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:
1. Site plans for water retention in front yards, what might be the reason for this? (We believe they
should not be permitted.)
2. 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.)
3. 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 [email protected]
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