UNIVERSITY HILLS ASSOCIATION OF HOMEOWNERS
Minutes of Board Meeting
Tuesday, April 2, 2002
The meeting was called to
order by president, Arnold Martin at 7:35 A.M.
Board members present were:
Arnold Martin, Esther Nachimson, John Taylor, Don McGee, Don Jensen, Charles
Schmidt, James Spriggs, Martin Kahn, Molly Kahn, Nell Anne Hunt, and Chris
Wallace. Not present were Frank Murphy,
Jim Wells, and Scott Wilson.
Special guests present were:
Angel Biasatti, Carl Vance, Dick Kirby, and Dottie Lane with AT&T; Joe Beal
and Bob Curtis with Verizon; Bob Garcy with Southwestern Bell.
Each communication company
presented the reasons University Hills does not have access to DSL lines. AT&T was the only one who had anything
to offer in the way of higher speed internet service and that was not very much
for most of us. The excuse they all
gave was that our homes are too far from the switching station for the DSL
lines (must be within 3000 feet) and they could not “afford” to put lines in
because there was not a large enough market to bother with this. After listening to all of their spiels, the
bottom line is we’re not getting DSL in the near future.
President Martin expressed
our thanks to our guests for their presentations and we proceeded with the
business meeting of the board.
The minutes of the last
meeting were passed out and approved.
Don Jensen passed out the
treasurer’s report. We have 184 paid
members so far---we have 72 new members and 62 members who have not renewed
their membership. Don presented the
budget for the present fiscal year. We
have total assets of $7,075.77. Don McGee motioned to accept the minutes and
the treasurer’s report as presented.
Martin Kahn seconded the motion.
The motion passed unanimously.
John Taylor announced the new
Director of the University Hills Neighborhood Watch would be Jim Underwood who
lives on Cortez Court. Jim is a
chaplain for the Cedar Hill Police Department and is a business specialist in
non-leniar strategy. He will submit a
plan to the Irving Police Department.
The Area Chiefs will hold
training sessions for their block captains on 3 different dates: Area C, Linda
Korkmas will hold her meeting at her home on April 16, at 7:30. Area B, Mary Oberlin, will meet on
Tuesday, April 23. Area A, Beggs, will
meet on Tuesday, April 30.
The newsletter in is
progress. We are in need of articles of
interest for UH.
Charles Schmidt reported the
project on Northgate was complete and they were working on the medians and
central areas.
Chris Wallace of the TLCA
reported that the TLCA Parks Foundation had received a grant to plant trees in
Rochelle Park. There will be a town
Hall meeting at 6 PM at the Irving Arts Center, on April 6, to hear all of the
candidates for the city election to be held the first Saturday in May. If there are any questions about burglar
alarms, we should call Penny Hader at 972-541-2345.
Nell Anne Hunt has planned
April 21 as the day for our Flag kick-off to plan for the 4th of
July. We plan to put out 10,000 flags
in UH for a really big event.
Invitations will be sent for a pot-luck affair at her home on
Hidalgo. Everyone is encouraged to
come.
Our yearly SPRING FLING is
planned for Saturday, May 4th.
Molly Kahn and her committee have great things planned for our
families. We will have a Cinco de Mayo
theme and there will be games to play, a petting zoo, and pony rides. TLCA is underwriting the petting zoo. We are looking for underwriters for our
other events that are costly. We are
also looking for a young band to provide music for the event.
The next board meeting will
be on Tuesday, May 7th, at 7:30 AM.
The meeting was adjourned at
9:27 AM.
Respectfully submitted
Esther Nachimson, Secretary