All meetings will be held at the South Library located at 101st Street and Chestnut.

                                          REPORTS FROM PREVIOUS WCHA MEETINGS

 The second WCHA meeting of 2007 convened at the South Library to discuss important matters that affect to every Wolf Creek resident-property values, services and personal safety. Of considerable current concern to those whose homes back up to Wolf Creek is major erosion of creek banks from a new volume of water being funneled our way by the development being created on the east side of Aspen Avenue. According to three of the residents in attendance at the meeting, their back yards are beginning to cave in due to the increased volume and rapid flow of water that was before absorbed on the property being developed. If you own property that backs up to the creek please monitor your creek bank after every rain to determine the amount of erosion. This could directly affect your property value and your ability to sell your home should you choose to do so.

TULSA ASSISTANT DISTRICT ATTORNEY
GUEST SPEAKER AT OCT. 10 WCHA MEETING

 

In the District Attorney's office, she currently serves as the Deputy Chief in charge of the General Felony Crime Team, as Director of the Project Safe Neighborhood Program, and as Felony Major Crime Prosecutor. She previously served as a Felony Prosecutor of Crimes Against Children. Doss Hendren also serves as Special Assistant United States Attorney, a position to which she was named in 2003.

A resident of Wolf Creek for several years, she is concerned with all aspects of neighborhood crimes. Part of her presentation addressed the role of neighbors in both the prevention and prosecution of crime in our Wolf Creek community.

Doss Hendren graduated from Southern Nazarene University in 1994, with a Bachelor's in Business, earning magna cum laude honors. She served as editor of the Tulsa Law Journal for two years while pursuing her law degree at the University of Tulsa, where she graduated with highest honors in 1999.

 

Lisa Ford, crime prevention specialist for the BAPD, and Scott Esmond, Director of the BA Parks Department were on hand for the April WCHA meeting to provide information about upgraded police surveillance at Wolf Creek Park, and plans for some Park Department sprucing up.

Ford reported on the progress of the BAPD in quickly dispatching skateboarders from other communities who had been causing trouble for park neighbors (see WC news article). She also had some advice how to contact the police department with the proper kind of information if such problems recur.

Esmond reported that the City of Broken Arrow is currently conducting a skateboard park at the Heuhaus Center on Lynn Lane that should provide great skating for area youth. He stated that well-hidden security cameras will be positioned in the park later this year to monitor any illegal activity, including curfew violations, with a direct and immediate feed to the BAPD for quick response.

Nearly 30 WCHA members attended the April 11th association meeting at the South Library to ask questions and hear of upcoming improvements.

Tulsa County Assessor, Ken Yazel and members of his staff were on hand for the August 8th WCHA meeting to explain the function of his office, how our ad valorem taxes are set, and how the tax monies are distributed throughout Tulsa County.

After the meeting, those in attendance who wanted it were provided a copy of the latest report on their residence, along with a photo, the current appraised value, and taxes for 2006

Having the assessor at our August meeting was to help fulfill the purpose of Wolf Creek's By-Laws which promise "To promote and carry on activities for the protection and betterment of the general welfare of the community, particularly the members and their domicile?" in other words in this case, keeping updated on your property taxes

The main topic of the October 10th meeting centered around the role of Wolf Creek residents, people like you in our Alert Neighbor effort. This is important to you, and to everyone living in Wolf Creek. If your think your home is immune from vandalism or burglary, think again. We heard from some people who were victimized, and what they did to fight back. Click on the Alert Neighbors button at the top of the browser for tips on how to protect your property from vandals and break-ins.