Oakley Community Council
Virtual Meeting: Zoom
September 7th, 2021 7:00 PM
oakleycouncil@oakleynow.com
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513-533-2039
Until otherwise noted, all Oakley Community Council Meetings will be conducted online, via the Zoom virtual conference tool. You can find full virtual/online meeting details on the homepage of our website, www.oakleynow.com.
Minutes
Call to Order
Pledge of Allegiance
Trustee Introductions
- · Present: Colleen, Evan, Jason, Joe, Dan, Troy, Paige, Mallory, Kenny
- · Absent: Jon, Sandy, Seth
Community Partners:
- · Cincinnati Fire Department – Lt Chris Bishop
- o N/A
- · Cincinnati Police Department – Officer Barry
- o Crime stats consistent, no spikes
- · CRC – Tim Heyl
- o JaLisa promoted, new director
- o Transitioning to after school programs
- o Had a “great” summer series of event
- · Hyde Park Neighborhood School – Jill Sunderman
- o School back in session, going well
- · Oakley Library – Chris Oaks
- o n/a
Guests:
- · Bill Frost, City Council Candidate
- o Charter committee endorsed
- · Brian Garry, City Council Candidate
- o Independent
- · Greg Landsman, City Council Candidate
- o Democratic committee endorsed
- · John J. Williams, City Council Candidate
- o Charter committee endorsed
COVID-19:
- · OCC Update – Colleen Reynolds
- o November election day, register, vote
- o Will stay virtual for time being
- o Elections in December, anyone interested needs to attend required # meetings (3)
Real Estate Development:
- · 3136 Madison Proposed dental office – Dr. Blomer (Hyde Park Pediatric Dentistry), Bill Baker (MSA Architects)
- o Project introduction – current parking lot site between Oakley Glass and Baba India
- o Initial drawings:
- o
- o
- o Probably looking at variances for:
- § Parking, front windows transparency, adherence to Urban Overlay District. They will be getting more details and meeting with zoning team prior to October 2nd meeting.
OCC Committees/Projects:
- · FY22 NSP Funding – Joe [VOTE]
- o $7638 available
- o Recommended split:
- §
- o Motion: Joe – That we approve the NSP funding allocation as presented.
- o Seconded: Jason
- o Vote: Yes - 9 No - 0 Abstain - 0 Absent - 3
- · Affair on the Square Recap
- o Thank you to all the volunteers and those who braved the heat to support the event
- o Will review what did & didn’t work for future events
- · Beautification:
- o Oaktober Cleanup Announcement – Paige/Mallory
- § Saturday October 2nd, 9-11am
- § Motion: Mallory – permission to spend up to $500 for event signage and supplies
- § Seconded: Paige
- § Vote: Yes - 9 No - 0 Abstain – 0 Absent - 3
- o 2021 Light Up Oakley Holiday Lights Contest Announcement – Joe
- § Notice that we will be sponsoring this event once again, never too early to start planning
- · Neighborhood Activation Funds Update – Joe
- o $10,000 made available from federal Pandemic relief funds
- o Application submitted, to be used for community events
- o Justification:
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- · 2020 Census Update
- o Redistricting level data released – Population, basic demographic splits
- o Net change 2010 -> 2020: 9,605 -> 12,566 Net change +30.72%
- o Our Neighborhood Statistical Assumption (NSA) are expanded in 2020 – Tract 54 was merged with tract 108 (formerly Madisonville) to create new 276 tract.
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- o Demographics change
- o
- · City Density Proposal Overview
- o Moved to October meeting
Approve Meeting Minutes
- · July 6th
- o Motion: Joe
- o Seconded:
- o Vote: Yes - 6 No - 0 Abstain – 3 Absent - 3
- · August 3rd
- o Motion: Joe
- o Seconded:
- o Vote: Yes - 8 No - 0 Abstain - 1 Absent - 3
Financial Report – Jason Wilcoxon
- o Motion: Jason –
- o Seconded:
- o Vote: Yes - 9 No - 0 Abstain – 0 Absent - 3
New Business:
· Next Third Thursday Meeting – September 16th via ZOOM
· Next Tuesday OCC meeting is on Tuesday, October 5th via Zoom
Adjourn Meeting
