Why didn't you inform the neighborhood about the HPC meeting 4/9/2007?!?!?!

There were several questions of this nature via e-mail and at the meeting held 4/11/2007. The lack of notice to the community by the group pursuing local historic district regarding the HPC meeting 4/9/2007 was an oversight. As your neighbor we want you to be informed of such meetings. We have tried to keep the community informed and will continue to keep you informed. We offer the following explanation not as an excuse, but simply to express our apology.

During a meeting of the HPC we mentioned the great number of homes in the Oakhurst area that were being demolished and asked if there was anything we could do to protect the district while the nomination package was being completed. I do not know the correct terminology for their proceedings but we left with the impression that a recommendation would be made to the City Commission. It was my intention to notify the community of the City Commission meeting via the list serve. When we were confirming the date it would go before the City Commission we were told that there was a review of our request (we now know it was because the request was atypical) and it would go through another HPC meeting before it went before the City Commission. Whether through our own ignorance or just from being too busy in our daily lives we were not aware of the exact date it would go before the HPC. We found out it was going before the HPC on 4/9 from a posting on the blog Monday afternoon. We responded to the blog question as soon as we confirmed the information, which was around 4pm. We were so caught off guard only one committee member made the meeting and we were only able to contact a few neighbors to let them now of the meeting.

We do sincerely apologize. We feel that we have demonstrated open communication with the neighborhood through posting, flyer delivery, this blog, and door-to-door visits for over a year now. We assure you we will continue to strive for open communication.