Our meeting was called to order by President Gonzalez, who opened meeting with a prayer Afterwards he made introductions of officers and spoke of past achievements that OMCC has achieved. VP Garcia then took the floor and advised attendees of the upcoming events:
1. Movie Night including refreshments (popcorn, hot dogs, drinks)
2. National Night Out coming in Oct 1st with same refreshments
3. Halloween Activities and Christmas time
4. By-laws governing actions of officers of Civic Club
In President Gonzalez’s many years of residing within OM, he spoke of
1. many changes within the neighborhood and our Civic club.
2. how many homes owners take pride in its appearance
3. the numerous homes that are in despair, High grass, junk placed on property in front of home, etc.
4. the need for a Social Group committee to assist people that need assistance
5. our need of the residents to improve OM.
6. advised how the CClub advertises on Facebook, Nextdoor and our website.
A young lady suggested that we need to post sign of meeting at or near Rucker School to let more know of upcoming meeting. Constable Garcia opened with stating that no one cares more about OM than the residents present at our meeting. C. Garcia spoke of the Crime stats and said that the Constables have been called to OM 38 times from July 1st to present date. Advised he has requested additional funds from Comm. Adrian Garcia for 3 years and has received not a dime. He also stated that when we, the residents have to call HPD to also call a Constable. They work hand in hand with HPD and most likely a Constable will arrive first due to shortage of HPD officers and the higher priority calls. He gave his dispatch # 713.477.4070, office # 713.477.2766 and c/p 832.875.0111. Then he took questions from those in attendance. Sgt Russell with HPD agreed with C. Garcia on the shortage of officers within HPD and welcomed the addition of constables helping out. He touched on the high cases of people with mental problems that HPD is dealing with. Sgt. Russell is on evening shift and stated that he will make sure more evening shift officers are visible in patrolling. OM.Secretary, R. Snow read the minutes of our last meeting in April. Paul Taveras made motion to accept as read that was seconded by another man (NF) that was present. Treasurer, Ms. Therese did not give Treasurer report on our current finances. Voting was done by signature on the changes suggested in our by-laws along with future expenditures for upcoming events; Movie Night, NNO, Halloween and Christmas. We had many new faces attending meeting and everything said in English was also translated in Spanish to those that did not understand English. Meeting adjourned a little after 8pm
