Oakley Community Council
Virtual Meeting: Zoom
February 18th, 2021 7:00 PM
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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
Attendance:
- Present - Jason, Joe, Colleen, Kenny, Dan, Paige, Sandy, Troy, Jon, Seth, Evan (joined late)
- Absent - n/a
Approve February 2nd Meeting Minutes
- Motion: Joe
- Seconded: Paige
- Vote: 8 yes, 3 abstain
Discussion:
- Board Vacancy Process – Colleen Reynolds
- o 4 individuals interested in vacant position
- o Discussed options for electing/selecting new person
- o Decision:
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- § Have candidates supply bio
- § Talk with officers
- § Vote at first Tuesday meeting April
- City of Cincinnati Communications – Colleen Reynolds & Joe Groh
- o Invited to present at City Council Neighborhoods Committee (tentatively 1 March)
- o Review & discuss our presentation of who we are, our accomplishments, and wants/needs
- o Board asked to provide their top 10 issues/wants/needs/etal via Google Form to be be shared.
- NBDIP – Joe Groh
- o Board and residents can learn about the NBDIP process, submit project ideas, and review/comment on proposed projects here:
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- o Current projects listed are the two that did not get selected as top priority in the fall:
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- § Tree Well Grates
- § Allston Streetscape Design Study
- o Submit any new potential projects prior to the march 2nd meeting, when we will have t select main option(s) so we need to have initial draft application submitted by March 11
- · Potential Business District Expansion – Joe Groh
- o CNBDU accepting requests to either expand an existing business district, or add a new business “node”
- § Expand – must be contiguous to existing business district
- § Node – not contiguous
- o Primary benefit – these new areas would be eligible to have projects there that are funded by NBDIP/NDBSF/NSP neighborhood program funding
- § This is not intended to mean residential areas within the new areas will be converted to commercial.
- o Joe presented map showing potential expansion called “Oakley North” which would extend north/east from end of current district.
- o Joe presented map showing potential Node called “Oakley South”, which would include the section along Wasson Way and the Isabella/Paxton intersection
- o Board discussed options and decided to modify map as shown in the following link:
- § https://www.google.com/maps/d/edit?mid=1PF7DzpoileJbZKn9UMN8mQGApx0DqU_a&usp=sharing
- o Board to review the revised map and discuss/vote at March 2nd Tuesday meeting
- · 2021 City Elections – Colleen Reynolds
- o Investigating potential of hosting a City Council Candidate’s Night with Mt. Lookout and potentially Hyde Park, due to high number of candidates
- o Board will limit new candidates to submit speaker cards to speak at our meetings
- o Incumbents may be provided additional time to address current city council actions/decisions/updates
- · Unfinished Committee Conversation (If Needed) – All
- o Business (Troy) – OGGO
- § Ride Share operation specific to Oakley
- § Potentially service offered Wednesday - Sunday evenings, all day on weekends
- § Will invite to present at future meeting
- o Zoning – Hyde Park Avenue residents concerned existing barriers will not stop vehicles from cutting through, which is feature they requested. Seth has had conversations with the developer.
- o Sandy – style guidelines
New Business:
· Next Tuesday OCC meeting is on Tuesday, March 2nd– VIRTUAL
· Next Third Thursday Meeting is on Thursday, March 18th – VIRTUAL
Adjourn Meeting
- · Motion: Seth
- · Seconded: Joe
- · Vote: 11 yes
