water flow. She did not know which agency to call. Karl requested she send him the pictures and he would follow up with sending them to Nick Casalanguida and a carbon copy to Commissioner Henning. At the time of writing, the county has already replied that they will investigate.

Destiny Church: Numerous people brought up that the church is keeping longer hours than anticipated, the music particularly the bass is so loud that there is vibration in nearby homes and the very large banner that has been up for weeks are not a pleasant to the neighborhood. Karl offered to contact the pastor to bring these things to his attention in light of his initial commitments to our group that the church would be a good neighbor.

North Naples Baptist Church Events: Gayle Hahe highlighted that September 18 & 19th 6 p.m. to 6 p.m. they will have a 24 hour prayer time. Sign-up on the clock in the welcome center. She also noted that they will be having a book drive as a Christmas gift to put a book in every 4th Graders’ hands. They sponsor Laurel Oak and Vineyards Elementary for this mission. They would greatly welcome new and gently used books, including monetary donations. For more information you can visit www.nnbc.net.

Adjournment: Terry made a motion to adjourn at 8:04 p.m. Jamie seconded the motion and the motion carried.

Respectfully submitted by Terry Iamurri
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Oakes Estates Neighborhood Association
Board Meeting Tuesday, June 9, 2015

Call to order/ Determination of quorum: Karl Fry, Hiram Garcia, Tony Palladino, John Nicola, Nic Spano and Terry Iamurri with a quorum present the meeting was called to order at 7:03 p.m. No guests in attendance.

Approval of minutes: Tony made a motion to approve the May minutes as read, it was seconded by Hiram and the motion carried.

Treasure’s report: John reported everything is the same as last month the bank balance is $3,675.69.

Old Business:

Southbrooke PUD (medical/office development): Karl reported that their permitting process will start with Collier County Planning Commission hearing on 8/6/15 to be followed by a Board of County Commission hearing on 9/8/15. The hearings will posted on their site the second or third week of July.

Closing of North End of Oakes Blvd.: Bob Walker was notified the Collier County Safety meeting will be held on June 24th. He and Karl will be attending. Karl said the board will be emailed the communications of that meeting.

Water Management Standards for Oakes Estates: Steve Bracci will schedule a meeting with Jack McKenna to discuss the three points of concern regarding our neighborhood. Karl will notify all the board if anyone else would like to attend.

New Business:

Anonymous letter: John reported that a letter was sent to our P.O. Box anonymously regarding a neighbor dispute. It was asked what the board might do about it. It was discussed that our view as a board is to not intercede. It is not our place to. We encourage placing a non-emergency call to the Sherriff’s dept. to help with any discord or problem that is ongoing. The non-emergency phone number to the Sherriff’s dept. is (239) 252-9300.

No meetings July/August: John made motion to not meet for the July and August meetings. Anything that needs to be dealt with we will do via-email. Tony seconded the motion and the motion carried.

Open Agenda:

North Naples Baptist Church Events: Gayle Hahe wanted everyone to know that all are welcomed their pancake breakfast on Sat. June 20th at 9:00 a.m. please RSVP Chris Campbell at ccampbell98@aol.com. They have many activities going on for more info go to www.nnbc.net. Terry made a motion to make $100.00 donation to church to be used as they see fit. It was seconded by Tony and the motion carried.

Adjourment: John made a motion to adjourn at 7:41 p.m. Karl seconded the motion and the motion carried.

Respectfully submitted by Terry Iamurri
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Oakes Estates Neighborhood Association
Board Meeting Tuesday, May, 12th 2015

Call to Order/ Determination of quorum: Karl Fry, Mike Vitte, Roland Fondessy, Terry Iamurri, Hiram Garcia, John Nicola and Tony Palladino with a quorum present the meeting was called to order at 7:02 p.m. Karl allowed the board to introduce themselves. An introduction of guests in attendance were Ed White, L.J. & Leigh Knoll, Kelly Gonzales. Ken Carter, Bobbi and Garrett Sutton and Gayle Hahe.

Approval of April Minutes: Roland made a motion to approve the minutes as read, it was seconded by John and the motion carried.

Treasurer’s report: John Nicola reported a bank balance of $3,675.69 with 18 contributions made this year.

Old Business:

Southbrooke PUD (medical and office development): Karl reported that the developer is waiting for a hearing date to find out the status of their county permit.

Closing of the North End of Oakes Blvd. Bob Walker was not in attendance but he has been invited to a private safety meeting with the county that will take place in June.

Water Management Standards for Oakes Estates: Karl Fry and Steve Bracci have not yet met with the County to go over their three point considerations they would like to discuss. Ken Carter brought to our attention that he hardly has a swale on his property on the S.W. corner of Oakes Blvd. and Autumn Oaks due to that he has water retaining on his property most the year. With the improvement by the County on the other side of Oakes and Autumn Oakes recently it has made his water retention even worse. He would like Steve and Karl to address this when they meet with the County to see if clearing or digging out of the swales and ditches can be looked at to resolve his saturated yard.

New Business:

Oakes Board member replacement (Fondessy for Walker) : Tony Paladino made a motion to have Roland Fondessy’s wish to step down from the board granted so that Bob Walker can resume on the board without having too many on the Oakes Board by our by-laws. Terry Iamurri seconded the motion and the motion carried. This will also look better when Bob meets with the County in June.

Open Agenda:

North Naples Baptist Church: Gayle Hahe announced that they will be holding Vacation Bible School Monday, June 8th through June 12th, from 9 a.m – 12:30 p.m. for 3 year old to adults. Please join VBS for “Journey off the Map”. NNBC Summer Block Party will be held Saturday, May 30th from 5-8 p.m. everyone in Oakes Estates is invited. Please contact Gayle Hahe at gayle@nnbc.net for more information.

Adjournment: Roland Fondessy made a motion to adjourn at 7:29 p.m. Mike Vitte seconded the motion and the motion carried.

Respectfully submitted by,

Terry Iamurri - Secretary
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Oakes Estates Neighborhood Association
Board Meeting April 14th, 2015

Call to Order/ Determination of quorum: Karl Fry, Terry Iamurri, Mike Vitte, Hiram Garcia, Jaime Ringhofer, Nic Spano, Tony Palladino, Roland Fondessey, Jim Rice and John Nicola. With a quorum present meeting was called to order at 7:02 p.m. Introduction of board and guests in attendance were Bob Walker, Tom Ellis and Bobbi Sutton.

Approval of March Minutes: Jim Rice made a motion to approve the minutes, it was seconded by Roland motion carried.

Treasurer’s report: John Nicola reported a bank balance of $3813.09 with 17 contributions this year. The Board has not sent out an Annual Letter with request for contributions thus far this year.

Old Business:

Southbrooke PUD (medical/ office development): Karl Fry reviewed the points that were made in our letter of non-opposition that was sent to Board of County Commissioners. He also reviewed and clarified that we provided a list of acceptable plants to replace non-native species. And that the preserve depth is not consistent along Autumn Oaks Lane—the minimum preserve depth will be 45' which must be reported in the formal submission to the county. We have been told that the preserve varies from 45' to 52' with an average of 48.5' which was previously negotiated.

Closing of North End of Oakes Blvd. – Status of request for meeting with the county: Bob Walker will be representing the board at an upcoming meeting with the Safety Board. This is usually a closed meeting. Dale Bathon, the head of traffic operations, has personally invited Bob to speak for approximately the first 10 minutes of the meeting. He will contact him at least a week before the upcoming meeting in June. Bob will present our poll results in favor of closing the north end of Oakes Blvd and that we also request safer timing for the light a Valewood, possibly adding a dedicated left turn arrow.

New Business:

Water Management Standards for Oakes Estates: Karl said he and Steve Bracci would like to sit down with the County to see what is required or what code might be for water retention /detention areas on residential lots for Oakes Estates. The three points they would like to discuss are:

Site plans for water retention in front yards, what might be the reason for this? (We believe they should not be permitted.)
Circumstances under which a homeowner is precluded from ever paving their driveway. (We believe no site plan should be approved which precludes a homeowner from paving their driveway.)
What appears to be a commercial application such as a concrete overflow structure in a residential neighborhood? (We believe these should never be visible in a residential environment).
Jim Rice made a motion to let Karl and Steve move forward with requesting this meeting with the county to get some clarity to these questions. Roland seconded the motion and the motion carried.

The 13+ acre tract – Discussion was brought up at the annual meeting that Mark Strain would look into the history and future of the cycle shop and the 13+ acres parcel on the corner of Autumn Oaks and Oakes Blvd. Mark reported both these parcels are grandfathered in to stay as the business they set up to be and can continue to stay that way as long as they run that way. The 13+ acre tract was a grade and fill business many years ago but has sat idle for at least a decade. We do not know the intent upon selling. We will try to stay vigilant upon any news when this parcel is sold.

North Naples Baptist Church: Gayle Hahe was not in attendance this evening. We missed her. The church is having Youth Movie night on 4/17 "When the Game Stands Tall" , it expounds on the life lessons of caring coach teaching a group of gridiron kids heights of triumph to the depths of defeat. For more information and calendar events go gayle@nnbc.net.

Board Secretarial Duties: New board member Nic Spano volunteered to assist Terry Iamurri with secretarial duties, replacing retiring board member Barb Collins. Many thanks to Nic!

Adjournment: Jim Rice made a motion to adjourn at 7:50, Hiram Garcia seconded, the motion carried.

Respectfully submitted by,

Terry Iamurri - Secretary
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Oakes Estates Neighborhood Association
Annual Meeting March 10th, 2015

Note: Our Annual Meeting immediately followed the Southbrooke PUD Neighborhood Information Meeting.

Call to Order/ Determination of Quorum: Karl Fry, Terry Iamurri, Mike Vitte, Hiram Garcia, Bob Walker, Barb Collins and Jim Rice with a quorum present meeting was called to order at 7:05 p.m. Introduction of all members in attendance. With a total of 45 residents in attendance. Karl asked how people heard about the meeting, one person saw it on Facebook, some by email, others by the flyers.

Approval of Minutes: Jim Rice made a motion to approve February’s minutes, it was seconded by Terry Iamurri motion carried.

Treasurer’s Report: $3999.20 is our bank balance, with 17 residents making contributions this year. We had 127 residents make contributions last year but haven’t sent out an annual letter thus far this year.

Old Business:

Southbrooke PUD (medical/Office Development) Final Negotiated design reviewed: The engineer firm Grady Minor left large scale exhibits used during the NIM which were used to review the proposed Southbrooke project. Karl reviewed many of the design negotiations that have come into play thus far with the developer. These will be posted on the website for anyone to see. After much discussion of the buildings, the type of business use, landscaping and the aesthetics Bob Walker made a motion to approve for the board to vote by email for reconsideration the use of slash pines in the landscaping the south and east walls for an alternative plant list being defined in conjunction with county landscape architects and our local arborist Peter Goodin, former Oakes board member. Mike Vitte seconded the motion and the motion carried. (Southbrooke Documents)

Special Guest: Mark Strain – Collier County Planning Commission and CC. Hearing Examiner: Mark spoke about development along Immokalee Rd. He explained that residents who own land that back up to Immokalee find it undesirable to build a home adjacent to a six lane corridor due to noise. That makes it likely for these types of parcels to be considered for re-zoning or conditional uses (such as churches), just like the Southbrooke project. He said the Collier County Board of Commissioners as of late has taken a conservative view of these projects. Our neighborhood has clout in terms of the form of each proposed development. Mark will also look into the motorcycle shop and the 13.6 parcel to help us understand the latitude available to stay business or revert to residential use. He also offered to come back at any time and give us an overview and slide presentation of Collier County’s development plan.

Mark brought to our attention that Commissioner Nance has requested that a review be done of the Golden Gate Master Plan. The last time the Collier County Growth management plan was modified was in 2001. It is expected the rewriting of the plans will take 2 years. He said he felt it was crucial we stay involved to see the growth management and the Golden Gate Master plan as they are revising it, especially as relates to the Immokalee corridor. He suggested we attempt to have a representative on the committee whenever it is formed.

Special Guest: Nic Spano, Realtor – Oakes Estates Real Estate Market: Nic gave a great review of real estate in Oakes Estates.

Currently there are 12 new homes under construction.

From March 2013- March 2014 there were 17 closed sales in Oakes estates. Averaging 118 days on the market. The average asking price $554,000- average selling price was $512,000. Average price per sq.ft. was $167.

From March 2014-March 2015 there 17 closed sales in Oakes Estates. Averaging 84 days on the market. The average asking price was $624,000. Average selling price was $596,000. Average price per sq.ft. was $208.00

Closing the North End Of Oakes Blvd / Property owner survey and discussion: This was a hot topic. Many spoke from a microphone from the audience of their views regarding this including Pastor Les Wicker, of the First Congregational Church (FCC) on Valewood and Immokalee. He reminded our board that twice the county alluded to the closing of the north end of Oakes Blvd… first when the county wanted to remove our stop light at the north end of Oakes, and then again when his church gave up land to make the Valewood extension possible. FCC gave up land that translated into losing 50 seats in their sanctuary due to parking requirements. The county desired to wait at least a year after the “jog” was completed to determine the impact on traffic patterns and safety. It has now been over 18 months. Rev. Wicker stated there was a verbal commitment on behalf of both the county and the Oakes Estates board that the north end of Oakes would eventually be closed. His main concern is safety of uncontrolled entry onto Immokalee and even worse, the crossing of 3 lanes of traffic by cars turning from Immokalee westbound through the cut in the median. He asked “how would you feel if a dangerous and unnecessary intersection existed right next to your home?”

After much heated discussion a vote was taken.

31 – for closing the North end of Oakes Blvd. (69%)

4 – for closing the southbound turn lane (cut) in the median of Immokalee Rd (for westbound travelers). (9%)

10 – for leaving Oakes Blvd exactly as it is (22%)

Karl reiterated that a straw vote with a show of hands at the last March annual meeting in 2014, with a 70% share also choosing to close it. A survey was mailed to all residents this year for them to vote on the issue with the results being 70% of 63 responses supported closing Oakes’ north end. A motion was made from Mike Vitte for us to next step with the county in discussing the county’s stance and process to close the North end of Oakes Blvd. Bob Walker seconded the vote. The motion carried.

New Business:

New Board members needed: Nancy Berens whom founded the Oakes Estates Home Owners Group and Barb Collins our part time secretary whom has been on the board for 12 years are both stepping off due to relocating from the neighborhood. We are delighted we had 3 nominees from the floor. Due to this, Bob Walker offered to step down from his many years’ service as a founding board member. Our new board members will be Tony Palladino, Nic Spano and Jamie Ringhofer. Welcome aboard!

North Naples Baptist Church Events: Next week for Spring Break there will be Movie Madness Monday-3/16, Wednesday-3/18 and Friday -3/20 held 10a.m.-12:30p.m. The church be holding a neighborhood block party for all to attend on May 30th themed Celebrate Summer. Get more info at www.nnbc.net

Adjournment: Karl made a motion to adjourn at 8:50 as it had been a lengthy meeting. Our next meeting will be Tues. April 14th, 2015.

Respectfully submitted by,
Terry Iamurri - Secretary
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Oakes Estates Neighborhood Association

February 10th, 2015 Board Minutes

Board Members in attendance: Karl Fry, Mike Vitte, John Nicola, Terry Iamurri, Steve Bracci, Hiram Garcia, Jim Rice, Bob Walker and Nancy Tetzlaf-Berens with a quorum present meeting was called to order at 7:00 p.m. An introduction of the Board and guests took place, including two families from Autumn Oaks Lane.

Approval of minutes: Jim Rice made a motion to approve January minutes, Bob Walker seconded, the motion carried.

Treasurer’s Report: John Nicola reported our Bank Balance is $3869.20. A deposit of $225.00 was made since last month with donations from 12 new members.

Old Business:

Southbrooke Medical / Office Plaza on Immokalee Road: Karl Fry covered all the items negotiated thus far considered for the re-zone of property on Autumn Oaks for this prospective medical plaza that will have (2) 20,000 square foot buildings, with ingress/egress only from Immokalee Road. Bob Walker let us know there will be at least one more meeting with us with Wayne Arnold, a Grady Minor site engineer. Bob Walker made a motion to send the documents we have to all Autumn Oaks residents once all the final and amended items are concluded for them to see. John Nicola seconded, motion passed, with Steve Bracci abstaining from the vote. Mike Vitte made a motion for us to send a letter of non-opposition of the project to the CCBC. Jim Rice seconded the motion, motion passed with Steve Bracci abstaining from the vote.

Closing North end of Oakes Blvd. Survey response: John Nicola reported there have been no new responses to the survey. At the annual meeting in 2014 a straw vote was taken with 30% opposed and 70% for closing the north end. With mailed surveys the percentages are the same. Bob Walker reminded us that the Commissioner Henning and Norm Feder both told us this could be a concession after taking our light away at the north end of Oakes Blvd. to make way for the Valewood light. After much discussion we plan to try to finalize this right after the annual meeting next month. Karl will ask Chuck to put out in an email blast to all saying last chance to vote and Karl will incorporate it in the annual letter and agenda.

No Outlet Autumn Oaks: Karl will email Nick Casalanguida to collaborate if either a no outlet or an enhanced dead end sign could be added to the teardrop area in the pavement on Autumn Oaks to stop traffic from go down and turning around realizing there is no outlet.

New Business:

Water retention method standards changing for New Oaks Estates Homes? A newly constructed home has installed a water detention area and control structure in the front yard in order to comply with the county's requirements regarding water storage volume.  This is something new to the area and raises the issue about how such systems may look and function throughout Oakes Estates.  The board agreed that it would be good to check with the county for clarification of the engineering code requirements or design standards for control structures and detention areas, and on what basis they are necessary.  The board agreed that Karl Fry and Steve Bracci should inquire with the county on this issue.

Open agenda:

Board members needed: Barb and Nancy will both be moving in the coming months. We need to find 2 new members for our board.

Bear sightings: Reported sightings on Autumn Oaks and Spanish Oaks by residents.

Abandoned home on Hidden Oaks: John Nicola reported the long-abandoned home (6130) Hidden Oaks is deemed a dangerous structure. It is in the process of going through foreclosure, and possible demolition, but the process may take much longer.

North Naples Baptist Church: Gayle Hahe informed us they will be doing a Rummage Sale Saturday, February 28th at 7- noon, to benefit their kid’s for camp. The board consented to send an email blast announcement in return for the church’s ongoing hospitality for our group. All church events are available at www.nnbc.net

Adjournment: Bob made a motion to adjourn at 8:30, Terry seconded the motion, motion carried.

Respectfully submitted by,

Terry Iamurri – Secretary
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Board Minutes – January 13, 2015

Directors Present:  Karl Fry, Barb Collins, Mike Vitte, Hiram Garcia, Bob Walker, Steve Bracci, John Nicola, Roland Fondessy, and Jim Rice

Introduction of board members and guests:  Seven families in attendance from Autumn Oaks Lane.

Approval of Minutes:  Bob made a motion to approve, seconded by Jim and the motion passed.

Treasurer’s report:  John reported our bank balance is the same as it was last month.  $4,194.20

Old Business:

Southbrooke  Medical Plaza on Immokalee Road

Discussion centered on the proposed 20,000 sq. ft., story medical office buildings on the south side of Immokalee Rd., north of Autumn Oaks Lane.  Access would only be from Immokalee Road and there would be a 60 foot natural vegetation buffer to Autumn Oaks with a further 6’H wall between the parking lot and the vegetative buffer.  A long list  of acceptable tenant types was submitted, including beauty salons, vets, pet boarding, and a general catch – all for other businesses

The meeting was attended by seven Autumn Oaks Ln homeowners who will be most affected by the proposed new building.  It was presented to the board at the November meeting to be mostly medical uses including Urgent care, Dentist, Podiatrist etc.  There was also a proposed 2200 sq. ft. restaurant space with beer and wine available until 10PM.

While there was acceptance that a one story medical plaza is a relatively unobtrusive use of the property, there was unanimous agreement by the homeowners that any food business whatever it might be is unacceptable because of many reasons which include noise with early opening and late closing, garbage dumpsters being moved around, smell of garbage, noisy patrons, etc.  Plus the risk that changes in ownership might result in less desirable operations than the initial tenants.

It was further advised that the county should be made aware of the sighting of a gopher tortoise on the proposed property.

Suggestions from Oakes residents:

1.  10 foot high CBS with stucco wall with enhanced natural vegetation to replace any non – native species removed (aka Brazilian Pepper and Melaleuca).2.  Insure drainage is adequate for the summer rains ( county’s review responsibility )

3.  No restaurant

4.  Lighting shields to direct light away from Autumn Oaks residents

5.  No retail businesses.  Review of laundry list of acceptable uses with a few possible uses being stricken.

Bob made a motion, seconded by Roland, approved unanimously, that 2-3 Board members meet with Mark Strain from the planning commission to discuss our concerns as a neighborhood and have the results of that meeting be posted on Facebook and the website.  Steve Bracci abstained from all votes as he is the attorney representing Southbrooke through the county permitting process.

Karl will forward a summary of our issues and majority views to Brian Howell of Phoenix Associates.

Closing of north end of Oakes Blvd

No new survey responses.  40 of 66 responses thus far are in favor of closing the north end of Oakes Blvd. Autumn Oaks residents expressed concern there would be increased traffic on their road and were against the closing.  When board members meet with the county planner they will ask for a larger sign to be placed on Autumn Oaks at the Valewood Drive stop sign to show it is a dead end street.  The discussion on closing north end of Oakes will be put off until we have more resident input.

OENA Website Mini – Signs installed!

Thanks to Mike Vitte.  It is hoped neighbors will now log on to our website to keep up on neighborhood activities.

Bears in the neighborhood

Only sightings have been on Autumn Oaks Lane. Several residents had seen bears recently.

New Business:

None at this time

Open agenda:

North Naples Baptist Church activities

Gayle Hahe from North Naples Baptist Church gave us information about upcoming rummage sale on February 28th. Donations can be dropped off at the church.  All events can be viewed on the website www.nnbc.net . There will be spring break school activities for children from kindergarten through 6th grade.

Adjournment:

Bob made a motion, seconded by Jim to adjourn at 8:24 and the motion passed

Respectfully Submitted,

Barbara Collins, Secretary

Oakes Estates Neighborhood Association

Board Minutes – December 9, 2014

Directors Present:  Mike Vitte, Barb Collins, Hiram Garcia, Bob Walker, Jim Rice, Roland Fondessy, Terry Iamurri and Nancy Jane Berens. Quorum present, meeting called to order at 7pm by Mike Vitte vice president.

Approval of Minutes:  Bob made a motion to approve and Roland seconded.

Treasurer’s Report:  John was unable to attend but sent in report that we have a balance of $4,194.20 with the addition of $800 from our neighborhood mailing.

Old Business:

Southbrooke Plaza

A Proposed new 40,000 sq ft. office, medical and restaurant project consisting of two single story buildings south side of Immokalee Rd and along Autumn Oaks Ln.  Special guest Brian Howell VP of Phoenix Associates, the developer, attended to answer questions.  Discussion centered on protecting our neighborhood, especially Autumn Oaks residents.  They are proposing 2,800 square feet for restaurant with 50 – 70 seats.  The discussion in our meeting centered on how it will impact the neighborhood quality of life.    The proposed buffers that back up to Autumn Oakes appear to be very good but general consensus of the people at the meeting is that we need to alert homeowners on Autumn Oakes of proposed building and tenants.  It was agreed that any food business needs to be limited to a smaller area with a reduced seating.  Bob offered to contact some homeowners on the street and get their preferences and make sure they are heard.  It was agreed as a board that we need full acceptance of the residents before we accept as is, or accept with stipulations, or stand against the request to change the zoning within Oakes Estates.  Roland made a motion and Barb seconded to study another month to access opinions of the residents as to the restaurant that might be at the heart of our concerns.

Closing north end of Oakes

Survey responses thus far:  we have 65 responses with 45 in favor of closing, 19 in favor of keeping open and one indifferent.

Bob made a motion, based on survey responses to send a letter to the county to request that it be closed.  Terry seconded and the motion passed.  Jim will draft a letter for Karl to review and send to the county.

OENA Website Mini – Signs

Mike showed a picture of how the new signs will look and stated that he would have them soon and will pay for them and get them attached.  The sign rendering was approved by all.

Bears in the Neighborhood

Nothing new at this time

New Business:

Dump trucks on Oakes Blvd

Barb brought up matter of many more big dump trucks driving on Oakes again.  If they go from one end to the other and not go to any of our streets it can be reported with license # to non emergency police number 252-9300.

Open Agenda:

Gayle Hahe

North Naples Baptist Church Events.  Friday the 19th there will be a movie night for parents to bring kids so they can go out to shop or just have free time. Need to RSVP ASAP.  www.nnbc.net   Special Christmas Eve Service.

Adjournment:  Motion made by Barb to adjourn at 8:05, seconded by Terry and motion passed
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Oakes Estates Neighborhood Association

Board Minutes – November 11, 2014

Directors Present:  Karl Fry, Barb Collins, Terry Iamurri, John Nicola, Bob Walker, Mike Vitte, Hiram Garcia, Steve Bracci, Mike Vitte Roland Fondessey Gayle Hahe

and Nancy Jane Berens. Call to order 7pm.

Introduction of Board members and guests:  Brian Howell, Pam Storrar, Neil Bohannon, Brent and Amy Lovatt.

Approval of Minutes:  Bob made a motion to approve, seconded by Roland and the motion was passed.

Treasurer’s Report:  John gave accounting of $3,795.42 after the payment for mailing flyers.

Old Business:

Commercial Project on Immokalee Road.

Special guest Brian Howell, VP – Phoenix Associates.  Brian showed plans for a proposed mostly medical two buildings on the site.  Each to be around 20,000 square feet.  There will be a wall built with vegetation to buffer Autumn Oaks and will only have access to the buildings from Immokalee Road.  A dentist, Podiatrist and Urgent Care facility are potential business, will not have retail or national business including restaurants. Proposed to be neighborhood friendly. Steve Bracci informed the board that he would be abstaining from any vote on the Phoenix/ Immokalee Road matter due to the fact that he represents them at counsel

Neighborhood watch:

Special guest Pam Storrar gave information about starting new neighborhood watch on our streets.  To be approved each person would take a 90 minute training session and would like two volunteers per street, one at each end.  We would be able to get one sign to designate Neighborhood watch per street for free.  It was discussed that we might invite Ray Erickson from the Sheriffs Office to speak at a meeting to give more information.
NON EMERGENCY PHONE NUMBER TO SHERIFF’S OFFICE 252-9300 to report any unusual activity observed in your neighborhood.

Closing North End of Oakes Blvd: Survey responses.  John reported 22 responses from out mailing survey so far.  16 yes to close and 6 for not closing.

OENA Website Mini – Signs:  Mike Vitte reported it is in the works to have signs built to hang off our existing meeting signs that would give our website information.

Bears in the neighborhood:  nothing new on disturbances.

New Business:  John put in an official complaint about the property at 6130 Hidden Oaks.  Someone was sent out to inspect derelict roofing and we haven’t seen a report on that yet.

Open Agenda: Gayle Hahe from North Naples Baptist Church NNBC.com

Christmas candlelight service12/7 . Bring kids to get help shopping for presents.
All updates on church site.

Adjournment:  Motion made at 8:15 by Bob and seconded by Barb to adjourn and the motion passed.

Respectfully Submitted,

Barbara Collins, Secretary
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Board Minutes – October 14, 2014

Directors Present:  Karl Fry, Barb Collins, Terry Iamurri, John Nicola, Bob Walker, Mike Vitte, Hiram Garcia, Jim Rice, Steve Bracci and Gayle Hayhe.  The meeting was called to order at 7 p.m.

Approval of Minutes:  Did not have a quorum last month so no minutes to approve.

Treasurer’s report:  John reported that the balance was the same at $3,795.42 with 97 members.

Old Business:

Closing north end of Oakes:  Review Draft Survey/Mailing

Pro:  Would deter cut through traffic, still experiencing a lot

Con:  Harder to get in and out for north end residents.

Discussion included the Tarpon Bay residents want to be included in any discussions going forward on this.  Any concerns the North Naples Fire Department  needs  to be addressed also.

Jim made a motion to go forward with the survey and membership form to be mailed on two separate sheets.  Mike seconded and the motion was passed.  Plan to get this done ASAP.

OENA Website Mini-Signs:  Mini signs to hang off the Oakes Estates meeting signs at the north end, the south end and Spanish Oaks.  Will be a cost of approximately $100.00.  Bob made a motion to move forward on this and Jim seconded and the motion was passed.

Bears in the Neighborhood – Updates?  Nothing new

Neighborhood Watch – New resident Pam Storrar wants to work on restarting the service.  We decided to link the information with our next annual meeting.

TBD – There is talk of a new office building to be built fronting Immokalee Road, backing up to Autumn Oaks. There is a rezoning plan and the access will be from Immokalee Road.

Open Agenda:

John Nicola will contact code enforcement concerning unsafe conditions at 6130 Hidden Oaks Lane and report  back.

North Naples Baptist Church Events:  Gayle Hayhe

On Wednesday October 29th the whole neighborhood is invited to “Halloween Trunk or Treat” at the church. It was agreed that we would ask Chuck to do an e-mail blast to the neighborhood with that information.

Adjournment:

Motion was made by Bob to adjourn at 7:57, seconded by Mike and the motion was passed
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Board Minutes – June 3, 2014

Directors Present: Mark Vitte, John Nicola, Bob Walker, Hiram Garcia, Jim Rice and Terry Iamurri

Meeting called to order 7:04 p.m. with introduction of the board members and guests. Guests in attendance were Greg and Bobbie Ball, Ken Garrison, Dale and Katie Towers, Bob Mackie, Tony Paladino, Lenny Oliveri, Kelly and Ernie Gonzalez, Jamie and Baron Ringhofer.

Approval of May Minutes: Jim Rice made a motion to approve the minutes, Bob Walker seconded, the motion carried.

Treasurer's report: John Nicola reported we have $3945.42 with a current membership of 91.

Special thanks: From all to Mike Vitte for repairing the south Oakes sign again after it was hit again.

Special Guest: Lead Pastor Greg Ball of Destiny Church came to share information and build a community bond with the neighborhood. He shared they are a non-denominational Christian congregation of 250 adults with a kids ministry. They plan on having two worship services at 9 & 11 a.m. on Sunday's. They have been at Palmetto Ridge High School Auditorium for the past 2 and a half years for worship. They were leasing at Faith Community Church for the daycare they have been running. They are now leasing Dr. Reed's space where the Tru-Value hardware use to be for the daycare. They have a 5 year lease there. They can have up to 55 children from infant to pre- kindergarten. They were supposed to close on the property June 9th, but that will more likely happen in 3-4 weeks. The banking and the financial are all in place. The permitting for the floor to be reinforced is holding up the closing. Many questions were asked regarding how they will deal with traffic and parking. Pastor Ball said they do and will have parking attendants to help alleviate as much as possible. He hopes in time they will be able to build a bridge directly onto Tarpon Bay Blvd. for access to and from the church. That would be much further in the future. He welcomes any questions any of the neighbors might have he can be reached at their office at (239) 592-7729 or his cell (239) 938-6950.

Old Business:

Closing North end of Oakes Blvd.: Karl Fry will be emailing a draft flyer to be placed on the mailboxes of our residents in order to gather feedback on whether or not to close off the north end of Oakes Blvd. The board will review and approve the flyer before distribution.

OENA website mini signs: Lenny Oliveri offered to work with Mike Vitte to see the best way to adhere mini signs to the bottom of our current signs or to the back of the sign closest to Vanderbilt to display our website. He will go down and measure and then get back with a price to do them. Terry Iamurri brought up that Ken Carter whom has the Oakes sign on his right away has pressure washed it but says it is not legible any more due to fading. Mike Vitte said his daughters repainted the sign at Vanderbilt because of all the repairs needed. He offered to have them paint that one for a small fee. Terry Iamurri made a motion to have Mike's daughter's paint the sign at the north end on Carter's property, Jim Rice seconded and the motion carried.

New Business:

Bears in the Oakes Neighborhood: Karl Fry sent pictures out of how he "bear-proofed" his own trash can by drilling holes and installed two Karabiners on the sides. Karabiners were $4 each so total cost was $8. The second night after they were installed, a bear knocked over the can but could not get in so moved on to the neighbor's trash cans that were unprotected sitting up by the road.

Nancy Berens reported to Mike Vitte that just because you don't see the bears they are still there day and night. They are most likely finding refuge in the empty lots that are around sleeping in them during the day and of course active at night. Last meeting it was reported that a momma bear and her cub were killed at I-75 and Immokalee Road. Since the last meeting a single bear believe to be her other cub has been sighted.  Two bears fighting or playing on their hind legs were also sighted at Hidden and Oakes Blvd. area. It is important to be aware of your surroundings.

Open Agenda:

Stop Sign: Nancy Berens conveyed that the stop sign at Spanish Oaks is faded and obscured from being seen by vegetation. It was requested that Karl email or call transportation department to bring to their attention. No one else reported a problem they are aware of anywhere else.

No summer meetings: Bob Walker made a motion to not hold meetings in July and August unless we had new or pertinent topics that needed to be discussed. Jim Rice seconded the motion and the motion carried. Meetings will resume the second Tuesday in September.

NNBC: Gayle Hahe with North Naples Baptist Church let us know there would be a funeral service Thurs. June 5th for a school teacher from Immokalee and feels it will be heavily attended. There could be considerable traffic due to this. Jim Rice inquired whether NNBC had received our donation yet for their Vacation Bible School program they have not. John Nicola will take care of that.

Adjournment: John Nicola made a motion to adjourn at 8:00 p.m. Bob Walker seconded and the motion carried.

Respectfully submitted by,

Terry Iamurri

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Board Minutes Tuesday, May 13th 2014

Directors present: Nancy Berens, Hiram Garcia, Bob Walker, Roland Fondessey, Mike Vitte, Terry Iamurri, Steve Bracci, John Nicola, Karl Fry and Jim Rice, meeting called to order at 7:04 with a quorum present. We had 4 homeowners not on the board as guests Tony Palladino, Stephanie Swank, Donna…. and Jim Grace.

Approval of May Minutes: Roland Fondessey made a motion to approve the minutes, Bob Walker seconded, the motion passed.

Treasurer's report: John Nicola reported a bank balance of $3977.42, with current members at 91. This is the highest membership we have had since 2004.

Old Business:

Closing the north end of Oakes Blvd.: The straw vote at the annual meeting and the questionnaire sent out were highly in favor of closing the north end of Oakes Blvd. After much discussion we decided that Karl would notify Chuck to put it on the website. We will make up flyers to put on residents mail boxes. To be distributed by board members between now and June to notify residents of the possible change on Oakes Blvd.

Faith Community Church sale update: Bob Walker reported that Destiny Church has purchased Faith Community Church contingent upon the floor be repairable due to a poor foundation. They will be moving into the building in about four weeks. The pastor has offered to speak with us about the presence of the church in the neighborhood. Bob will invite him to the June meeting. Karl Fry will email Mark Strain and cc. Commissioner Henning to get a feel of what we may be able to govern for the neighborhood or negotiate. The church is interested in a bridge from Tarpon Bay Blvd across the canal into their parking lot. The Oakes board supports this idea and favors closing off access from Oakes Blvd to protect our neighborhood and especially the residents of Hidden Oaks Blvd west of Oakes from an onslaught of traffic.

OENA Yard Signs: Karl brought up that we would really like to advertise our website to get information out. It was discussed to put it on the flyer we will be handing out about the closing of Oakes Blvd. Mike Vitte brought up how nice it would be to put it on the back of the sign that it supposed to be at Oakes Blvd. and Vanderbilt that is down right now due to being hit by a vehicle for the second time. Instead we agreed to let Mike look into pricing a small two-sided sign that could be hung from the south Oakes sign near VB Road signs that would have reflective lettering to be hung at the bottom of each advertising the website. Our guest, Stephanie Swank offered to approach the owner of the old Kaye Homes model, Terry believes the owners name is or was Karacosta, to see if they would consider allowing us to put the Vanderbilt sign in front of their corner wall so it will not take any more hits from vehicles.

New Business:

Bears: Mike Vitte said he listened to news tonight that 2 bears were hit by I-75 and Immokalee Road. A vehicle hit what they believe to be a momma bear and a second vehicle hit what they believe to be her cub. There was a second cub not injured and determined by FWC to be old enough to be able to live on its own.

Open Agenda:

North Naples Baptist Church events: Gayle informed us that they will be having their Vacation bible school the week of June 9th-13th from 9-12:30 p.m. you can register at www.nnbc.net

Donation to NNBC: Nancy Berens made a motion for us to donate $100.00 toward VBS for their use. Jim Rice seconded the motion and it passed.

Meeting date: Bob Walker will have a conflict with second Tuesday meeting date through the summer. We discussed moving it back to the first Tuesday of the month. It was decided to table this for the June meeting.

Adjournment: Roland Fondessey made a motion to adjourn at 7:55, Karl fry seconded it and it passed.

Respectfully submitted by,

Terry Iamurri

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Board Minutes – April 8, 2014

Directors Present:  Karl Fry, Barb Collins, John Nicola, Nancy Jane Berens, Hiram Garcia, Terry Iamurri, Steve Bracci, Jim Rice, Mike Vitte, and Roland Fondessey.

Meeting called to order at 7:00pm with the introduction of board members.

Visiting homeowners:  Sam Steele, Golden Oaks, Kate Castro, Spanish Oaks, also Cameron Ingram who lives on Oakes Blvd.  His small light brown Laso dog has been missing since Sunday.  His phone number is 205-902-5638.  Please give him a call if any sightings.

Approval of Minutes:  Terry made a motion to approve March minutes, Bob seconded and the motion was passed.

Treasurer's report:  John Nicola reported we now have 80 members with a bank balance of $3,933.02.  Motion to approve by Barb seconded by Roland and the motion was passed.

Old Business:

Karl turned over documents for OENA to John to be taken to lawyer for filing with the State for our renaming.

Home Invasion Update:  Neal Bohannon, Collier County Sheriff's Office and Oakes Estates neighbor came to give us an update on the current break-in at Quail West a gated community just to our north.  It appears that it might be related to the other break-ins that have occurred in the Naples area including one on Golden Oaks Lane.  The main Message is for us as a neighborhood to stay vigilant and aware of any activity that appears to be out of the ordinary and to call the sheriff's office if any is observed. There might be information on television concerning these break-ins with possible rewards leading to information from Crime Stoppers.

Faith Community Church sale update:  There is nothing new and it is not a closed deal.

New Business:

Yard signs to direct residents to the website:  Table discussion for now.

Strategy for north end of Oakes Blvd:  We plan to revisit this in June to propose closing the north end of Oakes Blvd with a Cul-de-sac.

Open Agenda:

Gayle Hahe from North Naples Baptist Church:  There will be a Living Word Ceremony on Palm Sunday.  Also a Cantata on Good Friday.  There will be a big Easter egg hunt after Easter Sunday service.

Adjournment: Motion to adjourn 7:35 by Barb Seconded by Terry and the motion carried.

Respectfully Submitted,

Barbara Collins, Secretary
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Board Minutes – March 11, 2014

Directors Present: Karl Fry, Barb Collins, Nancy Jane Berens, Hiram Garrcia, Roland Fondessey,  Jim Rice, Mike Vitte, John Nicola, Terry Iamurri and Bob Walker.

Meeting called to order 7:10 with introduction of board members.

Approval of minutes:  Roland made a motion to approve the February minutes, Bob seconded and the motion was passed.

Treasurer's Report:  John Nicola reported we had a balance of $2,794.09.  We will have new amount, and count of members next month with new members signing up this evening.

Old Business:

Karl went over some of our past achievements, including lowering speed limit from 45 to 35 on Oakes Blvd, renaming streets from numbers to names, and working with the county on many issues involving our neighborhood.

Renaming of Oakes Advisory to Oakes Neighborhood Association with unanimous approval of the board.

Special Guest:  Aaron Devanuta, Florida Fish & Wildlife Conservation Commission.

It was explained that his organization has a unique relationship with the Collier County Sheriff's Department in that they communicate and help each other with wildlife issues.  It has been documented that the black bear population continues to increase at the same time our development of housing continues to grow giving us problems of interaction with each other.  The largest problem contributing to bears in our neighborhood is the trash.  Mr. Devanuta encourages everyone to be aware of contents in the container.  We were given information regarding their behavior around humans.  They generally will leave any time encounter occurs.  There is actually a law on the books for violations on excessive garbage problems that is rarely enforced but available for use if violations continue LAN-688-4

The website for further information is:  www.myfwc.com

Phone #:  305-470-6863 push #7 for information.

Special Guest:  Neal Bohannon, Collier County Sheriff's Office.

Neal is a welcome neighbor of ours in Oakes Estates.  He assured us that he feels we all live in a very beautiful, safe neighborhood.  His department, Golden Gate Substation covers an area which included Immokalee Road at I-75 to Wilson Blvd. to the east and Lee County line to the south.  In 2013 our neighborhood had four dwelling burglaries, and one grand theft auto reported which is a very small percentage in comparison with other areas.  He reported that intruders do look for easy access by being close to I-75 and those burglaries were “pillow case” meaning they smash door gliders and are in and out with jewelry and small valuables, when they assume no one home.  We were encouraged to be aware of people knocking on your door that you do not know, they might be just looking to find out if anyone home.  If unsure of identity, call the police on non-emergency phone #239-252-9300.  The one home invasion with consequences occurred around dusk through an open garage door or unlocked slider.  That was an armed invasion with multiple persons involved.  It was a wakeup call for us to be aware of securing your home by locking doors and closing garage doors.

Their website:  www.colliersherrif.org.  which has a lot of information of any crimes in Collier County.

Rob Capizzi-  with the sheriff's office is available to anyone in the county to come to your house and evaluate any safety issues you may have with your residence.

His phone # is 239-455-3121.

New Business:

Faith Community Church Sale Update:  No new information available at this time.

To close (or not to close) the north end of Oakes Blvd?  Unofficial vote at this meeting was to eventually close it off to help with neighborhood traffic.

Election of Board Members & Officers: The officers and board members will remain the same with one opening to replace Tim Witherite.  John nominated Steve Bracci who lives on Hidden Oaks, Barb seconded, the motion was passed and Steve graciously accepted.

Thanks to Tim Witherite for his years of service and leadership.  He is leaving the neighborhood for Tennessee.  Good Luck Tim.

Open Agenda:

North Naples Baptist Church Events:  There will be a spaghetti dinner this Saturday Night which is always popular.

Vacation Bible School will be available for free during spring break

All information available www.nnbc.net  Contact Gayle Hahe.

We had a $100.00 cash raffle drawing for the evening.

Adjournment:  Motion to adjourn at 9:10 by John seconded by Barb and motion passed.

Respectfully Submitted,

Barbara Collins, Secretary
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Board Minutes – February 4, 2014
Directors present: Karl Fry, Barb Collins, Tim Witherite, Roland Fondessy, Nancy Jane Berens, Hiram Garcia, Jim Rice and Bob Walker.

The meeting was called to order at 7:02 p.m.

Guests: Neil Simon, new lot owner on Standing Oaks, Tony Palladino on Hidden Oaks and Gayle Hahe with North Naples Baptist Church.

Approval of Minutes: Roland made a motion to approve January minutes, Tim seconded and the motion was passed.

Old Business:

Renaming Oakes Estates Advisory to Oakes Estates Neighborhood Association – Process: Will look into changing by-laws at annual meeting. Will be confirming change with paperwork to the State. Karl has received name change paperwork from an attorney (gratis).

Annual letter, contents, and pricing letter, return form, meeting notice and bumper sticker: We will ask the print shop for quote on 550 envelopes to have extra with all the other forms we have agreed on, Annual letter printed on two sides, single page property owners return form, bumper sticker, insert with “save the date” on yellow paper.
Waiting on the quote for the bumper sticker and pricing on all. A motion was made by Bob and seconded by Jim to approve a price up to $1,200.00 for this mailing. The motion was passed. Barb made a motion to change our monthly meetings to the second Tuesday in the month, Bob seconded and the motion passed. This will start with the annual meeting in March.

Website and social media: will ask Chuck to send blast to facebook about the annual meeting in March and the new http://facebook.com/oakesneighborhood site.

New Business: Faith Community Church on Hidden Oaks has been condemned with foundation issues and another church, “Destiny Church” has plans to buy it and fix the problems. They have a very active congregation and will be looking onto possibility of accessing the church from Tarpon Bay Blve directly to the church , hoping that would ease traffic concerns for our neighborhood. It was discussed that we would try to have Greg Ball, pastor to come back to our April meeting.

Jim made a motion seconded by Nancy to get a second LED light for our sign at the south end of Oakes Blvd because the one there is getting dim. The motion was passed.

Gayle Hahe from North Naples Baptist Church updated us that their annual rummage sale is March 1st and all encouraged to bring any unused items to the church for donation. Vacation Bible School will be March 22nd thru the 28th.

Neil Bohannon with Collier County Sherrif's office might be able to talk at the annual meeting. Also will have a wildlife officer to talk and address the situation with neighborhood bears.

We all want to give our thanks to Tim Witherite who has served as our neighborhood as president for his outstanding job. He will be missed by all after he moves to his new home in Tennessee very soon. We have a gift of appreciation that we were not able to present to him at this meeting. Good luck Tim.

Adjournment: Motion to adjourn by Barb seconded by Nancy to adjourn at 7:55. The motion was passed.
Respectfully Submitted,

Barbara Collins, Secretary

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Board Minutes – January 8, 2014

Directors Present:  Terry Iamurri, Karl Fry, Tim Witherite, Barb Collins, John Nicola, Nancy Berens, Bob Walker,  Jim Rice, Hiram Garcia, Mike Vitte and Roland Fondessy.  The meeting was called to order at 7:p.m.

Approval of Minutes:  Nancy made a motion to approve December's minutes and Roland seconded and the motion was carried.

Treasurer's report:  John reported we have 18 members and a bank balance of $4,010.07.

Old Business:

Renaming Oakes Advisory – process.

Vote taken to approve the name Oakes Estates Neighborhood Association

Vote was unanimous and passed.  It was discussed that checking on the change showed that it is simple to change the annual report without monetary repercussions.

New Organization Logo Presentation – Lisa Absher gave us the information she showing different variations of our new logo with different fonts and shapes which were handed out to us all and voted on.  She also assured us we would be able to get a car sticker that we could include in our annual mailing to all in the neighborhood to display.

Annual Letter and Fundraising Drive:  Terry has gotten a new disc from the county with updated mailing information.  It was discussed that Barb will take annual letter and information that we will have an insert and the car sticker to the Print Shop to get options on cost for mailing in an envelope or folded and closed with tape stickers on three sides.  The Annual meeting will be Tuesday March 4, 2014.

Motion to have a cash prize given the night of the meeting by Barb and seconded by Jim was approved and the motion passed.  It was discussed that Roland knew a wildlife officer he will ask to speak at the meeting.

Partnership with Collier county Sheriff – nothing new, we do receive the newsletter.

Bears in Oakes Estates (update):   there are continues sightings and garbage can turnovers.

Website/social media – encourage everyone to visit site and to like on Facebook.

Open agenda:

North Naples Baptist Church Events:

Saturday March 1st will be their annual big sale.  Call for any pickup donations anyone has available.  The proceeds from the sale will go towards Vacation Bible school which will be the last week of March.  It is open to children from 3 years old to

Any other comments and issues

Lisa brought up the fact that the intersections at I-75 north and south on Immokalee Rd were proposed to be beautified by the county and contacted Commissioner Henning.  He did agree and work was supposed to start on that in December or January.

Adjournment:

Barb made a motion to adjourn and seconded by Mike, the motion was carried.

Respectfully Submitted,

Barbara Collins - Secretary

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Board Minutes – Dec. 10, 2013

Directors Present: Hiram Garcia, Mike Vitte, Nancy Berens, Tim Witherite, Karl, Fry, Terry Iamurri and Jim Rice, a quorum was present. Meeting called to order at 7:00 p.m.

Approval of Minutes: Tim Witherite made a motion to approve the Nov. minutes, Nancy Berens seconded and the motion carried.

Treasurer’s report: Karl Fry reported for John Nicola that we have $3985.07 with 19 paid members.

Old Business:

Website/ social Media: We hope more will utilize our face book page. John Nicola will contact Chuck Cannaday in regards to our possible name change and how people will be able to link to our association via either name.

Neighborhood Watch update: None

Future Property at Oakes and Immokalee: John Nicola has looked up the property owner for this recently torn down residence. He will have to contact him by mail because there is no phone number on file. We hope to find out what his intentions are for this property.

Annual Letter and Fund Raising Drive: Gayle and Nancy brought up a few things to tweak the annual letter that Karl had composed. It was noted that we should add a comments and questions, use the words support our neighborhood, see if we can add a logo and to mention about picking up a decal for our neighborhood at the annual meeting. Nancy Berens will contact Lisa Absher to discuss if she can work on the art work for the logo for the letterhead.

Partnership with Collier County Sheriff Dept.: Sgt. Neal Bohannon sent out a newsletter to some of us who gave their emails out regarding news from the sheriff’s office highlighting our area. We hope we can get Chuck Cannaday to be able to find a place to link the CCSD newsletter to our website.

Bears in Oakes Estates (Update): Karl Fry spoke with a neighbor whom came out to his car at around 7 one morning to find two bears around his car. This was on Hidden Oaks Lane. Terry Iamurri reported her neighbor had a bear come up and checked her recycle bin and then bear was observed going up a tree on Dec. 3rd. This was on Golden Oaks Lane.

Open Agenda:

Renaming Oakes Advisory: After much discussion about what name and the possible problems regarding a name change, Jim Rice made a motion to pursue changing our name to Oakes Estates Neighborhood Association, Tim Witherite seconded and the motion carried. At this time it appears we will be able to keep the Oakes Advisory name and do a DBA (Doing Business As) Oakes Estates Neighborhood Association. John and Karl are confirming the process. In bringing unity and association to whom lives in the Oakes Estates we discussed looking into having either a bumper sticker, magnet or a decal made with Oakes Estates oak tree logo made to be able to hand out to members. The quantity we discussed making would be 500.  Karl asked Nancy if she would contact Lisa Absher and see if she would consider doing the art work for this decal too.

By-Laws: Jim Rice made a motion to change the by-laws to allow all property owners to be members by default. We need to omit a clause that requires payment of annual dues to be a member. Nancy Berens seconded the motion and the motion carried.

North Naples Baptist Church Events: The church will be having its annual drive thru Nativity Scene this Saturday and Sunday, the 14th and 15th starting at 7p.m. Movie madness will be offered for kid’s k-5th grade it is a drop off for parent’s night out. Please check their website for activities and details www.nnbc.net

Adjournment: Mike Vitte made a motion to adjourn at 7:52 p.m. It was seconded by Hiram Garcia, the motion carried.

Respectfully submitted by,

Terry Iamurri - Secretary
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Board minutes – Nov. 12th 2013

Directors Present: Bob Walker, Terry Iamurri, Tim Witherite, Mike Vitte, Karl Fry, Nancy Berens, John Nicola and Jim Rice, a quorum was present. Meeting was called to order at 7:02 p.m.

Approval of minutes: Jim Rice made a motion to approve the minutes, Tim Witherite seconded and motion carried.

Treasurer’s Report: John Nicola reported our bank balance is $ 3985.07 with 19 paid members.

Old Business:

Valewood Drive Extension Thank you letter: Karl Fry sent the approved thank you letter to Commissioner Tom Henning and Nick Casalanguida regarding their help in getting this project completed and finally finished. He also sent them a memo regarding missing speed limit signs on Oakes Blvd.

Website/ Social Media:  We have 135 registered emails from our neighborhood. We would like to have more to better communicate and send email blasts when necessary. Karl will speak with Chuck again to see if we can find a better portal for people to find us, whether it is face book or something like constant contact another social media. We have 35 people who have used face book to check us out.

Neighborhood watch Update: John Nicola reported he has left a message Rebecca Gonzales with CCSO. He will follow up with Ray to see if he can get him further information.

Future Property at Oakes and Immokalee Rd.: John Nicola reported he was able to confirm that James Southern III is the owner of the property. He lives out of state and there was no contact phone. Now that the home that was on it has been torn down we were curious as the plans for the property. If Oakes were to cul-de-sac that northern entrance in the future it would be nice to know the intentions for this parcel.

Standing Oaks PUD: Tim Witherite reported he has seen recent activity on this property. Large equipment and cement trucks are being stored on the property. Crews of workers appear to be coming and going in the early morning hours. This is a PUD it is not suppose to have this kind of activity unless they are working on the PUD. We should just keep a vigilant eye and monitor if it becomes a nuisances.

Annual Letter and Membership Drive: Karl had written a wonderful letter to be sent out during the holidays. After much discussion and much out put, these were things that were noted to be added to the letter.

* Annual meeting will be held Tues. March 4th 2014

* An area to seek feedback and comments

* Our volunteer board is here to preserve quality of life, not dictate how to live

* Automatic membership

* Membership dues pay for mailings, website, and other misc. let them know costs (John Nicola to provide expenses over the last 5 years)

* Partnering with Collier County Sheriff’s Office for concern’s with in the neighborhood Sgt. Neal Bohannon offered this to our community

Bear’s in Oakes Estates (update): Terry Iamurri reported on Golden Oaks there have been numerous sights in the past 6 weeks. The Steel family had a bear get in there trash cans numerous times and knock down a small fence and make a hole in the cover of their hot tub cover. They have since built latched bear proof fencing for all their trash receptacles. The Grover Family had a bear come up to a window and push on it in the early a.m. This was on a trash day and they had barbequed the night before. We all need to report sightings to Florida Wildlife and Game Commission. These two families live at the top and at the end of Golden Oaks Lane respectfully.

Open Agenda:

North Naples Baptist Church Events: Their trunk or treat event had about 50 kids come and participate. The drive through nativity scene will be set up this year on Sat. Dec. 14th& Sun. the 15th the baby Jesus will not be added until Christmas eve due to past thief’s. NNBC has partnered with the Vineyards Elementary School to help with needy families. If you would like to help with this please contact the church or their website at www.nnbc.net

Any other comments and issues: Jim Rice noted that numerous people have commented about the unmowed and overgrown cocoplum hedge at Tarpon Bay and Spanish Oaks Lane. There is also a problem with a swale on the south side of Valewood that is not being maintained. Karl Fry will contact Nick Casalanguida and carbon copy Commissioner Henning regarding these two issues.

Adjournment: Terry Iamurri made a motion to adjourn at 8:30 p.m. It was seconded by Nancy Berens, the motion carried.

Respectfully submitted by,

Terry Iamurri - Secretary

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Board Minutes - October 1, 2013

Directors Present: Karl Fry, Hiram Garcia, Tim Witherite, Nancy Berens, Jim Rice, John Nicola, Mike Vitte and Terry Iamurri, a quorum was present. Meeting was called to order at 7:08 p.m.

Approval of Minutes: John Nicola made a motion to approve the September minutes, Tim Witherite seconded and motion was approved.

Treasurer's report: John Nicola everything is the same as last month we still only have 18 members for the year. The bank balance is $3,960.07. Much discussion took place to how we could get more participation and involvement with membership and meetings.

Old Business:

Valewood Drive Extension Thank you letter: Nancy Berens made a motion to approve the letter that Karl constructed to Tom Henning and Nick Casalanguida, Jim Rice seconded and the motion was approved to send it.

Website/ Social Media: Karl has been putting out feelers for other marketing websites, software and social networks like NING and next door where other homeowner and condo groups are using sites to grow their communities. He is inquiring about these sites to allow residents to get to know their neighbors, share information and receive timely updates. He is asking all of us to see if there are other ones that we know of or have a preference in using. He believes the fee for using such sites runs between $30 to $100 per month.

Neighborhood Watch update: Nothing was reported

Future of Property at Oakes & Immokalee: Tim believes the owner lives in N.H. John Nicola offered to contact the owner of the newly torn down house to see if any changes or uses are planned for the property.

New Business:

Bears in Oakes Estates: There have been no more sightings.

Open Agenda:

North Naples Baptist Church Events: Many of NNBC postings are on e-news. Their annual trunk-n-treat will be held n Wednesday, October 30th in the back of the church. They plan on roasting pigs among other yummy food for a Luau on Oct. 13th. For more information about their many events go to www.nbc.net.

Other comments and Issues: Nancy Berens brought up we should revisit the name of our organization. She feels we are more civic oriented. She feels the advisory in our name may put people off that we are telling them what to do. Discussion developed that we will have to redo the by-laws and resubmit them again and pay for a new registration of the name if we change it. This will be revisited at another meeting.

Hiram Garcia brought up at the past meeting that he did not think there were enough speed limit signs on the street. As you turn on to Oakes Blvd. from Vanderbilt Beach Road heading north it was noted that a speed limit sign is missing around English Oakes. We need to call Nick Casalanguida to get another sign installed.

The board had discussion of Karl Fry making up a survey to send out to include question regarding the new Valewood intersection and its use, possible cul-de-sac at the north end of Oakes Blvd. and other concerns residents might have. The other side would be a registration for membership form with their email information for them to send back with the survey and payment. Terry Iamurri offered to contact the property appraiser's office to get a new contact list of the neighborhood.

Adjournment: Jim Rice made a motion to adjourn at 8:03, Nancy Berens seconded, all agreed.

Respectfully submitted by,
Terry Iamurri/Secretary
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Board Minutes – Sept. 10, 2013

Directors Present: Karl Fry, Hiram Garcia, Tim Witherite, Terry Iamurri, John Nicola, Mike Vitte and Jim Rice, a quorum was present. Meeting called to order at 7:07 p.m.

Approval of June minutes: John Nicola made a motion to approve the minutes for June and Tim Witherite seconded, the motion carried.

Treasurer’s report: John Nicola reported a bank balance of $3960.07. We had 2 more members pay. Our total membership is at 18.

Old Business:

Valewood Drive Extension Completion: Valewood Drive has been open for a few weeks. Karl will write a thank you letter from Oakes Estates Advisory letting them know of our appreciation.

Website/Social Media: Chuck has set up a face book page. We need more people to like us J.

New Business:

Vision for North End of Oakes Blvd.: Karl offered to look up in County appraiser office the owner of the now vacant land at the end of Oakes on the eats side of the street. The board has had discussion to cul-de-sac that end of the street.  This would only be done by canvassing or surveying the neighborhood. We also would like to get a traffic count to see if the number of trips has increased or decreased. Terry made an observation when traveling west on Immokalee Road from Collier Blvd. traffic from Quail Creek and Longshore Lakes appear to be still be using the right turn and turning again on Oakes and not using the new Valewood light as anticipated. We ask that all that may drive from that direction try to observe as you are traveling.

Open Agenda:

Other comments and issues: John saw Peter Goodin who brought to his attention that the wooden posts are being replaced with metal on each avenue. In the process our neighborhood watch signs are being taken down. There are 3 remaining at this time. Peter told John the neighborhood watch signs are not being reinstalled because the county workers said they are too deteriorated. John offered to call Nick Casalanguida to find out what we need to do.

North Naples Baptist Church: Gayle Hahe let us know of a new media they are using where you can call in and ask any kind of Christian question you would like and they will provide you with an answer. NNBC has many events always going on you can reach them www.nnbc.net

Adjournment: Jim Rice made a motion to adjourn at 7:43 p.m. Terry Iamurri seconded the motion and it was carried.

Respectfully submitted by,

Terry Iamurri - Secretary
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Board Minutes – June 4th, 2013

Directors present: Karl Fry, Roland Fondessey, Hiram Garcia, Terry Iamurri, Mike Vitte,  Jim Rice, John Nicola, Nancy Berens and Tim Witherite. A quorum was present. Meeting was called to order at 7:10p.m.Approval of May minutes: Jim Rice made a motion to approve the May minutes and Roland seconded and the motion carried.

Treasurer’s Report: John Nicola reported a bank balance of $3910.07. We have 16 paid members for this year. After the Valewood Extension completion Karl will send a notice to include a membership form.

Old Business:

Sale of Animal Care Unlimited to Humane Society: Cheryl Deering past president and board member for 11 years and Kelly Lauman current president and board member for 4 years spoke on behalf of the Humane Society and there plans and current use of this property. They are a no kill pet adoption facility. They average 10 pet adoptions a day. They are privately funded and are not affiliated with the national Humane Society. Since dropping there past name of Collier County Humane Society and changing it to Naples Humane Society they have better participation of private donations. They believe many people thought they were funded by Collier County tax payer’s by there prior name. All adoptions are being done at there Airport Road facility. Animal Care Unlimited is being sublet by another entity that is running it as such. They are using one of the kennel buildings for animals that are not well enough to be adopted yet. They have a Vet Tech that is living in part of the house with his family over seeing these animals care on a daily basis. Periodically they will have small estate sales at this facility to raise funds for care and future needs of their organization. They have had one already and will hold another the weekend of the 15th and 16th of June. There current and near future need for this facility appears to be house animals that are not healthy or strong enough to be adoptable at there Airport Road facility.

Valewood Drive Extension Update:  Roland got an update that they are on track to be finished on or around July 15th on this project.

Website/ Social Media: Karl will speak with Chuck to update minutes and any pertinent information to the website.

Dead End Sign on Spanish Oaks: Karl will call the county to see if they will install a dead end sign on Spanish Oaks to stop cut through traffic. This seems to have been a problem on this street.

New Business:

Burglaries:  Roland let us know he spoke with a Collier County sheriff’s deputy that just moved in on Autumn Oaks Lane that there have been a few burglaries in the neighborhood in the past 2 weeks. They believe it is two men being dropped off. They are knocking on doors or ringing door bells checking to see if someone is home. They are taking cash, checks, credit cards and jewelry. They might be from the Miami area.

Vanderbilt neighborhood sign: Roland got pipe driven in the ground to make a sleeves for the two flood lights that have been broken by having to be removed each time the maintenance company has to mow.

Neighborhood Park: Terry informed us that in today’s paper Oak’s Park is one of the county parks you can now bring your dog on a leash to. They are not allowed in the playground area.

Open Agenda:

North Naples Baptist Church: Gayle Hahe let us know Vacation Bible School will be starting soon it will run from 9-12:30. They are excepting 3 years old to adults for this fun filled week. Check their website at www.nnbc.net for more events and information.

Adjournment: Tim Witherite made a motion to adjourn at 8:10 p.m. it was econded by Roland Fondessey, the motion carried.

Respectfully submitted by,
Terry Iamurri – Secretary
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Oakes Estates Advisory Board Minutes

May 7th, 2013

Directors Present: Karl Fry, Roland Fondessey, Hiram Garcia, Terry Iamurri, John Nicola, Bob Walker and Tim Witherite. The meeting was called to order at 7:06 p.m.

Approval of April minutes: Terry made a motion to approve the minutes and Bob seconded, motion carried.

Treasurer’s report: John Nicola reported a bank balance of $3910.07. We now have 16 paid members.

Old Business:

Valewood Drive extension update: Seems everything is on track. Retaining wall and curbing have been installed, along with a drainage pipe. Karl will check on the status of the final appearance of the drainage pipe when the project is closer to being done.

Website/Social Media: Just a reminder to look into website Myneighborhood as another choice beside facebook to stay in touch with neighbors.

I-75/ Immokalee Landscaping update: On April 23rd the CCBC approved the beautification project for this gateway to Naples. Landscaping including retention ponds will aid in traffic calming will start to be installed the beginning of 2014.

New Business:

Sale of Animal Care Unlimited: Karl informed us that the Collier County Humane Society has purchased this property. They are leasing back to the former owner to run the business of the kennels as before. It was discussed we would like to invite them to a future meeting to discuss with us their future vision and plans for this property. Karl will inquire about this.

Dead End sign on Spanish Oaks & other streets: Karl was informed that people on Spanish Oaks have observed cars going down believing it is a through street. To the best of the boards knowledge this is the only street with out a no outlet or dead end sign installed. Karl will request one.

Open Agenda:

North Naples Baptist Church Events: Gayle Hahe said they will be kicking off  Vacation Bible School the week of June 10th. They get a lot of participation from our neighborhood kids of all ages are welcome. The 3rd  Friday of the month, May 17th Kung Fu Panda will be this months movie madness. Check their website at www.nnbc.net for more information.

Summer meeting schedule: John Nicola made a motion to not have the Oakes Estates meeting in July and August due to poor turn out. Bob Walker seconded the motion and the motion was approved. Meetings will resume on Sept. 3rd.

Adjournment:  Roland Fondessey made a motion to adjourn the meeting at 7:35p.m. it as seconded by John Nicola, the motion carried.

Respectfully submitted by,

Terry Iamurri – Secretary
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Oakes Estates Advisory Board Minutes

April 9,  2013

Directors present: Karl Fry, Roland Fondessey, Hiram Garcia, Terry Iamurri, Mike Vitte, Jim Rice, Bob Walker, John Nicola, Tim Witherite and Nancy Berens. A quorum was present. Meeting was called to order at 7:04 p.m.

Approval of March minutes: Jim made a motion to approve the minutes and Roland seconded and the motion carried.

Treasurer’s report: John Nicola reported a bank balance of $4092.32. We have 13 paid members. John felt membership could be hurt this year by the sending of a card verses an annual letter with a fill out form for membership this year. It was discussed that Karl may send out a letter when the Valewood Extension is about to open with a notice to include a membership form.

Old Business:

Valewood Drive Extension: Tim and Roland said the project is progressing with bit of a slow start, but on track. It is projected to take 4-6 months to complete. Ordering the traffic light pole for the intersection could be one of the slower items. It is expected to be complete by September, possibly sooner.

Landscaping Update for Immokalee @ I-75: Karl reported that the budget for design is $50,000. and will be done by June. The county got a grant for $400,000. for installation of the plantings that will start mid- November and be finished by February. Because of very short notice no one on the board was able attend the county meeting for this. We have not been updated by Commissioner Henning’s  office. Bob Walker offered to contact him and report back with his findings.

Neighborhood Signs: Karl showed how one of the flood lights for lighting the sign at Vanderbilt has been broke. The ground is very hard with rock. When mowing and moving the lights for maintenance it was most likely broke. Karl will buy and install PVC sleeves for the lights to fit into to try remedy the situation.

Neighborhood Communication Strategy: Karl would like us to use as many strategies as possible to try to reach our residents. Being friended on Facebook, sending a newsletter, email blasts inviting you to Facebook to visit us. Anything we can do reach out to our neighbors for them to know about us. We would like to connect and let the neighborhood know we are trying to communicate and like to hear from them. Our Webmaster has over 100 emails, but we have approximately 525 properties. It would be helpful if more families would supply their emails for updating our list. Many received email blasts from Chuck our webmaster about tonight’s meeting.

Open Agenda:

North Naples Baptist Church update: Gayle Hahe reported moving into Spring they have movie madness, youth homerun, men’s basketball among many activities at the church. It is open to everyone.

Semi’s On Oakes Blvd.: Many of us have noticed more large trucks and semi’s traveling on Oakes Blvd. then cutting up Tarpon Bay Blvd. Roland offered to speak to a Collier County Deputy that is on Autumn Oaks and ask him to monitor this for us.

Adjournment: Bob Walker made a motion to adjourn the meeting at 7:55p.m., it was seconded by Roland Fondessey. The motion passed.

Respectfully submitted by,

Terry Iamurri- Secretary
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Oakes Estates Advisory Board

Minutes – Annual Meeting March 5, 2013

Directors present:  Tim Witherite, Barb Collins,  Hiram Garcia, Terry Iamurri, Jim Rice, Karl Fry, Roland Fondessey, Bob Walker and John Nicola.

Guest Speakers:  Nick Casalanguida Administrator of the Growth Management Department of Collier County reported that growth has improved 10 % year over year.  Contractor Better Roads is now working on the Valewood Road extension to Autumn Oaks.  It has been cleared and prepped and should be done in about six months.  The county is now doing many projects that had been on hold for the last few years.  He also reported that nothing new has been proposed on the Standing Oaks PUD at this time.

Julian Stokes, Deputy Chief of the Collier County Property Appraiser’s office, explained that the worst of the foreclosures and lowered valuations are getting better.  In 2009 the price per square foot for homes was $130.00 and in 2012 it was up to $166.00 per square foot.  Vacant land in Oakes Estates is selling for about $45,000 / acre. We are seeing price increases in home sales and that should continue.

Approval of February Minutes:  Bob made a motion to approve the minutes and Karl seconded and the motion carried.

Treasurer's report:  John Nicola reported that the bank balance is $4121.87 and we expect that we increase membership after the meeting and bank balance.

State of the Neighborhood Report:  Tim reported that with the work being done on Valewood extension it is the result of continued work with the county to achieve our neighborhood goals. There is nothing new right now that we are actively working on as a board.

Annual Election of Board members:  Each current board member was asked if they would be returning for the next year and every one agreed to continue for the next year.  That included Terry and Barb sharing secretary duties, John as Treasurer. Mike Vitte who was not present had already agreed to continue as Vice President.  Tim is stepping down after 4 years as president. Roland Fondessey was approved after agreeing to come in as a new board member. Barb made a motion to nominate Karl Fry to the office of president. The motion was seconded by Bob and the motion was passed. Karl agreed to come back as our president.

Open Agenda and Question: Gayle Hayhe from North Naples Baptist Church was introduced.  She gave information of upcoming Spring Break Vacation Bible School. Free to anyone March 11th through March 15th, 10 A.M. To 12:30 P.M. The Church was thanked by our organization for their continued help with our neighborhood meetings.

Drawing for Door Prizes:  Raffle tickets were drawn for three lucky people who went home with beautiful pottery plates from The Clay Place, donated by Jim Rice.  North Naples Baptist Church also donated a free Spaghetti dinner for four, held at the church on March 16th. All others invited for a fundraiser dinner. The advisory also offered a $50.00 gift card to McCormick & Schmick's and everyone was offered new Oakes Advisory pens as gifts.

Adjournment of Meeting:  A motion to Adjourn was asked by Barb and seconded by Karl to adjourn the meeting at 8:25. The motion was passed.

Respectfully Submitted,

Barbara Collins, Secretary
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OAKES ESTATES ADVISORY BOARD

Minutes February 5, 2013

Directors present:  Tim Witherite, Barb Collins, John Nicola, Hiram Garcia, Bob Walker, Mike Vitte, Jim Rice and Karl Fry.  Meeting called to order at 7pm with a quorum present.

Introduction of Members and Guests:  We were introduced to three guests after the board members introduction.  Patrick, Ed Zeigler, and Jim Driscoll.

Approval of minutes:  Bob made a motion to approve, seconded by John and the motion was passed.

Treasurer' report:  John reported that we had 5 new members with a bank balance of $4,481.50.

Old Business:

Valewood Dr. Extension/Review of final drawings;  It was observed that signs were being put up today.  It will take approximately six months after the actual notice to proceed to finish.

Neighborhood signs; nothing new at this point, all working well.

Website/Social Media; Chuck is doing a good job and keeping up with our updates on  our Facebook site and website.

Annual Meeting Discussion; Nick Casalanguida from the county has agreed to be a speaker at the annual meeting about any new road and county developments.  It was discussed that we would ask Terry to invite her sister who is a Realtor to give a talk about what is happening in our neighborhood.  It was also discussed that Tim would ask if Chuck could come and speak about our website and Facebook site.

New Business:

Filling vacant board seat;  We will have further discussion at the annual meeting.

Open Agenda:

North Naples Baptist Church Update;  February 23rd will be the annual rummage sale at the church.  There will be vacation Bible School in March, a Spaghetti dinner on the 16th.  There will be also of course many Easter festivities.

Adjournment:  motion made by Barb and seconded by Bob to adjourn at 7:42 with the motion passing.

Respectfully Submitted,

Barbara Collins, Secretary
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Oakes Estates Advisory Board
Minutes – January 8, 2013

Directors present: Tim Witherite, John Nicola, Hiram Garcia, Mike Vitte, Nancy Berens, Barb Collins, Bob Walker, Jim Rice and Terry Iamurri. Meeting called to order at 7pm with a quorum present.

Approval of Minutes: Jim made a motion to approve and it was seconded by Bob and the motion was passed.

Treasurer's report: John Nicola reported that our bank balance is $4,406.5 We have 59 members.

Old Business:

Valewood Extension: Nothing new, will hopefully have more news this month.

Neighborhood signs: It as agreed that the two lights on the signs makes them very visible and a good improvement.

Website/Social media: We have paid Chuck for his work for a year. The website has been updated and we now have a Facebook page.

Annual meeting: (3/05/2013) Tim will keep trying to contact Nick Casalanguida from the county who is involved in county growth management. It was agreed that door prizes would be given. Jim Rice will generously donate a piece from The Clay Place again.

New Business:

Filling vacant board seat; Roland Fondessy is willing to fill the vacant seat. We will move on elections in March.

County Government affairs: The planning commission has putt Mark Strain back in a position. We will discuss the possibility of him coming to the annual meeting.

Open Agenda:

North Naples Baptist Church Update: Rummage sale on February 23rd at the church.

Adjournment: Motion by John seconded by Barb to adjourn. Motion passed 7:40pm

Respectfully Submitted,

Barbara Collins, Secretary

Oakes Estates Advisory Board
Minutes- December 4, 2012

Directors present: Tim Witherite, Bob Walker, Barb Collins, Jim Rice, Karl Fry, Terry Iamurri, and Mike Vitte. Meeting called to order at 7:05 p.m. With a quorum present.

Approval of October minutes: Jim made a motion to approve the minutes and Bob seconded. The motion was approved and passed.

Treasurer's report: Report from John that nothing new this month. A motion to approve was made by Barb and seconded by Terry and the motion was passed.

Old Business:

Valewood Dr. Extension: Tuesday December 11th at 10am there will be a meeting at the county commissioners building to award the bid for construction. Bob Roland and Terry will attend the meeting for our neighborhood. Work will hopefully start the first of the year.

Website/Social media: Tim talked to Chuck and a Facebook page has been created. We will add our annual letter on that and can be liked by neighbors.

Annual Meeting: (3/05/2013) Barb will check on pricing of shiny flyer with big announcement of our annual meeting, hopefully to get the attention of our neighbors and entice them to come to the meeting. It was discussed that we ask Nick Casalanguida from the Growth Management Administration to attend and talk at the meeting.

Neighborhood signs: Karl: the missing 2nd LED light has been installed at the cost of $40.00 per light/ $80.00 per sign and looks much better.

New Business:

Filling vacant board seat: Will work on acquiring a new board member, which we don't need to fill until next year. Discussion on meeting date for January meeting due to New Years Day Holiday: motion by Jim and seconded to move the meeting to Tuesday January 8, 2013 same time, motion was approved.

North Naples Baptist Church Update: Vacation Bible School will start March 11th next year for spring break. There will be Live Nativity at the church December 7th,8th and 9th.

Motion to Adjourn at 7:53 by Bob, seconded by Barb and the motion was passed.

Respectfully Submitted,
Barbara Collins, Secretary
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OAKES ESTATES ADVISORY BOARD

MINUTES – NOVEMBER 6, 2012

Directors present:  Tim Witherite, Hiram Garcia, Barb Collins, Nancy Jane Berens, Mike Vitte, Karl Fry, Terry Iamurri, Bob Walker and John Nicola.  Meeting called to order at 7:15 with a quorum present.

Approval of September minutes:  Nancy made a motion to approve the minutes and John seconded and the motion was passed.

Treasurer's report:  John Nicola reported the balance as $5,642.39. Membership is 62.  Barb made a motion to approve the treasurer's report and it was seconded by Terry and the motion was passed.

Old Business:

Valewood Dr. Extension:  No new information.  There is supposed to be a meeting at the county this month to supposedly approve and will know next month.

Neighborhood signs:  Karl brought new top of the line L.E.D. Lights from Home Depot.  The cost is $40.00 per light.  He will install it and get feedback next meeting.

Website/Social Media:  Tim talked to Chuck and will meet with him in the next few weeks to discuss our site with him to decide how we should proceed.

New Business:

Annual Meeting Discussion:  Tim will start to put our annual meeting letter together.  Discussion about how we can get the information to our neighbors in the best way.  It may be that we each take a street and hand out the letter and pens that we bought last year.  We will discuss again next month.

Next months meeting/Presidents absence:  Tim will not be available to attend next months meeting and Mike Vitte will fill in for him.  We will discuss canvassing the neighborhoods to get our letter out.

Open Agenda:

North Naples Baptist Church Update:  There will be a live Nativity again this year at the church.  There was a good turnout for trick or treat night.  Gayle will check to see if any problems with us conducting our annual meeting again in the main church.

Adjournment:  motion to adjourn at 7:50 p.m. By Terry and seconded by Bob. Motion carried.

Respectfully submitted,

Barbara Collins, Secretary
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Oakes Estates Advisory Board Meeting

Minutes – October 2,  2012

Directors present: Tim Witherite, Terry Iamurri, Hiram Garcia, Jim Rice, Nancy Berens, Mike Vitte, John Nicola and Karl Fry. Meeting called to order at 7:00 p.m.

With a quorum.

Approval of September minutes: Jim Rice made motion to approve the minutes. Nancy Berens seconded,  the motion passed.

Treasurer’s Report: John Nicola reported all is the same as last meeting. Bank balance is $5,617.39. Our membership is 58. Jim Rice made a motion to approve the treasurer’s report, it was seconded by Mike Vitte, the motion passed.

Old Business:

Valewood Dr. Extension: Tim Witherite spoke with pastor Les Wicker from First Congregational Church in regards to the time line of this project. He also sent a letter to check with Nick Casalanguida asking the time lines at this time. The project has been put out to bid. They have received the proposals back. The CCBC should get it approved either on the Nov. or Dec. Board meeting. With construction starting in mid to late January. Completion should be done in six months.

Neighborhood Signs: Karl Fry got 2 proposals on the signs from the company that made them. He inquired to see if they could be painted with reflective paint. The company said no but that a reflective vinyl could be put on the border instead. It would be fire engine red. The cost was $340.00 per sign plus a fee of $290.00 to remove and reinstall the signs. The second bid was to repaint the signs for $555.00 and a fee to remove and reinstall the signs $345. For a total of $895.00. After a brief discussion of our intentions to just have the signs show up better at night. Terry Iamurri mentioned the sign at the north end is noticeable at night from the newly install street light at Autumn Oaks. The one by the neighborhood park is noticeable by extra lights in that area. If any need addressing it is the one at Vanderbilt. Karl Fry said there are a bit better spot solar lights for $30.00 each we might try.  He suggested two per sign.  Mike Vitte  made a motion for Karl to look into a bit better light if feasible. If not we will put 2 lights at the south entrance at Vanderbilt for a total of $60.00. Jim Rice seconded the motion and motion passed.

Website/Social Media: Three website companies gave bid’s to update and maintain our website. We feel we need to table these proposals until Tim talks with Chuck Cannaday about some of these updates and the addition of setting up a Facebook page to our site.

Political Candidates at Meetings: Table this for now.

Park Maintenance: All the request we asked for have been done. Pavers got pressure washed and many cabbage palms and trees were pruned up. It is not so overgrown now. It was suggested to Tim to please try to find the responsible party to clean up the cocoplum and oak trees that are over grown across from the park and are encroaching on the sidewalk. Tim seems to think this will fall on Department of Transportation to maintain. He will ask Commissioner Henning to check into this.

New Business:

Group Rates on Elevation Certificates: This was tabled for now.

Next month’s Meeting/possible absence: Tim Witherite may not be available for next months meeting. Mike Vitte said he will not be attending. The meeting will go on with Tim or with another board member presiding.

Open Agenda

Landscaping Immokalee Rd.: Lisa Absher said she has been in contact with Commissioner Henning regarding landscaping she believes was budgeted for areas along Immokalee Rd. along the outer parcels of the Target shopping plaza at Tarpon Bay. She will give us updates as she gets more information.

North Naples Baptist Church: Gayle Hahe gave us updates on the many activities going on at the church. Free movie night, trunk or treat, rummage sale in March to benefit kids going to camp, they will accepting any items you may be cleaning out for this event. For more info you can email Gayle at Gayle@nnbc.net or check www.nnbc.net

Adjournment: A motion to adjourn at 7:40 p.m. was made by John Nicola and seconded by Karl Fry, motion passed.

Respectfully submitted by,

Terry Iamurri - Secretary
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OAKES ESTATES ADVISORY, INC.
Board of Directors Meeting
May 1, 2012
Directors present: Tim Witherite, Ron Joeckel, Nancy Berens, Terry Iamurri, Karl Fry, Bob Walker, Mike Vitte, John Nicola and Jim Rice. Meeting called to order at 7:00 p.m.

Approval of minutes: John Nicola made a motion to approve the April minutes. The motion was seconded by Karl Fry and motion passed.

Treasurer’s report: Bank balance is $4782.39 and membership count is 46.

Old Business:

Valewood Drive Extension: Tim received a call from Commissioner Tom Henning’s office to let us know that the money is in the budget for the next physical year. These budgets are reviewed by the commission during the summer months for final approval. We will need to be diligent to see this stay’s in the budget for next year.

Lighting of neighborhood signs: Karl Fry placed one light to see how it would light the southern sign at Vanderbilt entrance. We feel a second light is needed. Terry Iamurri brought 2 types of flood lamps to see how they might work. Karl offered to test them and make a decision about the quantity and type of light needed to light the rest of the signs.

New Business:

Traffic count on Oakes Blvd.:  Tim sent out traffic counts from Nick Casalanguida’s office to all board members. They are printed in year quarter’s and counts from north and south ends of Oakes Blvd. Tim will contact Nick’s office to get some clarity to these counts. Tim offered to get with the county about re-striping the turn lane on Oakes Blvd. in front of Spanish Oakes Lane.

Posting of agenda’s on website: Peggy and Dale Willard attended this meeting. Peggy had written Tim regarding this and other issues of our neighborhood. Jim Rice made a motion that we establish to have Chuck Cannaday post the agendas on the website and send out an email blast to those on the list. Tim will get the agenda ready approximately a week ahead of the meeting for Chuck to post. Bob Walker seconded the motion and the motion passed. Jim Rice suggested we get a link to Face Book for our website to make it popular and easier for people to connect to us.

Summer meeting schedule: Tim Witherite made note that the July meeting will conflict with 4th. Mike Vitte made a motion to not have the July and Aug. meeting because not much should be going on. The president will reserve the right to call a meeting if he deems necessary. Karl Fry seconded the motion and the motion passed.

Open Agenda:

North Naples Baptist Church:  Gayle Hahe reminded everyone about their newsletter. She let everyone know that they are already taking registration for their vacation bible school. You can register on line at www.nnbc.net  the dates are June 11-15.

Adjournment: A motion to adjourn at 7:44 was made by John Nicola and seconded by Terry Iamurri, motion passed.

Respectfully submitted by,

Terry Iamurri -Secretary
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OAKES ESTATES ADVISORY, INC.
Board of Directors Meeting
February Minutes Tuesday, January 31, 2012
Directors present: Tim Witherite, Terry Iamurri, Hiram Garcia, Ron Joeckel, Bob Walker, Nancy Berens, Mike Vitte and John Nicola. The meeting called to order at 7:02 p.m. with a quorum present.

Approval of minutes: Bob Walker made a motion to approve the January 3rd, minutes Nancy Berens seconded the motion. The motion passed.

Treasurer’s Report: John Nicola reported that our cash balance is $4844.04. We have only 2 paid members. This is a reminder to all to please pay membership dues by next month.

Old Business:

Valewood Drive Extension: Tim Witherite has been in close contact with the county on this. It was suppose to be on a consent agenda which would not need our presence. It was changed and put on the regular agenda. Tim scrambled to be there. The Collier County board of commissioners entered into an agreement to put this with other road projects that will be funded and paid in installments to the contractors. When the Valewood Extension construction gets closer there will be another CCBC meeting for final approval. With some luck it should start later this year.

Neighborhood Recognition/Annual Meeting:  Tim Witherite confirmed that we will have 2 guest speakers on Tues. March 6th at our Annual Meeting at 7p.m. They will be County Commissioner Tom Henning and North Naples Fire District Chief Orly Stolts. We will offer refreshments. Gayle Hahe will provide someone from North Naples Baptist Church to make coffee and they will provide the cups and paper products we will make a donation for this service. John Nicola will bring raffle tickets for the prizes we will be giving away. Terry Iamurri will set up a membership table. Nancy Berens is looking into getting slimmer pens to go out with the mailing of the annual newsletter. Barb Collins will need to get it to the printers early next week.

Drainage issue: Nothing so far has been done.

New Business:

FEMA Flood Maps: Tim Witherite and Hiram Garcia attended the county meetings on this. Our neighborhood appears to have no set guide to where the neighborhood falls as a whole. Each property is different. Tim Witherite said the satellite view appears for Oakes Estates looks like a speckled trout. It is strongly suggested that each home owner check the newest FEMA flood maps which should be available on the county website any day.

North Naples Baptist Church: Gayle Hahe reported that they will host a rummage sale fund raiser on 3/24/12 in the Gym from 7a.m. to noon. You can purchase a table to sell your own stuff. They welcome neighborhood donations for this. Proceeds will go toward sending kids to CentriKid Camp. There annual Spring Block Party will be April 14th. Feb. 12th at 11:30 Pancake brunch fundraiser in the Gym. For more info contact Gayle at www.nnbc.net  or 597-2201.

Adjournment: Motion to adjourn at 7:28 by Bob Walker and seconded by Hiram Garcia, motion carried.

Respectfully submitted by,

Terry Iamurri
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OAKES ESTATES ADVISORY, INC.
Board of Directors Meeting
Minutes from January 3, 2011
Directors present:  Tim Witherite, Hiram Garcia, Barb Collins, Jim Rice, Terry Iamurri, Mike Vitte, John Nicola,  Ron Joeckel,  Bob Walker and Nancy Berens .  Meeting called to order at 7:03 with a quorum present.

Approval of Minutes:  Jim made a motion to approve and Bob seconded and a motion was passed to approve December minutes.

Treasurer's report:  John Nicola reported our cash balance is $4,844.04 with a member count of 40 at the end of the year.  Barb made a motion to approve the treasurer's report and Bob seconded with the motion passing.

Valewood Extension:  Tim has not heard anything new in December but feels we will have some update this month from the county.

Neighborhood Recognition:  The discussion included research done by Nancy regarding pens to be used in the promotion of our neighborhood participation, that will show our name and the website.  Jim made a motion and Barb  seconded a $1,000.00 not to exceed budget to including the buying of the pens, and including them in the mailing out of our annual letter to the neighborhood.  The cost will go up with that increased weight but Tim plans to condense the amount of information to achieve the goal of two pages.  This will include an application to join our association.  The motion was voted on and passed.  Nancy will get a sample pen as soon as possible and Tim will draft an annual letter for approval.  When we have that done, Barb will take it to the printers to get an estimate for how much it will cost for printing and mailing.

Signs:  It was agreed that the new directional signs on the corner of Spanish Oaks and Oakes Blvd. are much better than what was originally put up.

Drainage Issues:  S.W. Florida Water Management poured concrete and added fill dirt where needed but nothing has been done to clean the culverts that have become overgrown mostly on some vacant lot sites.

New Business:

Reminder that the February meeting has been moved to  Tuesday, January 31st .

Annual Meeting Planning:  Will be held at the North Naples Baptist Church on March 6, 2012.  It was discussed that Tim will contact Tom Henning and the person who is opposing him in the next election, Mr. McDaniels to give us a short talk of their vision to work with our neighborhood.  Their was also discussion to ask Camela Patton, the Superintendent of Schools.  Our  neighbor, Michael Swanson from Standing Oaks who is a Deputy of Safety, Fire Training & Special Operations, North Naples is also a possibility to give us a short talk on how to keep your home safe during the now dry season.  We will have a table set up at the door again to try to recruit new members.  Tim has announced that this coming last year will be his last as president.
North Naples Baptist Church Update:  Gayle Hayhe reported that the response to the Christmas Activities was very active this year.  There will be a rummage sale fund raiser on 3/24/12 in the Gym from 7am to noon. (please donate, buy or purchase a table to sell your own stuff).  Proceeds will go toward sending kids to CentriKID Camp.  Jim proposed we send the information out on our website to help send a child to camp.  There will be an annual Spring Block Party on April 14th.

Adjournment:  Motion to adjourn at 8:05 by Barb and seconded by Mike and the motion carried.

Respectfully Submitted,

Barbara Collins, Secretary

OAKES ESTATES ADVISORY, INC.
Board of Directors Meeting
Minutes from December 6, 2011
Directors Present:  Tim Witherite, Barb Collins, Bob Walker, Ron Joeckel, Mike Vitte and Nancy Berens.

Approval of Minutes:  Barb made a motion to approve the November 2011 minutes and Bob seconded and the motion was passed.

Treasurer's Report:  John was unable to attend the meeting but called in his report to Tim.  Our bank balance is $4,850.95.  Our membership stands at 39.

Old Business - Valewood Drive:  Commissioner Henning expects that by the one of the county commission meetings in February we should get more information on the expected extension of Valewood Drive to Autumn Oaks. He expects the county staff to bring forth a proposal at that time.

Neighborhood Recognition:  There was discussion about how we could increase participation and membership in our organization.  At the January 2012 meeting we will discuss option, including canvassing our streets with brochures and information.  Also we talked about the possibility of setting up a table to hand out neighborhood information at the January 31st election site at the church. We will discuss further at the January meeting.

Signs:  Bob made a motion to accept the new directional signage design from the county for the new signs proposed for Oakes Blvd and Spanish Oaks Lane. Nancy seconded and the motion was approved.

New Business - Review of Board Responsibilities & Duties:  It was discussed and agreed by all that Oakes Estates Board and members are not a homeowner’s enforcement group and we cannot enforce any neighborhood rules and regulations.

Drainage Issues:   Since Peter brought to our attention the issue of drainage problems, Tim did investigate by driving all of the streets and did observe the issues that exist mostly on Spanish Oaks mostly in front of vacant lots that do not keep up with improvement.  Those locations will be watched when the rainy season starts again.  Tim will send on a written request to the Commissioner Henning requesting the county staff look into needed repairs.

Open Agenda:   Tim will not be able to attend the February 2012 meeting so a motion was made by Barb and seconded by Bob to move the February 2012 meeting up to January 31st 2012.  The motion was passed.

Gayle Hayhe handed out the flyer for the month of December Christmas activities at North Naples Baptist Church.  This includes vacation bible school from the 26th thru th 30th. with a beach blast theme.  There will be a drive through to observe a live nativity on the 21st, 22nd and 23rd.

Adjournment:  A motion was made by Bob and seconded by Mike to adjourn at 7:40 pm and the motion was passed.

Respectfully Submitted,

Barbara Collins, Secretary
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OAKES ESTATES ADVISORY, INC.
Board of Directors Meeting
Minutes from November 1, 2011
Directors present:  Tim Witherite, Hiram Garcia, Jim Rice, John Nicola, Mike Vitte, Nancy Berens, Bob Walker and Ron Joeckel, meeting called to order at 7:02 pm with a quorum present.

Approval of Minutes:  Jim made a motion to approve the October 2011 minutes, seconded by Nancy and the motion was passed.

Treasurer's Report:  John Nicola reported that the cash balance was $4,725.95.  Our member count is 37.  We had a couple sign up at this past weekend’s Block Party at the North Naples Baptist Church, but numbers are still down from prior years.  Bob made a motion to approve the Treasurer’s report, seconded by Jim and the motion passed.

Old Business - Valewood Drive:  Tim spoke to Tom Henning and Tom’s plan is to begin pushing the issue with the County Commissioners in December.  Both Tom and the County Manager agree that the extension should be done and there are funds that can be reallocated from other projects within the County to accommodate the road.  Tom will let Tim know when he is ready to push and Tom requested assistance from those involved, including Roland Fondessy, a member of the First Congregational Church.

North Naples New Development at Valewood: Tim reported that there is no new information to report.

Neighborhood Recognition - North Naples Baptist Church held their Block Party this past weekend and all went well and Gayle estimates that there were roughly 2 dozen families in attendance from the neighborhood.

Neighborhood Recognition/welcome packages:  Tim handed out flyers/welcome package that can be provided to any new neighbors on our respective streets.

Ideas for increasing membership:  Nancy had an idea that for our annual meeting in March, we can have food or a pot luck and possibly have a person or two to watch over any children that attend the annual meeting.

Another idea was to have a table set up (must be a min. of 100’ from the entrance) at the North Naples Baptist Church (which is a County designated poling place) at the Presidential Primary on January 31, 2012.  We could hand out flyers and get people ready for the picnic, which is likely to take place sometime in late January or early February.

Peter Goodin came up with an idea of having a post card at the Presidential Primary and have people write down the 3 most important things they would like to see happen in the neighborhood and how to improve the neighborhood.

Jim Rice suggested we have a raffle at the annual meeting in March for an item, yet to be determined, in the +/- $500 price range as a way to get more people to attend, Nancy suggested an Ipad.

Keep bringing up suggestions at the meetings.

Directional signs at Spanish Oaks: we all agreed that the recently installed signs near Jim’s house (intersection of Spanish Oaks & Oakes Blvd.) were over the top.  Tim met with Eugine Calvert of the County Transportation Department and he agreed that as originally installed, they were way overboard.  They have since removed the I-75 directional signs and moved them back (further south) as to avoid a visual impairment to those folks trying to look south down Oakes Blvd.  The Transportation Department is going to redesign the signs (according to State and Federal standards) and re-install new ones.  Eugene will send us a preliminary design prior to fabrication for us to review.

New business – FYI, from Tim, some groups in town are pushing to change the way that the County Commission is made up and they want to add 2 at-large Commissioners to the staff that will require a countywide vote.  Sounds unnecessary and we need to just keep our eyes and ears on this one.

Gayle Hahe handed out the November monthly flyer and told us that the NNBC is planning on having a “live” drive-through Nativity Scene in the parking lot of the church for 3 nights during the Christmas Season.

Peter Goodin commented on the recent flooding in the neighborhood and suggested that we have the County Transportation Department look into checking and cleaning out the drainage pipes that go under Oakes Blvd.  He also thought that we should ask them to survey and look at the drainage ditches down all of the streets and survey them for clearing and cleaning.  Tim will drive down the street and also look at the dead ends at the eastern end of the streets and contact Tom Henning.

Adjournment: Bob made a motion to adjourn and it was seconded by Jim Rice at 7:37 pm.

Respectfully Submitted,

Barbara Collins, Secretary
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OAKES ESTATES ADVISORY, INC.
Board of Directors Meeting
Minutes from October 3, 2011
Directors Present: Tim Witherite, Terry Iamurri, Nancy Jane Berens, Ron Joeckel, Hiram Garcia, John Nicola, Mike Vitte,  and Jim Rice, meeting called to order at7:01p.m. with a quorum present.

Approval of Minutes: A motion to approve the September minutes was made by John Nicola and seconded by Terry Iamurri, motion as voted approved.

Treasure’s Report: John Nicola reported a bank balance of $4700.95 with a total of 36 members.

Old Business:

Valewood Drive extension – Commissioner Tom Henning is looking into finding the funds to get this road project back on course. He has brought the county manager out to see the location. It appears that the county may be able to find some funding for this project this fiscal year.

New Development re-zoning on Valewood Dr.- This will be tabled until we get any new information regarding this project.

Street Light at Autumn Oaks – The street lamp did get installed at the corner of Autumn Oaks and Oakes Blvd. The hold up was due to deciding on which department was paying for its installation and operation.

Commission and School Board Re-districting – Tim Witherite reported that the commission meeting was civil and congenial regarding the 5 maps. Maps # 2 &# 3 were dismissed right away, and then map #5. Then the commission consideration was maps #1 & #4. Tim Witherite spoke stating our preference. Both Commissioners Hiller and Henning agreed that Oakes Blvd. should stay in Henning’s district. The commission voted to keep map # 1 as the new district lines with very minor changes which kept the Everglades City area in District 5.

Storage containers/pods: Commissioner Henning had contacted Tim Witherite regarding the use of storage containers in our neighborhood. He wanted to know how our board feels regarding there usage. Tim drafted a letter that stated as long as they are placed according to zoning, with proper set backs and maintained we do not have a problem with them in the estates area. Jim Rice made a motion to except the letter as written by Tim, seconded by John Nicola motion was approved.

Neighborhood recognition: Nancy Jane Berens suggested canvassing the neighborhood to get more neighbors involved. Tim Witherite suggested that we do this starting in January, finishing in February to maybe rally people to come to our annual meeting in March. Tim Witherite and Ron Joeckel brain stormed to put together welcome letter packet to hand out. Nancy Jane Berens offered to get this started with having a table to give out candy and welcome packets to our neighbors in the Oakes neighborhood at North Naples Baptist Church trunk or treat October 29th between 5-7 p.m. Jim Rice made a motion to give Nancy Jane a budget of up to $50.00 for candy and supplies for the trunk or treat. This motion was seconded by Terry Iamurri and motion carried. Gayle Hahe from North Naples Baptist Church offered to make a computer banner for our Oakes Advisory table.

New Business

Recently installed signs: New directional signs that have been installed on Oakes Blvd and on Spanish Oaks in front of the community park have been disliked since they arrived. The board has asked that Tim Witherite write a letter to Commissioner Henning stating, they do not fit in to our residential neighborhood and are so big that that they are obstructing view of traffic at the corner of Spanish Oaks and Oakes Blvd. Jim Rice made a motion to have the signs removed, Nancy Jane Berens seconded the motion, motion carried.

Open Agenda

North Naples Baptist Church Update: Gayle Hahe invited our neighborhood to attend their trunk or treat, blood drive and block party on Oct. 29th starting at 5:00 p.m. For all activities and information check their website at www.nnbc.net

Street patching and repaving: Oakes Blvd. got some patching after Tim Witherite and Nancy Jane Berens brought to Commissioner Henning specific areas that needed attention. Tim Witherite asked that all board contact him ASAP if they know of other spots in our neighborhood that need addressing due to erosion on shoulders or potholes so he can give an itemized list to Commissioner Henning.

Immokalee Road landscaping: Lisa Absher asked Tim Witherite to look up plans when Kyte installed Target to see if the landscaping was budgeted for Immokalee Road interchange. She believes upon completion of the bridge they were to landscape median on Immokalee Road. Tim will look into this.

Adjournment: Motion was made by John Nicola and seconded by Nancy Jane Berens to adjourn at 7:55  p.m.

Respectfully submitted by,
Terry Iamurri - Secretary
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OAKES ESTATES ADVISORY, INC.
Board of Directors Meeting
Minutes from September 6, 2011
Directors present: Tim Witherite, Terry Iamurri, Ron Joeckel, Hiram Garcia, Jim Rice, Mike Vitte, Nancy Jane Berens and John Nicola, meeting called to order at 7:00 p.m. with a quorum present.

Approval of Minutes: A motion to approve the June minutes was made from Jim Rice and seconded by Nancy Jane Berens; motion as voted on approved.

Treasurer’s Report:  John Nicola reported a bank balance of  $4755.95.

Old Business:

Valewood Drive Extension – Tim Witherite reported nothing is new on this project.

New Development Re-zoning on Valewood – Tim Witherite has been in touch with the developer on this project and it is on hold.

Street light at Autumn Oaks – This has gotten delayed and overlooked until Tim inquired about it. Tim Witherite was able to report that it is suppose to be installed on Mon. Sept. 12th.

Damaged sign at south end of Oakes Blvd. – Tim Witherite reported that Mike Vitte was able to make the repairs to the sign and repaint it. It was hit by a vehicle. It is now installed. SOS services has volunteered to mow around this sign for us.

New Business:

Commission and school board re-districting – New districts will be voted on Tues. Sept. 13th. We hope to still be in district 3 with Commissioner Henning as our representative. Naples Daily News published part of a letter Tim Witherite wrote to the commissioners that was taken out of context as a quote in the paper. After seeing the article in NDN Tim Witherite wrote a letter to Commissioner Hiller to stop the damage done by NDN.

Neighborhood recognition- Some discussion of how to get our neighbors more involved. Some of the things we will consider canvas the neighborhood (Jan./Feb.), Decals for cars, bring a neighbor to the meeting, end of street block parties and using trunk or treat at NNBC.

Open Agenda

North Naples Baptist Church- Gayle Hahe invited our neighborhood to participate and attend their Trunk or Treat on Oct. 29th at 7:00 pm. The church has many activities and is open to the Oakes neighborhood families to be involved in the many things they offer, volleyball, basketball, movie madness will be 6:00 pm. Friday, Sept. 16th. Information can be found on their website at www.nnbc.net

Look out- Everyone look out for your neighbors beware that A/C units are being stolen in our neighborhood.

Adjournment: Motion was made by John Nicola and seconded by Terry Iamurri to adjourn at 7:55 p.m.

Respectfully submitted by

Terry Iamurri
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OAKES ESTATES ADVISORY, INC.
Board of Directors Meeting
Minutes from August 6, 2011

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OAKES ESTATES ADVISORY, INC.
Board of Directors Meeting
Minutes from July 5, 2011

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OAKES ESTATES ADVISORY, INC.
Board of Directors Meeting
Minutes from June 7, 2011
Directors present: Tim Witherite, Terry Iamurri, Ron Joeckel, Hiram Garcia, John Nicola, Nancy Berens, and Mike Vitte, meeting called to order at 7: 03p.m. with a quorum present.

Approval of minutes: A motion to approve the minutes from May was made from John Nicola and seconded by Hiram Garcia, motion was voted on and approved.

Treasurer’s Report: John Nicola reported a bank balance of $4, 805.95. We have 4 new members which brings our membership to 32.

Old Business:

Valewood Drive Extension- Tim and Roland Fondessy met with Commissioner Georgia Hiller again. Realignment of county lines for commissioners population distribution is done every 10 years it is possible  that commissioner Hillar will be our new one when the time comes. She would like to see this project move forward. Unfortunately, at this time the funds are not available. They are budgeted for other road projects. Roland Fondessy whom attends First Congregational Church will continue to request funds to be considered for this road construction.

New Development Re Zoning on Valewood Dr. – Tim Witherite reported the status of this development has not changed.

Neighborhood Car Wash- Unfortunately, for the church and our efforts only six people from the neighborhood took advantage of this free car wash. We are giving NNBC $50.00 donation as motioned at May meeting.

Street Lamp at Autumn Oaks Lane- Tim Witherite and Les Wicker got with commissioner Tom Henning regarding this being the only street not having a  street light. Commissioner Henning put in the request. FPL will be installing in 4-6 weeks.

New Business:

Damaged sign at south end of Oakes- John Nicola reported that there is still $372.51 left in sign budget. The south Oakes residence sign was hit and badly damaged. Tim Witherite found the sign and post down. Mike Vitte has looked at the sign and hopes to be able to repair it. They may contact Jim Rice for touching up paint. Progress on this will made as they work through trying to salvage the sign.

Meeting New Fire Chief-  Tim Witherite met with NN new fire chief. The new chief and staff were unaware of any future traffic calming for Oakes Blvd. if new PUD on Standing Oakes ever moves forward. They were fine after seeing the design. Tim brought up the possibility of a cul-de-sac at the north end of Oakes as a traffic calming device. Fire Dept. will not fight this.

Open Agenda-

Paving Oakes- Nancy Berens wondered if there was any plans to repave Oakes Blvd. We all feel there will be no funds. Tim Witherite said he would look into it.

Shade for neighborhood park-  Nancy Berens said she has heard from some the neighborhood park would get more use if there was shade.  Tim remind all that this park was done on limited funds. He said he would contact Jim Rice and see if any consideration for this could be planned.

Canvassing the your neighbors- Continuing talks at our meetings has resulting in trying to get our community involved at the meetings. We are exasperated.  The Oakes Advisory gestures to get neighbors to rally to keep our neighborhood and property values up, attend meetings and get involved have not happened. Gayle Hahe of NNBC suggested we set up a table at trunk or treat in Oct. We will give out candy and make up flyers on bright orange paper. We are badly in need of fresh faces and help.

Next Meeting- We are not meeting in July. If there is not enough new business it is possible we may not meet in August.

North Naples Baptist Church-  Gayle Hahe said they have one of the best attended Vacation Bible Schools. They expect 220 students from June 20-24th. They have many great activities now and all summer long. Information on their website – www.nnbc.net.

Adjournment: Motion was made By Ron Joeckel and seconded by Nancy Berens to adjourn at 7:37 p.m.

Respectfully submitted by,
Terry Iamurri, Secretary
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OAKES ESTATES ADVISORY, INC.
Board of Directors Meeting
Minutes from May 3, 2011
Directors present:  Tim Witherite, Barb Collins, Ron Joeckel, Bob Walker, John Nicola, Jim Rice, Mike Vitte.

7p.m. call to order with a quorum present.

Mr. Orly Stolts, Fire Chief from the North Naples  Fire and Rescue NNFR was introduced as our guest speaker.  Our independent district covers 70 square miles and 90,000 people.  NNFR have a total staff of 150 people, the largest in the county.  Mr. Stolts gave us a brief summary of the education and duties of the paramedics and EMS personal.  Oakes Estates as a community has been given the designation of ISO 3 down from 9 which is pertinent information to any personal homeowners insurance.

Approval of April minutes:  A motion was made by Jim and seconded by John to approve the April minutes and the motion was voted on and approved.

Treasure's report:  John Nicola reported that the balance is $4,705.95.  We have 4 new members which brings us to 28.

Old Business:  Valewood Drive - Tim met with Commissioner Hiller, who may end up being our commissioner after re-districting.  She is interested in moving this project along.  The divisions of the 3 neighborhoods which are on Valewood drive are meeting next week to vote on their approval to move the extension of Valewood forward.  There have been 75 accidents involving u-turns coming from their neighborhoods at the light since the changes in Oakes turns.  Tim will present a proposal to the county to close the end of Oakes Blvd. to Immokalee Rd. if and when Valewood extension opens.

New Business:  The Valewood PUD has been approved for 152 condominiums but is now being considered to become an Assisted Living facility which will have less traffic possibilities coming onto Valewood.  Bob Walker proposed we get active with the county and Rich Yavonivich to let them know we would not oppose Brown Academy   development on Immokalee Rd.  if it could be engineered to have access only from Immokalee Rd. and none from Autumn Oaks.

We had a discussion concerning the promotion of our membership in Oakes Estates.  Gayle Hahe from the North Naples Baptist Church offered that they were already scheduled to have a car wash from 9:30am to noon on May 21st. and invited us to participate.  Jim Rice made a motion that we fund the car wash with a $500.00 cap, making it a free car wash, and that we include a $100.00 printing budget to make flyer's to hand out about our neighborhood and what we are working on and what we have accomplished. Barb seconded the motion and it was passed. It was also suggested we contact the North Naples Fire Department and have them come by as added interest for the neighbors.  Gayle Hahe from the church suggested using our neighborhood signs to advertise it the day before and that she would look into using the marquis to advertise it also.

Summer meeting schedule; Those present discussed passing on the July meeting and resume in August.  Mike made a motion to do that and Bob seconded and the motion was passed.

Open Agenda:

North Naples Baptist Church - Gayle Hahe announced that Vacation Bible School registration has begun and will be run June 20th through the 24th.  There are many activities offered for everyone and the information can be found on their website, www.nnbc.net.

Roland Fondessy of First Congregational Church of Naples requested we look into a street light at the end of Autumn Oaks; all the other streets do have one.  Tim will  speak with Commissioner Henning on this topic

Adjournment:  Motion made by Barb and seconded by Jim at 8:17 to adjourn and the motion was carried.

Respectfully Submitted,

Barb Collins, Secretary
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OAKES ESTATES ADVISORY, INC.
Board of Directors Meeting
Minutes from April 4, 2011
Directors present: Tim Witherite, Barb Collins, Jim Rice, John Nicola, Ron Joeckel, Hiram Garcia, Sean Libbey, Mike Vitte, Nancy Jane Berens, Bob Walker and Terry Iamurri. Meeting called to order at 7p.m. with a quorum present.

Officers introduced with one neighborhood guest present.

Approval of March minutes: Jim made a motion to approve February minutes, Bob seconded and the motion was voted on and approved.

Treasurer's report: John Nicola reported the balance is $4,774.60. We currently have 24 members in contrast to 65 members last year.

Old Business:

Brown Academy; Proposed day care/ early childhood center to hold up to 270 children. The county has talked about the possibility of opening up access to the facility from Autumn Oaks in addition to the Immokalee Rd. access. It was discussed that Tim would make a proposal to Mr. Yavonivich, the property owners attorney that we adamantly oppose any access from Autumn Oakes and that we want a considerable sound buffer as was discussed with them earlier.

Garage Sale; The garage sale was not attended by any more than 2 neighbors last month and it was discussed that we will have to re-evaluate how we might do it next year or just not have one.

Vice President's Position; Mike Vitte stepped up and announced that he would accept the Vice President position if elected. The motion was made to elect him by Barb and seconded by Sean and unanimously approved by the board. Thank you Mike.

New Business:

Valewood extension; Tim, Bob, Hiram and Roland have had meetings with Commissioner Henning and county officials concerning the extension and have been informed that there is no money in the budget for that to happen. Commissioner Henning thought that he might be able to find some money from another project. Tim and Bob are to meet with Commissioner Hiller tomorrow in regards to that project. It was discussed that it might not be in our neighborhoods best interest to actually move forward on that project. Motion from Ron to propose not to pursue the extension. Sean seconded and the motion was approved.

Website update; discussion about what could be sent out on site. Tim will try to update once a month any issues that pertain to the neighborhood.

Open agenda: Gayle Hayhe reported that the spring celebration at the church was attended by 34 neighbors and church members. The church is having their own garage sale this Saturday.

Adjournment: Bob made a motion at 8:10 and seconded by Barb to adjourn and the motion was carried.

Respectfully Submitted,
Barbara Collins, Secretary
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OAKES ESTATES ADVISORY, INC.
Board of Directors Meeting
Minutes from March 1, 2011
Directors present:  Tim Witherite, Barb Collins, Terry Iamurri, Denny Baker, Jim Rice, John Nicola, Ron Joeckel, Mike Vitte, Sean Libbey,Hiram Garcia and Bob Walker.  Meeting called to order at 7:00pm with a quorum present.Introduction of Commissioner Tom Henning:  Commissioner Henning came to discuss  any information and questions about our neighborhood.

1.  Valewood extension:  There is a right of way approval but have a problem with funding at the county right now.  Commissioner Henning will work with us to get this project moving again towards completion.  He suggested a meeting with a small group of board members.

2.  Standing Oaks PUD:  It is at a standstill now, but regulations are recorded in the PUD legal documents in place for Oakes Blvd improvements and building regulations for if and when that property starts development.

3.  Traffic count:  the last one was in 2006 and peak at that time was 468 cars a day.  Commisioner Henning stated he will work to get another count as it is assumed the count is less with the finishing of Logan extension and better movement on Immokalee Rd.

4.  FEMA Flood Maps:  nationwide the government is trying to get homeowners to be accountable to get coverage.  Our area was deemed in the flood zone but further study shows we will not be in the flood zone.

5.  Septic tanks:  State issue and we don't know yet if we will be subjected to any new laws, but the commissioner felt that it was very unlikely to pass given our general economic conditions at this time.

The county has a budgeting shortfall of 3-5% more than last year.  Concerns from our homeowners included the question of marketing Collier County to business to move here to increase budget and bring revenue.

Introduction of Officers:  was postponed to give Commissioner Henning time early in the meeting.  All present were asked to introduce themselves also.  There were 30 people present for the meeting.

Approval of February minutes:  Jim made a motion to approve and John seconded and it was voted on and approved.

Treasurer's report:  John Nicola reported that our balance now is $4,732.35.  We have an outstanding balance due to printers for the annual mailing and are now receiving checks for the annual membership drive.

State of the Neighborhood report:  Our goals and accomplishments

1.  Never allow 4-laning of Oakes Blvd.

2.  Never allow our streets to connect with Logan Blvd.

3.  Control development and commercialization

4.  Neighborhood identity

a. neighborhood park
b. neighborhood signs
5.  Access to more services/Super Target & Chili's etc

6.  Traffic calming (via Standing Oaks PUD)

7.  Reduction of cut-thru traffic and lowering of speed limit on Oakes Blvd

8.  Improved access (via completion of Immokalee under the I-75 bridge)

9.  Improved access (via the proposed extension of Valewood Dr. to Autumn Oaks)

10.  In the future our goals are to continue to work hard to protect and improve our unique neighborhood.

Election of officers:    Tim has agreed after discussion to stay as president for the next year.  Barb & Terry have agreed to continue as Secretaries; John Nicola has agreed to continue as Treasurer.  We do not have a Vice President at this time as Denny has stepped down after  eight years of  dedicated service.

Election of board members:  Tim Witherite, Ron Joeckel, Bob Walker, Jim Rice, Terry Iamurri, Barb Collins, Sean Libbey, Mike Vitte, Hiram Garcia, Chuck Cannaday, and our newest board member Mary Jane Berens;  all were unanimously elected by everyone present.

Old business:  Modification of By-laws.  It was discussed and voted to approve by Terry and seconded by Barb and the motion carried to modify the by-laws.  By-law changes were emailed to all members in advance of the meeting, posted on the web site, handed out at the meeting, and discussed in summary fashion by John, Denny, and Tim.  All board members voted in the positive to adopt the proposed changes.

Day care issue:  Brown Academy has made plans to build a day care center to include 240  pre- school  through kindergarten children.  This will be a 3-4 year process to open.  It has to go to the planning committee and then to the county commission then to the state and then comes back to go through the county again.  We as a community will stand firm that there will never be access to the proposed school from Autumn Oaks, but only from Immokalee road.

There will be a free block party hosted by North Naples Baptist Church on April 2nd from 4-7pm.  There will be food, games and a fun house.  Oakes Estates neighbors have been invited to attend.  There will also be periodic blood drives that will be set up at the church and hopes for volunteers to donate.  They also host basketball games and movie nights.  Sign on to www.NNBC.NET for further information.

Adjournment:  At 8:15 Barb made a motion to adjourn and it was seconded by Terry and the motion was carried.

Respectfully Submitted,
Barbara Collins, Secretary
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OAKES ESTATES ADVISORY, INC.
Board of Directors Meeting
Minutes from February 1, 2011
Directors present: Tim Witherite, Hiram Garcia, Terry Iamurri, Ron Joeckel, Jim Rice, Mike Vitte, John Nicola and Bob Walker. Meeting called to order at 7:07 p.m. with a quorum present.

Approval of January Minutes: Jim Rice made a motion to approve the minutes. John Nicola seconded the motion and the motion carried.

Treasure’s report: John Nicola reported that our balance is $4657.35 Terry Iamurri reported for Barb Collins that the newsletter mailing has gone up substantially this year from $356.00 to lowest price being $426.00 for this year’s annual newsletter.

Discussion of preparations for annual meeting:  Tim Witherite reported we will have some major topics of interest to bring in front of the residents. Commissioner Tom Henning will be our guest speaker and we will promptly start the meeting at 7:00 p.m. because he has to leave by 7:30. Terry Iamurri said she would send around a sheet for the neighbors to sign in and get emails if we can so we can follow up with a thank you for coming and showing an interest in our neighborhood and inviting them to attend more regularly. Jim Rice asked if we could serve refreshments. Gayle Hahe said she would check to see if it would be okay and will follow up with Tim.

Garage Sale Update: Our annual neighborhood garage sale will be at Faith Bible Church on Immokalee Road on Sat. Feb. 19th from 7a.m. until noon with a rain date of Feb. 26th . Mike Vitte has gotten the county permit. Terry Iamurri will put the ad in the Naples Daily News. Bob Walker made a motion to approve the garage sale and the placement of the ad in NDN. Mike Vitte seconded the motion and the motion carried.

By- Law Review Updates: John Nicola and Tim Witherite reviewed the changes that they and Denny Baker made to update and make the by-laws current to our association needs. Emails copies will be resent to the board and copies will be made available at the annual meeting. We will be voting on the changes at the annual meeting.

New Business: Bob Walker got a phone call by a concerned neighbor why there are not stop signs on Oakes Blvd. Tim Witherite said the easy response to this is because there is not justification to warrant them. They are known to cause accidents. You must also have sufficient cross street traffic.

Other New Business: Rick Yavonivich for the Law firm Coleman, Yavonivich and Koester presented information in regards to a proposed day care center to be located on Immokalee Rd. adjacent to our neighborhood. The owner Frannie Cerniglia and her brother-in-law Lance Sherman attended and presented packets, aerial photos and design photos of the proposed day care that would sit on five acres on the west side of Eagles Nest daycare. The proposed daycare would be named Brown Academy. They would be licensed for 240 pre-school through kindergarten students. The day care would have a computer lab, media center and swimming pool along with the classrooms. They currently operate the Brown Academy in Fort Myers and this proposed facility would be similar in look and operation.  It was nominated best young childhood center by Parent and Child Magazine last year.  Mr. Yavonivich they would need to apply with the county for their pre-application by late April. With hopefully going in front of the planning commission by Nov. Mr. Yavonivich stated that the county may request for them to have a second access and that it was requested to be on Autumn Oaks Lane.

Oakes Advisory concerns were for no access on to Autumn Oaks Lane at all and for a visual and appropriate buffer for Autumn Oaks residence on the south side of the development.  Tim Witherite discussed to notify the residence of Autumn Oaks of this new development so they could be aware.  Jim Rice made a motion that we say no an access on Autumn Oaks and that a buffer be at the south side of the development to protest Autumn Oaks residence.  Ron Joeckel seconded the motion and the motion carried.

North Naples Baptist Church: Gayle Hahe let us know there will be a Block Party on Sat. April 2nd from 4-7p.m.  Along with many other activities the church is sponsoring you may contact them at www.nnbc.net or email Gayle@nnbc.net

Adjournment:  At 8:21 John Nicola ask that we adjourn, seconded by Terry Iamurri and motion carried.

Respectfully submitted by;

Terry Iamurri
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OAKES ESTATES ADVISORY, INC.
Board of Directors Meeting
Minutes from January 4, 2011
Directors present: Tim Witherite, Barb Collins, John Nicola, Denny Baker, Ron Joeckel,
Jim Rice, Mike Vitte, Sean Libbey, Hiram Garcia and Bob Walker.

Approval of minutes: Jim made a motion, seconded by Denny and the motion was carried to approve December minutes.

Treasurer's report: John Nicola reported that the balance was the same at $4,657.35. Discussion again that Denny would recieve a check to pay for new neighborhood addresses to send out our annual letter. It is estimated that it would cost approximately $75.00.

Neighborhood signs - update: The landscaping around the sign on the north end of Oakes Blvd. has been done by Terry? and looks good. Mike called Diane at the county, who confirmed that everything had been done. Tim will write a letter of appreciation to Peter for all the time he put in to facilitate the approval from the county for our Oakes Estates signs. Jim approached H&M Lawn services on Spanish Oaks and they offered to keep the area around the signs mowed and weeded free of charge for the community.

By-Laws review update: Tim, Denny and John plan to meet 1/19/11 to work on cleaning up the by-laws and will present the ideas to the board at the next meeting. Tim will send out an e-mail before the meeting to outline any changes that need to be made and expect to be made before the annual meeting in March.

Discussion of preparations for Annual Meeting: Commissioner Tom Henning has agreed to speak at the meeting. It was discussed that Tim will send him a list of questions that we would like to address at that time. 1. "Snake Farm" PUD, what are the further plans for development. 2. When will the intersection of Valewood and Immokalee next to the church begin to be extended. 3. Traffic count for Oakes Blvd. 4. How have the economic changes affected the county government. 5. Fema flood insurance coverage. 6. Further information concerning law changes for owners of septic tanks.

New business: We have a volunteer community patrol person who cruises our neighborhood intermittently in an old police car. We do need to have a new vice president to take over the duties, as Denny is stepping down. The duties will include interning to take over the office of President at the end on one year. We will look to have another neighborhood garage sale on either February 19th or 26th at the church again. Tim made a motion and it was seconded by Jim and the motion was passed to advertise in the Naples News this year to have a better turnout. Times will be from 7 am. until noon. Gayle Hayhe from the North Naples Baptist Church is working on having a spring and fall neighborhood get together again this year.

Adjournment: Barb made a motion at 7:55 and was seconded by Bob to adjourn and the motion was carried.

Respectfully Submitted,
Barbara Collins, Secretary

OAKES ESTATES ADVISORY, INC.
Board of Directors Meeting
Minutes from Dec 7, 2010
Directors present: Tim Witherite, Barb Collins, Terry Iamurri, Mike Vitte, Hiram Garcia Denny Baker, Jim Rice, and Ron Joeckel. Meeting called to order at 7:00 with a quorum present.

Approval of minutes: Denny made a motion, seconded by Terry and the motions was carried to approve the minutes of last month.

Treasurer's report: John Nicola wasn't present but the report stays the same as last month.

Neighborhood signs - update: Terry will call Peter to coordinate with him to finish the job of landscaping the sign at the north end of Oakes Blvd. Mike will then contact the county to get final approval.

By-Laws Review Update: Denny and John and Tim will get together to work on and present information in the February meeting.

Discussion of preparations for Annual Meeting: Will be held in the Sanctuary of the church on March 1st, 2011. Shawn will be asked to approach someone from the Sheriffs office to speak. It was discussed that there have been a few break ins in the neighborhood recently Commissioner Henning might be asked to speak also. It was discussed that someone from the county might come to report on the new flood plane insurance rules. Denny will get the updated names and addresses from the county by the January meeting and Tim will work on getting the annual meeting letter done by that time.

New Business: there is a need to elect new officers. Tim is looking for a possible new V.P. that could transition to president in a year.

Gayle Hayhe passed out information concerning upcoming events at the church for everyone which can be looked up online.

Adjournment: Barb made a motion to adjourn at 7:44 p.m. and Jim seconded and the motion was carried.

Respectfully Submitted,
Barbara Collins, Secretary

Oakes Estates Advisory, Inc.
Board Minutes
November, 2010
Directors present: Tim Witherite, Barb Collins, Terry Iamurri, Mike Vitte, Bob Walker, John Nicola, Hiram Garcia, and Denny Baker. Meeting called to order at 7:05 with a quorum present.

Approval of minutes: Denny made a motion to approve the October minutes, seconded by Terry and the motion was carried.

Treasurer's report: John Nicola gave the bank balance as $4,657.35 with 65 members.

FEMA Flood Maps: Nothing new at this point, but the process is moving along.

Neighborhood Signs: In the permit it is stipulated that the northern sign is to be landscaped. Nothing is planned for the other signs. It was discussed that we needed some paver's and Roland Fondessy from First Congregational Church of Naples offered to donate some they had for the project. Peter Goodin will be getting the plants and do the planting.

By-Laws Review Update: There are no signed originals of the by-laws and John Nicola will work on putting ours to new documents for the January meeting.

Septic System Inspection Update: It will require all septic tank owners to have their tanks pumped and inspected every 5 years, whether they need it or not, with fines involved if any problems are found with a fine of $500.00 per day if not fixed. It was discussed that this will be re-evaluated and will hopefully it will be put on hold at this time.

New Business: Bob made a motion and Barb seconded and the motion was passed to change our annual meeting to March 1, 2011 to give us more time after the holidays to organize. Gayle Hahe from North Naples Baptist Church, attending the meeting said she would request the use of the sanctuary for the meeting.

Roland Fondessy from his church, Firs Congregational Church of Naples questioned the proposed road extension from Valewood drive to Autumn Oaks, down the side of the church property. He would like that to happen to give his church better access for members from Immokalee Road. He was told that as we know it is on hold from the county because of budget cutbacks for now. There was a motion by John and seconded by Bob that Oakes Estates support First Congregational Church and attend the spring meeting with the county to push for Valewood extension. The motion was voted and passed.

Gayle Hahe with North Naples Baptist Church reported that the block party on Oct. 30th was well attended by homeowners of Oakes Estates. The Neighborhood Party is scheduled for April 1, 2011.

Respectfully Submitted,
Barbara Collins, Secretary
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Oakes Estates Advisory, Inc.
Board Minutes
October, 2010
Directors present: Tim Witherite, Ron Joeckel, Hiram Garcia, Terry Iamurri, Sean Libbey, Mike Vitte and Jim Rice. Meeting called to order at 7:00 p.m. with a quorum present.

Approval of minutes: Jim Rice made a motion to approve the September Minutes, seconded by Terry Iamurri and the motion carried.

Treasurer's Report: Tim Witherite gave the treasurer's report for John Nicola. Our bank balance is $4895.84 with 65 members. A check for $510.00 was written to Peter Goodin this past month for reimbursement for sign permits. Jim Rice made a motion to approve the treasurer's report, seconded by Sean Libbey and motion carried.

FEMA Discussion/ Guest Speaker: Joe Boggs a licensed surveyor and owner of South Florida Surveying, Inc. gave us the latest update on the new FEMA maps, when they will probably go in effect and our choices for choosing flood insurance. In order to get a better rate of flood insurance you would probably want to purchase it by the end of 2010. With an understanding you will be grandfathered in at current rates for a Oakes residence being a zone X. Rates averaged for the few people that just got flood zone quotes averaged $350.00. this is effective with a two year clause. Or you can get a "FEMA elevation certificate" by hiring a survey company to do a flood elevation to see if you come in at higher elevation than what new flood maps state. This letter map amendment submitted to FEMA takes approximately 120 days to review. It is possible to do what they call an ELOMA which is an electronic map review that usually takes one day. If you have a mortgage or loan on your home you will be required to have flood insurance when this goes into effect sometime next year. Jim Rice asked if there could be a way to get a better rate on a survey. Joe Boggs survey company normally charges $200.00 for a definitive flood elevation survey. He could discount this approximately $50.00 if a group of five homeowners or so could all get there's done on the same day.

Neighborhood Signs: Our neighborhood signs were installed Saturday, Oct. 2nd by Mike Vitte, Carlos ( Mike's helper) and Tim Witherite. Terry Iamurri helped by making copies of the permits and installing them on the backs of the signs. Feed back from the floor was that most neighbors had a positive response to signs. Mike Vitte made a motion to spend up to $100.00 to install some landscaping around the backs of the signs. Terry Iamurri said this was a good idea to prevent weed eaters from cutting through the posts over time she also suggested Plumbago as a xeroscape plant to be used. Tim Witherite would like to talk to Peter Goodin before finalizing the plant to be used. Jim Rice seconded the motion and the motion passed.

New Business: Sean Libbey brought to our attention a new Florida Law to take affect on 1/1/11. It is Senate Bill 550. It will require all septic tank owners to have their tanks pumped and inspected every 5 years- whether they need it or not. If your tank fails the state inspection it must be replaced or repaired. If you don't comply, you can be fined $500.00 per day plus a misdemeanor charge.

Gayle Hahe with North Naples Baptist Church reminded everyone on Oct. 30th they will be hosting their Fall Block Party from 4-7 p.m. with a trunk or treat for the kids. You can contact Gayle at the church or on their website.

Adjournment: Jim Rice made a motion to adjourn at 8:03 p.m. it was seconded by Tim Witherite and the motion carried.

Respectfully submitted by,
Terry Iamurri
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Oakes Estates Advisory, Inc.
Board Minutes
September, 2010
Directors present: Tim Witherite, Terry Iamurri, Ron Joeckel, Hiram Garcia, Mike Vitte, John Nicola and Jim Rice. Meeting called to order at 7:03 p.m. with quorum present.

Approval of minutes: Jim Rice made a motion to approve the July minutes, John Nicola seconded and the motion carried.

Treasurer's report: John Nicola reported we have a balance of $5,405.84 with membership at 65.

Neighborhood signs: Peter Goodin did an overview of the county's requirements and permitting process. We had done everything required by the county. When the sign's needed to be approved by the addressing department, Peter was told we could not use the signs due to the word "Oakes" because it has been over used by many subdivisions and would be confusing to emergency personnel in emergency situations. Addressing said we would need approval from the Board of County Commissioners to continue. Addressing department has since re-visited this and will allow the signs to be installed as long as we put the name Oakes Estates Advisory on the signs to identify who owns them. It does not need to be legible to read driving by. Terry Iamurri made a motion to add this wording to the bottom frame board of the sign to circumvent the board going in front of the BCC to ask for approval. Jim Rice seconded the motion and it was unanimously approved. Denny Baker made a motion to recognize and thank Peter Goodin on behalf of the Oakes Advisory Board for all his hard work and efforts he has put in, getting the permitting done and finalized for us. Terry Iamurri seconded the motion and the motion was approved. Mike Vitte offered to get the additional wording made for the signs.

FEMA New Flood Zone Maps: Tim Witherite went to the new FEMA flood map public meeting held a few weeks ago. Oakes Estates is consider a flood zone by the new satellite maps. Our average elevation is 12' above sea level. To be out of the flood zone you need to be 15' or above sea level and you need to have a certificate of elevation to prove it. You will be required to carry flood insurance by the guidelines, if you have a mortgage on your house. Purchasing a flood policy before January 2011 rates are suppose to be grandfather in for lower pricing for up to two years. After much discussion the board would like to have numerous surveyors ( not endorsing them) put on the website to help homeowners looking to get a current survey done. A reminder that pooling some neighbors together to do this jointly with a company can be more cost effective.

By-Laws Review: John Nicola reported that Denny Baker, Tim Witherite and himself reviewed the By-laws in June. The only by-laws available are copies and John said they would look into contacting Nancy Berens for a possible original. They would like to file a amended by- laws with formal changes in the spring to coincide with our annual meeting.

New Business: Tim Witherite reported that the alternate cut through Autumn Oakes to Vailwood is indefinitely on hold due to lack of funding. Gayle Hahe from North Naples Baptist Church Let us know they now have AA meetings each Saturday, they are still doing "movie madness" and encouraged all to keep up with the many activities at the church on their website, www.nnbc.net. An early reminder they will doing Trunk or Treat on Oct. 31st from 4-7p.m.

Adjournment: Motion to adjourn by John Nicola and seconded by Jim Rice at 8:03 p.m. and the motion passed.

Respectfully Submitted by,
Terry Iamurri, Secretary
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Oakes Estates Advisory, Inc.
Board Minutes
August, 2010

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Oakes Estates Advisory, Inc.
Board Minutes
July, 2010

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OAKES ESTATES ADVISORY, INC.
Board of Directors Meeting
Minutes from June, 2010

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OAKES ESTATES ADVISORY, INC.
Board of Directors Meeting
Minutes from May, 2010
Directors present: Tim Witherite, Barb Collins, Terry Iamurri, Hiram Garcia, Sean Libbey, Mike Vitte, Ron Joeckel, and Denny Baker. Meeting called to order at 7p.m. with a quorum present.

Approval of minutes: Barb made a motion to approve the April minutes, seconded by Terry and the motion was passed.

Treasurer's report: John Nicola was not able to attend the meeting and having problems with his computer, and will give an update next meeting.

Mr. Don Ward - Property Appraiser: He has been a residential property appraiser since 1995. His opinion is that our home values have reverted to 2001, 2002 appraised values. He has done evaluations on many individual properties and also neighborhood properties for the purpose of trying to lower assessed values and then having lower property taxes. It is initially his opinion that our neighborhood should have different assessments because of our traffic patterns. Two thoughts on this process would be the possibility of lower property taxes, but the other consideration would be that if selling your home and staying in Florida, it is to your benefit to not have a lower assessment because of the "Save Our Homes" law that give portability to the price moving to another property. Terry made a motion to have him return to our July meeting and have that reflected on our website so others could have that information. Ron seconded the motion and it was passed.

Neighborhood signs - update: Bob Walker contacted county engineers and found that the paperwork is now done and being walked through transportation. Discussion as to what kind of plants should be used and was agreed that Plumbago would be the best and Peter would be contacted on that decision. It is hoped that we will have some final decisions in a couple of months.

By - Laws Review: nothing new at this point.

Updating e-mail list: nothing new at this point.

New Business: summer schedule: motion to cancel August meeting from Terry and seconded by Ron was passed. After further discussion, a motion to cancel June meeting from Denny and seconded by Sean was passed. It was discussed that during those times the work on the sign and e-mail list will be worked on.

Gayle Hahe encouraged all to keep up with the many activities at the church on their website, www.nnbc.net

Adjournment: motion to adjourn by Barb and seconded by Ron at 8:02 p.m. and the motion was passed.

Respectfully Submitted,
Barb Collins, Secretary
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OAKES ESTATES ADVISORY, INC.
Board of Directors Meeting
Minutes from April 6, 2010
Directors present: Tim Witherite, Terry Iamurri, Ron Joeckel, Sean Libby, Jim Rice, Bob Walker, Mike Vitte and Denny Baker, meeting called to order at 7:05 p.m. with a

Approval of March Minutes: Jim Rice made a motion to approve the minutes, seconded by Bob Walker and the motion unanimously carried.

Treasurer's Report: Tim Witherite read the report for John Nicola (absent): our balance is $5,823.24 with 62 current members. Two checks were dispersed since last month, one for our P.O. Box and the other to John for reimbursement for expenses for the annual report. A motion to approve the treasurer's report was made by Bob Walker and seconded by Jim Rice; the motion was unanimously carried.

Neighborhood signs: Tim Witherite reported that Peter Goodin let him know that the county fee originally quoted at $ 1000.00 for the right of way permit has been lowered to $200.00. The county notified us that we will need to pay for an engineer for wind load calculations for a fee of $300.00 that we had not provided for. The deduction in the right of way permit fee should help us come in under budget. We can move forward to apply for the building permit when the engineer provides the wind load specifications. We estimate that we are six to eight weeks away from receiving the County permit and installing our beautiful Oakes Estates signs.

Sean Libby made a motion to keep the sign on the Oakes Blvd. south entrance in the median, verses asking the new home owner of the former Kaye homes model to place it on his property. This motion was seconded by Bob Walker and the motion unanimously carried.

By-Laws Review: Tim Witherite and Denny Baker agreed they would contact John Nicola to schedule a meeting to update the by-laws. It was proposed that prior to filing the amended by-laws we might want to have Gary Sheck (sp?), an attorney living in our community and a past member of the board, to look over the changes and advise us what we must do to properly document and record them.

Update email list: John Nicola will contact Chuck Cannaday to go over this.

Fire Insurance Rates/ ISO: All board members that had called their insurance companies inquiring about a rate reduction for their fire portion of their home owners policies were all told that there ratings were already considered an ISO rating of 3. No improvements in ratings were noted.

New Business: Tim Witherite was contacted by Don Ward, Jr. a State Certified Real Estate Appraiser requesting to give a presentation on property tax appeals to the Oakes Estates owners. He believes Oakes Estates is being grossly over assessed and that many of our neighbors are paying too much in property taxes. It was agreed that Tim Witherite will invite Don Ward to the May meeting to speak to the board about what he would propose to tell the home owners and then invite him back if we feel that it would interest and benefit the neighborhood.

Gayle Hahe from North Naples Baptist Church reminded us that our community is welcome to the many events they have going on. Open Gym is available to all school age children on each Thursday night at 7:00 p.m. They also have a free movie night on Friday, April 30th from 6:30-9:00 p.m. Mr. Magorium's Wonder Emporium is the movie for children K-5th. Please contact Gayle Hahe for any information at Gayle@nnbc.net or 597-2201.

Adjournment: Bob Walker made a motion to adjourn at 7:31 p.m., it was seconded by Jim Rice and the motion carried.

Respectfully Submitted by,
Terry Iamurri
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OAKES ESTATES ADVISORY, INC.
Board of Directors Meeting
Minutes from March 2, 2010
Directors present: Tim Witherite, Hiram Garcia, Barb Collins Terry Iamurri, Jim Rice, John Nicola, Mike Vitte, Sean Libbey, Ron Joeckel.

Approval of Minutes: Jim made a motion to approve the February minutes, seconded by John and the motion was passed.

Treasurer's Report: John Nicola reported the balance at the end of February was $5,759.49. Our member count is 54. We expect more more to sign up at the annual neighborhood yard sale on March the 6th.

Neighborhood signs- update: No new information yet as Peter is unable to work on more information at this time. Mike will call the county to see if sign could be affixed to the marquis that held the Kaye Homes sign at the southwest corner of Oakes Blvd. That is a private home now and we will proceed to ask county if possible to put Oakes Neighborhood Sign on the private property before we ask the homeowner.

Neighborhood Yard Sale: Is expected to run from 8a.m. until 12 noon at the Faith Bible Church on Immokalee Road. It was discussed that people would start to show up at around 7a.m. Mike Vitte has obtained a permit. We decided not to advertise in the Naples news and Terry would try to post it on Craigs List. It is already posted on the sign for the church on Immokalee Road.

Adopt-A-Road Litter Program on Oakes Blvd.: It is now posted that Gabe The Granite Guy is keeping the road clean, but not for sure. It was decided to table any interest from our current members to do the job.

By-Laws Review: Tim suggested another meeting to review and clean up some old and outdated by-laws. Tim, John and Denny will schedule a meeting to review.

Updating of e-mail addresses: John will call Chuck to see about updating addresses. We will look into setting up member payments possibly by pay-pal.

New Business: It was discovered by Tim that North Naples Fire Department which included the Oakes neighborhood has their ISO rating changed from 9 to 3 by adding a 3,000 gallon water tender to its fleet. The result of that for many residents is that they may have a reduction from their homeowners insurance as a result.Gayle Hayhe from the North Naples Baptist Church attended the meeting to remind us of the neighborhood Spring Block Party on March 27th from 4-7p.m. There will be chili cook off with a $5 dollar entry. The event will include BBQ and potluck. there will also be and Easter egg hunt, Easter Bonnet Contest, face painting, games and prizes, and a bounce house and dunk tank. All neighborhood residents are welcome to attend.

A motion was made by Jim to send a follow up thank you note to the Parks Department for the great work they continue to do on the upkeep of the park. The motion was seconded by Barb and the motion was passed. Tim said he would send that note.

Adjournment: Motion to adjourn at 8:15 by Barb and seconded by Mike and the motion was carried.

Respectfully Submitted,
Barb Collins, Secretary
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OAKES ESTATES ADVISORY, INC.
Board of Directors Meeting
Minutes from February 2, 2010
Directors Present: Tim Witherite, Hiram Garcia, Bob Walker, Ron Joeckel, Terry Iamurri, Barb Collins, Jim Rice, John Nicola, Mike Vitte and Denny Baker. Each of the board members introduced themselves to all who were attending our annual meeting. The rest of the attendees introduced themselves at a later time.

Approval of Minutes: Bob made a motion to approve the January minutes, seconded by Ron and the motion was passed.

Treasurer's Report: John Nicola reported the balance at the end of January was $4,856.43. Checks have started to come in for this years membership.

Neighborhood Signs: Peter Goodin not able to attend and give an update. Mike Vitte brought one of the signs to the meeting,and it was met with positive approval. We do not know yet where the permits are in the process. We have the money in the budget to pay for and the posts will be made by Mike Vitte when it is time to install.

Neighborhood Yard Sale: The date will be March 6th at the Faith Bible Church fronting Immokalee Road. Mike Vitte will look into a permit. It will start at 7a.m. and participants selling need to be a current member of Oakes Estates Advisory. The dues can be paid the day of the sale.

Neighborhood Vision Update: As stated in our annual newsletter that was delivered a few weeks ago to the neighborhood, part of our vision is that Oakes Blvd. never be four lanes. It has now been removed from the 25 year master plan and hopefully will never be brought up again. Another potential problem that has always been part of our vision is to never have our roads opened up to Logan at the east end of each road and that has been assured to us at this point, but something the neighborhood keeps track of. The speed limit for our neighborhood has been lowered to 35 MPH after work done by board members. Whenever the Standing Oakes PUD builds whether by the current owner or a new one, the rules of buildings, buffers and traffic calming devices will stay in place as was worked on so diligently by our board members. The possibility of commercial building at the corner of Immokalee and Logan was stopped by the planning commission for now. Our neighborhood park is being used very frequently at all different times and was the product of hard work by board member Jim Rice.

Election of Officers/Directors: Tim Witherite stated that he would stay on as president for another year. Denny Baker agreed to stay as VP for one more year. Terry Iamurri and Barb Collins agreed to stay on as co-secretaries for another year and John Nicola also agreed to stay on for another year as Treasurer. Bob Walker made a motion to accept as it stands and was seconded by Ron Joeckel and the motion was passed. We have 11 active members now.
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OAKES ESTATES ADVISORY, INC.
Board of Directors Meeting
Minutes from January 4, 2010
Directors Present: Tim Witherite, Hiram Garcia, Sean Libbey, Bob Walker, Ron Joeckel, Terry Iamurri, Barb Collins, Jim Rice, Mike Vitte and John Nicola.

Approval of minutes: Jim made a motion to approve the December 2009 minutes, seconded by Bob and the motion carried.

Treasurers Report: John Nicola reported the balance at the end of the year was $4,856.43 with a total of 52 members. Motion to approve by Bob and seconded by Jim and the motion was carried.

Neighborhood Signs Update: We have a $3500 budget and the estimate was 2,379 with a balance of 1,121. Mike Vitte will have everything to go in a month concerning installing the signs except the size of the actual posts. Tim will contact Peter to see where we stand concerning the permitting process.

Update on By-Laws requirements and Annual Meeting: Terry's sister, Doreen Vachon who is a Realtor with Downing Frye, will give a talk to all about the current status of real estate in Naples and how the county appraises homes today. We will have a welcome table at the front to greet and encourage homeowners to become members of the organization and pay dues of $20 for the year if paid by March 31st and after that it is $25. Barb will get the annual letter out to the neighborhood as soon as possible. Chuck received his gift card for all his help and work on the by-laws and thanked everyone. It was discussed that we will try this year to review the by-laws to see if any changes are needed. According to the by-laws now it is said that the annual meeting can be held anytime in the first quarter of the year and there can be up to 11 directors and we now have 13. We will be loosing a few soon. If we are back to 11 it would be 6 for a quorum.

Neighborhood Yard Sale: It is now scheduled for March 6th and possible rain day for the 13th at the Faith Bible Church. Mike will find out if a permit is needed.

New Business: A resident on Autumn Oaks reported that cars were parking on the road to walk through to Eagles Nest to pick up their children from day school instead of going in on Immokalee as they are supposed to do. Motion for Tim to send a letter to Eagles Nest pointing out that is not allowed by Bob, seconded by Sean and the motion was carried. If that does not seem to make a difference we will contact the county to have them install no parking signs. Bob informed us that the work to open the road on Immokalee under I-75 will now not be finished until April. Tim said he would send a congratulations letter to Pastor Les Wicker on the opening of the new church. Nothing new going on at the snake farm PUD. Gayle Hahe from the North Naples Baptist Church brought us some information about activities the church continues to have that is open to all in the neighborhood including open gym on Thursday and a chili cook off March 27. We appreciate the help and use of the church for our annual meeting next month. All updates on the church and be accessed at www.nnbc.net

Adjournment: Bob made a motion to adjourn at 7:45 pm and it was seconded by Barb and the motion was carried.

Respectfully Submitted,
Barbara Collins, Secretary

OAKES ESTATES ADVISORY, INC.
Board of Directors Meeting
Minutes from December 1, 2009
Directors Present: Tim Witherite, Denny Baker, Hiram Garcia, Sean Libby, Bob Walker, Ron Joeckel, Terry Iamurri, Barb Collins, Jim Rice, Noah Standridge and John Nicola.

Approval of minutes: Barb made a motion to approve November minutes and it was seconded by Denny and the motion was passed.

Treasurer's report: John Nicola reported our current balance as $4,962.38. The current membership remains at 52. Bob Walker made a motion to approve the treasurer's report and it was seconded by Jim Rice and the motion was passed. The gift certificate has been bought for Chuck Cannaday and Tim will be giving it to him.

Neighborhood Signs: Peter Goodin was unable to attend the meeting. Nothing new to report and it is not known if the other sign permits have been applied for.

Immokalee Road I-75 update: The work on Immokalee Road is expected to be done at the end of January 2010. The information on Valewood extension has not been through budget committee at the county. Bob Walker will keep up on any progress, but it was agreed by all that we would not press the issue at this time.

New business: We will be loosing Denny Baker as V.P. but he will remain as a board member. We will also be loosing Noah Standridge as a board member. Tim Witherite will remain as president for the next year. It was discussed whether we need new board members now. Jim Rice made a motion for all of us to solicit our neighbors to add board members, and address the issues on our website. Barb Collins seconded the motion and it was passed. Tim said he would research our by-laws to see what will be needed. Jim Rice made a motion to reduce the yearly association fees to $20 if they are paid by March 31st, 2010, the motion was seconded by Denny and it was passed. Tim will work on the annual letter to be sent out to the neighborhood a month before ourt February annual meeting. Gayle Hahe took our picture while at the meeting to be included in the annual letter for neighborhood familiarity. It was discussed whether we would invite guests such as Mark Rubio or a panel of Physicians who live in the neighborhood to have a Q&A regarding health insurance issues we are all facing. This would hopefully bring attention to the meeting and bring in more of the residents. It was also discussed that we would have a table set up to greet all who attend and give out name tags at the time of arrival. Anyone connected to these individuals is asked to try to facilitate.

The January meeting will be scheduled as usual because of many things to do to get ready for annual meeting in February.

Neighborhood yard sale: Noah will contact the church to see if we can have another neighborhood yard sale and coordinate ads for a sale in 2010. The one we had last year was a big success. It was discussed that participation in the event would be only for active paid members and the membership fee could be paid at the time of the event. The dates we are looking for are March 6th or 13th 2010.

School bus stops: Noah researched the possibility of these and was told the county will not participate. It was agreed to shelf the idea for now.

Gayle Hahe gave us information for all the activities at the North Naples Baptist Church this month. Some of these include, Christmas Break Movies & Crafts December 21-23 10 a.m. to 12:30 pm. Youth Department gift wrapping service available for donation. Children's Musical and Birthday party for Jesus 12/26 6-7:30 p.m. Christmas Break Vacation Bible School. FREE register at www.NNBC.net 12/28 thru 12/31 10 a.m. to 12:30

Adjournment: Motion to adjourn 8:05 p.m. by Terry and seconded by Barb. Motion was passed.

Respectfully submitted,
Barbara Collins, secretary

OAKES ESTATES ADVISORY, INC.
Board of Directors Meeting
Minutes from November 6, 2009

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OAKES ESTATES ADVISORY, INC.
Board of Directors Meeting
Minutes from October 6, 2009
Directors Present: Tim Witherite, Ron Joeckel, Hiram Garcia, Terry Iamurri, John Nicola, Sean Libby, Mike Vitte, Bob Walker and Jim Rice. The meeting was called to order at 7:05 with a quorum present.

Approval of minutes: Jim Rice made a motion to approve the September minutes; Bob Walker seconded the motion and motion passed.

Treasurer's report: John Nicola reported our current balance is $4,937.38. Current paid members is 52. Bob Walker made a motion to approve the treasurer's report, Jim Rice seconded and motion passed.

Neighborhood signs: Peter Goodin reported the county "right of way" permitting is a $1,000.00 which was expected. The county building department wants $128.00 for each sign. Which was not approved to fall within our budget guidelines for the sign installation. Bob Walker made a motion, after much discussion, to make an appropriation of an additional $500.00 for a total budget of $4,000.00 for the signs and installation. Ron Joeckel seconded the motion and motion carried.

Bus stops and grant funding: Noah Standridge was absent to report on this. Jim Rice made a motion to table this item, it was seconded by Mike Vitte and the motion carried.

New Business:Rezoning of Cullen Walker Property: This property is located on the south east corner of Logan and Immokalee Roads. Peter Goodin let us know that Cullen Walker's property is trying to rezone his 41 acres to Commercial/Residential which will be a C-1, C-4 category. This will impact Saturnia Lakes and possibly the end houses of Hidden Oaks Lane depending on the outcome and type of building(s) projected.

Shops at Tarpon Bay: Bob Walker made an observation and a suggestion, these stores are in our backyards and many seem to be struggling. He suggested we should try to patronize as many as possible. It will hurt the neighborhood and our convenience if this becomes a ghost or abandoned shopping plaza. It is much easier than going through the construction area around the interstate on Immokalee Road.

Landscaping on Vanderbilt Beach Road: Peter Goodin stated that landscaping is in its final stages and to the median east of Oakes Blvd. has not been planted. Tim Witherite made a suggestion to have Peter check on this. It would be an enhancement to the installation of our Oakes Estates signs if this were done.

Children at Play: Peter Goodin made a suggestion that we may consider purchasing signs for residence who live on Oakes Blvd. and would like to have a "children at play" sign available to them. This could be done inexpensively by purchasing online. This will be considered at a future meeting. This will help deter people from speeding down Oakes Blvd.

North Naples Baptist Church: Gayle Hahe wanted to invite our Oakes Estates Community families to movie madness. The free movie for parents to drop off their kindergarten- 6th graders is Monsters and Aliens is Friday, Oct. 23rd from 6:30-9:00 p.m. A free trunk or treat community block party is also being sponsored by the church on Saturday, October 31st from 4-7p.m. There will be a bounce house, dunk tank, face painting, games and prizes, along with free BBQ and potluck items. Come dressed in your favorite "non scary" costume. All of Oakes Estates residences are welcome to theses events. Safe family fun. More info call Gayle at 597-2201 or go to www.nnbc.net

Respectfully submitted by,
Terry Iamurri, Secretary
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OAKES ESTATES ADVISORY, INC.
Board of Directors Meeting
Minutes from September 1, 2009
Directors Present: Tim Witherite, Denny Baker, Ron Joeckel, Mike Vitte, Sean Libby, Hiram Garcia, Bob Walker and Terry Iamurri. The meeting was called to order at 7:06 p.m. with a quorum present.

Approval of July Minutes: No meeting took place in August. Terry Iamurri made a motion to approve the July minutes; Hiram Garcia seconded the motion and motion passed.

Treasurer's report: Tim Witherite reported for John Nicola that we have a current balance of $5037.38. Current paid members is still 51. Our three new Oakes Estates signs were picked up and paid for at a cost of $2369.10.

Neighborhood Signs: We are waiting to here from Peter Goodin as to when the permits for the signs have been approved. When that happens we will be looking for some volunteers to help install the signs, most likely on a Saturday morning. Bob Walker reminded the board that the placement of the Oakes Estates sign on the north end of Oakes Blvd. will be on Ken & Carol Carter's property easement and he would like to be present when it is being installed.

Possible Palm Donation: Island Walk told Tim Witherite that FPL relocated all the possible donation palms back on their property, so their are none that will be donated.

Bus stops and grant funding: This has been on the agenda to follow up on. Tim Witherite said he will contact Noah Standridge to see what progress he is making.

Kaye Homes and Fire District Property: Contact was made to the former owner Stuart Kaye of Kaye Homes and to the current owner Bank of America. We don't know who took care of getting the property mowed and pruned up, but it has been taken care of in the last few weeks. The Fire District Property will be getting mowed soon. They have said they will not be using the property to store equipment in the future.

Meeting Sign: Bob Walker offered to pick up, store and set out the Oakes meeting signs from Tim Witherite starting September 2nd.

Board Member Replacement: Karl Frye has a conflict with his work meetings and time of the Oakes Advisory meetings and has asked to be replaced. Jim Rice offered to take his place on the board. Denny Baker made a motion to except Jim Rice's offer to replace Karl Frye on the Oakes Advisory board, Terry Iamurri seconded the motion and the motion carried.

First Congregational Church: Their was some concern that the parking lot was in the way of the new intersection that would be connecting Valewood and Autumn Oakes Lane. The site plans were brought by Bob Walker and it clearly shows there is a jog for the easement that will make up that intersection for connection.

North Naples Baptist Church: Gayle Hayhe welcomed all parents who would like to drop off their kids for "movie madness" on Friday, September 18. The movie will be Charlotte's Web. Gayle Hayhe reminded all Oakes Residence they are welcome to attend the Church’s Block Party on Saturday, October 31st from 4-7 p.m. They will be serving hot dogs and refreshments. This will include a trunk or treat night for the kids, face painting, bounce house and lots of joy for the whole family. They will have Swamp Buggies on display. These are events the church is sponsoring and is graciously extending invitations to all within our neighborhood.

Jim Rice made a motion for the Oakes Estates Advisory to donate $100.00 toward hotdogs for this event while reminding us the church has never charged us for meeting in their facility. Denny Baker amended the motion to just give them a donation of $100.00 to buy what they need. Bob Walker seconded the motion and the motion carried. If you would like more information about these or future events please visit the Church’s website at www.nnbc.net.

Respectfully submitted by,
Terry Iamurri, Secretary
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OAKES ESTATES ADVISORY, INC.
Board of Directors Meeting
Minutes from August , 2009
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OAKES ESTATES ADVISORY, INC.
Board of Directors Meeting
Minutes from July 7, 2009
Directors Present: Tim Witherite, Denny Baker, Ron Joekel, Hiram Garcia, Sean Libby, Mike Vitte, John Nicola and Terry Iamurri. The meeting was called to order at 7:05 p.m. with a quorum present.Approval of June Minutes: Denny Baker made a motion to approve the minutes, Sean Libby seconded and the motion passed.

Treasurer's report: John Nicola reported we have a current balance of $7406.48 with 51 paid members. In 2008 we had 101 paid members.

Neighborhood signs: Peter Goodin reported he got with Linda Absher about the signs. He came with pricing of different posts to secure the signs. He has submitted the signs for permitting by the county and will place the order for the signs.

Signs and traffic signals: Tim Witherite reported all signs and traffic signals are now in place and working, except with the "No Through Truck" signs on Vanderbilt Beach Road.

Palm Donation: Tim Witherite reported he has been contacting Island Walk each month just to see if any palms maybe left to donate to our community. He has not received any information at this time.

New Business: Tim Witherite took pictures of Kay Homes property. The appearance is it is not being maintained. Karl Fry offered to contact them to see who might own it at this time and ask to have them mow it. Tim Witherite offered to contact the fire department to see if they might remove some debris left on the property. Peter Goodin suggested we should consider taking over clean up from Gabe the Granite Guy in maintaining Oakes Blvd. He will contact the county to inquire. Ron Joekel reminded every one we will not meet in August. Tim Witherite announce that St. Monica's Church will be having their ground breaking for their addition this Sunday the 12 at their 10:00a.m. service.

Gayle Hayhe from North Naples Baptist reminded our community that all children, any age are welcome to attend Open Gymn from 7-10p.m. on Thursday evenings. "Date Night" is July 17th the movie Hotel for Dogs, parents bring your kids. Phone NNBC for more information 597-2201.

Adjournment:  Terry Iamurri made a motion to adjourn at 7:42p.m. and seconded by Karl Fry, motion carried.

Respectfully submitted by,
Terry Iamurri, secretary
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OAKES ESTATES ADVISORY, INC.
Board of Directors Meeting
Minutes from June 2, 2009
Directors Present: Tim Witherite, Terry Iamurri, Bob Walker, Ron Joekel, Hiram Garcia, John Nicola, Sean Libby and Mike Vitte. The meeting was called to order at 7:02p.m. with a quorum present.Approval of May minutes: Bob made a motion to approve and John seconded and the motion was passed.

Treasurer's report: John reported no changes since last meeting. Our current balance is $7,381.48 with 50 paid members.

Neighborhood signs: Terry made a motion to approve the expenditure of up to $3500.00 for the purchase of 3 signs, permitting and other items necessary to complete the installation of the signs. Mike seconded the motion and motion passed unanimously.

Signs and Traffic signal update: Traffic signals are working without delays. We are still missing an Oakes Blvd. sign at Immokalee Road. No thru truck signs need to be installed on Vanderbilt Beach Road. Tim said he will notify the county again of these oversights.

Bus Stops and grant funding: Noah was out of town. We hope to have an update next meeting.

Possible donation of palms: Island Walk has approximately 100 coconut and queen palms that are between 20'-30' tall that need to be moved from the power easement in the upcoming months. They will be trying to use as many as possible in their own subdivision. If there become any left we maybe notified. If and when we might get notified we would be responsible for moving and installing these palms if we so chose.

Suspension of August meeting: Bob made a motion to cancel the August meeting. Ron seconded and the motion carried.

Gayle Hayhe from North Naples Baptist Church let us know that they will have Vacation Bible School starting June 15-19 from 9-12:30p.m. Registration can be on line: www.nnbc.net. Open Gym has been moved to Thursday nights, this is free and fun night for teens. They have also have Friday night "lock in" for teens as well. They are welcoming all Oakes residence to these events. You can contact the church for more information.

Respectfully submitted by,
Terry Iamurri, secretary

OAKES ESTATES ADVISORY, INC.
Board of Directors Meeting
Minutes from May 5, 2009
Directors present: Tim Witherite, Barb Collins, Bob Walker, Ron Joeckel, Hiram Garcia, Mike Vitte, Terri Iamurri, Denny Baker, and Noah Standridge. The meeting was called to order at 7:07p.m. with a quorum present.

Introduction: informal introduction of all present.

Approval of April minutes: Bob made a motion to approve and Ron seconded and the motion was passed.

Treasurer's report: called in from John Nicola the balance is $7381.48 and 50 members

Neighborhood signs - continuation: Peter gave an update on his work getting bids for the signs. It was discussed that we accept a bid from Sign Works for three signs including permitting at $700/per sign. We would give 50% down and 50% when finished. Permitting cost is $1000.00. It was discussed that we would need landscaping to cover the back of the sign. Ken Carpenter was contacted about erecting the sign on the corner of his property at the Southwest corner of Autumn Oaks and was open to the idea. It was also discussed that board members would but posts from Home Depot to mount the signs themselves.

Update on St. Monica's rezoning: they had a conditional use meeting last night and are looking for K12 or preschool - want to prepare for later expansion for up to 100 students. Want to start initially with 20.

Signs and traffic signals update: There is still no official sign on the corner of Oakes and Immokalee Rd. Turn signs are up for turning to Oakes on Immokalee.

Possible donation of palms: Discussion included the problems coconut palms would have concerning the disease, lethal yellow. Any other palms including the coconut would also have continuous upkeep with trimming. Follow up on what is available will continue.

Removal of animal traps: It was decided that we will let the issue drop and the trap will probably be picked up. Denny made a motion to terminate the service seconded by Barb and the motion carried.

New Business: Bus stops: cost estimate is $15,000 per stop, with possibility of county funding from MPO. Noah will look into applying for those funds.
Gayle Hayhe from North Naples Baptist Church proposed that the church will host another block party on October 31st including all from our Oakes neighborhood.

Adjournment: Motion to adjourn from Denny and seconded by Barb and the motion carried.

Respectfully submitted,
Barbara Collins, secretary
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OAKES ESTATES ADVISORY, INC.
Board of Directors Meeting
Minutes from April 7, 2009
Directors Present: Tim Witherite, Barb Collins, Bob Walker, Karl Fry, Ron Joeckel, Hiram Garcia, John Nicola, Mike Vitte, Terri Iamurri, and Denny Baker. The meeting was called to order at 7:04 p.m. with a quorum present.

Introduction: informal introductions of all present.

Approval of March minutes: Bob made a motion to approve the minutes, seconded by John and the motion was carried.

Treasurer's report: John Nicola reported that our balance is $7,500.13. and the membership for this year is 48 so far.

Saint Monica's Update: Reverend Kathy Schillreff reported that it has taken a year for expansion permits. They will now expand only one half of the proposed building. They are seeking a conditional use zoning to start having students not to exceed 15. Classical Academy of Naples. There will not be any access to the school from Autumn Oaks, only Immokalee Road.

Report on meeting with Transportation & Peter Goodin: Peter and Tim got together on April 4th with Bob Tipton.
1. The light at Oakes & Vanderbilt will go back to being able to turn after the turn light goes off when construction completed.
2. Signs announcing no large trucks to be erected soon. New signs on Valewood in two places to yield for u-turn traffic on Immokalee, coming from Quail Creek developments.
3. Will talk to Ken Carter on West Autumn Oaks about setting introduction sign to Oakes Estates.

Neighborhood signs: Peter updated his information concerning the cost of signs. the permitting cost is $1,000, installation approximately $3,000, not including the cost of the signs. A motion from Denny seconded by Barb to have Peter get 3 bids for work on the project and will go from there. Motion from Bob seconded by John to give Peter a budget for a mock up sign from whoever we choose for the project. Peter gave us a mock up of how big the sign would be and how it would look. Peter talked with Bob Tifton and was told we need to approach Norm Feeder on continued steps for traffic calming in the future.

New Business: Construction of landscaping on Vanderbilt now that work is done. to give protection to English Oaks residents. It was discussed that it would be looked into.

Adjournment: Motion to adjourn from Barb, seconded by Bob at 8:20 and the motion passed.

Respectfully submitted,
Barbara Collins, secretary
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OAKES ESTATES ADVISORY, INC.
Board of Directors Meeting
Minutes from March 8, 2009
Directors present:  Tim Witherite, Barb Collins, John Nicola, Bob Walker, Ron Joeckel, Hiram Garcia, Denny Baker, Sean Libbey, Mike Vitte and Terri Iamurri.  The meeting was called to order at 8:05 p.m.  with a quorum present.

Introduction:  informal introductions of all present.

Approval of February minutes:  Bob made a motion to approve the minutes, seconded by Ron and the motion was carried.

Treasurer's report:  John Nicola reported that our bank balance is $7,320.13.  Our current membership is at 41.

Neighborhood signs:  Lisa gave information that the estimated costs of the signs is about $2,000 apiece.  That would be a wooden sign with the posts included.  John will call Peter to see if he an contact anyone else for another quote.

Neighborhood picnic:  It was a great success with approximately 60 Oakes Estates family and kids, with close to 200 in all with church members.  Gayle Hayhe was very pleased with the turnout and hopes to have another one in the fall.

New Business:  Speed and truck enforcement on Oakes.

A.  It was discussed that we would request to have the police start to patrol.  John made a motion that we would have Chuck send out e-mail to neighbors to have everyone adhere to the  35 MPH, and seconded by Ron and the motion was carried.  Sean volunteered to contact police to request speed enforcement measures.

Gayle reminded us that the church still sponsors movie nights and will have an Easter egg hunt after the service on Easter.  The community is invited to open gymnasium night on Sundays at 6p.m. indoor volleyball and basketball included.  Bob made a motion to add a link to our website for the church and its activities for further information.  It was seconded by Barb and the motion carried.  Their website is www.nnbc.net

Lisa informed us that another bobcat has been seen on Spanish Oakes.  No further information on any coyotes.

Adjournment:  Bob made a motion to adjourn at 8:40 p.m., Barb seconded and the motion carried.

Respectfully submitted,

Barbara Collins, Secretary
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OAKES ESTATES ADVISORY, INC.
Board of Directors Meeting
Minutes from February 3 2009
Directors present:  Karl Fry, John Nicola, Bob Walker, Barb Collins, Ron Joeckel, Hiram Garcia, Noah Standridge, Tim Witherite, Denny Baker,  and Jim Rice.  The meeting was called to order at 7:08 with a quorum present.

Introduction:  Officers and Directors and attendees all introduced themselves and what streets they live on to all at the meeting.

Approval of January minutes:  Bob made a motion to approve the January minutes and John seconded  and the motion was carried.

Treasurer's report:  John Nicola reported that our member count was still 101 and the checkbook balance  is $6,530.96 after paying the invoices for the new neighborhood address list and the mailing of our flier with information about the annual meeting, picnic, and neighborhood yard sale.

Neighborhood Vision Update:  We all reviewed our "Vision Update", and agreed our neighborhood has improved greatly with everyone's hard work.

Summary of Current Neighborhood Issues:  The neighborhood  sign work is still being worked on.  Lisa will be contacted to get estimates to include sign for the south end of Spanish Oaks

Election of Officers:  Jim Rice and Lisa Absher have asked to step down from the board and it was agreed that their hard work will be missed.  We had two new members nominated for the board.  They are Shawn Libby and Mike Vitte.  There was a motion to elect from Barb and seconded by Bob and the motion was approved.  John Nicola will continue as treasurer, Barb Collins and Terri Iamurri will continue as co-secretaries.  Denny Baker will continue as V.P.  Denny nominated Tim Witherite as President, it was seconded by Barb and the motion was approved.  A big thanks to Karl Fry for all his hard work as president from all.

New Business:  It has been observed that there seems to be a lot of cars going to Immokalee Rd., turning east and then doing a u-turn at Valewood.  It was discussed that we will watch it for now and see if the county will need to intervene for safety.

Upcoming events:  Gayle Hahe was there to talk about our joint picnic scheduled for Saturday 2/21/09 at the North Naples Baptist Church from 5-7p.m.  E-mails will be sent and hope to have a great turnout.

Adjournment:  motion to adjourn at 8:08 from Barb seconded by Ron and motion passed.

Respectfully Submitted,

Barbara Collins, Secretary
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OAKES ESTATES ADVISORY, INC.
Board of Directors Meeting
Minutes from January 8, 2009
Directors present:  Karl Fry, Terri Iamurri, Barbara Collins, Ron Joeckel, Hiram Garcia, Tim Witherite, Jim Rice, Noah Standridge, John Nicola, Bob Walker and Denny Baker.

The meeting was called to order at 7:05 p.m. with a quorum present.

Approval of December Minutes:  Jim Rice made a motion to approve the minutes, Bob seconded and the motion was carried.

Treasurer's Report:  John Nicola reported that our member count was 101.  The balance in our checkbook 12/31/08 $7,513.70

Follow-up items from meeting with Commissioner Henning and Collier County Transportation executives:  Lisa has done the preliminary work on renderings for signs with information from sign companies on possible costs.  The size of the signs will be determined by the county depending on the location. Discussed that we are going for 6ft X 4ft and Lisa will try to get square foot quotes.

Signs are up for our new 35 MPH speed limits.  There will be further discussion on the design of the signs.

Update by Committees' Chair  Neighborhood park completed, Jim Rice thanked by all for all his hard work.

Other:  Community Yard Sale – January 23rd at the church  on the corner of Immokalee and Oakes Blvd., from 8 a.m. To noon.

Pot luck dinner- scheduled for Saturday February 21st from 5 to 7 p.m.  At the North Naples Baptist Church.  We will support the dinner , Jim made a motion to approve $500 for meat and drinks and Noah seconded and the motion was approved.

Annual Meeting and Annual Letter:  Denny will get  an updated list of neighborhood addresses to send out pamphlet with information concerning membership dues, neighborhood picnic, neighborhood picnic and dates for our Annual meeting to encourage all who can to attend.  Barbara will have pamphlet made by Kinko's who will send it out as soon as possible.     Terri made a motion to approve no more than $600 to get this accomplished and it was seconded by Tim and the motion was approved.

Adjournment:  Barb made a motion to adjourn and Ron seconded and the motion was carried at 8:12 p.m.

Respectfully Submitted,
Barbara Collins, Secretary

OAKES ESTATES ADVISORY, INC.
Board of Directors Meeting
Minutes from December 2, 2008
Directors present: Karl Fry. Terri Iamurri, Barbara Collins, Ron Joeckel, Hiram Garcia, Tim Witherite, Jim Rice and John Nicola. The meeting was called to order at 7:04 p.m. with a quorum present.

Approval of November Minutes: John Nicola made a motion to approve the minutes. Terry Iamurri seconded the motion and the motion was carried.

Treasurer's Report: John Nicola reported, we have a total of 98 members with a bank balance of $7,438.70

Update on meeting with Commissioner Henning and Norm Feder:1. Signs; we are to send renderings to the county officials for review. It was discussed that we would like to have three signs, one at the north end of Oakes Blvd, possibly in the proposed "pork chop" median at Autumn Oakes, one at the south end and the third at the corner of Spanish Oaks coming from Tarpon Bay.

2. Speed limit of 35; this is on the consent agenda the 16th of December and is felt that it will be approved at that time. It was discussed how we would alert the residents of the neighborhood of the immediate change.

3. Full 4-way intersection at Valewood-Immokalee and jog access to Oakes; The Northbrooke abridge is to be completed in December 2008. The light at Immokalee will be removed and median installed blocking westbound turns off Oakes in January 2009. The 1st Congregational Site Development plan (SDP) has been approved, but the Valewood intersection is still under design. It will be completed no earlier than July 2010. We will have at least 18 months where we exit west via Tarpon Bay Blvd.

4. No trucks over 5 tons on Oakes Blvd.

5. Traffic calming; there has been no new activity on the Standing Oaks PUD. Their commitment to us is to complete traffic calming within 6 months of SDP approval, which could be a year or more away. Karl will check with Ed Finn to see if any new changes.

6. Medians as a part of county improvements (Autumn, Spanish); No raised median is planned for Spanish Oaks where stripes are currently painted, but this may be discussed when the other traffic calming medians go in as part of the Standing Oaks PUD. The crosswalk at the neighborhood park is thanks to Collier County and Kite.

7. Timetables; Completion of the Northbrook Bridge 12/2008. Removal of the light at Oakes 01/2009

8. Extension of Vanderbilt road almost complete

9. Completion of Immokalee Road under I-75; earliest completion 9/09. It will be 8 lanes under the bridge to allow at least 3 lanes each way plus turn lanes onto I-75.

Updates of Committee's Chair:

a. Final update of Neighborhood Park. Open and being used
b. Children's safety & Community signage - table for now.

Planning for annual letter: Terry made a motion to authorize up to $100 dollars for updated neighborhood list to send out the annual letter. The motion was seconded by Barb and approved.

First Congregational Church: Conditional use approved; permit is in for the building and the old house has been torn down.

New Business: Planning for Officer replacement and establishment of a VP position as President-elect-How do we change bylaws? It was discussed that we would bring this issue to the annual meeting to propose the change and see if we get a 2/3 vote to pass.

A general discussion was held regarding alerting residents of the neighborhood of the change that is coming concerning the 35 mile per hour speed limit. No conclusion was reached.

Gayle Hahe visited the meeting from the North Naples Baptist Church where we have our meetings. We had discussion about our neighborhood potluck dinner that we would have at the church. It was decided that the date of Saturday, February20th from 5-7 p.m. The church is open to more involvement with their neighbors and gave us a list of activities that are scheduled, that included children's activities.

Adjournment: Barb Collins made a motion to adjourn and Tim Witherite seconded and the motion was carried at 8:12 p.m.

OAKES ESTATES ADVISORY, INC.
Board of Directors Meeting
Minutes from November 4, 2008
Directors present: Karl Fry, Terry Iamurri, Ron Joeckel, Barb Collins, Hiram Garcia, Noah Standridge, Tim Witherite, Jim Rice, and Denny Baker. Meeting was called to order at 7:05 p.m. With a quorum present.

Approval of October Minutes: Jim Rice made a motion to approve the minutes. Tim Witherite seconded the motion and the motion was carried.

Treasurer's Report: John Nicola called in his report to Denny Baker. Our balance is $7,363.70. Our membership is 97.

Update on signage: Bob Walker is designated as our contact to coordinate a meeting with the County. Volunteers to go to the proposed meeting are Bob, Peter Goodin, Tim, and Noah. The board desires to set this meeting up for mid-November with Commissioner Henning, Norm Feder and Nick Casalanguida from the County in attendance.Proposed agenda: 1. Signage 2. Where are we in our progress for traffic vision to reduce our speed limit and to re-classify Oakes Blvd. To residential 3. Completion date for the bridge at Northbrook 4. Traffic light at Valewood extension to Autumn Oaks 5. Completion date for Vanderbilt extension? 6. School bus stops (alternative transportation modes) The board will be notified by email once the meeting date is set.

Neighborhood Garage Sale: Motion to approve by Barb and seconded by Terry to have the sale January 24th, 2009. Sale to be at Faith Bible Church parking lot. It was discussed that an e-mail blast would be sent to our neighborhood list and an ad would be put in the paper.

Neighborhood Park: Report from Jim rice that the park is finished and an open party to the public will be November 6, 2008. The entire neighborhood is invited.

Community Signage & Children's Safety: It was discussed that approval of signage would have to be addressed to the county first and then ask the owners of Kaye Homes for possibility of putting sign there.

First Congregational Church: They have a meeting with the planning commission on November 18th and it is felt no presence is needed from OEA.

New Business: Planning for Officer replacement and establishment of a VP position as president-elect. Motion from Tim Witherite to amend bylaws to establish a president-elect to take the place of the elected president after one year, seconded by Noah. Motion voted and approved. It was discussed that the by laws need to be checked to see if law can be amended.

Our meeting was visited by Gale Hahe and before the meeting by Bill Coral who expressed the interest of First Baptist Church wanting to host a pot luck dinner for neighborhood. It was discussed that we may try to coordinate that into our annual neighborhood picnic. A February date will be picked at a later date. Bill Coral's phone # is 825-6864. They would like to open the facility to our community for more interaction. They are working on Kids movie nights; the first scheduled for December 5th and will contact our communications for an e-mail blast to be sent out concerning this. They will be hosting a Christmas open house the 13th and 14th.

Noah to apply for DOT enhancement funds for coyote traps.

Adjournment: Denny Baker made a motion to adjourn, Barb Collins seconded and motion carried at 8:12 p.m.

Respectfully submitted,
Barbara Collins, Secretary
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OAKES ESTATES ADVISORY, INC.
Board of Directors Meeting
Minutes from October 7, 2008
Directors present: Denny Baker, Terry Iamurri, Ron Joeckel, Hiram Garcia, Noah Standridge, Karl Fry, Tim Witherite, John Nicola and Jim Rice. Meeting was called to order at 7:05 p.m. with a quorum present.

Guest Speaker - Ray Erickson from Collier County Sheriff's Department: He spoke about our neighborhood watch and how any one can be involved. Our kids are a great resource for information. If we would like additional neighborhood watch street signs the cost is $25.00 per sign. Deputy Erickson spoke on houses that could be targeted for burglary due to location, easy entry (sliding doors), no dogs, no alarm on, etc. Our neighborhood sub station is the Golden Gate- District 2 at 4741 Golden Gate Pkwy., Phone (239) 455-3121.

Approval of September Minutes: Jim Rice made a motion to approve the minutes. John Nicola seconded the motion and the motion carried.

Treasurer's report: John Nicola reported our bank balance is $7,363.70.

Update on Oakes light removal: Bob Walker was not in town to give an update. Peter Goodin and Karl Fry offered to get with Nick Casalanguida the first part of November to see what the timeline maybe.

Neighborhood Garage Sale: Noah Standridge has gotten approval to have the garage sale at Faith Bible Church, date to be announced.

Neighborhood Park: Jim Rice reported the park is all done except for a sun shade. A dedication ceremony will be on Thursday, November 6th at 10:00 a.m. with Commissioner Henning and some festivities. Chuck Cannaday will need to put out an e-mail blast inviting the neighborhood prior to the event.

Community Signage and NN Fire Department: Tim Witherite reported that the Harrison house has been torn down. The new fire station will probably not be built for five years due to budget restraints. The fire department is looking to secure the property by putting in a berm or fencing. Tim reported the sign for Oakes Estates would have to put on an upcoming agenda to go in front of the North Naples Fire District Commission. Peter Goodin brought up with the widening of that intersection vehicles will stack up at the corner, giving poor visibility to our sign. He suggested we try to contact the (new) owner of Kay homes and see if they would consider letting us put the sign up there. The easement should be deeded back to the county under the pretense of traffic calming devise. Noah Standridge offered to look under public record for the current owner of the Kay homes property.

First Congregational Church and Autumn Oaks Lane: Roland (?) reported the Church has gone in front of the Planning Commission for the third time. The church will now go in front of the board of County Commissioners on November 18th. The easement for the Valewood connection is on their plans. It is Roland's understanding that this will not be done until 2010. The Oakes Advisory would like to have a representative at this meeting.

Adjournment: Karl Fry made a motion to adjourn, Jim Rice seconded at 8:19 p.m. and motion carried.

Respectfully submitted by,
Terry Iamurri
OAKES ESTATES ADVISORY, INC.
Board of Directors Meeting
Minutes from September 2, 2008
Directors present: Denny Baker, Tim Witherite, Noah Standridge, Bob Walker, Ron Joeckel, Hiram Garcia, Lisa Absher and Terry Iamurri. Meeting was called to order at 7:08p.m. with a quorum present.

Approval of August Minutes: Noah Standidge made a motion to approve the minutes. Terry Iamurri seconded the motion and the motion carried.

Treasurer's report: Terry Iamurri gave the balance of $7,163.70 for John Nicola who was on vacation.

Collier County LDC re Estates building setbacks: Plenty of community support and out cry, including state representative Matt Hudson speaking out about this possible change from 30' to 15' setbacks to the sides of our estate properties. The proposed change to the LDC was defeated at this time.

Oakes Blvd. light removal: Bob Walker contacted Commissioner Tom Henning regarding the light at Northbrook and Immokalee Road. The light at the this intersection will not be ready to run in all four directions until approximately early December because there has been a delay with construction of the bridge at Northbrook. This will delay the light removal at Oakes until that one is functioning. Bob Walker offered to work with Commissioner Henning regarding the light change and lowering the speed limit on Oakes Blvd.

Neighborhood Garage Sale: We would like to go forward with this venture. So our community can get out and mingle with one another and recycle each other wares in a fun and ecological fashion. Noah Standridge offered to contact Faith Bible Church to see if they would be able to accommodate us in either Jan. or Feb. 2009. Noah will contact Bob Walker if it can't be held at Faith Bible and Bob was asked to contact North Naples Baptist Church as a back up plan.

Neighborhood Park: Tim Witherite made the observation in Jim Rice's absents, that the Pavilion and dock have not been constructed as of yet. The rest of the park looks finished.

Children Safety: Jenny Bohaychyk and Lisa Absher have diagrams of benches they would like to see placed at the bus stops for the children awaiting buses. Lisa has not been able to contact the School board transportation department to get a map of the bus stops. Her available time is in the evening and has not had time during school hours to get this information. Noah Standridge offered to contact a school board member to get this information.

Community Signage: Lisa Absher has put the (2) signs out for bid and has not gotten a price yet. Prices are subject to change between bid and actual installation time.

North Naples Fire Department Property: Tim Witherite reported the fire department appears to be using the old Harrison house for fire drills. The board would like to be reassured that NNFD is still looking to put in a station house and not a training sight. Tim was asked to correspond with them on this matter along with mentioning we would like to use there easement to put a welcome to Oakes Estates sign on.

New Business: First Congregational Church will be going in front of the Planning Commission on September 18th. It was brought to the board's attention by a resident that this might be a good time to submit a letter from our advisory clarifying that we support access on to Autumn Oaks for this churches use but not for any future conditional use. Our purpose is to reinsure that Autumn Oaks does not become a commercial used road for access to other future commercial uses. The resident offered to draft the letter and let board edit as they need to and submit ASAP.

St. Monica's Kids against Hunger: Denny Baker read the flyer about this event being held on September 26th at St. Monica's from 9-11a.m.

Adjournment: Bob Walker made a motion to adjourn, Hiram Garcia seconded at 8:07 p.m. and motion carried.

Respectfully submitted by,
Terry Iamurri
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OAKES ESTATES ADVISORY, INC.
Board of Directors Meeting
Minutes from August 5, 2008
Directors present: Karl Fry, Denny Baker, John Nicola, Tim Witherite, Ron Joeckel, Jim Rice, Hiram Garcia, Noah Standridge and Terry Iamurri. Meeting was called to order at 7:08 p.m. with a quorum present.

Approval of June Minutes: Karl Fry ask that minutes be amended. Under the Standing Oaks PUD to reflect that he did not attend the County Planning meeting, but Noah Standridge did. Noah was negotiating in good faith (not the developer) with the CPC. Denny Baker made a motion to approve the minutes with the corrections and Tim Witherite seconded the motion and the motion carried.

Treasurer's Report: John Nicola reported that our bank balance is $7238.70. He gave an updated from the 300 postcards sent May 27th to home owners for membership renewal we have received 22 back with payment. This gives us a total of 85 memberships. John stated he looked into bank CD's for better interest on our money as requested by Denny Baker at the May meeting. He checked with seven different banks on six and twelve month CD's. Discussion developed that we will have some possible expenditures in the next month or so and to make our decision after that how much and how long we will put money into CD's for.

Proposed change to Collier County LDC re Estates building set back: The board was emailed last week by Karl Fry that Mark Strain notified him that a reduction in estates setbacks from 30' to 15' will be coming up in front of the CCLDC. By a show of hands two people on the board have written emails at this time to Mark Strain in opposition of this. Denny Baker made a motion that Karl Fry , as president, first write a letter stating that our Oakes Advisory Board officially oppose any reduction of setback to sides of our estate properties and secondly have a email blast sent to all residence to notify them of this. John Nicola seconded this motion, the motion carried unanimously.

Oakes light removal and speed reduction: Ron Joeckel reported he contacted Bob Tipton and Eugene Calvert regarding lowering the speed limit and getting trucks off Oakes Blvd. He was told the speed limit would not be reduced because of traffic counts, no or few accidents and average speed being 45mph or more that this is not being considered. Karl Fry offered to remind them that after the light comes out at Oakes and Immokalee we should be able to lower the speed limit then this will reclassify us from a collector road to residential status. Ron reported that dump trucks will not be able to use Oakes due to weight limits. This will be on Sept. agenda at the CCBC meeting.

Neighborhood Garage Sale: To be discussed next (Sept.) meeting.

Oakes Estates robberies: One of four home owners, beside the board, who attended was the victim of current robberies in our neighborhood. Her residence on Bur Oaks and another on the same morning on Standing Oaks were robbed between 7:30-11:30 a.m. She gave details of similarities between the two robberies. Both homes were entered through broken French or glass pane front doors, both had empty lots on both sides of the home thieves took numerous valuables, electronics, jewelry and money. Denny Baker made a motion to invite the sheriff's department back to our October meeting to speak to us about the robberies and crime prevention. He would also like to have an email blast put out to the residence about this meeting. Terry Iamurri seconded this motion, the motion unanimously passed.

Neighborhood Park: Jim Rice reported the county is planning a ribbon cutting for the new park for Friday, Oct. 17th. The opening is been pushed back due to the installation of the electronic crosswalk being put in by Kyte. The new neighborhood park will include 5 benches, a pavilion, slide, swings, nature trail, fishing/observation deck and water drainage.

New Business: Karl Fry offered to contact Jenny Bohaychyk and Lisa Absher to see if they are still interested in staying on the board. He offered to contact Commissioner Henning and Norm Feder regarding Logan, trucks and speed.

Karl Fry reported he spoke with John McGowan NN fire chief about the Harrison old residence and the consideration of us putting up one of our new welcome to Oakes Estates sign on the property right of way. He reported he will send out an email to all board members when he gets the details of the Fire Districts August meeting for atleast one of us to attend this meeting.

Jim Rice stated he got a quote from a licensed trapper to put out two coyote traps, one at the new neighborhood park the other to be determined, for $150.00. This will include leaving them up until two coyote are caught and the relocation of them in a preserve. Jim made a motion for the board to move forward with this action for the safety of neighborhood's domestic animals. Ron Joeckel seconded, the motion carried.

Tim Witherite offered to send thank you notes to the two contractors that worked on giving us free quotes on getting county water hooked up to our neighborhood.

Adjournment: Terry Iamurri made a motion to adjourn, Karl Fry seconded at 8:23 p.m. and motion carried.

Respectfully submitted by,
Terry Iamurri
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OAKES ESTATES ADVISORY, INC.
Board of Directors Meeting
Minutes from June 3, 2008
Directors present:  Karl Fry, Denny Baker, John Nicola, Tim Witherite, Bob Walker, Hiram Garcia, Jim Rice, Ron Joeckel.  Meeting was called to order at 7:10 with a quorum present.

Approval of May Minutes:  after Denny Baker reminded the board of the correction to the name of John to Nick Casalanguida.  John Nicola made a motion to approve the minutes as corrected and Ron Joeckel seconded the motion and the motion carried.

Treasurer’s Report:  John Nicola reported that our bank balance is $6,863.70.  Denny Baker suggested putting some of the monies in a CD.  John will research this and get back to the board at the next meeting.  John also stated that he had received six returned post cards back from the 300 plus that were mailed out to home owners for new membership or membership renewals.

Standing Oaks PUD Update:  Noah Standridge attended the County Planning Committee meeting on May 15th and stated that the developer had negotiated with our neighborhood in good faith.  There will be a County Commission meeting on Tuesday, June 24, 2008.  Volunteers, possibly Noah will attend and report back to the OEA Board at the next meeting.

Report on Oakes Blvd:  Light removal and County plans -  Bob Walker will reinvestigate the time frame for the 30% plan on Oakes/Immokalee which had been set for completion by the end of July and report on the completion date of the  proposed bridge and NorthBrooke/Valewood extensions.

Neighborhood Garage Sale Discussion:  Agenda item continued from the May meeting will be tabled until September.

Discussion of resident concern regarding noise and potential crime to residents residing at the end of Oakes Estates streets which is Logan Blvd:  Bob Walker recommended to notify the Commissioners office and Karl Fry will call to see if there is enough justification to find ways of deterring crime, such as planting bushes or placing some type of barriers to help eliminate this problem.

Update by Committees’ Chair:

a.   Neighborhood Park – Jim Rice reported that the park will be completed by the end of July.  It will include a slide, swings, pavilion, bicycle/walk path.  Fishing will be permitted, but the area to fish from is still to be decided on.

b.   Children’s Safety and Community signage - Karl will speak with Lisa Absher to see if she needs help in these projects.  A new member, Jenny Bohaychyk (  jennyp099@hotmail.com) volunteered to help and Tim Witherite made the motion and Ron Joeckel seconded to have Jenny Bohaychyk be authorized to work on these two committees and attend County meetings as deemed necessary.

New Business:  Karl suggested that a group set up a meeting with Commissioner Henning and Mr. Feder from DOT to lay out steps to take to reduce the speed limit on Oakes Blvd. and possibly reclassifying it as residential.

Discussion to suspend July or August meeting:   After discussion it was decided that July’s meeting be cancelled unless there is critical business that comes up.  Tim Witherite made the motion and Ron Joeckal seconded.  Motion carried

Adjournment:  Bob Walker made a motion to adjourn, Ron Joeckel seconded at 8:00 p.m. and motion carried.

Respectfully submitted by,

Celia Garcia
Temporary secretary
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OAKES ESTATES ADVISORY, INC.
Board of Directors Meeting
Minutes from May 5, 2008
Directors present: Karl Fry, Denny Baker, John Nicola, Tim Witherite, Bob Walker, Hiram Garcia, Jim Rice, Ron Joeckel and Terry Iamurri. Meeting called to order at7:03 p.m. with a quorum present.

Approval of April Minutes: John Nicola made a motion to approve the minutes and Jim Rice seconded the motion and the motion carried.

Treasurer’s Report: John Nicola reported that our bank balance is $6911.17. Our paid membership now totals 63.

Standing Oakes PUD: This PUD will go before the planning commission on Thursday, May 15th. Noah Standridge has offered to be the volunteer from Oakes Advisory to attend this meeting with the planning commission. The PUD is tentatively to go before the BBC on Tuesday, June 24, 2008.

Briefing on recent Transportation Department public meeting: The Northbrook Bridge will be a four way intersection. The light at Oakes Blvd. and Immokalee Road will be coming out this fall. This will have a right in and a right out only, starting July. The light at Autumn Oaks and Valewood Dr. will not be available for two more years, due to permitting. It was discussed that Norm Feder promised us with the light removal it would be just under a year for us to have a light at Valewood and Autumn Oaks. Bob Walker is to contact Norm Feder and John Casalanguida and discuss the two year wait with them.

Ron Joekel attended this meeting and brought a flyer back for Chuck Cannaday to post on the web page.

Neighborhood Garage Sale: This was brought up to see if there would be an interest in our community for this. It was discussed briefly and it seems favorable for Jan/ Feb. This topic will be tabled for another meeting.

Membership Postcards: Jim Rice made a motion for the Oakes Advisory to send out postcards to all residents to remind them to pay there $25.00 membership fee. Terry Iamurri seconded, the motion carried unanimously. Karl Fry suggested for John Nicola to design the postcard and let Karl review it before sending it out.

Neighborhood Park: Jim Rice reported everything is going well and the park will be done by July.

Community Water: Tim Witherite reported that impact fees per lot will be $3,500.00. Hook up to your property will run $15,000 and the hook up to your house will run between $2,000. and $5,000. Tim said Noah Standridge spoke with the county and was told an MSTU would have to be created and the total cost per resident will be between $20,500 and $23,500. per household including all design, construction, hookups, and impact fees. This project would take one to one and half years to complete. John Nicola made a motion to indefinitely table this topic and to post our preliminary findings on the website for all residents to see. Denny Baker seconded and the motion carried unanimously.

New Business: Bob Walker made a motion to get an email blast put out once the minutes are approved and get them posted on web right away so residents can view current events of the meeting. Ron Joeckel seconded and motion carried.

Adjourn: Jim Rice made a motion to adjourn, Ron Joeckel seconded at 8:01 p.m. and motion carried.

Respectfully Submitted by,
Terry Iamurri
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OAKES ESTATES ADVISORY, INC.
Board of Directors Meeting
Minutes from April 1, 2008
Directors Present: Denny Baker, Terry Iamurri, Bob Walker, Tim Witherite, Ron Joeckel, John Nicola, Hiram Garcia, Jim Rice and Noah Standridge. Meeting called to order at 7:10 p.m. with a quorum present.

Denny Baker called the meeting to order. Denny then asked if the Oakes signs were put up for this meeting. There was discussion of them not being put out. Then the discussion went to who picked them up last time. No one came forward. The consensus was the county must have picked them up. Jim Rice confess to a big April Fools and admitted he has the signs. We all laughed, Jim got us.

Approval of March Minutes: Denny Baker made a motion to approve the minutes and Jim Rice seconded and the motion carried.

Treasurer's Report: John Nicola reported that our bank balance is $6702.52. He collected $975.00 this month in dues and we now have 55 members paid. Denny suggested we might want to send out a postcard mailing to remind residence again about dues. It was shelved until next months meeting to be placed back on the agenda.

Standing Oakes PUD: Because our letters of support have gone out to the Planning Commission and Board of County Commissioners, Denny Baker reported that Karl Fry does not feel it mandatory for many of us to show up at the Thursday, April 17th Planning Commission meeting or the Tuesday, May 27th BBC meeting. Noah Standridge volunteered to make the meetings with Karl Fry in case of any changes the developer may present.

Pine Beetles: Noah Standridge reported that Fred Kauffman contacted him regarding the pine trees that are stressed by beetles in our neighborhood and what could be done besides cutting the infected trees down. Noah suggested a Fertilome product to be sprayed upon the trunks of the trees that are infected. However, the consensus was that even this may not solve the beetle problem and an completely effective solution is not known at this time.

Neighborhood Park: Jim Rice reported the county is waiting for approval of a minor permit to get the work started. May 1st is the date they are proposing to start the initial work and it should be completed in approximately 90 days. Jim Rice will contact Dick Schmidt regarding where the water shut off is before work begins.

Community Water: This is simply a fact finding mission at this time and we are trying to obtain as much information as possible, to next communicate with our residents, & to gauge interest in the board pursuing county water further. Tim Witherite reported he got rough estimates from two county approved companies to bring county water to our neighborhood. Q. Grady Minor and Associates estimated price per lot between $12,000 to $15,000 and WilsonMiller estimates the price per lot at $14,408. This would not include impact fees or the cost to run the line from the street to your house. Noah Standridge made a motion that Tim contacts the county utilities to see that it is feasible for us to get water and to get the financial aspects of what kind of amortization would be implemented. Jim Rice seconded and motion carried with Ron Joeckel against.

New Business: Roland from First Congregational Church said they are waiting for Grady Minor to resubmit plans to the county. The county indicated that because of the stacking requirements, the church would not have an ingress/egress point along the new Valewood Extension. Preliminary drawings indicated that the only ingress/egress points will be along Autumn Oaks Lane.

Adjourn: Tim Witherite made a motion to adjourn, Bob Walker seconded at 8:00 p.m. and the motion carried.

Respectfully Submitted by,
Terry Iamurri
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OAKES ESTATES ADVISORY, INC.
Board of Directors Meeting
Minutes from March 3, 2008
Directors Present: Karl Fry, Denny Baker, John Nicola, Terri Iamurri, Barb Collins, Bob Walker, Tim Witherite, Jim Rice, Noah Standridge, Ron Joeckel, and Lisa Absher.

7:05 p.m. Meeting called to order. 33 people including board members present for the annual meeting.

Approval of Minutes: Jim made a motion and seconded by Bob to approve the February minutes and the motion was carried.

Treasurer's report: Amount in the checkbook totaled $6,316.10 again, but will have subtractions to cover the annual meeting mailings. We expect to add to it again with the addition of annual dues that will be coming in.

Current Issues:1. Standing Oaks PUD, nothing new. Reviewed pictures of proposed medians on Oakes Blvd for traffic calming. Medians will be landscaped
2. Valewood Light - removal of the light at Oakes Blvd. around July. Waiting for the rezoning of the church property off Autumn Oaks which is going slow and probably will be a year from July before new light and opening at Valewood Drive. To turn west on to Immokalee the residents of Oakes Estates will have to access from the light at Target.
3. Neighborhood Park. Initial work and talk started four years ago with an initial budget of $250,000. The work was discontinued because of $60,000 shortfall of funds.
Introduction of Commissioner Henning
Commissioner Henning was contacted concerning the lack of funding for our neighborhood park. With his help we have now been approved the additional $60,000 we need to finalize, complete with a shelter, path and trash cans.

Commissioner Henning asked if when dealing with the permitting agency with the local government, would we pay an extra 10% to get permits done in a quarter of the time or an extra 20% to get the permits done in one half of the time. The answer was yes unanimously. We were asked our opinion of a possible pier into the gulf at Vanderbilt Road for fishing, recreation, and educational opportunities at the north end of town. It was discussed that there might not be enough parking for that kind of project and it might be something that could bring more crime to the area. It decided that more study should be done before jumping into a decision. Vanderbilt Road project is coming along well and is projected to be finished in late 2008 or early 2009. Discussed that the changes on Immokalee and Oakes Blvd will bring us closer to get residential zoning and 35 mile per hour speed limit. It was asked if it would be possible in the future for Golden Gate acreage forever be zoned rural. Commissioner Henning did not foresee any changes to that.

Karl brought to our attention that commissioner Henning will be running for re-election this year and has worked very hard for us as a partner since he has been in office and that we would support him again.

North Naples Fire Department: We need to communicate with them about our traffic calming plans, including medians.

Questions From Residents:
Asked to see proposed medians for Oakes Blvd. We are proposing 7 altogether and the plans were shown to all. Most agree that the plans as shown will add to the property values in our neighborhoods. The proposed plans for Standing Oaks PUD were also shown to everyone and discussed. There is no notice as to when it is going to the planning commission. It is felt that we have at least 2-3 years before any actual work will take place.

Children's Safety: nothing new at this time

Community Signage: discussion about getting an easement from the church on the northwest side of Oakes Blvd, and the proposed fire station on the southwest side of Oakes Blvd for the possible community signs. They would add to the community and further our objective of obtaining traffic calming on Oakes Blvd.

New Business: Fatima Karagoz and Hiram Garcia were nominated for admission to the board and the motion was made by Bob and seconded by Tim and the vote was unanimous, making our members 13.

Motion to adjourn at 8:47 pm by Barb and seconded by Jim and the motion carried

Respectfully,
Barbara Collins, Secretary
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OAKES ESTATES ADVISORY, INC.
Board of Directors Meeting
Minutes from February 5, 2008
Directors Present: Karl Fry, Barb Collins, Tim Witherite, Ron Joeckel, Bob Walker, Denny Baker, Terri Iamurri, John Nicola, and Jim Rice.

7:03 meeting called to order by Vice President Denny Baker, with a quorum present. President Karl Fry was delayed and arrived in time for the second half of the meeting.

Approval of agenda: Denny made a motion to approve the proposed agenda with the addition of an update on the light on Oakes from Bob Walker. Motion was seconded by Barb and carried.

Approval of January minutes: Jim made a motion and seconded by Denny to approve the January minutes and the motion was carried

Treasurers Report: Was phoned to Denny from John that the amount was the same as last month $6,316.10

Neighborhood Park: Karl contacted Commissioner Henning about the $60,000+ needed to finish the project and our commissioner researched and identified a possible source of funds from the Del Sol park which is not being built. Additional funds are needed to provide basic neighborhood park requirements such as a shelter, garbage cans, playground equipment, etc. It was discussed that the crosswalk and flashing lights on Spanish Oaks Lane at the park would further our goal for traffic calming.

Children's safety: Lisa and Vinney were not present to provide an update.

Standing Oakes PUD: After several board members read revised PUD documents and confirmed that all our requests were honored by the developer, our formal letter of support was approved by the board members, to be forwarded to Ed Finn of Allen Concrete within the next 24 hours. The next step is to send this to the planning commissioners and county commissioners prior to each body's hearing of this re-zoning request.

Community Water: Tim Witherite is still waiting to talk to a contact at Wilson Miller for a final update as to how much it might cost the homeowners to bring county water (not sewer) to Oakes Estates. He discussed the cost with someone from Standing Oakes PUD and was told the price was going to be very high. They will have to tap into water off Vanderbilt, down the bike path. It is likely that prohibitive cost will make this a dead issue.

Logan Blvd: Karl spoke to Tim Nance about our concerns to keep the streets closed at the east end to Logan Blvd. Even successfully changing the long-range plan is no guarantee that future county leaders will not re-open the issue, although there would be little benefit from connecting any of our streets. We as a group will have to be ever vigilant to do as we have done in the past to fight against any attempts to connect our lanes to Logan Blvd.

Status and Schedule of Traffic light changes at Northrooke, Oakes, and Valewood: Bob Walker called Mike Green in the Transportation Department at the county for update on the light situation at Northbrooke Drive, which is a precursor to removal of the lights at Oakes Blvd. They are waiting for permits that should be done in two weeks. There is a request from Northbrooke retail center to start bridge widening after Easter. The plan is to move the Oakes Blvd light to Valewood in July but are not expected to have the jog from Immokalee Rd to Autumn Oaks to Oakes Blvd until mid 2009.

The church property has not been rezoned yet. There are plans showing entrance and exits to the church, one each from Autumn Oaks and Valewood Drive. Motion to approve the preliminary plans that Bob Walker will be working on to build the church from Jim Rice and seconded by Karl. The plans will be given to Chuck and sent by e-mail to all on the Oakes e-mail list. Discussion of getting speed limit to 35 will come sometime after the removal of the light at Oakes Blvd.

Annual letter: The changes to the annual letter were read by Denny and a motion to approve by Bob and seconded by Jim and approved to send out the letter to all we can on our current mailing list. We had a motion from John and seconded by Denny to approve up to $400 for mailing the annual letter. Barb will go to Kinkos and get them sent out.

Adjournment: Motion to adjourn at 8:12 by Denny and seconded by Barb and the motion carried.

Respectfully Submitted,
Barbara Collins, Secretary
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OAKES ESTATES ADVISORY, INC.
Board of Directors Meeting
Minutes from January 8, 2008
Directors Present: Karl Fry, Barb Collins, Tim Witherite, Denny Baker, Jim Rice, Bob Walker, Ron Joeckel, Lisa Absher, Noah Standridge, and John Nicola. 7:06 meeting called to order, with a quorum present.

Approval of agenda: John made a motion to approve the proposed agenda and Jim seconded and the motion carried.

Approval of December Minutes: Jim made a motion to approve December minutes and seconded by Denny and the motion carried.

Treasurers Report: John Nicola reported the balance is $6,316.10

Standing Oakes PUD: There were some revisions from John Nicola and Denny Baker and the letter was read and explained. It was decided that a letter of support to be addressed to the Collier County Planning Commission will not be sent until the PUD document showing drawings and information is sent to us to preview. The letter was discussed and the wording changes for everyone to agree on. Motion to approve changes in the letter by Barb seconded by John and the motion carried.The light at Oakes will come out in April and only an eastbound turn will be available from Oakes Blvd. Traveling westbound on Immokalee, a left turn will remain available south onto Tarpon Bay Blvd. It might take a year and a half for the "jog" to be completed from Oakes Blvd to the Valewood Drive traffic light via Autumn Oaks.

Neighborhood Park: Is in the bidding process, contractors coming back with higher bids than we have money in the budget. They will re-bid in hopes cost will come down. Permits have been acquired. We will have a full updated report next month. Noah will report on the language and limitations of the budget. OEA is to provide $250K limitation language from the parks policy to Commissioner Henning, to assist him as he looks for additional funds to complete our park.

Children's Safety: There has been no new communication since November. There will be a further information gathering coming. There are new people at the transportation department, David Bucheit will be contacted, concerning traffic calming - a child safety measure.

Community Water: Update from Tim and Denny - Jeff Wilson form Wilson, & Miller will look at cost of bringing water to Oakes Estates residents. They will contact the company bringing water to the Standing Oaks PUD.

New Business: We did not collect membership fees for 2007 and it was discussed that fees will be reinstated as communicated in the annual letter for 2008. The fees are $25.00. Karl to meet with Tim Nance to work on the ongoing concern of keeping streets closed going east towards Logan Blvd. There is concern with future changes in county personnel that we need to keep remain vigilant in ensuring that none of our lanes are connected to Logan Blvd. Bob Walker will call transportation to see when the actual opening to Valewood Drive from Autumn Oaks will occur.

Adjournment: Motion to adjourn at 8:34 p.m. By Barb and seconded by Jim and motion carried.

Respectfully Submitted,
Barbara Collins, Secretary

OAKES ESTATES ADVISORY, INC.
Board of Directors Meeting
Minutes from August 7, 2007
Directors Present; Karl Fry, Lisa Absher, Terry Iamurri, Denny Baker, Jim Rice, John Nicola, Ron Joeckel, Vinnie Panipinto, and Tim Witherite, Meeting called to order at 6:59 p.m. with a quorum present.

Karl Fry asked the new board to give a self introduction of their office followed by attending residence to introduce themselves.

Approval of the agenda: Lisa Absher made a motion to approve the agenda, Tim Witherite seconded and the motion carried. The approved agenda is included with these minutes.

Approval of July 10, 2007 minutes: John Nicola made a motion to approve, Jim Rice seconded. Discussion took place that minutes will be posted by email to all directors for amending and the final version will be accepted unless there is conflict. When final version is approved, then Karl Fry (President) can have Chuck Cannaday (Webmaster) post them on the OEA website. This saves time at meeting. The motion carried.

Treasurer's Report: John Nicola reported the bank balance is $6,364.94 after a couple of expense reimbursements. We have gained some new members with no membership dues paid due to the board approved waiving of 2007 membership dues. .

Neighborhood Park: Jim Rice reported that we will be gaining a sidewalk on the south (park) side as improvement. The plan called for removal of existing hedge and irrigation. Jim brought it to the County's attention. The sidewalk will now be to the inside of the hedge and irrigation will be retained.

Children's Safety committee: Lisa Absher reported she would steer this committee if she had some people interested in helping her. She would like to investigate sitting areas for children waiting for their buses, a bike path for the east side of Oakes Blvd., possible crosswalks and other safety issues. Vinnie Panipin offered to help after request from the floor for volunteers.

Standing Oakes PUD: Noah Standridge has been working on neighboring concerns of this PUD. Karl Fry reported that Noah was at the meeting with the developers. Noah discussed that nothing was noted in there plans regarding height on the east side of the development. It is now written that the median roof height will be 35'. A buffer of vegetation will be between the development and the neighbors. Sufficient landscaping will be added to a neighbor bordering the entrance, where the development entrance will have a bit of a jog in the road. Karl Fry reported that Peter Goodin and he worked toward traffic calming with the developers. It was discussed that the developers were looking to put in two left turn lanes to the east of the development; they might not be that useful. Ed Fynn commented that the budget might be able to be modified to incorporate putting the small modified medians ( Rob Corbitt's plan) with painted lines leading up to them instead. Pricing estimates to do the medians will be investigated by the developer. Karl and Peter also requested they put our neighborhood entry signs in their plans presented to the Collier County Planning Commission in November and presented to the Board of County Commissioners in January 2008. A note was made that 7acres of this PUD was sold to the County Transportation Department for a water retention area.

Embarq Site: Denny Baker reported that we have just received a reimbursement check for $1,542.30 from Embarq payable to Driftwood Nursery. We will now send that check to pay Driftwood Nursery for there installation of the plantings. He also made note that Embarq employees worked on the boxes for days after the installation. They broke and dug up at least one plant, but all has been trimmed and replanted again, one plant has died and others have suffered broken limbs as a result of the Embarq work to install their equipment subsequent to the plantings.

Old Business

Picnic: Lisa Absher reported she reserved the large pavilion at the Vineyards Park for Sunday Nov. 4th. Lisa made a motion to pay the deposit for the pavilion if this was the day we wanted it. It was seconded by Ron Joeckel, the motion carried.

New Committee: Denny Baker brought up appointing a new committee to look into the possibilities of getting county water for our neighborhood that may also provide water hydrants that would reduce our home owners insurance. Vinnie Panipinto made a motion to look into gathering information to bring back to the board for them to review and disseminate that info to our general neighborhood once completed. Tim Witherite volunteered to work with Denny on this project. Terry Iamurri seconded, motion carried with one dissenting vote by Ron Joeckel,

Karl Fry discussed the strategic overview of how all our committee initiatives are interrelated to one of our main Association missions to reduce traffic on Oakes Boulevard and to eventually have Oakes Boulevard reclassified from a "collector road" to a "neighborhood road" by our County Transportation Department. There was a consensus of understanding and agreement by the Board and Directors.

Adjourn meeting at 8:12 p.m. motioned by John Nicola, seconded by Jim Rice, motion approved.

OAKES ESTATES ADVISORY, INC.
Board of Directors Meeting
Minutes from July 10, 2007
Directors Present: Lisa Absher, Peter Goodin, John Nicola, Denny Baker, Jim Rice, Noah Standridge and Terry Iamurri, meeting called to order at 7:08 p.m. with a quorum present.

Treasurer's Report: John Nicola reported that our bank balance is $7130.60. We have gained a few new members by for going membership dues.

Secretary's Report: Terry Iamurri read the June minutes, Peter Goodin motioned to approve, Jim Rice seconded, motion carried.

Neighborhood Park: Jim Rice reported something might be happening in a couple of weeks.

Embarq Box (Oakes & English Oaks): Denny Baker and Tim Witherite reported that check for the planting is forthcoming. Planting will happen when we start to get a normal rain pattern.

Annual Newsletter: Lisa Absher reported the news letter was a little late getting out because the new mailing list had incomplete information. Correcting the mailing list for future reference may possibly take two to three hours to do so. Peter Goodin suggested buying a new list yearly. Keeping the disc Lisa has made as a reference.

Standing Oaks PUD: Peter Goodin reported that Mark Strain, head of the planning commission, suggested we do not go with the landscape medians for Oakes calming. The cost of the medians will cost approximately 1.1 million and the residents will have to pay for maintaining them. David Buchheit, from traffic calming, suggested we go with stamped, color dyed asphalt, because it's more effective than landscaping in his professional opinion. Two single courses of pavers can be inserted to look like a crosswalk at the north and south edges of each intersection. His studies have shown this type of traffic calming can slow traffic by 5-6 mph. Peter brought sample sheets of colored dyed asphalt for all to see, they were passed around. There was a question raised by Lisa Absher regarding the life of the product with truck traffic, cost of maintenance, and who would bear the financial burden for that maintenance. It was decided that the board would try to get these questions answered for a future meeting. It was also suggested if we want Oakes Blvd signs we will have design and pay for them and we can request for them to put in the right-of-way.Noah Standridge made a motion to look into traffic calming design with Rich Yvonvich(?) before our next meeting. Denny Baker seconded and motion passed unanimously. Noah, Peter and Ron Joeckel said they would get together to arrange the meeting with Rich.

Oakes Residence Picnic: Lisa Absher reported she has reserved the 2nd pavilion at the Vineyards Park for Sat. Nov. 3rd, because the large one was already taken. With a show of hands we agreed to move the picnic day to Sunday, Nov. 4th because the availability of the large pavilion being available at the Vineyards Park would be desired. Noah Standridge and Tim Witherite are working on this event together and welcome anyone who would like to get involved.

Board of Director Nominations/Elections: All attendees present participated in electing the new slate of directors: Lisa Absher, John Nicola, Denny Baker, Jim Rice, Noah Standridge, Chuck Cannaday, Barbra Collins, Terry Iamurri, Karl Fry, Bob Walker, Ron Joeckel, Vinnie Panipinto and Tim Witherite.

Adjourn meeting at 7:57 p.m. motioned by Peter Goodin and seconded by John Nicola, motioned approved.

Following adjournment the new board nominated and voted to elect the following officers: Karl Fry - President, Denny Baker-Vice president, John Nicola-Treasurer, Terry Iamurri-Secretary and balance directors

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OAKES ESTATES ADVISORY, INC.
Board of Directors Meeting
Minutes from June 12, 2007
Directors Present: Lisa Absher, Peter Goodin, John, Nicola, Denny Baker, Jim Rice, and Terry Iamurri, meeting called to order at 7:10 p.m. with a quorum present.

Secretary's Minutes from May were approved by email. Lisa Absher said she would check with Chuck Cannaday to see if they got posted on the website.

Treasurer's Report: John Nicola reported nothing has changed, due to our waiving of dues for this year. Our balance remains at $7205.60

Old Business:

Annual Newsletter: Lisa Absher has drafted the newsletter to go out to all the residence of our community. She has asked that the entire board review and make any edits by Wednesday night. She will have it copied and in the mail on Thursday (14th) to our home owners.

Neighborhood Park: Jim Rice reported the design for the park is 99% complete. CDES permit application on 5/07 was rejected. Parks will re-submit a third application as soon as they receive revised plans from the consultant. SFWMD permit was also rejected, they will be re-submitting for the third time, too. Transportation will do the design for the crosswalk. Parks and Recreation will incorporate crosswalk location on the master plan and will install curb cuts during construction of SOL sidewalk. The developer for Target project will install the proposed crosswalk. This information came from Vicky Ahmad project manager with CCPR department.

Standing Oaks PUD: Peter Goodin ( Peter will summarize from his notes)

Embarq Box at Oakes and English Oaks: Denny Baker and Tim (?) both reported planting of landscape is on schedule between the end of June and the beginning of July.

First Congregational Church: Tim reported CCBC voted 5-0 approving the church. He reported they will before the county planning staff on Thursday. Then they will need approval of Golden Gate Estates Plans for conditional use.

New Business:

Nominations and Elections: Lisa Absher suggested that because so many people could be away on vacation or it's just a hardship to make the meeting we could make it easier to vote if we took votes by proxy. She would welcome them by email or written. Denny suggested the new elected board form a sub-committee to look into getting county water (not septic) for our Oakes Estates residences. The sub-committee could report back with what options we might have expenses and so on. Suggested time to form this committee would be August.

Oakes Canal: Peter Goodin informed us that South Water Management cleaned pipes for better drainage and moved the weir from the Vanderbilt area further down (north) for better flow.

Oakes Picnic- Picnic date was set for Nov. 3rd. Lisa Absher said she would check on reserving the large pavilion at the Vineyards Park for this event.

Adjourn meeting at 7:45 (?) motioned by Peter Gooodin and seconded by Jim Rice.

Respectfully submitted by;
Terry Iamurri
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OAKES ESTATES ADVISORY, INC.
Board of Directors Meeting
Minutes from April 3, 2007
Directors present: Peter Goodin, Barb Collins, Terry Iamurri, Chuck Cannaday, Denny Baker, Jim Rice, Bob Walker, and Rob Corbett.Meeting called to order at 7:04 p.m. with a quorum present.

Motion to approve March minutes by Bob and seconded by Chuck and approved.

Treasurer’s Report: was sent to board via e-mail yesterday from John who could not attend. Current cash balance as of 4/2/07 is $7,191.85. It was also reported that since we have not yet sent out the mailing reminder, membership is very low at this time. He stated he would provide an update at a later date.

Neighborhood Watch: Also as reported by John. We had our meeting with Cprl. Ray Erickson on 3/20 and it was a very productive meeting. Cprl. Erickson provided us with numerous ideas on how to secure our homes, our vehicles, our neighborhood and most importantly, ourselves. Cprl. Erickson ill be more than happy to come to one of our meetings, in the future to introduce the Neighborhood Watch Committee and summarize the program for everyone. I am hoping to tie his introduction meeting into our annual meeting for maximum exposure. The meeting as a tremendous success and I hope to have highlights and additional information to me (John) posted on our website soon.

Neighborhood Park: Jim reported that it is on hold for another month. It is back in the process to get approval again. Need 30 to 60 days for an environmental impact report. The boundaries are now smaller. Tony Roberto is now our contact person. The county will continue to maintain the property, mowing, etc. Eric Strickland from Kite development at Target has stated they will contribute $5,000 dollars for a crosswalk and a flashing light.

General Information: There have been two incidents of burglary in the Oakes area. We also have heard of a couple of instances of dog attacks. It was discussed and Denny made a motion and seconded by Karl ( did this get accepted?) to have e-mail blast to all on list to give neighborhood information pertaining to safety to all.

Traffic Calming: Three public safety committees to review traffic calming. It was stated that they hated the idea of Chicanes. At this point Oakes stays open. Bob Walker spoke With Chris Allen the developer from Standing Oaks PUD to see what they would be willing to do for any traffic calming.

New Business: There was mention of future four lanes on Oakes again even though we were told it was not on the twenty five year plan not long ago. Rumors of connecting our streets to Logan at this time not true. Logan and Immokalee proposed light deadline now moved to the 10th. Should be open temporarily for the landscapers to leave on. Meeting on 3/14/07 with Lisa, Peter, Bob, Karl John, and Noah with commissioner Henning and Mike Green, about moving the light to Valewood has been moved to June or July 2008 after Tarpon Bay restrictions removed. The reclassifying of Oakes to get traffic calming hinges on the light changes. Motion from Karl, seconded by Chuck, and approved to send a letter, from our board members to commissioner Henning and Norm Feeder to have that eventually happen.

It was discussed that the Standing Oakes PUD will have two center left turn lanes from two streets for access.
Ken and Carol Carter on Oakes Blvd. planted beautiful landscaping in front of the sidewalk near the street and have been told by the county that it has to be removed. Mitch Reilly, from county stated they did not have right ow way permit. The board decided to table the problem until the next meeting.

It was discussed that the signs that we have talked about getting at both ends of Oakes which would welcome everyone to Oakes Estates will not be done.

8:11p.m. Denny motioned to adjourn meeting seconded by Barb and approved.

Respectfully Submitted,
Barbara Collins

OAKES ESTATES ADVISORY, INC.
Board of Directors Meeting
Minutes from March 6, 2007
Directors Present: Lisa Absher, Peter Goodin, John Nicola, Denny Baker, Jim Rice, Bob Walker, Noah Standridge and Terry Iamurri, meeting called to order at 7:04 p.m. with a quorum present.

Secretary’s report from Feb. approved.

Treasurer’s Report: John Nicola reported five deposits were made for a total of $125.00. Our current bank balance is $7481.25 after payment was made for the Oakes Blvd. plan fro $750.00.

Neighborhood Park: Jim Rice reported that the landscape plan and curbs for the park have been rejected. Any traffic calming will get postponed. He feels the longer it takes to develop the park, the less features or amenities we will get for the funds that have been set aside for the park.

Target update: Bob Walker said there is no update. They are still looking to open in August. Peter Goodin brought up we need to get with them about $5000. Target budgeted to build a crosswalk at Spanish Oaks.

Embarq: Peter Gooding believes they are still considering what kind of native plant they will use around the transformer and most likely won’t plant until June or July to get them established with our summer rains.

Church access Valewood Drive: Bob Walker spoke with Nolan and the church plans were rejected by growth management plan. Oakes advisory has given their approval of this church in a letter.

Standing Oaks PUD report: Peter Goodin, Noah Standridge, Lisa Absher and Bob Walker attended a follow up meeting 3/2/07 at Collier County Transportation Department as a result of the PUD neighborhood meeting held on 2/22/07. We met with representatives from RWA, Transportation, Traffic Calming, and the Developer. The meeting was to discuss the developers plans in more detail and transportation issues regarding Oakes Blvd.; including a timeline for transportation and traffic calming issues. The main point the members in attendance agreed upon as a result of the meeting "was a need to define the traffic calming for this project as well as access to our bike path before the quickly before the developer puts in new plan before the planning department next month". The traffic calming features from the developer were presented showing two entrances each with painted lines as turning medians and crosswalks at the intersections (as also presented in the PUD neighborhood meeting 2/22). Lisa Absher suggested using the drawings presented to developer from the Oakes advisory drawings (drawn by Rob Corbett and presented to the Developer prior to the neighborhood PUD meeting) and approved in our meetings previously as our position, that plan included thin short landscaped medians between avenues to slow traffic and landscape to keep a more rural visual appeal to the neighborhood. There was mention that these raised landscaped medians may cause a problem due to numerous driveways at each intersection. There was a suggestion by Mike Green to use 12” high speed tables at each street intersection as an alternative. Lisa questioned why the raised planted medians even if smaller couldn't be located midway between the avenues to correct the issue of multiple driveways at intersections if the medians were for traffic calming (visual interruption) not turning? There was also a question raised by traffic of the cross walks, since no sidewalks existed on the east side of Oakes, what would the crosswalks connect to? It seems we left with more questions than answers. But we all agreed the main problem seemed to be the timeline. The developers hope to submit their plans next month and it will need to include improvements at these intersections. But, additional traffic studies will not be completed until after Immokalee/Northbrooke(target) widening in 2007, Logan Blvd.&Vanderbilt Beach widening in 2008 and the possible light removal of Immokalee/Oakes in 2007-2008. Also not included in this study but should be mentioned is a possible light at Valewood in 2010. Lisa reminded the developers that this PUD development has a direct traffic impact to our "entire" neighborhood in that it can only be exited and entered through our "side residential" streets and then onto Oakes impacting our entire neighborhood and our only exit and entrance to our homes. Traffic mentioned that we may see drastic reductions in traffic when Vanderbilt and Logan are completed from cut through traffic. But we that it would only be replaced with more traffic from Target, hundreds of new homes in the PUD development, Vanderbilt/Vineyard traffic from the east to get to Target and Tarpon's traffic needing alternate access when the narrow Tarpon Blvd. gets too backed up from Target. There were some concerns overall from Bob Walker who offered to set up a meeting with commissioner Tom Henning and the planning department within the next 7-10 days to meet with us. Jim Rice made a motion for Bob to do that, it was seconded by Denny Baker and unanimous passed. Peter Goodin reminded us that we are still trying to get Oakes Blvd. reclassified as a residential road and our traffic calming is tied to it. It was also mentioned by Noah Standridge in tonight's meeting, that a strong showing of residents and a unified position regarding the PUD in the planning meeting would position of concerns more strongly in front of the planning department.

Immokalee extension removal of Oakes light: This will be a right in on Oakes Blvd. and a right out only when our light is removed. Lisa Absher reported that Don Scott was unsure of any plan for access from Autumn Oaks to Valewood for our neighborhood. If that intersection would be open it would not be open until 2010. Denny Baker suggested if this intersection at Valewood becomes a reality he would like to see a dedicated right turn only, along with the dedicated left turn lane.

Quarterly News Letter: Lisa Absher will have it ready to mail by Friday. It will include a list of current directors on the board and nominations of people who would like to be considered for the board. Elections will take place at the May meeting. Denny Baker offered to get a revised mailing list of the residence to Lisa. Lisa also suggested posting the annual meeting in the Collier Citizen with a press release and it was approved with no cost associated with the press release.

Neighborhood Watch Committee: John Nicola reported that Ray Ericson from the sheriffs has been assigned to give those that have signed up and any that are interested are welcome to join the training program. The dates for the training sessions will be Tues. March 20th and Tues., March 27th at North Naples Baptist Church from 7-9 p.m.

Adjourn meeting at 8:20 p.m.

Respectfully submitted,
Terry Iamurri.
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OAKES ESTATES ADVISORY, INC.
Board of Directors Meeting
Minutes February 6, 2007 Minutes
Directors Present: Lisa Absher, Jim Rice, Bob Walker, Rob Corbett, John Nicola, Chuck Cannaday, Terry Iamurri, Noah Standridge, and Barbara Collins. Meeting called to order at 7:05 p.m. with a quorum present.

Minutes are up to date, motion to approve by Barb seconded by Chuck and approved.

Treasurer’s Report: Current bank balance $8,106.25. We have collected $175.00 to date this year.

Neighborhood Park: Jim Rice reported that the permits should be done by the end of the month, then will start the bidding process. Tony Roberto is in charge of that project. It was suggested to ask Peter Goodin to ask for a speed bump on Spanish Oaks as it approaches Oakes, for traffic calming.

Old Business:Traffic Calming project: Peter Goodin was unable to make the meeting for an update.

Logan extension: Update - the Conservancy protested the extension of GL Homes P.U.D. which would make GL Homes unable to finish the extension. That will not happen and the extension work continues. The traffic light has been delayed for WLM entrance to exit on Logan. Hidden Oaks entrance closing delayed until February. Bob Walker will look into that projected date for completion and when it is now scheduled to happen.

Target update: no report available

Embarq: Denny Baker has been in contact with Embarq and was told that they will take care of landscaping the transformers at the south end of Oakes.

First Congregational Church of Naples: Has not been approached by county to access Valewood Drive from Autumn Oaks. This may affect the possible light removal on Oakes and Immokalee. It was suggested that maybe Peter can question the county as to what the plans are.

Standing Oaks P U D: Noah Standridge talked about the Standing Oaks PUD. The developers are planning to keep the buildings one story next to neighbors and multi story facing I-75 and also planning landscaping buffers. Noah brought in illustrations from the developer to show elevations and plans. The developers and county are holding a neighborhood info meeting planned for February 22nd. There was discussion that we should let the developer know of our wants as a community. Chuck motioned to accept Robs plan "the plan" to be submitted to the neighborhood info committee before they officially met, that motion was seconded by Bob, accepted and approved. "The plans" were shown at several Oakes Advisory meeting throughout the year as options for traffic calming on Oakes Blvd. as a result of this new development. (See Plans Here)

New Business: New officers need to be considered for the next two years. Several board positions will become available or are up for renewal in March 2007. Lisa Absher - president, Peter Goodin - vice president, (he has asked to step down after this term), Rob Corbett - director (may not be available to continue next year), John Nicola - treasurer (willing to stay on as treasurer), Barbara Collins/Terry Iamurri - secretaries (willing to continue to share responsibilities as last year), Denny Baker - director, Chuck Cannaday - director, Jim Rice - director, and Bob Walker - director. Possible new or returning board members have expressed interest for consideration. Karl Fry (past president) interested in any board position available. Tim Witherite also expressed interest for consideration for board position.

Next meeting: Oakes Advisory annual meeting.

Website: Motion from Chuck and seconded by Barb for a flash link on the monthly newsletter to visit the website sponsors.

Possible south end of Oakes Fire station: Plans are moving along for the fire station at the southwest end of Oakes Blvd, through existing county channels of approval.

Neighborhood watch: At least 4 will go through the training. Working on getting the dates together to let the Sheriffs department know and plan the training sessions.

Adjourn meeting at 8:10 p.m. motioned by Bob Walker and seconded by Barb Collins

Respectfully submitted, Barbara Collins
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OAKES ESTATES ADVISORY, INC.
Board of Directors Meeting
Minutes January 2007 Minutes

Meeting held off church site due to locked facility. Meeting moved to 1921 Oakes Blvd. and called to order at 7:25.

Board Members present: Lisa Absher, Denny Baker, Peter Goodin, Noah Standridge, and Rob Corbett

Treasurer’s Report:  N/A

Secretary’s Report: Secretary not present.

Lisa Absher presented December minutes for approval and posting on web. Board approved Dec 2006 Minutes.

Old Business

Fire Station/LDC amendment: A copy of the LCD amendment that was presented at the BCC meeting in December was distributed at the meeting for review. It was noted that Residents within 1000 ft of proposed Fire House have been notified. The amendment was voted down 3-2 at last BCC meeting it needed a super Majority of 4 to pass. They will now need to apply for a conditional use if they wish to proceed. We would like to position an official statement of how our neighborhood would like to position conditional use for our next meeting.

Traffic Calming updates: Peter Goodin stated that we have taken all measures to place our inquiry to participating in Traffic calming project. It will now be up to County to take next steps to evaluate Logan traffic reduction as it effects Oakes (scheduled to be completed Sept 07) to see if Oakes qualifies for Traffic calming. If we continue to qualify we will need to present the project to the community for a 51% of residents for approval to proceed. We would like to have this community approval to the county by end of 2007 before 2008 budget plans. The county estimates the changes to cost a little over 1 million dollars (to include center islands, crosswalks, bus stops etc). We are negotiating and/or following through with developers in the Oakes area to see how incoming developers will impact and help with traffic calming impact solutions. ie; Target and Standing Oakes PUD. Lisa will look up previous minutes to Target impact solutions and bring to next meeting.

Standing Oakes PUD: Noah Standridge announce that the developer will be holding a meeting at RSW on Friday Jan 5th at 4:00 (located at airport and trade center way). Changes were made to North side of property for Environment use. Reduction of units were a result of this change.

State Protected Species: Denny Baker has brought to our attention that a state protected species of fox squirrels (Sherman or Cypress fox Squirrel) have been identified in our community on English Oakes. Should we be concerned as a community to the impact on the species as a result of the standing Oakes PUD and surrounding development in our area. Denny will send a photo of the species for identification near resident homes please contact Lisa Absher (labsher@oakesadvisory.com) or Denny Baker (dbaker@oakesadvisory.com) if found these squirrels on additional streets.

Logan Extension and Time line for WLM property entrance: Peter Goodin has checked with Commissioner Henning to restate the need for a speedy opening. There seems to be delays with FPL and WLM entrance to Immokalee.

Embark Station: Denny has been in contact with Embarq and they are willing to landscape the area. Peter has volunteered to aquire a list of low maintenance and irrigation free planting for the location for Denny to provide to Embarq. Ms. McGee of Embarq stated that Embarq will maintain the area and repair open doors.

First Congregational Church of Naples/ PUD zoning change meeting: Dr. Les Wicker Pastor of the church has informed the meeting that the county will be holding a neighborhood zoning change informational meeting Thursday at 5:30 at the Church located on Oakes for Neighborhood feedback. This church will be located on Immokalee and is part of Oakes Community request for right of way access (Valewood) from Autumn Oakes to Immokalee Rd. The church has requested that those who are interested should attend.

Motion to ajourn meeting called by Denny Baker seconded by Noah Standridge

OAKES ESTATES ADVISORY, INC.
Board of Directors Meeting
Minutes December 5, 2006
Directors Present:

Peter Goodin, Jim Rice, Bob Walker, Terry Iamurri, Chuck Cannaday, John Nicola, and Denny Baker meeting called to order at 8:08 p.m. with a quorum present.

Secretary’s report: Bob Walker motioned to approve the November minutes it was seconded by Jim Rice, and accepted. Peter suggested for all board to read the minutes from e-mail to amend and motion once you’ve read them via e-mail “reply to all”.

Treasurer’s report: John Nicola reported bank balance is $7,881.25. We have 88 paid members, 2 new members this past month.

New Business: Chief Karl Reynolds of North Naples Fire District visited prior to our meeting to discuss the new proposed fire house station on the NW corner of Vanderbilt and Oakes Blvd. Peter Goodin shared with us that Mark Strain does not believe the fire station will be approved by BBC due to the conditional use code. Jim Rice made a motion that our board take a stand against the Land Development Code amendment request that fire dept. needs for this property. It was seconded by John Nicola and approved. Denny Baker suggested that Peter talk with commissioner Tom Henning regarding tapping into our purple pipes (grey water) at the top of each street along Oakes Blvd. for a water (fire) hydrant placement.

The board advised the Fire District representatives of our strong intent to have Oakes Blvd. reclassified from a “collector road” to a residential road and made it clear that we would oppose the Fire District in any way slowing down or opposing our #1 priority and commitment to our community. We briefly discussed with them that we may consider imposing conditions on their site in our neighborhood and they said that they would consider them. We also told them of our intentions to have the Transportation Dept. place the necessary objects and configurations on Oakes Blvd. to slow the traffic.

Old Business:

Denny Baker questioned if Rob Corbitt was ever paid for the study he did. John Nicola said Rob has not requested any funds. The board approved up to $800.00 for the study.

Oakes Neighborhood Park: Jim Rice reported at this time the parks and recreation department have a new gentleman that will be working with us. He wasn’t sure if the fishing platform would be approved.

Neighborhood Watch Program: John Nicola reported all volunteers have been contacted by him to see when would be convenient for the 4 hour training session with sheriff’s department. He is waiting to hear back which schedule they would like, one – 4hr., two -2hr., or four 1hr. sessions.

Bob Walker offered that Roland from the First Congregational Church of Naples is working with Nick from the county regarding the land easement for the access from Autumn Oakes to Valewood. It was being staked out by the county to see how much they would need. If it is going to be 75ft. that it is more than the church is willing to give up, the county will most likely have to go to the adjacent neighbor for the land.

Phone Equipment – English Oaks & Oakes Blvd. Denny Baker has finally been able to get through to Embarq to see if they can improve the appearance of the eyesore.

Standing Oakes PUD – Noah reported to Peter that they have closed on purchasing the property. The now planned units will be 165 units down from 216 units because of fewer developing acres.

Adjourn meeting at 8:40 p.m. motioned by Bob Walker and seconded by Jim Rice motion approved.

Respectfully submitted,
Terry Iamurri

OAKES ESTATES ADVISORY, INC.
Board of Directors Meeting
Minutes from November 7, 2006
Directors Present: Lisa Absher, Peter Goodin, John Nicola, Denny Baker, Jim Rice, Bob Walker, Rob Corbitt and Barbara Collins.

Meeting called to order at 7:50 p.m. with a quorum present.

Treasurer’s Report: Current bank balance $7,831.25

Secretary’s Report: Lisa Absher made a motion to approve the Oct 3rd Minutes, Peter Goodin seconded, motion accepted.

7:00 P.M. meeting was pushed back to have the meeting with Phil Cross, Hole Montes project administrator (941) 232-2613. It was discussed that the access to Hidden Oaks from Logan is temporary , that there was a delay from FPL to finish the signal on Immokalee Rd. and won’t be finished until February 2007. Nick Casalanguida, Planning manager for the transportation division of Collier County, 417-6064 has assured us that any changes concerning the light at Oakes Blvd. and Immokalee road will not change until there is a light and access to Immokalee road from the proposed light at Valewood Drive, and David Bucheit, 213-5834 head of traffic calming for Collier County discussed options for traffic calming on Oakes Blvd. that will be available to us when the light at Valewood Drive and Immokalee are finished.

Neighborhood Park: Jim Rice reported that there will be a meeting to talk about any changes and then will be going to bidding and permit.

New Business: It was discussed that the property and home at the S.W. corner of Oakes Blvd and Vanderbilt Road, across from Kay Homes model home, is looking to be a new fire station. It was discussed that we support the change because of our lack of fire hydrants in the neighborhoods. It will be coming to a vote on December. Any other discussion will be finished online with the board members.

Adjourn meeting at 9:12 p.m. motioned by Bob Walker and seconded by Peter GoodinRespectfully submitted
Barbara Collins
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OAKES ESTATES ADVISORY, INC.
Board of Directors Meeting
Minutes for October 3, 2006
Directors Present:

Lisa Absher, Peter Goodin, John Nicola, Denny Baker, Jim Rice, Bob Walker, Rob Corbitt and Terry Iamurri, meeting called to order at 7:06 p.m. with a quorum present.

Treasurer’s Report: We currently have 86 paid members. We had 110 at this same time last year. Our current bank balance is $7831.25

Secretary’s Report: Lisa Absher made a motion to approve the Sept.5th minutes and John Nicola seconded, motion was accepted.

Traffic Calming: Peter Goodin spoke that county was quick in putting down the rubber strips on Oakes Blvd. to take a traffic analysis. The report from transportation revealed that 85% of the vehicles are traveling at 50mph on Oakes Blvd. Transportation suggests that many residents in the area are contributing to that speed due to familiarity to the road. Peter Goodin suggested at our Nov. meeting we host David Bucheight the head of the Neighborhood Traffic Management Program and spend the first hour of our meeting discussing traffic calming with all interested residents. The plans that Rob Corbitt has done could be incorporated into this meeting. Peter Goodin suggested this is a great way for everyone to get involved in open discussion, ideas, to resolve traffic that impacts our entire neighborhood. A good turn out of residence by our community might convince the county of our seriousness. Jim Rice made a motion to have a postcard sent to all residence alerting and inviting them to come to the Nov. meeting. Peter Goodin seconded and the motion was accepted.

Neighborhood Park: Jim Rice reported that there will be a meeting about the Oakes Blvd Park at the new regional water park administration building off Livingston Road on Thursday, Oct. 12th at 6:00 p.m. just to okay the plan. Permitting and bidding will take approximately 6-8 months.

Drainage & Flooding: Lisa Absher reported she has received 8 e-mails regarding flooding at the ends of the lanes (streets). Some residence feeling that that subdivision of Saturnia Lakes has impacted this problem. Hidden Oaks and Spanish Oaks seem to be of most concern. Peter Goodin suggested that Jerry Kurtz from the county storm water department could come out and survey problem areas. The county has recently amended the Logan extension plans to extend the drainage culverts near the end of Hidden Oaks to the west edge of the right of way to ensure that no water from the R.O.W. runs west to make a wet area wetter. In order to keep the roads dry it may be necessary to identify failed culverts. It may involve shooting or doing a 3line profile of some (residences) culverts to get water to flow. This is not to be a burden or be un-neighborly of the advisory committee to any our residence.

Bob Walker presented a copy of a letter from Colin Walker, Sent a letter to all residence on Hidden Oaks explaining his situation with his company’s (WLM - Workaholics Landscape Management) property, trucks, access to and from his property by his commercial vehicles and his employees personal ones. This was a courteous and apologetic letter of his temporary inconvenience to all the residences informing them of his situation. Following is an overview of Colin Walker's letter; if residents see any WLM trucks driving in an unprofessional manner that they are to notify WLM immediately with a description of the vehicle and/or license number. His company would take care of the issue immediately in an effort to halt any future incidents. The complete letter will be available for review at our monthly meetings. (Lisa Absher searched for company telephone number in yellow pages for a number to contact WLM call (239) 591-3853 after meeting )

Neighborhood Watch Committee: John Nicola met with committee to set time to meet.

Adjourn meeting at 7:55 p.m. motioned by John Nicola and seconded by Bob Walker.

Respectfully submitted,
Terry Iamurri
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OAKES ESTATES ADVISORY, INC.
Board of Directors Meeting
Minutes for September 5, 2006
Directors Present:

Lisa Absher, Peter Goodin, Jim Rice, Bob Walker, Terry Iamurri and Rob Corbett, meeting called to order at 7:04 p.m. with a quorum present.

Secretary’s report was approved, with the paragraph with under Old business amended to be amended to not include the word hurricane Wilma. Lisa Absher motioned to approve the amended August minutes it was seconded by Jim Rice, and accepted.

Treasurer’s report was read by Lisa Absher in John Nicola’s absences. As of 9/5/06 balance is $7,506.25. He is still working with Fifth/Third bank to have all of the $50.00 service charges reversed. To date, 4 of the 5 have been reversed; he is following up on the latest charge. As of 9/5/06 we have 79 paid members compared to 110 at this same time last year.

Old Business:Traffic Calming: Peter Goodin reported we will now qualify for an official speed study to be done on Oakes Blvd. The Oakes Advisory board collecting a minimum of 41 signature’s needed on a petition that will now be given to the county. It will take a month for them to do the study.

Oakes Neighborhood Park: Jim Rice reported at this time the parks and recreation department are losing some staff. This is holding up the 30% managed design phase. He did report the county will be putting in a new culvert to be installed for a new road (this road is for maintenance only and will be gated). They will be installing playground equipment in the future. A picture was taken at the park on Sat. Aug. 12th with a few neighbors and will be put on our website and will also appear in the Collier Citizen paper.

Neighborhood Watch Program: Lisa Absher reported for John Nicola that all volunteers should contact him to schedule a time that would be convenient for the 4 hour training session with sheriff’s department.

First Congregational Church of Naples: Lisa Absher had received a letter from the church asking us to give permission to them for building easement (road) she was unclear why the church would want this from us. Bob Walker offered to contact them to get clarity of the letter they would like from our association.

Neighborhood Entry Signs: Lisa Absher presented a couple of design drawings to possibly be considered for the north and south entrances to Oakes Blvd.

New Business:

Construction impact on Hidden Oaks neighborhood: Much discussion from neighbors on Hidden Oaks regarding Colin Walkers lawn maintenance business causing traffic impact and other problems. It was motioned by Bob Walker to visit Colin and ask for him to consider using a different access for his business vehicles. Seconded by Terry Iamurri and approved forwarded by 3 of the board.

Possible Vanderbilt construction decrease drainage issue: Lisa Absher addressed that numerous people from our neighborhood (Bur & Hidden Oaks) as well as people from Island Walk and the Cove sub divisions have called or e-mailed her regarding drainage problems. She and Peter Goodin relayed how units 96 & 97 are suppose to drain, but don’t. Peter acknowledged that we may get the county to come out and have a laser survey of our culverts done but it will mean some non-conforming culverts might need to be replaced. Lisa Absher reminded them too that many roads have been under water in the estates and the county has just opened all the weirs to try to alleviate this standing water problem.

Adjourn meeting at 8:09 p.m. motioned by Peter Goodin and seconded by Terry Iamurri motion approved.

Respectfully submitted,
Terry Iamurri

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OAKES ESTATES ADVISORY, INC.
Board of Directors Meeting
Minutes for August 1, 2006

Directors Present:

Lisa Absher, Peter Goodin, John Nicola, Chuck Cannaday and Terry Iamurri, meeting called to order at 7:16 p.m. with a quorum present.

Reviewed and proof read letter to go out to all Oakes residents, regarding the removal of traffic light at Oakes & Immokalee roads. This letter contains the details of the proposal for access points at Tarpon Bay Blvd., Oakes Blvd., and Autumn Oakes at Valewood onto Immokalee Road. No changes to the letter were recommended.

Review of the letter to Norm Feder, Lisa Absher recommended the opening paragraph needs to state that the county's June 15th plan is not workable for our neighborhood, to clarify our stand on this. No other changes were recommended.

Peter Goodin spoke to Dave Bucheit in neighborhood traffic management program at the county. We will be circulating a petition for a speed study to be done of Oakes Blvd. The next petition will be to implement traffic calming devices such as lower speed limits and crosswalks at each avenue with lighted strips in road were suggested by Peter Goodin. Peter has also checked with the transportation department the data on the stoplights on Immokalee Road between 951 and I-75 has been sent to an independent contractor for analysis. It is due back in September.

On Saturday, August 19th, we would like to do a litter pickup of Oakes Blvd. by as many homeowners and their children as possible. It was requested that all board members try to enlist as many families as possible. With all ending up at the new neighborhood park by 9:30 a.m. with their litter bags for photo shoot. Lisa Absher offered to take the photo and post it with Naples Daily News and given to Chuck Cannaday to be posted on our website.

Old business - entrance signs for Oakes Blvd. would help establish us as a true neighborhood. Faith Bible Church on Immokalee Road has granted us easement of right of way for the sign. Lisa Absher brought up that the new county code book for such signs has gotten much stricter. Lisa said she has been in touch with a company who would design the sign for us free of charge. Cost to buy, install and maintain the sign would come out of our general fund. Peter Gooding felt homeowners may need to be notified of this. He also asks that Lisa bring the county code book to one of the next homeowners meetings for us to review.

John Nicola gave the treasurer's report as of 8/1/06, $7281.25 with 75 homeowners paid for this year. It was suggested to have a form the day of the litter pickup to remind homeowners to pay dues.

Respectfully submitted Terry Iamurri
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OAKES ESTATES ADVISORY, INC.
Board of Directors Meeting
Minutes for July 11, 2006
Directors Present:

Lisa Absher, Peter Goodin, Jim Rice, John Nicola, Denny Baker and Terry Iamurri. Meeting called to order at 7:12 p.m., with a quorum present. Jim Rice moved to approve May minutes; Peter Goodin seconded, and accepted. No June minutes because there was not a quorum.

Light at Oakes Blvd: Discussion regarding the proposal to remove the light at Oakes and Immokalee by the county traffic department. Rob Corbett's proposed design from Oakes on into Autumn Oakes and turning to have a light at Valewood and Immokalee Roads. One lane coming into Oakes and two lanes going out on Immokalee. Denny Baker made a motion for Peter Goodin and Lisa Absher to ask Chuck Canaday to put this "new" design on the web site for residence of the Oakes community to see. John Nicola seconded, majority approved, one against. The county road and traffic presentation shows only access in Immokalee road with a light through Tarpon Bay Blvd. There will only be right hand turns only at Immokalee and Oakes.
With much discussion the majority of the residence at this meeting would like to see all (3) openings onto Immokalee Road for access. It was approved for Peter to write a letter to the county for them to consider Rob Corbett's alternate route plan onto Autumn Oakes. Dick Ennis brought up that we might propose to the county that Quail Creek and Longshore Lakes get a back exit out of their communities directly onto Logan Blvd. Extension alleviating more traffic coming unto Oakes Blvd. It was deemed necessary to react and respond to all the above as soon as we can because the transportation department is doing a study that will be presented in September.

Traffic Calming on Oakes Blvd: Proposing teardrop medians with a single tree and low ground cover, such as junipers for plants in them. Crosswalks, sidewalks, on east side of Oakes and rumble strips added to roadway. Peter Goodin made a motion to apply for an analysis of the above, Jim Rice seconded and accepted.

Standing Oaks PUD development update: Lisa Absher read a letter from Noah Standridge wanting any new input or changes we might want to present regarding this PUD. It was agreed, the details we outlined in March 7, 2006 minutes was an accurate detail of the density, set backs, height restrictions, sidewalks and buffers we would like to see. See notes under snake farm for details.

Oakes neighborhood park: Jim Rice noted the new county sign was installed. Clearing of all non-native plant species removed. A 30% design plan is in the works and will be forth coming. It was decided we will have a Oakes Blvd roadside litter pick-up (with vests and pick-up sticks) on Saturday, August 12th getting the neighborhood involved, having Rob Corbett's proposed plan available for residence to see possible Oakes/Immokalee Road corridors. Lisa offered to coordinate calling the press to get some publicity (Naples Daily, Collier Citizen & Sun).

Target Updates: Clearing in the final phases. Improvements to come on Spanish Oakes Lane will be a crosswalk and a flashing light on Oakes and Spanish Oakes before they open.

I75 Ramp (Exit 111 North Bound): Price has tripled to be built by 2008.

Neighborhood Watch: John Nicola has got his 5 volunteers; he's waiting to coordinate a time when all can be available to have the Sheriffs Department do any informal meeting about the program.

North Naples Baptist: got approval for a lighted entrance sign, providing it meets county code.

Treasurers Report: John Nicola reported no new members, balance is $7,156.25. Current members are 71. He reported that Fifth/Third Bank has changed policy regarding are not for profit status and has started charging us a $50.00 per month service charge which he is in the process of trying to get waived.

Denny Baker motioned to adjourn seconded by John Nicola at 8:26 p.m. and approved.

Respectfully Submitted,
Terry Iamurri, Director
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OAKES ESTATES ADVISORY, INC.
Board of Directors Meeting
Minutes for June 6, 2006
CALL TO ORDER

ADOPTION OF MINUTES
Approval of May meeting minutes

TREASURER'S REPORT: John NicolaOLD BUSINESS

1. Reaction to the planned removal of the light at Oakes and Immokalee. Presentation of the Oakes Blvd plan developed by Rob Corbett - Peter Goodin and John Nicola.
2. Traffic Calming on Oakes Blvd. - Peter Goodin
3. Standing Oaks PUD development update: Noah Standridge
4. Park Update - Jim Rice
5. Roadside cleanup on Oakes? (trash along sidewalk and street)
6. Target updates:
7. I75 ramp updates ( Exit 111 North Bound):
8. Neighborhood watch updates
9. Church Lighted sign: The Norht Naples Baptist Church would like to put in a permit for a lighted entrance sign (in following the county codes). It seems that the entrance is frequently passed by at night meetings. They would like to have our neighborhood feedback before going to the county for a permit.

NEW BUSINESS

ADJOURNMENT

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OAKES ESTATES ADVISORY, INC.
Board of Directors Meeting
Minutes for May 2, 2006
Directors present:

Peter Goodin, Barb Collins, Jim Rice, John Nicola, Denny Baker, Rob Corbett. Meeting called to order at 7:06 p.m., with a quorum present. Total of 14 people attending. Move to approach March minutes, and accepted, move to approve April minutes and accepted.

Treasurer's report: John Nicola - deposited $400.00
Total: $ 7,176.53. Year to date we have 68 members compared to 97 at this time last year.

Standing Oaks Subdivision: Noah Standridge met with developer Chris Allen about the zoning concerns with the proposed development. They have a possible 213 units but expect to go with less. It is not clear when it may be taken to the county, but the developer is looking to maintain a good relationship with the Oakes Estates community. Our goals include lower density, one-story dwellings facing OAKES Blvd and adjacent homes and increased buffers surrounding the project. It is hope by the next month we will have more information. It was discussed that we would go forwards calling it the standing Oaks development, not the Snake Farm development.

Light at Oakes Blvd: Rob gave a presentation, with Arial views showing the possibilities for diverting Oakes Blvd onto Autumn Oakes and turning to have one light at Valewood Drive on to Immokalee Rd. It was discussed with representation from the church on the southwest corner of Oakes the possibility of making the right turn off of Immokalee that is there to stop with a dead cul de sac for the access of churches on both sides. The change would possibly give (Oakes Estates the neighborhood status we need for lowering the speed limit from 45 to 35. There was also another discussion concerning traffic calming solutions to be included in the presentation to the county. 1. Speed bumps, 2. Speed humps, 3. Stop signs, 4. Roundabout, 5. Teardrops, possible stoop sign or flashing light on Spanish Oaks for the park-walking traffic.

There was a motion from John and seconded by Barb to form a committee to take an updated plan to Norm Feeder at the county. The committee will consist of Rob, Noah, and the representatives of both churches. It was agreed to submit a master plan of Oakes Blvd when the committee meets with Norm Feeder and the commissioner Henning. There was a motion for Denny, seconded by Barb and approved to reimburse Rob for his work and to fund further plans to redesign Oakes Blvd master plan. There was a cap of $800.00 put on to the payments to Rob or the firm Rob is using for the drawings. We agreed to ask the developer of Standing Oaks to make a substantial contribution to our master plan expenses to enhance our relationship to a mutually satisfactory agreement to their SDP (site development plan).

Neighborhood Park: Jim gave a report stating that the county has cleaned up all the exotics, and mowed around the drainage ditch. It is now in discussion to get the sign, which we want to say Oakes Neighborhood Park. It is going for petition on 5/9/06 and Jim will be they're asking for the county to waive any objection to the sign staying as we have asked. The park will be a great addition to the neighborhood, and has come in under budget. Fishing will be available on the back part of the park.

Neighborhood Watch: John Nicola signed up two new volunteers for starting up the neighborhood watch. Noah Standridge and Gorana Curkovic.

Proposed Target: Major clearing on the proposed Target site is now going on.

It was discussed that there will be a committee to get the trash on Oakes Blvd cleaned up. Jim Rice has equipment for cleanup and will be discussed at the next meeting.

Thanks to Terry Iamurri for taking over the task of secretary for the summer.

Motion by Peter to adjourn seconded by Barb at 8:15 p.m. and voted.

Respectfully Submitted,
Barb Collins, Secretary
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OAKES ESTATES ADVISORY, INC.
Board of Directors Meeting
Minutes for April 4, 2006

Prior to calling the meeting to order, Collier County Transportation employee Norm Feeder spoke to the estimated 45 attendees.

Items Discussed:The contract for the Immokalee road design for the portion from CR951 to just East of I75 has been let.
On April 11th, GL Homes is going before the BOCC for approval of the Logan Rd extension. The initial portion of the extension will be for 2 lanes, not 4 lanes. Norm expects the work to be completed in approximately 1 year. No streets on the east ends of the roads will connect to the extension.
Removal of the light at Oakes and Immokalee. Due to the number of traffic lights, 8 in about a mile and a half stretch and the stacking of cars this, the design will take into account removing/relocating a number of lights along Immokalee Rd.
Two possible options are removing the light at Oakes and Immokalee and making the light at Valewood & Immokalee.
Possible solution of removing the light at Oakes and Immokalee and making the light at Valewood a new four way light with access to Oakes off of Autumn Oakes (24th Ave). The initial idea would be to add lanes from Immokalee south through the lots along the northern side of Autumn Oaks and connect the lanes to Autumn Oakes. This would occur approximately 1,000 feet east of the current intersection of Autumn Oakes and Oakes Blvd.
By allowing this, the County may be willing to assist us at attaining some goals for the neighborhood including reducing the speed limit on Oakes, adding crosswalks, adding school bus waiting areas for our children, re-classifying Oakes to a residential street, installing traffic calming devices along Oakes and lower traffic volumes along Oakes.
Nothing has been finalized yet so Norm has asked for our input in the design portion of the roadwork project.

Questions from the attendees:

Sidewalks on both sides of Oakes? Response: probably not feasible due to lack of right of way along east side of Oakes.
Residents on Autumn Oakes are concerned about traffic on their street. Response: The increase traffic will only be a small portion of the street on the far Western end of the street when not many residences are not currently built. Norm understands their concern.
Concern from the residents of Quail Creek cutting through on Oakes. Response: Norm believes many residents of Quail Creek wi8ll take either the new Logan extension or Livingston Rd to access southern Collier County. He does not believe many will use Oakes Blvd.
Can Oakes handle the "Snake Farm" development? Response: from a pure traffic volume standpoint, YES the road can handle the development of approximately 217 units. Norm suggested that should the development come to fruition, we, as a community, should take the opportunity to address some of our goals for the neighborhood up with the developer to determine if they are willing to pay for the costs of any of the improvement.
Lengthy discussion of traffic calming devices, round about, tear drops, chicanes, pork chops or road humps, they are the least costly, but also the least effective and most dangerous.
Norm also said that a new employee, David, has replaced Don Schneider and he works under Don Scott.
Budget for traffic calming through the county is $250,000. It is very difficult to make an equitable distribution throughout the county so Oakes would not be receiving a significant portion of the budget.
Norm agreed that the traffic situation along Immokalee is dire and he believes it will not change much until the 6 lanes on Immokalee are created and the "loop" is in at I75. The land for the loop is now deeded to the state and the county is trying to get the state to act quickly on the project. He expects the loop to be completed about 1 ½ - 2 years after the completion of the six lanes and the Target is open. The Target work is expected to begin shortly with a completion time of approximately 12 months.
Norm is unsure if the light at Oakes will remain or if it will remain through the roadwork project on Immokalee. He will consider keeping the light.
Norm strongly suggested that a small group of us work with the transportation department on the designing of the road.
IF YOU ARE INTERESTED IN JOINING A SMALL GROUP TO WORK WITH NORM ON THIS PROJECT, PLEASE CONTACT ONE OF THE BOARD MEMBERS IMMEDIATELY.

Meeting was called to order by president Lisa Absher at 7:55 pm and a quorum of board members was present.

Secretary, Barbara Collins was not present; minutes from February's meeting were not approved. They will be approved at May's meeting along with the minutes from the April meeting.

Treasurer, John Nicola reported that the current cash balance is $6,822.89 and the current paid members of this meeting is 55 and the deposit was $1,400.00

Neighborhood Park, Jim Rice provided the following update: The clearing has begun for the park and is expected to be completed in about 1 week. In the next 2-4 weeks, a sign will be going up identifying the park. The park area will encompass approximately 1 of the total 5-acre site. We would like to provide details for this at the next meeting and on the association's website, www.oakesadvisory.com, so keep a lookout for the date. Also the county will maintain the drainage ditch and quite possibly this will help improve drainage along the east side of Oakes Blvd.

Neighborhood Watch, John Nicola provided the following update: The neighborhood watch program is still trying to obtain a few more members. The committee will be comprised of John, as the chairman, and at least 5 volunteers who are willing to attend a 4-hour training session with the Collier County Sheriffs Department. At this time we have 3 total volunteers and we ask that anyone interested in joining go to the website and e-mail John.

Development Issues/Snake Farm: Noah Standridge provided the following: The entrance & exit will be via Standing Oaks and Shady Oaks. The development will be approximately 217 units or 4 units per acre (54 acres). The buffer is estimated to be only 20' and the building height is proposed to be a minimum of 40' along the neighboring properties to the north and the east, the southern end will be compromised of the preserve area for the development (total of 7 homes are to be affected). The proposed buyer, Chris Allen, would like our input and Noah is proposing a meeting with the designers to incorporate some of our issues/ideas in the plan. Problems: transportation, property values, building height, buffers, etc. Anyone interested in meeting with the design team e-mail Noah.

New Business:

North Naples Baptist Church would like to illuminate their signs so it is easier to see the property entrances in the evening. The lighting will be per the very strict Collier County Code and we assume it is "up lighting" and not for a full illuminated sign.

Jim Rice made a motion to send a letter to the church in support of "up lighting" and the motion was seconded by Chuck Cannaday.

A motion to adjourn was made at 8:50 pm and it was seconded.
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Oakes Estates Advisory, Inc.
Board of Directors Meeting
March 7, 2006
2006 ANNUAL MEETING

Directors present:
Lisa Absher, Peter Goodin, Barb Collins, Jim Rice,
Karl Fry, Bob Walker, John Nicola, Chuck Cannaday.

Snake Farm: Presentation given by Bob Mulhire, consultant, Edward Finn, and Richard Yovanovich concerning plans for development of Snake Farm property into multi-family development. The county requires developers to meet and give information to neighborhood groups concerning future plans before they can go to the county for review. They have submitted application for review for re-zoning. This process is about seven to eight months out. There are 54 acres and the plans are for four units per acre. Sixteen acres will be designated native preserve. With a retention lake. It was discussed our many concerns about the traffic impact, with access only on Standing and Shady Oaks. Developer Chris Allen was also there to give assurances as to working with Oakes Estates neighborhood.

The meeting was called to order at 7:55 p.m. with a quorum of the board present. Lisa Absher, President presiding. There was a larger than normal amount of people in attendance for the annual meeting.

Minutes: There will be a delay in the approval of the February minutes until the April meeting.

Treasurers report: Given by John Nicola, balance $5,723.54.

Neighborhood Park: Jim Rice presented that in a couple of weeks the county would start clearing and a community park sign would be put in.

Neighborhood Watch: John Nicola proposed signing of volunteers for the neighborhood watch. We need four to five other people to go to the meetings, which is four one hour sessions or one four hour session to complete training with the Collier County Sheriffs Department. Sign up is suggested.

Proposed Target: Karl Fry stated about a month ago Kite development notified him that they received the panther permit. Still need the Army Corps of Engineers and SW Florida Water Management District permits. It is assured that Target is still planning to open during Spring 2007.

Old Business:

FOUR LANING
Peter Goodin again stated that the 2030 25-year long-range plan no longer includes expansion of Oakes Blvd. from 2 to 4 lanes.

SNAKE FARM
The strongest response, overwhelmingly, no matter who the buyer was to keep the same density as the Oakes neighborhood. If it was rezoned, the impact would need to be lessened because the entry would be through a residential street unlike the Tarpon Bay entry of Immokalee Rd. The two proposed entry-exit points would be in the center of our neighborhood during peak traffic times and crossing a walk-bike path. The biggest traffic areas foreseen would be left turns from the south-east lanes from Oakes into the new development. This could back up traffic on Oakes with cars unable to go forward until line of cars turn left. There would also be traffic backup from the new gatehouse exiting the west side streets of Oakes, perhaps lining up in front of residential homes on the side street. The response was to ask for a drastic reduction to the proposed 4 units per acre to at least two per acre to be more in line with the density of our neighborhood. A question was raised that if the property were to be rezoned could it be sold to new builders instead of the group making the presentation. The answer was yes. But we were told the new builders would have to follow the same restrictions agreed upon for approval of this rezoning. It was also raised could this become affordable housing project with even more density, if sold to other buyers. It could was the response. In fact the seller mentioned that there were two other potential buyers looking for this option. Secondary there was discussion for bigger setbacks and more landscaping for properties that back up to the new development. Regarding building height the majority of residents wanted maximum one story homes, but would look at options of two story only on the north, south and east side of the development. There was also discussion if three stories needed approval it should only be allowed on the west side of development near I-75. Majority would prefer single family homes. Roundabouts were suggested for traffic control on Standing and Shady Oaks to help with traffic control. Peter Goodin moved and Jim Rice seconded to form a development committee. Voted on and passed. Four residents, some with direct impact from the new development volunteered to work on the committee. David Clayden, Robin Matheson, Gary Pickle, Terry Ianurri.

New Business

Rental Homes: Proposed rule changes concerning rental homes on our properties. Will be voting April meeting of commissioners. Transportation planning opposed to further rental homes. No motion to attend the meeting.

2006 agenda for the board: The light at Immokalee will be addressed by Don Scott at the next meeting. Also on agenda, School Bus stops, traffic control. Bob Walker: Don Scott agreed to come to the April Meeting concerning plans for our neighborhood.

Motion by Chuck to adjorn seconded by Barb 8:32p.m. and voted.

Respectfully Submitted,
Barb Collins, Secretary
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Oakes Estates Advisory, Inc.
Board of Directors Meeting
February 7, 2006
Directors present:
Lisa Absher, Peter Goodin, Barb Collins, Jim Rice, Karl Fry, Bob Walker, John Nicola.

The meeting was called to order at 7:02 with a quorum of the board present. Lisa Absher, President presiding. There were 14 total people attending the meeting.

Minutes: December minutes were approved.

Treasurers report: Given by John Nicola, balance $5,716.63. We had 111 members in 2005 and 123 members in 2004.

Membership issues: Addressed by Peter Goodin. Karl Frye stepping down from the board. Jantina Clayden will be advised in writing that her name will removed from the board as she has not been to any meetings and no response has been given from her. We will need to replace three board members next meeting.

Old Business: Bob Walker met with Mark Strain of the planning commission concerning the issue of development and re-zoning of snake farm to multifamily use. It was discussed as how do we as a neighborhood want to approach it. Chris Allen is the purchaser and developer of the property at the end of Standing Oaks Lane. They want 216 units and it will not have any exit onto any road except Oakes Blvd. Our best argument explaining 216 new residents in a development that is essentially zoned Golden Gate Estates is a conflict. It was revealed that the 20-30 year out plan has taken Oakes Blvd. off of four-lane plan. Karl made a motion and seconded by Peter to write letters to Chris Allen and Commissioner Henning to speak our next meeting.

Neighborhood Park: Update from Jim Rice. The park could take from 2-3 years to complete. Parks and recreation will go to the site within 60 days and clear the exotic trees and put up a sign to establish that it will be a park fro the Oakes Estates community. It is hoped that that activity will help with traffic calming. It was discussed that we can possible uses old equipment from Fleishman Park, not being used which will save considerable money on new equipment.

Neighborhood Watch: John Nicola gave an update that the county recommended that we move toward a neighborhood watch with the changes moving toward our community park. The Sheriffs department has a program for training. It was moved by Barb and seconded by Peter and approved that information will be posted on the Oakes Estates Advisory web site for training sessions. It can be achieved in one four hour session or four one hour sessions. It will again be addressed at the annual meeting.

Proposed Target: It was discussed that the permitting for the Target store might expire. We will try to get an update as to any new information regarding the status.

Bob Walker: Update concerning Quail Creek Homeowners Association. They would like to meet with us concerning combined efforts of traffic problems. It was decided we would extend an invitation to their president to come to our next meeting to discuss.

It was discussed that we do not want an overlay of the neighborhood done at this time. This will be addressed at the proposed meeting with commissioner Henning.

Ken Hess of the Faith Bible Church has informed us that it will take 3-4 years to get their proposed parking and building done. Discussion of 50 setback off of Oakes and if that is what was agreed to by us. Bob Walker will get clarification of what that exactly means.

Annual Meeting: Will be the first Tuesday in March in the auditorium at 7P.M.

Peter moved and seconded by John to adjourn the meeting at 8:12 P.M.

Respectfully Submitted,
Barb Collins, Secretary

Oakes Estates Advisory, Inc.
Board of Directors Meeting
January 3, 2005
Directors present

Oakes Estates Advisory, Inc.
Board of Directors Meeting
December 6, 2005
Directors present

Lisa Absher
Peter Goodin
Barb Collins
Jim Rice
Denny Baker
Ron Corbett
Karl Frye
Bob Walker
John Nicola
Chuck Cannaday
The meeting was called to order at 7:09 with a quorum of the board present. Peter Goodin, Vice President presiding. There were 21 total people attending the meeting.

Minutes – November minutes were approved.

Treasurer’s report: Given by John Nicola – Balance as of November 30th 2005, $5,713.00
It was acknowledged that Ray Russell has left the board and secretary office. Barbara Collins has accepted to take on the duties of secretary during the winter months.

Old Business

It was agreed that Jantina Clayden would be contacted to see if she was still considered a part of the board.

Dr. Les Wicker – motion by Barb Collins and seconded by Chuck Cannaday to vote to prepare a letter to be used for his benefit to take to the planning board of the county giving Oakes Estates approval for his proposed church with exclusive entrance on Immokalee Road only. After more discussion from Karl Frye with concerns as to Autumn Oaks homeowners feelings about the proposed church Barb Collins withdrew her motion and it was decided that homeowners would be contacted to evaluate their thoughts about the proposed new church.

It was again brought up that the current church on Autumn Oaks west wants to expand in the near future to include more space for a teen facility and staff offices, and would like an acceptance letter from us. Again our concerns include no additional access than what is now available to them and that we continue to have a landscape barrier at the east end of that property. It was moved by Karl Frye and seconded by Denny Baker to canvass that street to discuss any concerns.

Motion from Karl Frye and seconded by Jim Rice to write a support letter for homeowners who are experiencing continued vandalizing at the end of Golden Oakes Lane near the drainage easement or anywhere else it is occurring in Oakes Estates. The motion was voted on and approved.

Discussion of meeting with Commissioner Henning, Bob Walker and Lisa Absher about a planning overlay (takes zoning and provides what neighborhood wants), what we want for the future of Oakes Estates. The 54 acres on the west side of Oakes Blvd that was discussed last month was addressed in our concerns.

Discussion concerning speed reduction on Oakes Blvd. Met with Don Scott of the transportation department. Logan extension will not start as permitting is behind schedule and transportation is not interested in changing our speed limit until Logan extension is finished.

Neighborhood Park
Jim Rice stated that the county is working on moving forward. They have taken arial pictures. They have a $250,000 budget to work with and have done initial planning. It will be called Oakes Park. It is believed to take at least a year to complete. Karl Frye made a motion and seconded by Peter Goodin to include park update information on the Oakes Estates website for all to be able to see, discussion followed by vote to include.

Neighborhood Watch
John Nicola spoke to Corporal Lee Van Gelden who recommended that representatives of the neighborhood go through training sessions. That would be four – one-hour sessions. We are looking for four captains, taking two streets each. Motion from Peter Goodin and seconded by Jim Rice to post request for volunteers on the website.

Meeting adjourned 8:40 p.m.
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Oakes Estates Advisory
BOARD OF DIRECTORS MEETING
November 1, 2005
Directors present:

Lisa Absher
Peter Goodin
Barb Collins
Ray Russell
Jim Rice
Denny Baker
Ron Corbett
Karl Frye
Bob Walker
Call to Order/Quorum
Meeting was called to order at 7:11 pm by Pres. Lisa Absher. A quorum of board members was present.

MINUTES---September minutes were approved.

Treasurer’s report— not present.

Old Business

Church on Autumn Oaks
Les Wicker the pastor of a new church on Autumn Oaks came again to speak since the October meeting was not an official meeting. He is seeking the support of our organization as he goes to the planning board. Site is 2.7 acres and will only be a church with access via Immokalee road only. After some discussion Mr. Goodin moved and Ms Collins second that a letter be sent supporting this church only if access is via Immokalee road. All approved motion.

Park Committee
Mr. Rice advised no new data

Neighborhood watch
Mr. Nicola is working on getting a representative from the sheriff’s organization to one of our meetings.

Traffic
Mr. Goodin advised that the county has asked that we formally request a traffic study. Mr. Goodin noted that the recent study used only one point of entry and that it did not adequately study the traffic flow. That study showed keeping that 45 mph limit.

Mr. Goodin also attended the 2025 long-range plan meeting and the information obtained that meeting had no mention of a 4 lane for Oakes. Mr. Goodin assessment is the county has higher priorities for its funds and does not want to enter a major fight with our organization.

SUPER TARGET
Mr. Frye advised no new data

NEW BUSINESS
Ken Hess from the current church on Autumn Oaks (west) came to explain that they want to expand the current church facility and want our support. This church will remain but they would like to build an additional structure to be used as an auditorium for the youth group. No day care or school. Services are held on Wednesday and Sunday. They have about 160 members. They currently have access via Immokalee Road. Again we voiced that access for the new facility would be acceptable if no additional entrance was added to Autumn Oakes and that traffic access be directed to Immokalee Road. A second point was made not to develop all the way to Oakes with the expanded parking lot or structure and that the plan should include noise reducing dense landscaping to keep the visual appeal at the west entrance to our neighborhood. In addition Mr. Hess offered an easement for a future Oakes Estates sign if needed on the corner. No major objections against his request were voiced.New Development
Mr. Walker advised that a developer is trying to buy the 54 acres on the west side of Oakes Blvd. Which includes the "snake farm". The developer is planning 200 units. The sense of the group was for Mr. Walker to advise our county commissioner that we strongly oppose approving such a development. The key point made was that the density is not consistent with the neighborhood. If a developer wanted to request one unit per 2.5 acres that would be acceptable.

Traffic Light at Immokalee Road
Long discussion on our position should the county want to remove this traffic light. Many were in favor of keeping the light. Mr. Walker proposed closing off the north end of Oakes and creates a winding entrance/exit through Autumn Oaks at Quail Creek light. This did not get support. Finally the group supported Mr. Walker idea of developing an over all concept for development. Mr. Frye and Mr. Goodin offered to assist in a vision development plan.

Vandalism
A resident from Golden Oaks reported a serious problem with ATVs damaging their property and cases of intentional property damage. After much discussion Ms. Collins moved and Mr. Baker seconded a motion to send out an e-mail informing all that the property at the end of the streets (easement) is private property. Majority approved.

Meeting Adjoined
The meeting was adjoined at 8:25 pm.

Secretary Change
Ray Russell Secretary will resign from the Board as Secretary because of other activities that will take time in 2006/2007. Barb Collins has taken on the job as Secretary.

We all wish him best wishes and a accolades for a job well done. We also hope to see him at any meeting that he will be able to attend.
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Oakes Estates Advisory
BOARD OF DIRECTORS MEETING
October, 2005
NO QUORUM - NO MEETING
Oakes Estates Advisory
BOARD OF DIRECTORS MEETING
September 6, 2005
Directors present

Lisa Absher
Denny Baker
Chuck Cannaday
Karl Frye
Peter Goodin
John Nicola
Ray Russell
Jim Rice
Call to Order/Quorum

Meeting was called to order at 7:06 pm by Pres. Lisa Absher. A quorum of board members was present.

Treasurer's report - We have a cash balance of $5674.39. Member paid are 190.

MINUTES -  August minutes were approved.

Old Business

Children's Safety Committee - Mr. Goodin reported on his results of talks with Transportation people about a lower speed limit on Oakes. Children should stand 15 feet back from where the bus door opens. We will talk to owners of corner lots on Oakes about the idea of a place for children to wait for the buses.

Park Committee - Mr. Rice advised we would select a parks committee in October. Will take about one year to get all the permits. Neighborhood watch - Mr. Nicola is to have the sheriff send someone to our November meeting. We can then form a committee to deal with this issue.

Landscaping phone sites - Subject was tabled to a future time.

SUPER TARGET - Mr. Frye advised they plan to break ground in January 2006. It should take 6 to 10 months to complete constructions.

LOGAN EXTENSION - Private property disputes are holding this up but work should start in 2006. This is estimated to be a 12 month project.

NEIGHBORHOOD SIGNS - Some discussion of the idea about signs for the entrance to our area. Signs would say "OAKES ESTATES".

NEW BUSINESS

Island Walk - Gentleman from Island Walk talked about their development. They have 1856 homes and are very active via the external affairs committee. Key person is Henry Nardone.

Kay Homes Property - Mr. Frye reported that they have about 18 months left to use this property and a church wants to move in and take over the site. After some discussion Baker moved Nicola seconded that we oppose this action. All approved.

BIKE PATH - Mr. Rice discussed the idea of making a bike path all along the area at the dead end area of our streets. (In the drainage area). Lots of interest in this idea. Goodin and Baker moved to have Mr. Rice continue to represent us on the bike path project. All approved.

Baker moved and Russell seconded that the meeting be adjoined. All approved. Meeting ended at 8:41 pm.
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Oakes Estates Advisory
BOARD OF DIRECTORS MEETING
August 2, 2005
Directors Present

Lisa Absher
Peter Goodin
John Nicola
Ray Russell
Jim Rice
Denny Baker
Chuck Cannaday

Call to Order/Quorum
Meeting was called to order at 7:05 pm by Pres. Lisa Absher. A quorum of board members was present.

MINUTES
June minutes were approved. There was no meeting in July. Treasurer's report-We have a cash balance of $5646.78. Member paid are 109.

Old Business

Children's Safety Committee
Mr. Goodin reported on his results of talks with Transportation people about a lower speed limit on Oakes. We are asking to reduce from 45 to 35 mph. Traffic people coming in Jan. or Feb. Actual speed now is 51 MPH. Will do a new study.

Park Committee
Mr. Rice advised we would select a parks committee in October. $250,000 has been allocated for the park. Action to start in /by October 2005. Will take about 2 years to complete.

Neighborhood watch
Mr. Goodin bought the signs. Russell noted Bur Oaks already have a sign. Goodin to ask sheriff's office to send a speak to one of our meetings

Unauthorized Action Regarding Sexual Offender
No real discussion of this subject just noted that in the future all such communication require board approval in writing.

Gates on drainage ditch
Mr. Goodin reported that the issue is back for someone broke open the locks.

NEW BUSINESS

-- IT WAS REQUESTED THAT MEETING AGENDAS BE E-MAILED ONE WEEK PRIOR TO MEETING. LISA AGREED TO DO THIS.
-- Oakes Estates signs will be discussed later, signs will go on county property
-- Residents on Golden Oaks reported they have a litter problem. Also some discussion of "crime", cans, bottles, etc.
-- There was a question about the turn on to Vanderbilt. This is just talk for no one was aware of any county action.
-- Some discussion of having the phone company do landscaping on their sites.
-- Secretary Ray Russell offered to contact Comcast after they take over the cable business from Time Warner to see if we have got a special rate for Oaks Estates.

Meeting was adjourned at 7:57 pm

Ray Russell Secretary 8/16/05

Oakes Estates Advisory
BOARD OF DIRECTORS MEETING
December 7, 2004
Directors Present

Karl Fry
Denny Baker
Rob Corbett
Jim Rice
Lisa Absher
Ray Russell
Mark Smith
Kyle Burke
Diane Corbett
Call to Order/Quorum/
Meeting was called to order at 7:05 by President Karl Fry. A quorum of Board members was present. The minutes from the November meeting were approved and posted on the website.

Treasurers Report
Treasurer Denny Baker reported that the advisory has $4231.00 in the bank with no outstanding checks.

Old Business

Neighborhood Park:
Jim Rice was waiting for any further updates on the park. 100+ completed surveys were delivered to the interim director of Parks & Recreation, Murdo Smith.

Child Safety:
It was discussed that we were still very interested in the safety of our children while waiting for the school buses to load and unload every day. The issue of the Super Target has been taking up a lot of meeting time the last couple of months but we reaffirmed that the child safety issue will again become a priority with the Board next year.

Meeting signs
Lisa Absher was going to look into the cost of purchasing metal-framed "real estate" signs that could be positioned at key points in our community to make the residents more aware of the issues and the importance of attending our meetings.

Target and Kite Development - Super Target Shopping Center
Cliff Meehan, President of Tarpon Bay HOA, and several other representatives from neighboring communities were present to review the OEA draft position statement. Tarpon Bay wanted to add the following stipulations: to prohibit shopping center signage on Oakes Blvd and Spanish Oaks Lane; Target to relocate the current Tarpon Bay sign on Immokalee to another location, hopefully Immokalee, but if no room there, then to Spanish Oaks Lane. Our residents wanted to add very clear "No Outlet" signage on Spanish Oaks Lane to keep people from crossing Oakes and driving down Spanish Oaks mistakenly. It was agreed that we would revise our draft position statement, prioritizing items with the top item being 6-laning of Immokalee all the way to 951 prior to opening the shopping center.

OEA By-Laws - Director Terms
A Motion was made by Mark Smith to adjust the bylaws of the Oakes Estates Advisory (OEA) Board to include the revision that we only have one year terms for the Board and Director positions, with the President staying on as a director and advisor to the incoming Board for an additional year. This motion was seconded by Jim Rice. Voted on and Passed.

Year-End Activities
This suggestion to host a picnic at the Vineyards to build rapport with our neighbors and inform residents about OEA activities was put on hold until next year. Board members and residents in attendance were too busy to commit the needed time for planning and coordination of such an event. Instead, it was agreed to send out an annual letter. Mark Smith volunteered to draft a letter to all Oakes property owners.

A motion was made by Rob Corbett to adjourn this meeting.
This motion was seconded by Mark Smith.
The meeting was adjourned at 8:55 by President Karl Fry.

Oakes Estates Advisory
BOARD OF DIRECTORS MEETING
November 2, 2004
Directors Present

Karl Fry
Mark Smith
Jim Rice
Chuck Cannaday
Rob Corbett
Diane Corbett
Call to Order/Quorum
Meeting was called to order at 7:10 by President Karl Fry. A quorum of Board members was present. The minutes from the October meeting were approved and posted on the website.

Old Business

Neighborhood Park:
Jim Rice informed us that the park was now in the hands of the Parks and Recreation Committee and that $100,000.00 had been budgeted for this park. It will be approximately 2 years before the park will be finished. We already have a committee ready to negotiate and discuss with the Parks Department what type of park would be in our neighborhood's best interests.

Child Safety:
It was discussed that we were still very interested in this safety of our children while waiting for the school buses to load and unload every day. The issue of the Super Target has been taking up a lot of meeting time the last couple of months but we reaffirmed that the child safety issue will again become a priority with the Board. Tom Henning, our newly re-elected Commissioner is familiar with this issue as his neighborhood has been addressing this same problem in their community so this is an active topic.

Target and Kite Development:
A Motion was made by Mark Smith to adopt the following SuperTarget Position Statement an official position of the Oakes Advisory Board, (open to other neighboring communities input) before we will offer our support for the development of this SuperCenter.
This motion was seconded by Jim Rice.
Voted on and Passed

New Business

Board Terms:
Karl Fry proposed that terms be reduced to 1-year for all board positions. This would reduce obstacles to residents stepping forward, and should not impact continuity as anyone doing a good job would likely have little competition for a 2nd term. It was suggested that the exception be that president agree to remain on the board for a 2nd year to help out his successor. It was agreed that Chuck Cannaday would review the Board bylaws to find out the rules governing nominations etc.. There are vacancies coming available on the Board in February 2005.

Meeting Signs:
Karl Fry remarked that we need to start taking basic steps to notify our residents and attract them to our meetings-signs put up prior to every monthly board meeting.
A Motion was made by Mark Smith to approve funds up to $500.00 for the purchase of eight signs that would announce our monthly board meetings as well as special meetings required in addition.
This motion was seconded by Rob Corbett.
Voted on and Passed.

Neighborhood Party in January:
The board discussed having an open neighborhood party toward the end of January. The purpose would be for residents to meet and greet one another and to increase awareness of neighborhood issues and the opportunities to serve on the board. It was agreed that formal planning would begin at December's meeting.

The meeting was adjourned at 8:20PM by President Karl Fry.

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Oakes Estates Advisory, Inc.
SuperTarget Position Statement

The Oakes Estates Advisory has adopted this draft official position statement. We offer support for the SuperTarget shopping center if the following stipulations are met.*

1. Retain light at Immokalee and Oakes
2. Add a right-in from Immokalee into the Target shopping center (if permitted by the Florida Department of Transportation)
3. Complete Immokalee 6-laning from I-75 to 951 before allowing the shopping center to open
4. Re-Classification of Oakes Blvd as a residential road with 35 MPH speed limit (due to significant drop in traffic counts after Livingston and Logan go through)
5. Target or the county to fund traffic calming in the form of adding one roundabout on Tarpon Bay (possibly at entrance to Malibu Lakes) and two on Oakes Blvd (one at Spanish Oaks (old 20th Ave NW) and another at either Shady Oaks or Standing Oaks Lane (old 14th or 16th Ave NW)
6. Special traffic calming in the neighborhood of the park (flashing light?)
7. No widening or expansion of Tarpon Bay Blvd past the rear of the shopping center (leave as two lanes)
8. Esthetic design input from Carol Wilsey
9. Written and officially recorded restrictions on hours of operation, truck routes (prohibit Oakes Blvd), and nature of business tenants (Target and Kite already have an Operating and Easement Agreement (OEA) which provides many restrictions. We are reviewing it for any gaping holes)
10. Upgraded sizes of landscaping (eg. 15' trees instead of 8' trees, etc.)

*This position statement is a draft only, and is subject to change based on input from neighboring communities.
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Oakes Estates Advisory
BOARD OF DIRECTORS MEETING
October 5th, 2004
Directors In Attendance

Karl Fry
Bob Walker
Denny Baker
Mark Smith
Ray Russell
Jim Rice
Diane Corbett
Rob Corbett
Call to Order / Quorum
Meeting was called to order at 7:10 by President Karl Fry. A quorum of Board members was present.

Old Business

Letter from Commissioner Henning
Earlier this summer, we sent a letter thanking Commissioner Tom Henning for helping us overcome skepticism amongst our residents that the county could be our partner. This letter is posted on our website. At the October meeting, Karl Fry presented to the group a letter from Commissioner Henning acknowledging our letter, praising our organization and professionalism, and offering his pledge of continued assistance in the future (assuming he's re-elected).

Target-Kite Development Re-zoning (Super Target Shopping Center)
A meeting has been scheduled for Thursday October 7 at the Tarpon Bay Clubhouse with Target and Kite Development to view computerized traffic simulations that will let us see graphic animations of traffic flowing into, out of, and through the neighborhood surrounding the proposed Super Target shopping center at Immokalee and Tarpon Bay Blvd. and to discuss the surrounding communities concerns about the new Development on Immokalee Road and Tarpon Bay Blvd. Bob Walker, Rob Corbett and Peter Goodin volunteered to attend. The meeting was subsequently cancelled for that evening and we are awaiting re-scheduling.

The board discussed a list of negotiating points to protect our interests and limit traffic through our neighborhood. Bob Walker and Peter Goodin volunteered to meet with county transportation officials and Commissioner Henning to determine which options appear most feasible and compelling to the county. They will report back next month.

Traffic Consultant
It was stipulated by the county that daily trips on Oakes Blvd should drop from 11,000/day to only 3,500/day after Livingston and Logan are completed from Vanderbilt Beach to Immokalee Road. Target and Kite estimated 1,200 trips/day on Oakes, which would bring the total up to 4,700/day after the shopping center was built. However, these traffic estimates have not yet been accepted by the county, and we have no way of knowing whether they are accurate. The Board discussed a suggestion by Dick Ennis, one of our residents, that we hire a traffic consultant to study the effect of the Target Development on our communities. It was decided not to spend the money at this moment, but to reconsider this strategy after our discussions with the county and after viewing traffic simulations provided by Target and Kite. At that time, we may decide to hire a consultant, and to seek funding support from other neighboring communities.

Traffic Light at Immokalee and Oakes
At the September meeting, a very decisive straw vote was taken among Oakes residents who overwhelmingly opposed removal of the light at Immokalee and Oakes Blvd. The Board decided to officially adopt this mandate and communicate our significant opposition to county officials. Concern over removal of the light was exacerbated by fears of traffic backing up at the Tarpon Bay light due to the new shopping center.

Old Business

County Referendum to Purchase Caribbean Gardens & Surrounding Lands
All Collier County voters will vote on November 2nd whether to purchase the 50 acres of Jungle Larry's (Caribbean Gardens) and the adjoining 100 acres for preservation and continued operation of the zoo. This property is currently leased to the Tetzlaff family (Oakes Estates residents and members) who would subsequently lease from the county as a "not-for-profit" organization. The zoo has been financially sustaining for several decades so once the land is purchased, it is not expected that the county would have to spend extra money operating the zoo. If the referendum fails, the zoo will most likely cease to exist. A discussion was held concerning the "Parkpac" organization (www.parkpac.com) that supports purchase of these lands. Voting "yes" would save the zoo and would increase property taxes by $37.50/$200,000 assessed value for 10 years, but in return these 150 acres would not be sold to private developers for building condos, apartments, or other commercial projects. And one of the top 10 private zoos in the USA would remain in Naples.A Motion was made by Jim Rice and seconded by Ray Russell for the Board to officially endorse the referendum for the county to purchase this property. Discussions revolved not around support for the referendum, but primarily around whether the Oakes Estates Advisory should be issuing political endorsements for any political issue or candidate.

A Vote was taken, with 4 members voting against this motion, 3 voting for this motion and 1 member abstaining. It was decided to send an email to our email list announcing the initiative and providing information for each resident to make a personal decision.
Motion Failed

The meeting was adjourned at 8:15 by President Karl Fry.

Oakes Estates Advisory
BOARD OF DIRECTORS MEETING
December 2, 2003
Board Members In Attendance

Karl Fry
Bob Walker
Chuck Cannaday
Mark Smith
Denny Baker
Ray Russell
Jim Rice
Diane Corbett
Rob Corbett
Lisa Absher
Debbie Mosher

Call to Order / Quorum / Past Minutes

Meeting was called to order at 7:05 by President Karl Fry. A quorum of Board members were present. The minutes of the previous meeting of November 4, 2003 were approved and have been posted on the web site.

Report of the Treasurer

Treasurer Denny Baker reported that the committee had $2750 in the bank and there had been no transactions this month.

Old Business

Street Renaming

Peter Goodin informed us that 10th and 12th streets had been approved for a name change at the last BCC meeting. The signs will be ordered soon and will be put up immediately after residents on those streets receive official notification in the mail from the county that the name change is in effect. Again the residents should wait until they receive these letters from the county before moving ahead. He also informed us that individual residents do not need to file change of address cards with the Post Office; it will only confuse the matter. He stated that he has used $197. of the $200. the Board had given him and that he would require approximately $60-75 for the new signs.
Motion: Chuck Cannaday proposed that the Board give Peter the necessary funds for the completion of the street renaming issue. Mark Smith seconded.
Voted on and Passed.

Faith Community Church

The Church's application for a child care and pre-school facility will be decided at the December 16th BCC meeting. Russell Budd, chairman of the Collier County Planning Commission and also a resident of Oakes Estates spoke at the meeting, sharing with us the results of his recent meeting with the Pastor, the church's attorney Rich Yovanavitch, and planner, Bill Hoover.

Russell has attended Faith Community Church several times but is not a member. He lobbied the church's team to change their application, recommending a single phase of 45 students, because that's the maximum the current facility can now handle without infrastructure changes to the road, sewer, septic, and the building itself. An intensive discussion followed with many asking questions to Mr. Budd. It was decided that a motion would be made to capture our best compromise offer to be voted on.

Motion: A motion by Mark Smith that (A) the Board would accept the offer of 45 students with the understanding that the Church could not reapply for enlargement until 5 years after the completion of Livingston, Logan and Collier Blvds and also agree that no alterations would be made to Oaks Blvd. in the way of turn lanes or traffic lights onto Hidden Oaks lane. Also that the Oakes Estates neighborhood would have second priority, just behind church members and regular attendees.

Motion was seconded by Lisa Absher.
Proposition (B) was that the Board continue it's opposition to any changes in the present use of the Church.
Voted on. 6 in favor of proposition (A ) and 5 in favor of proposition (B). Motion that the Board would go with proposition A was passed.

Neighborhood Park
A site surveyor from the county informed us that the acreage for the park on the SW corner of 20th and Oaks consisted of 95% wetlands leaving approximately ¼ to ½ acre of usable land. It was discussed that this may be a good area to consider having and keeping as green space. A committee including Jim Rice, Lisa Absher, Stan Mosher and Rick Smith were going to get together a make up a survey that could be circulated through the neighborhood so the Board could get some idea how the residents felt about obtaining this land to be used as a neighborhood park.

Motion: Ray Russell made a motion that we allow the Neighborhood Park committee access to $75. to purchase the residential mailing list from the County for the purpose of this survey and any future needs of this information. Seconded by Chuck Cannaday. Voted on and Passed.

Litter Prevention and Clean-Up: Jim Rice informed us that he had spoken with Wiegold who told him they used to sponsor a boy scout troop to clean up along Oaks Blvd. but with all the traffic it became to dangerous to have the kids out there so they cancelled their support. Wiegold offered to donate to the Board the vests and sticks that were used for the clean-up. It was suggested that we could make this a Board project in the future. Further discussion is needed on this subject.

A motion was made to adjourn this meeting. The meeting was adjourned at 8:45 by President Karl Fry.

Oakes Estates Advisory
BOARD OF DIRECTORS MEETING
November 4, 2003

Board Members
In Attendance
Karl Fry
Bob Walker
Mark Smith
Denny Baker
Ray Russell
Jim Rice
Diane Corbett
Rob Corbett
Lisa Absher
Call to Order / Quorum / Past Minutes

President Karl Fry called meeting to order at 7:05. A quorum of Board members was present. The minutes of the previous meeting of October 7, 2003 were approved and have been posted on the web site.

Report of the Treasurer

Treasurer Denny Baker reported that the committee had $2,800 in the bank after a check for tax preparation from the previous month had cleared.

Old Business

Street Renaming

It was reported that letters had been received from the county informing residents of 14th through 24th that their street names had been legally changed and that residents had 90 days to change their street signs and mailboxes, mail will continue to be delivered with the old addresses for a year. Chairman Peter Goodin was not present at this meeting so an update on the arrival of the new street signs was not available. 10th and 12th Avenue renaming should be presented before the county board at the November 18th BCC meeting and at that time should be approved barring any unforeseen complications.

Faith Community Church

The Church's application for a childcare and pre-school facility has been postponed until the December 16th BCC meeting. We have been in touch with a Land Use attorney who will research the Golden Gate Area Master Plan (GGAMP) and Land Development Code will advise us on our options in the matter of the Church's application.

Neighborhood Park

Amanda Townsend, a manager from the county Parks & Recreation Department informed us that the acreage for the park on the SW corner of 20th and Oakes consisted of 95% wetlands leaving approximately ¼ acre of dry land. Use of approximately ½ acre for a park is possible within the county's Neighborhood Park program budget for improvements, even including costs for mitigation (preserving wetlands in another area in return for using a little bit of this property's wetlands for the park). It was discussed that a positive impact from creating a park is that the county would clear tropical species (ie. Melaleuca and Brazilian Pepper, etc.) and would then maintain it, providing a significant area of preserved green space within our neighborhood.

The property is owned by the Golden Gate Land Trust (GGLT) and reserved for school use. However, the parcel is not of great value to the school district, so Karl Fry and Jim Rice will attend an upcoming GGLT Advisory Committee meeting and request that this property be given to Oakes Estates for use a park and preserve. Our neighborhood park committee would then work with the county to design a park that was agreeable to the majority of Oakes property owners.

A Motion was made by Denny Baker to continue to pursue the acquisition of this land for the purpose of use by the neighborhood. Seconded by Jim Rice. Voted on and Approved.

Storm Drainage Problems

Mark Smith will work with the county's Storm Drainage department to pursue getting our swales on the list for the county survey this winter.

New Business

Neighborhood Break-ins

There have been reports of home break-ins and attempted robberies in our neighborhoods. It is advised that residents take the necessary precautions needed and to be especially alert in the hours between 10 a.m. and 2 p.m. when these attempts have been made in the past. Director Ray Russell volunteered to follow up these reports with the police and advise us at our next meeting on any steps we as a community can take to stop this potentially serious problem.

Next Neighborhood Mailing

It was discussed that a letter will be sent out to the neighborhood in January detailing the committee's agenda covering the past year and the issues/projects anticipated for the next year. Membership dues will also become an issue in the letter as well as upcoming elections for seats on the Board in February.

Litter Clean up

A resident of our community Hiram Garcia spoke to the Board about his concerns with the speed of the traffic passing his home everyday. He was also very concerned with the amount of pollution and garbage being left on the sides of our roads from these passing motorists. He wanted to ask the Board about requesting county signs that would threaten fines for littering. It was also discussed whether Wiegold Air Conditioning was still looking after the road since they were the Adopt-a-Road patrons. We were also going to look into asking a neighborhood church about sponsoring a Boy Scout troop etc…to pick up the litter meanwhile earning a badge for community service.

Adjournment

A Motion was made by Ray Russell to adjourn this meeting. Seconded by Jim Rice.
President Karl Fry adjourned the meeting at 8:05.

Oakes Estates Advisory
BOARD OF DIRECTORS MEETING
October 7, 2003

Board Members
In Attendance
Karl Fry

Denny Baker

Rob Corbett

Chuck Cannaday

Lisa Absher
Bob Walker

Diane Corbett

Ray Russell

Jim Rice

Mark Smith
Call to Order / Quorum / Past Minutes
Meeting was called to order at 7:05 p.m. by President Karl Fry. A quorum of directors was present.

Treasurer’s Report

Denny Baker reported that there had been 0 checks written and the balance remained at $3000.00.

Old Business

Status of Street Renaming

Peter Goodin reported that the application for street renaming had been approved from the BCC for streets 14 through 24. He stated that the county would be sending out letters informing residents of the name change and at that time residents will be able to begin using their new street names. The mail will be delivered with the old addresses for up to a year to give people time to change. 10th and 12th avenues have not yet been presented to the BCC for approval due to an advertising error by the Naples Daily News (10th) and a resident objection (12th). The resident objection on 12th has been rescinded and that petition has now been re-submitted. The county has insisted that both streets be approved at the same time—they were unable to get these streets on the October 28th agenda so they will both be approved at the November 18th BCC meeting, barring any unforeseen circumstances.

New Street Signs

Peter Goodin reported that we can go ahead with the new street signs. They will be the same size and style we now have—green with white lettering, six-inches high with 4-inch high letters. Peter has found a company that can make the signs, saving $600-$700 from the county price. We will have to mount the signs ourselves since we are not purchasing them from the county, but once they are installed, the county will maintain them and replace them as needed in the future.

A Motion was made by Chuck Cannaday that we approve funds to be allocated for the purchase of these signs. Seconded by Jim Rice. Voted on and Approved.

A Motion was made by Ray Russell that when approval from the county to officially change our street names arrives that we go ahead and replace the old signs with the new signs without delay. Seconded, Voted on and Approved.

Faith Community Church’s application for a childcare / pre-school

Karl Fry and Ray Russell had just returned from meeting with the Pastor and his son-in-law and the designated intermediary Mark Strain. They reported they had presented the Pastor with our solution for the problem of daycare traffic on our roads by proposing that the Church open with 35 kids then increase their enrollment only after they build a bridge across the canal to the commercial property on the west side of the Church thereby closing off any entry from Oaks and 22nd Avenue. Mark Strain’s experience and research indicated a price of $250,000 or more. This was met with refusal by the church due to the price of such an undertaking. The Pastor indicated the only compromise approved by his board at this time is 50 kids up front and 100 after the completion of the three roads--Logan, 951,and Livingston. They were willing to reserve a percentage of slots for Oakes neighborhood children, on a first-come first-served basis. A lengthy discussion was held with our Board and members of residents in attendance, with almost a nearly unanimous majority believing that we had tried our best to come up with a workable solution with the Church and that even the minimum number of students requested by the church for this business was just too many as long as access was from 22nd Avenue NW.

A Motion was made by Bob Walker that we proceed with the wishes of the neighborhood and not continue with any compromises with the Church. This was Seconded by Mark Smith, Vote was taken with 8 approving and Ray Russell abstaining. Motion was passed.

It was discussed that we would have 5 speakers appeal to the BCC at this important meeting. The speakers were to get together and discuss strategy later this month.

Neighborhood Park

Karl Fry reported that the parcel at 20th and Oakes is owned by the Golden Gate Land Trust, and set aside for the school district. But the schools have no known use for this land. The county Department of Parks & Recreation has gotten us on the agenda for the November meeting of the Golden Gate Land Trust’s advisory board, in order to petition them to grant us the land at no cost for use as a neighborhood park. The county still has not surveyed the parcel to tell us how much of the land is usable for a park. We are told that the land is too expensive to be purchased under standard guidelines within the county’s neighborhood park program. It would cost approximately $270,000 to buy and their budget is only $155,000 per parcel. FYI, the county’s budget for improvements (facilities) for each neighborhood park is $85,000.

Storm Drainage

Karl Fry reported that he spoke with Robert Wiley of the county’s storm drainage division under the transportation department. The county has a program to survey and correct swale and culvert problems, but only has one surveyor and his assistant assigned. He felt we should be able to get on the schedule to get our roads surveyed this winter. They are trying to request budget not only to dig out swales, but also to replace culverts that are too high. Since these are private property, this is currently a big problem because homeowners are refusing to spend the money. This issue has been handed over to Vice President Mark Smith for follow-up. In the meantime, the county supports our efforts to work together with our neighbors to tackle problem spots. It may be a while before the county would actually be able to dig out our swales where needed.

New Business

Business Links on our Web Page

It was discussed whether we should pursue putting neighborhood business ads on our website thereby making revenue for the Oakes Estates Advisory’s general fund.

A Motion was made by Ray Russell that Chuck Cannaday write up a policy concerning the logistics and costs of business ads on the website to review at our next meeting. Seconded and voted on. Vote taken with one member abstaining and one member opposed, 6 in favor. Motion Passed.

Open Board Position

Since the resignation of Tim Lee from our Board, the by-laws require selection of a replacement. Ray Russell nominated Lisa Absher for the Board, and seconded by Chuck Cannaday. She agreed and the vote was taken. We welcome Lisa to the Board.

A Motion was made by Mark Smith that we adjourn this meeting. Seconded by Denny Baker.

Meeting was adjourned by President Karl Fry at 8:40 p.m.

Oakes Estates Advisory
SPECIAL BOARD OF DIRECTORS MEETING
September 29, 2003
Board Members in
Attendance
Karl Fry
Denny Baker
Rob Corbett
Chuck Cannaday

Guest Mark Strain, Collier County Planning Commission
Bob Walker

Diane Corbett

Ray Russell

Jim Rice
Call to Order / Quorum / Past Minutes

Meeting was called to order at 6:05 p.m. by President Karl Fry. A quorum of directors was present.

Current Business

Faith Community Church's application for a childcare / pre-school:

At our last meeting, the Board voted to accept Russell Budd's proposal that Mark Strain be selected as an intermediary between Oakes Estates Advisory and the Faith Community Church. Mark accepted, much to our appreciation, and for this reason we had a special meeting of the Board. We discussed our options with Mr. Strain on the issue of compromise with the Church. He had spoken with representatives of the church last Thursday and got some idea of what the Church was looking for in numbers of students, now that their financial analysis is complete. He indicated the church had proposed 50 students during Phase I, with Phase II growing to some significantly higher number after Logan and Livingston are completed between Vanderbilt Beach and Immokalee, and 951 is six-laned. He estimated that the church would approximately want to double its childcare/pre-school operation during Phase II, to about 100 students.

Mr. Strain then left the meeting, leaving the Board to discuss privately how to respond. A long and detailed discussion followed.

A Motion was made by Bob Walker that the Board should offer a compromise to the Faith Community Church to allow for 35 students initially, but extending up to 120 students at which time that entry from 22nd Avenue NW is closed off and a private entrance is constructed from the adjoining commercial property (across the canal).
Seconded by Denny Baker
Vote taken. 6 to 2 in favor
Motion Passed.

A Motion was made by Jim Rice the that Board authorize the use of funds in the amount of $1250.00 to engage the services of an attorney to research issues concerning our rights and options with this important application and to represent the Committee at the Board of County Commissioners upcoming meeting on June 28th.
Seconded by Chuck Cannaday
Voted on and Unanimously Passed Neighborhood Park: We are waiting for the county to survey the proposed site on the SW corner of 20th and Oakes Blvd. They will be looking for wetlands and exotic species of plants in order to determine how much of the land can be used.

A Motion was made by Chuck Cannaday to table further discussion of forming a special committee to oversee the possibility of creating a Park on the southwest corner of 20th and Oakes until our next meeting. Seconded by Debbie Mosher. A discussion ensued and it was decided that this issue needs to be addressed quickly due to the county's fiscal year coming to a close and selection of park sites for next year (beginning October 1st) in the near future. The motion was rescinded.

A new motion was made by Chuck Cannaday that we immediately form a committee and formally pursue a neighborhood park. Seconded by Debbie Mosher. Approved unanimously.

A committee of three members, Rick Smith, Jim Rice and Stan Mosher was chosen to follow up on this issue.

Adjournment
A Motion was made by Bob Walker to adjourn this meeting.
Seconded by Rob Corbett.
Meeting was adjourned by President Karl Fry at 8:50 p.m.

Oakes Estates Advisory
BOARD OF DIRECTORS MEETING
September 3, 2003

Board Members in
Attendance
Karl Fry
Mark Smith
Denny Baker
Diane Corbett
Rob Corbett
Debra Mosher
Chuck Cannaday
Call to Order / Quorum / Past Minutes

Meeting was called to order at 7:05 p.m. by President Karl Fry. A quorum of directors was present. The minutes of the previous meeting of August 5, 2003 were approved and have been posted to the website.

Treasurers Report

Treasurer Denny Baker reported that the Advisory has approximately $3000.00. He also reported that there was no need to change our tax status as we are already a non-profit organization. He reported that our taxes for the year 2002 had been completed and filed. Denny performed the work for a fee of $250.

Current Business

Street Renaming: Peter Goodin reported that he is looking for an outside vendor to provide our new neighborhood signs. He felt that we can get basic green signs with white lettering at a significantly-reduced rate compared to the $100 per street the county would charge. We have clearance from the county to install them ourselves.

He also wondered introduced the option for extra large signs --9 inches high instead of the 6 inches they are now. He is going to find out the relative costs and inform us at the next meeting, at which time we will decide which size and color we would like. Either Blue or Green with white lettering are acceptable to the county and will be maintained by the county. Any other style is considered 'decorative' and would be our responsibility to maintain.

Signs placed at the Oakes end of each avenue announce that the issue of our new street names will be placed before the County Commissioners for approval at their September 23, 2003 meeting and if uncontested should pass. The new names will be immediately active. All mail will automatically be forwarded from our old street names for a period of one year. It will be the responsibility of each homeowner to submit change of address forms to friends and businesses.

Faith Community Church's application for a childcare / pre-school:Selection of an Intermediary was discussed. A Motion was made by Chuck Cannaday and seconded by Denny Baker to discuss with Mark Strain the possibility of his being an intermediary between our community and the Church. A stipulation was also added that any intermediary chosen would not have the authority to make any decisions without the Boards approval. A Vote was taken with 4 members voting for and 3 against. Motion Passed.

Selection of an Attorney was discussed. A Motion was made by Chuck Cannaday that we should research finding a Land Use Attorney to help us in our presentation to the Commission. Seconded by Denny Baker. A Vote was taken and Motion Passed.
Neighborhood Park: We are waiting for the county to survey the proposed site on the SW corner of 20th and Oakes Blvd. They will be looking for wetlands and exotic species of plants in order to determine how much of the land can be used.

A Motion was made by Chuck Cannaday to table further discussion of forming a special committee to oversee the possibility of creating a Park on the southwest corner of 20th and Oakes until our next meeting. Seconded by Debbie Mosher. A discussion ensued and it was decided that this issue needs to be addressed quickly due to the county's fiscal year coming to a close and selection of park sites for next year (beginning October 1st) in the near future. The motion was rescinded.

A committee of three members, Rick Smith, Jim Rice and Stan Mosher was chosen to follow up on this issue.

New Business

White rocks/shells deposited along our streets: A resident asked whether the county was planning to plant grass where they have left this material. Russell Budd assured us that these rocks/shells were laid down in order to reinforce our newly-paved roads and keep them from deteriorating. The county will be doing nothing further.

Pothole at 12th and Oakes: A resident reported a sizable pot-hole and wash-boarding of Oakes near 12th Avenue. Norman Feder has been emailed with a request to get it fixed.

Adjournment

A Motion for adjournment of this meeting was made by Mark Smith and seconded by Rob Corbett. The meeting was adjourned at 8:30 p.m. by President Karl Fry.

Oakes Estates Advisory
BOARD OF DIRECTORS MEETING
August 5, 2003

Board Members in
Attendance
Karl Fry
Mark Smith
Chuck Cannaday
Denny Baker
Bob Walker
Jim Rice
Ray Russell
Tim Lee
Judy Lee (for Diane Corbett)
Robert Corbett
Debra Mosher
Call to Order/Quorum/Past Minutes

Meeting was called to order at 7:05PM by President Karl Fry. A quorum of Board members was present. The minutes of the previous meeting of July 1, 2003 were approved.

Treasurer's Report

Treasurer Denny Baker reported that the Committee had $3070.00 .

CURRENT BUSINESS

Street Renaming: Peter Goodin reported that our applications for all 8 streets have been deemed to meet requirements by the Planning department. Planning is ready to go before the County Commissioners for final approval on the "consent agenda," items that are generally passed without incident. The next meeting is on Sept. 23. If no objection, the county will schedule a neighborhood meeting to inform us of timelines, notification procedures, etc. Peter spoke with Mr. Andrew Marks. He said an additional $100.00 will be needed for each new street sign, but Peter is researching sources where we can obtain them at a lesser cost ourselves. After the BCC meeting the names will officially change, but our old addresses will work for a period of one year.

CPA/Tax Status Change: Denny Baker reported that he needed to review the 2002 records before turning them over to a CPA. Mark Smith made a motion to proceed with status change from a for profit to a non-profit status. Jim Rice seconded. Motion was approved unanimously. It was also moved and unanimously approved that Denny would complete the Oakes Advisory's 2002 tax return and take it to the CPA for review.

Faith Community Church Update: Faith Community's request to add a child care and preschool has been delayed again until the next county commissioners meeting, around September 5th. The county is checking the purpose and intent of the Golden Gate Master Plan. There are still some questions as to whether intent was to pass from commercial through residential or vice-versa. Faith Community still intends to pursue its child care and pre-school application, with traffic access via 22nd Avenue NW.

Potential Neighborhood Park: A meeting is scheduled for Aug. 20th at 9:00 with Commissioner Henning, Rick Smith, Karl Fry and Jim Rice to discuss possibility of a park on the southwest corner of 20th and Oakes. Mr. Smith lives just south of the proposed site.

New Street Signs: New red and white banners were discussed. It was proposed that the first line read : NEIGHBORHOOD SUPPORT NEEDED NOW and second line saying: WATCH FOR UPCOMING INFO. A final decision is yet to be made.

NEW BUSINESS

Water Drainage: Barbara Kerby, from the South Florida Water Management District, Big Cypress Basin along with Steve Nagel, regulations and Kyle Hall, staff engineer were special guest speakers. They discussed water drainage, flood protection, overall flow, primary and secondary systems , water quality and quantity in our area and surrounding areas. They manage the large canals in the drainage system. The county storm water department manages the smaller canal at the western border of our neighborhood and the drainage swail along the eastern border. The contact person for county storm water is Robert Wiley at 732-2501. They might also help us with problems regarding the swails in front of our homes.

Vanderbilt Beach Extension Update: Bob Walker attended the public hearing. He said there was a large turn out and that the presentation was very good. The intersection at Vanderbilt and Oakes will be widened 8 feet on the west side of Oakes northward to 10th Ave. N.W.. The canal running east to west below 10th Ave. will be moved to the north with a large retaining pond. Vanderbilt will be widened mostly toward the south side. This 6-laning project will take 4 years to complete.

A motion for adjournment of this meeting was made by Mark Smith and seconded by Jim Rice. The meeting was adjourned at 8:50PM by President Karl Fry.

Oakes Estates Advisory
BOARD OF DIRECTORS MEETING
July 1, 2003
Board Members

Mark Smith
Chuck Cannaday
Denny Baker
Bob Walker
Debbie Mosher
Jim Rice
Ray Russell
Tim Lee
Judy Lee (for Diane Corbett)
Voter by proxy for Robert Corbett
Call to Order/Quorum/Past Minutes

Meeting was called to order at 7:05p.m. by Vice President Mark Smith. A quorum of Board members was present. The minutes of the previous meeting of June 3, 2003 were approved.

Treasurer's Report

There was no treasurer's report.

CURRENT BUSINESS

Tax Preparation: Denny Baker reported that we are still looking for a CPA to change our status from a for profit to a non-profit status. We are paying higher taxes with our present status. Karl Fry may have a possible CPA.

Faith Community Church Update: Bob Walker reported that the commissioners' vote was postponed by the petitioners until Tuesday July 29.

NEW BUSINESS

Water Drainage: Residents are concerned about high water levels with recent rains. Mark Smith suggested we invite Steve Ladd from the South Florida Water Management to attend our next meeting and explain neighborhood drainage, culverts, and maintenance responsibilities.

Potential Park on Vacant Lot at SW Corner of 20th and Oakes: Commissioner Henning contacted Karl Fry a couple of weeks ago concerning the possibility of a park going in on the south corner of 20th and Oakes. Rick Smith lives just south of the 5-acre lot. The commissioner indicated that the lot is owned by the county and that he would like to visit the site with Rick and a board member following his vacation, in order to assess Rick's views of having a park next door. The commissioner is on vacation until July 24th.

Signs: Chuck Cannaday made a motion to have 2 new banners made for upcoming commissioners meeting. Jim Rice seconded the motion. The vote was 3 for and 5 against. Another motion was made by Denny Baker to get 2 new signs, use the 2 existing signs, small signs at the end of each street and flyers on mailboxes. The vote was 7 for and 1 against. Denny Baker also made a motion to cap the cost at $500.00. Chuck Cannaday seconded. The vote was 8 for 0 against.

A motion for adjournment of this meeting was made by Jim Rice and seconded by Chuck Cannaday. The meeting was adjourned at 7:35 by Vice President Mark Smith.

BOARD OF DIRECTORS MEETING
December 3, 2002

In Attendance

Robert Walker

Jim Roberts

Chuck Cannaday

Stan Mosher
Nora Beyers

Mark Smith

Debbie Mosher

John Casimni
Meeting called to order at 7:00 p.m.

We have been advised the County Commissioners are attempting to place the Logan Blvd. extension subject on a consent agenda at the December 17, 2002 meeting.

For your information The Collier County Board of County Commissioners agenda link is: http://www.co.collier.fl.us/bcc/agenda.htm

Regular meetings of the Board of County Commissioners are open to the public and are held the 2nd and fourth Tuesdays each month, beginning at 9 a.m. Public petition speakers are limited to 10 minutes and general address speakers to 5 minutes. The Commission Chambers and Commissioners’ offices are located on the third floor of the Administration Building at 3301 E. Tamiami Trail. Meetings are also aired live on CCTV Channel 11 and recorded for evening play.

Julia Lyon approached the Oakes Advisory board requesting permission for her 13 and under girls basketball team (Collier Crush) be added to our 501c so that they could obtain sponsors for their team. The team needs to have a not for profit membership in order to attract donor contributions. The parents will sign a waiver to relieve Oakes Advisory of liability and the Amateur Athletic Union also has insurance coverage. Julia will research what steps are to be taken to add them to the Oakes Advisory 501c and she needs a decision in three months. Bob Walker will look into the liability on behalf of Oakes Advisory, Inc.

Motion Made and Carried Unanimously:
Postpone slate of new officers for 2003 until the January meeting.

Meeting adjourned at 8:00 p.m.

Nora Beyers, Secretary
nbeyers@oakesadvisory.com

Special Meeting
Thursday, November 14, 2002
In Attendance

Commissioner Tom Henning
Karyl Sterrett
Ken Wheelock
Ron Joeckel
Jill Barlock
David Barlock
Jim Roberts
Mark Smith
Stan Mosher

Debbie Mosher
John Casimini
Barbara Collins
Tom Ellis
Roger Macauley
Jim Collins
Bob Walker
Nora Beyers
Chuck Cannaday
Karl Fry
Minutes of Meeting

Meeting called to order at 7:00 p.m.

Commissioner Tom Henning addressed residents on the proposed Logan Blvd. extension (four lane highway between Vanderbilt and Immokalee) and how this will impact the residents of the Oakes Estates neighborhood.

Mr. Henning suggested as many residents as possible attend the Collier County Commissioner’s meeting on the second Tuesday in December. He recommended there be 4 to 5 speakers to represent the group with emphasis on the following points:

The $500,000 that was ear marked for Oakes/ Immokalee improvements is included in the DCA for the Logan alignment study, purchase of remainder of right of way or design of the road. Instead have the money spent on Logan Blvd. extension, possibly to build a buffer. This buffer can not be built without a noise study first.
Request a noise study be conducted.
Build a buffer along Logan Blvd. extension and the end of the Avenues from 10th Avenue to Immokalee Road, again after the noise study. (We must address the Commissioner and request a noise study to be included in the design. There cannot be a dedication of funds for a wall or noise buffer, without a noise study.)
Request none of the Avenues be connected to Logan Blvd. extension.
Reduce the speed limit on Oakes Blvd.
Stress the fact that Oakes Blvd. has taken the brunt of heavy traffic for years and now we would like the traffic load to be taken off our residential street.
Meeting adjourned at 7:45 p.m.

Nora Beyers, Secretary
nbeyers@oakesadvisory.com

Board of Directors Meeting

November 5, 2002    7 pm

In Attendance

1) Brian Kirk

2) Chuck Cannaday

3) John Casimni

4) Mark Smith
5) Nora Beyers

6) Karl Fry

7) Roger Macauley
Minutes of Meeting

Meeting called to order at 7:00 p.m.

A plan was discussed to establish a slate of officers and directors for election for the year 2003 which will be presented at the December meeting.  President Brian Kirk will canvas present officers and directors as to their intent to serve additional terms and welcomes participation from members of the Oakes Advisory, Inc. who wish to become involved.

Karl Fry will begin steps to revive the street renaming project.   Roger Macauley and Chuck Cannaday will serve on his committee.

Roger Macauley is in the process of having “Seasons Greeting” signs designed to be placed at the north and south entrance to Oakes Boulevard .

Meeting adjourned at 8:10 p.m.

Nora Beyers, Secretary

nbeyers@oakesadvisory.com

Board of Directors Meeting

October 1, 2002    7 pm

In Attendance

1) Chuck Cannaday

2) Stan Mosher

3) Debbie Mosher

4) Nora Beyers

5) Brian Kirk
6) Ron Joeckel

7) Mark Smith

8) Roger Macauley

9) Jim Rice

10) John Casimni
Minutes of Meeting

Meeting called to order at 7:00 p.m.

President Brian Kirk gave a report on the Golden Gate Master Planning Commission meeting held on September 14, 2002 which concerned the proposed rezoning of a portion of the north side of 24th Avenue. Brian Kirk and several Oakes Estates residents attended the meeting and voiced opposition to rezoning the area, after which the Golden Gate Master Planning Committee voted no changes will be made to zoning.

Roger Macauley has volunteered to clean up litter and spruce up bike/walk path along Oakes Blvd.

President Brian Kirk will author a letter from Oakes Estates Advisory Committee to GL Homes requesting them to remove trash and debris located at their storage trailers at end of 20th Avenue. Chuck Cannaday will take pictures to accompany letter to be sent through United States Postal Service.

All Oakes Estates residents are invited to attend monthly meetings. Your support is appreciated. The Oakes Estate Advisory board will continue to address concerns and issues specific to our community and strive to maintain the integrity of our fine neighborhood “For the Betterment of our Community.”

Some topics for November 5th Oakes Estates Advisory meeting:

Board will be accepting nominations for Officers and Board Members for the calendar year 2003. Any one interested in participating, please advise the board.
Review and discussion of bylaws
Spokesman from Logan Woods neighborhood association
Motions Made and Carried Unanimously:

Logan Woods neighborhood spokesman will be invited to attend the November meeting of Oakes Estates Advisory to discuss their involvement on issues that affect both our organizations with the purpose of helping each other.
Committee to be formed and chaired by Roger Macauley to plan something special for the participation of all Oakes Estates residents over the Christmas holidays.
Elect Nora Beyers as Secretary to fill vacancy due to resignation tendered by Jerry Sterrett.
Meeting adjourned at 8:05 p.m.

Nora Beyers, Secretary
nbeyers@oakesadvisory.com

Board of Directors Meeting

September 3, 2002    7 pm

In Attendance
1) Ken Wheelock
2) Ron Joeckel
3) Jim Rice
4) John Casimini
5) Karl Fry
6) Brian Kirk
7) Mark Smith
8) Roger Machuley
9) Bill Neff
10) Nora Beyers
11) Chuck Cannaday
Minutes of Meeting

Meeting commenced at 7 pm.

There has been no movement by the county, in regards to the rezoning of Faith Community Church, located at 6455 22nd Ave..

Membership information: Currently we have 188 members that have paid dues out of the over 500 residents on our mailing list. The current balance of monies at Oakes Advisory Council's disposal is $2540.40, which will get us through a few more mailings. We urge all that can to join.

Rezoning of North side of 24th Avenue meeting to be held at the Golden Gate Planning Commission Building on the 18th of September at 4:00pm. More information coming soon. We would like residents to attend this meeting. More info coming.

Several motions were brought this evening.

(Motion) As the Oakes Advisory Council, Inc., we oppose any zoning changes on the North side of 24th Avenue. (Board voted unanimously in favor)
(Motion) Elect Nora Byers as Assistant Secretary (Board voted unanimously in favor)
(Motion) www.Oakesadvisory.com (our official website) shall not be used for personal opinions by residents on contractors/vendors. (Board voted unanimously in favor)
Meeting adjourned at 8:10 pm

Board of Directors Meeting

August 6, 2002    7 pm

In Attendance
1) Jerry & Karyl Sterrett
2) Bob Walker
3) Jim Rice
4) Ron Joeckel
5) Debbie Mosher
6) Stan Mosher
7) Russell Budd
8) Chuck Cannaday
9) Linda Lawson
10) Hiram Garcia
11) Celia Garcia
12) Nora Beyers
13) Mark Smith
14) Shira Turrentine
Minutes of Meeting

Letter was sent to Mr. & Mrs. Turrentine about rezoning there property. The letter is attached for further review. ( Motion ) Board to send letter to James M. Goldie, Golden Gate Master Planning Committee, Collier County Planning Commission, County Board of Commissioners. Stating the board and Mr. & Mrs. Turrentine oppose the rezoning of these residential properties. ( Board voted unanimously in favor ).

Speed reduction methods where pushed to Tom Henning .
School Zone signs & speed limits should apply to 2 blocks north of Vanderbilt beach rd. on Oakes Blvd. (Motion) Send letter to Department of Transportation. (voted unanimously in favor).

Board of Directors Meeting

July 2, 2002    7 pm

In Attendance
1) Jerry Sterrett
2) Bob Walker
3) Jim Rice
4) Ron Joeckel
5) Debbie Mosher
6) Stan Mosher
7) Brian Kirk
8) Chuck Cannaday
Minutes of Meeting

W.C.I. Tarpon Bay, permit for the construction of a large monument on the SW corner of 20th and Oakes Blvd. Has still not passed.

E-mail and or mail form letter with newsletter.
Form letter to be sent in by members.
(Motion) Board members which miss 3 meetings over a year, will cease to function as a director.( Motion withdrawn).
Finish additions to the newsletter.
(Motion) Nominating Chuck Cannaday as director. (Board voted unanimously in favor).
(Motion) Nominating Stan & Debbie Mosher as directors. (Board voted unanimously in favor).
(Motion) Send out newsletter with corrections. (Board voted unanimously in favor).

Board of Directors Meeting

June 4, 2002    7 pm

In Attendance
1)
Jerry & Karyl Sterrett
2)
Bob Walker
3)
Jim Roberts
4)
Ron Joeckel
5)
Ken Wheelock
6)
John Casimini
7)
Brian Kirk
8)
Karl Fry
Minutes of Meeting

W.C.I. Tarpon Bay has applied for the construction of a large monument on the SW corner of 20th and Oakes Blvd. The board unanimously voted that the Oakes Estates Advisory Assoc. send a letter to the county. Letter was sent May, 8, 2002 & attached to minutes.

Application with IRS for non profit organization has to be filed (501C4).

Complete mail list ( Karl Fry ) for our mailing in June.

Petition # CU-2002-AR-2354 was filed by Faith Community Church, located at 6455 22nd Ave., requesting conditional use to add 300 student child care and pre-school. Collier county planning department, Principle Planner / Fred Reischl will be reviewing this petition over the next several weeks. Letter was sent May, 22, 2002 & attached to minutes. Bob Walker to contact County Planner to follow the progress.

Corridor study 1997 traffic trips, average traveling down Oakes was 5935 per day, in 2001average was11,535 per day.

The board talked about Logan Blvd. extension, how it will impact the properties at the east end of the avenues. The board felt that a buffer between Logan ext. and avenues. would be a reasonable request from county, if property owners agreed.

Board of Directors Meeting

May 7, 2002    7 pm

In Attendance

1)
Jerry Sterrett
7)
Ken Wheelock
2)
Bob Walker
8)
Jim Collins
3)
Cindy Zvojec
9)
Barbera Collins
4)
Ronald Joeckel
10)
Stan Mosher
5)
Jim Rice
11)
Debbie Mosher
6)
Mark Smith
12)
Brian Kirk

13)
Karl Fry
Minutes of Meeting

W.C.I. Tarpon Bay has applied for the construction of a large monument on the SW corner of 20th and Oakes Blvd. to demarcate the entrance to Tarpon Bay. A letter was sent out by the county informing only neighboring property owners of the request. The board unanimously voted that the Oakes Advisory Assoc. send a letter to the county stating the board of director’s opposition, citing the fact that WCI told this board that 20th Ave would only be a construction entrance. The letter from the county requested that comments be made by May 15, 2002.

Application with IRS for non-profit status of our organization has been submitted.

Secretary needs to purchase minutes book and attendance book.

President to compile accomplishments of the Oakes Advisory Assoc. to post on our web site.

President is to contact department of transportation to find out what is happening with Oakes, Livingston and Logan ext.

Board meetings and minutes to be posted on our web site and be open to the public.

Meetings will be held on the 1st Tuesday of each month at 7 pm. starting on the fourth (4th) day of June 2002 at North Naples Baptist Church on the corner of 18th Ave. and Oakes (until further notice).

Compilation of e-mail list and member database to be led by Karl Fry.

Petition # CU-2002-AR-2354 was filed by Faith Community Church, located at 6455 22nd Ave., requesting conditional use to add 300 student child care and pre-school. Collier County planning department, Principle Planner / Fred Reischl will be reviewing this petition over the next several weeks. The board voted unanimously to oppose the petition, citing concerns with adding more traffic to Oakes Blvd. The President will send a letter to the county principle planner regarding our opposition. Look for further information on where and how residents can voice their opinions on this subject coming soon to our web site.