From email announcement:

Monthly Meeting Agenda
Tuesday 27 February 2024 7:00PM

This meeting will be held by Zoom, at the link below.
Topic: OHNA Monthly Meeting – February 2024
Time: Feb 27, 2024 07:00 PM Eastern Time (US and Canada)
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Community Updates:
1. Lt. Brian Robinson, City of Richmond Police Section Lt, 4th Precinct 2. Officer Luke Schrader, Police Liaison, VCU
3. Ms. Verenda Cobbs, VCU
4. Ms. Stephanie Lynch, 5th District Councilperson
○ Cultural Heritage Stewardship Plan
○ Participatory Budgeting Workshop
○ Invasive Species Management Week
○ Town Hall Post Card – should start arriving in mailboxes beginning of March.
○ Senior bags are continuing to go out in Randolph, Maymont, and Oregon Hill.
○ Hybrid Beacon for Belvidere crossing
○ Letter from OHNA re VCU use of poisons in Monroe Park
○ Latest Newsletter – https://conta.cc/3uINPjE
5. Ms. Colette McEachin, Richmond Commonwealth’s Attorney

Announcements:
1. Oregon Hill Open Garden Day: May 18, 11a-2p, centered in Pleasants Park a. Open Garden Day Signup: be on the itinerary

Updates and Continued Business
1. The Friends of Oregon Hill Parks
a. Vote: approve Pleasants Park planting plan, donation from Verdant Richmond for plants
b. Vote: authorize expenditure for Pleasants Park: rain barrels, watering cans, Open Garden Day event expenses
c. Volunteer signup: watering duty
2. Outreach to campus groups re Monroe Park rat poison concern
New Business?

Valerie L’Herrou, President
Bryan Clark Green, Co-Vice President Harrison Moenich, Co-Vice-President Jennifer Hancock, Co-Vice-President Mike Matthews, Secretary
John Bolecek, Treasurer

From email announcement:

Monthly Meeting Agenda
Tuesday 23 January 2024
7:00PM
This meeting will be held by Zoom, at the link below.

Topic: OHNA Monthly Meeting – January 2024
Time: Jan 23, 2024 07:00 PM Eastern Time (US and Canada)
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(Editor’s note: meeting info redacted. Please contact ohnarva@gmail.com)
Welcome:

Community Updates:
Lt. Brian Robinson, City of Richmond Police Section Lt, 4th Precinct
Officer Luke Schrader, Police Liaison, VCU
Ms. Verenda Cobbs, VCU
Ms. Stephanie Lynch, 5th District Councilperson
Ms. Colette McEachin, Richmond Commonwealth’s Attorney

Updates and Continued Business
End of Year Treasurer’s Report
The Friends of Oregon Hill Parks, created to plan park improvements, plantings, and park-related projects.
First meeting in February
Updates on Pleasants Park improvements
Linear Park Wall update?

New Business
Any other new items?

Valerie L’Herrou, President
Bryan Clark Green, Co-Vice President
Harrison Moenich, Co-Vice-President
Jennifer Hancock, Co-Vice-President
Mike Matthews, Secretary
John Bolecek, Treasurer

OHNA: Meeting Schedule, 2024
Fourth Tuesday of each month
Zoom information to be sent before meeting, while meeting remotely

Day
Date
Time
Tuesday
23 January 2024
7:00pm
Tuesday
27 February 2024
7:00pm
Tuesday
26 March 2024
7:00pm
Tuesday
23 April 2024
7:00pm
Tuesday
28 May 2024
7:00pm
Tuesday
25 June 2024
7:00pm
Tuesday
23 July 2024
7:00pm
Tuesday
27 August 2024
7:00pm
Tuesday
24 September 2024
7:00pm
Tuesday
22 October 2024
7:00pm
Tuesday
19 November 2024
7:00pm [moved up one week due to Thanksgiving]
Tuesday
17 December 2024
7:00pm [moved up one week to avoid Christmas]

From email:

Monthly Meeting Agenda
Tuesday 18 December 2023
7:00PM
This meeting will be held by Zoom, at the link below.

Topic: OHNA Monthly Meeting – December 2023
Time: Dec 19, 2023 07:00 PM Eastern Time (US and Canada)

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(Editor’s note: Meeting information redacted but please email ohnarva@gmail.com if you would like to receive it)

Welcome
• Treasurer’s Report

Community Updates:

1. Lt. Brian Robinson, City of Richmond Police Section Lt, 4th Precinct
2. Officer Luke Schrader, Police Liaison, VCU
3. Ms. Verenda Cobbs, VCU
4. Ms. Stephanie Lynch, 5th District Councilperson
5. Ms. Colette McEachin, Richmond Commonwealth’s Attorney

Updates:

1. Continued automobile accidents in and around neighborhood.
· While some traffic calming measures are planned to coincide with repaving in 2024, are these enough?

2. Any updates on the restaurant planned for the former Mama Zu space?

Continued Business

3. A volunteer has agreed to head up a committee looking into locations for a dedicated dog park in Oregon Hill and addressing the various city requirements for such an undertaking.
· A Friends of Oregon Hill Parks has been created to plan park improvements, plantings, and to e investigate a location for a dog park

New Business

4. Any other new items?

Bryan Clark Green, President
Harrison Moenich, Co-Vice-President
Jennifer Hancock, Co-Vice-President
Mike Matthews, Secretary
John Bolecek, Treasurer

From email announcement:

Monthly Meeting Agenda
Tuesday 28 November 2023
7:00PM
This meeting will be held by Zoom, at the link below.
Topic: November OHNA Meeting
Time: Nov 28, 2023 07:00 PM Eastern Time (US and Canada)

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(Editor’s note: Meeting information redacted but please email ohnarva@gmail.com if you would like to receive it)

Welcome
• Treasurer’s Report

Community Updates:

1. Lt. Brian Robinson, City of Richmond Police Section Lt, 4th Precinct
2. Officer Luke Schrader, Police Liaison, VCU
3. Ms. Verenda Cobbs, VCU
4. Ms. Stephanie Lynch, 5th District Councilperson
5. Ms. Colette McEachin, Richmond Commonwealth’s Attorney

Updates:

1. Pleasant’s Park upgrades
· Thank you to all of the volunteers who came to the two Saturday workdays to help construct the new fence in the park, paint new picnic benches, and otherwise clean up the park. Thank you also for Parks & Recreation for bringing out the heavy equipment and staff to remove the old chain -link fence and to dig the holes for the new posts.
· Thank you to everyone who sawed boards, dug holes, broke up brick in the holes (ugh), set the posts in concrete, attached the new boards, and did all the many other tasks it took to complete this project.
· Parks & Recreation provided the heavy equipment and knowledgeable staff; OHNA purchased the new materials, and the neighborhood provided many volunteers to see the job through.
· Once the new wood has been able to age a bit, we will return to apply a protective stain to the fence.

2. Infrastructure walk held 4pm – 5:30 Friday Oct 27.
· Thank you to all of the volunteers who helped out.

Continued Business

3. A volunteer has agreed to head up a committee looking into locations for a dedicated dog park in Oregon Hill and addressing the various city requirements for such an undertaking.
· A Friends of Oregon Hill Parks has been created to plan park improvements, plantings, and to e investigate a location for a dog park

New Business

4. OHNA elections
· Anyone interested in running?
5. Any other new items?

Bryan Clark Green, President
Harrison Moenich, Co-Vice-President
Jennifer Hancock, Co-Vice-President
Mike Matthews, Secretary
John Bolecek, Treasurer

Councilperson Stephanie Lynch has highlighted two meetings this week in her 5th District newsletter:

We have two big meeting this week! The first will the virtual Cultural Resources Management Plan (CRMP) tomorrow – Wednesday, November 15 (flyer below).

The second meeting will be the last 5th District Town Hall for the year on Thursday, November 16 at 6pm at Patrick Henry School of Science & Arts (3411 Semmes Ave). We will have DPW Director Bobby Vincent and Police Chief Rick Edwards (flyer below). Please note that we will not have access to the building until 6pm.