Livable
Neighborhood Summary
1. Neighborhood: THE GREATER OAK HILL IMPROVEMENT ASSOCIATION
2. Date of Meeting: May 17, 2000
3. Number of Participants: 5 (Officers & board members)
4. Facilitator: Brenda White
5. Boundaries of Neighborhood: Morgan, Hwy 57, Hwy 41 & Green River Road
6. Residents’ Description of their Neighborhood:
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Low Crime rate
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Single family dwellings
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Lot of green space
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Mainly neighborhood
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Low spot rezoning
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Quiet
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Peaceful
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Middle-upper income
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High percentage of
retired
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Low turn over, long
range residents
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Returning generations
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Home-owned residence
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Access to major
through-fares
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Lot of churches
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Community pride
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Library
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Good schools
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Close to medical
services and needed businesses.
7. Descriptions of “Ideal Neighborhood”:
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Lynch Road extended to
I64 and beyond
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Maintain R1 zoning
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Lighting improvement
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Improvement of Morgan
and Oak Hill intersection
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Safer traffic flow
through school zone
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Improvements to Oak Hill
Road
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Enforce speed limits
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New library
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Park instead of
apartments
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Greenway completed through area
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Improved air quality
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Answer to
water/chloramines
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Improved water pressure
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Safety
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A park
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Max Road not connected
to Oak Hill Road.
8. Agreed-Upon Goals: (Prioritizing of goals agreed upon by group)
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Ensure safe traffic flow on Oak Hill Road
3. Improve air and water quality
9. Goals, Objectives and Responsibilities:
Goal #1: ENSURE SAFE TRAFFIC FLOW ON OAK HILL ROAD
Neighborhood Objectives:
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Continue to fight for
safety improvements.
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Hold line on development
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Report offenders
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Neighbors tow line on
speeding
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Educate concerning speed
limits
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Improve communication
with churches
Neighborhood Institutions Objectives:
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Continue to work with
neighborhood
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Churches partnership
with neighborhoods to lobby for safety
improvements
City Objectives:
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Safety Board address
Lake Dr/Oak Hill Rd intersection again
Ø Accelerate Oak Hill Road from
Morgan to Hwy 57
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Address north side of
Oak Hill Road/Lynch intersection
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Do not accept Marx Road
extension
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No further zoning beyond
R1
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Look into improving
traffic flow at Vogel School
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Improve Oak Hill/Morgan
intersection
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Added speed patrol
Goal #2: DEVELOP
EDUCATION/RECREATIONAL RESOURCE
Neighborhood Objective:
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Lobby for park
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Cooperate with Green Way
committee
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Communicate with
neighborhood library
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Neighborhood
summer/block party(s)
Neighborhood Institutions Objectives:
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Funding
City Objectives:
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Meeting room in library
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Look for recreational
areas throughout city
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Plan safe bike path
Other Resource Objectives:
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Green Way accelerate
plans
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Green Way bike paths
Goal #3: IMPROVE QUALITY OF AIR AND WATER
Neighborhood Objectives:
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Lobby for answers to
chloramine questions
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Monitor nearby
industries for air quality
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Report pollution or
dumping
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Lobby for improvements
to water pressure
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Search for information
to chloramines in water
Neighborhood Institutions Objectives:
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Don’t pollute
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Self monitor
City Objectives:
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Contact Department of
Natural Resources concerning goose population
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Address water pressure
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Search for more
information on chloramines
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EPA establish air
monitoring stations in Oak Hill Neighborhood due to increased industry and
traffic in area