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OEHA Directors

& Officers

Gracie Sullivan

Director & President

Sam Yearby

Director & Vice Pres.

Linda Morphis

Director & Secretary

Janet Wheatley

Director & Treasurer

  

Don Boedeker

Director & Newsletters

  

Robert Stone

Director & Webmaster

Director

Vacant

Tracy Chappell

Welcoming/Courtesy

Linda Coates

Webmaster

OEHA Bookkeepers

Oakwood East Newsletter                                                 April, May and June 2006

  

Please Take Notice! For  insurance  purposes,  non­residentsusing our paths or our park facilities must be accompaniedby  a  resident  of  Oakwood  East  or  they  will  be  cited  byMidwest City for a "trespassing" violation. Permission aloneis no longer sufficient.Annual Adjourned Meeting: Our Association’s Annual Adjourned Meeting washeld January 19, 2006 and many items were discussed. The budget was approved,and Sam Yearby and Don Boedeker were reelected as Directors for another 3 years.Months earlier the 10 plus sets of covenants and bylaws were consolidated into oneset for all of Oakwood East. Our attorney reviewed their contents and made theneeded adjustments. 50 copies of these were run off for attendees to have their owncopy to examine while being discussed. Very few changes were actually made. Afteran item by item review and discussion, a motion was made and passed to acceptthese covenants and bylaws. Consequently, they were filed with Oklahoma Countyat the courthouse and are now in effect. Every household will receive a copy of theseamended documents with this newsletter.

Annual Assessments Billing Process Reminder:

(1) In December, 15­30 days before the annual adjourned meeting, assessments andnotice of the annual meeting are mailed out; (2) March 15th is the due date to haveyour assessments paid; (3) April 1st, if your assessment has not been paid there is aninterest charge of 10% of the assessment; (4) May 1st, a flat fee of $25.00 will beadded; (5) June 1st, if still unpaid, a lien will be put on your property, and the cost ofadding and removing such lien is added to your assessment; (6) November 1st, therewill be an additional interest charge of 10% per annum on the outstanding balance,and so on progressively. And (7) November 15th, delinquent accounts are turnedover to our attorney for collection. His fees will be added to the unpaid bill.

Annual Garage Sale: Our community garage sale will be held May 4, 5, 6 & 7,2006. You can get a 4­day permit from the city, and use the permit any or all of the 4days. The permit is purchased from the Water Department at City Hall. We do allowthe signs to be put in your front lawn during this time. We DO NOT allow signs(even garage sales) to be put on our common areas or entrances.

Dogs: Many residents have asked that we put a repeat article in the newsletterconcerning dogs. The complaints are owners permitting their pets to relievethemselves in others’ yards and not controlling them on a leash. A leash is requiredby Midwest City Ordinance. Please be considerate of your neighbors when walkingdogs. If you have a problem, call Animal Control @ 427­6640 Mon.­Fri. 7:00AM­6:00PM and Sat. 8:00AM­6:00PM.

Director Vacancy: We are a Director short. Anyone interested, please contact aDirector or come to one of our meetings on Thursday, April 13, May 11, or June 8held at 6:30PM at the Midwest City Community Church of the Nazarene.

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Gray & McClendon, Inc.

Contact

Milly: 842-2206

  

Neighborhood Coord.

Cammy Cartmill or

Officer Nancy McKinnis

739-8218

Animal Control

427­6640

Newsletters: You should begetting your newslettersquarterly – by the first week ofJanuary, April, July andOctober.

Web Site: We now have a website up and running. Check outwww.oakwoodeast.org. The bylaws and covenants, and various community linksare now posted. Linda Coates is Co­Web Master with our Director Robert Stone. Weappreciate the job both are doing, and especially all the time Linda put in to initiallyestablish the site.

A "Discussion Board" is included, but content will be reviewed prior to posting.

Special Projects: Hopefully you’ve noticed the cement spur linking Lakeside to theasphalt path for easier access for wheel chairs, baby strollers, etc. A much neededproject for this summer is to replace the sheds. These sheds contain high voltageelectrical equipment for the irrigation system, ponds, and fountains, and aredeteriorating.

Director Don Boedeker:

Don was honored at our Jan.19th meeting for his dedicated service as an OEHADirector for the past six years! He is Mr. Dependable and a valuable asset to ourcommunity. He also delivered newsletters to 20 Block Capt. quarterly for the past sixyears. Don’s associates refer to him as the man with the manners and voice of a"Southern Gentleman."

Neighborhood Fire Hydrants: Grace visited the Midwest City Fire Chief RandyOlsen about us painting our faded fire hydrants. He advised that was not allowed,but they now have approval and funds to paint the fire hydrants in Midwest City.Based on our complaint, Oakwood East would be next on the list. They’ve painted afew hydrants bright red in Royale.

Parental Supervision: The Board has received numerous concerns andcomplaints about children playing at the ponds/playground with no adultsupervision. This is distressing news to us, and we feel compelled to bring this toyour attention. Most of the residents know there are snakes that live in and close tothe water. We suspect some of these could be poisonous. The soft dirt/mire couldmake it difficult to escape if such a confrontation occurs. There are inherent dangersaround water, playground equipment, and just running and playing for that matter.This is increased considerably where there is no supervision. We want our childrento enjoy these areas, but safety must be foremost. There was one incident reported at

the annual meeting about a child falling through the ice and other children finally able to pull the child out.Another incident was children playing on the ice and when asked to come off, more children joined them and theresident concerned with their safety had to call the police. There have been other instances of children in dangeroussituations without help nearby. Signs are posted requiring adult or parental supervision. The basketball hoop isbeing stored and probably won’t be put up this summer due to the fighting and bad conduct at the basketball goal.Being called on the phone at 10:30 at night by the police and residents about the problem is not one we’re anxiousto resume in the near future.

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