The meeting was called to order at exactly 6 p.m. All  5 members of the Board were present.
As Billy Sanchez explained the only reason for the boardmeeting was "Security" and "Rules".
The existing fences around the South-West side of Clubhouse and Pool are in a real bad shape and need to be renewed, not only for beautification purposes, but as well for security and regulation reasons.
Lee Straus, for the Maintenance Committee, made a real nice, professional presentation. We saw samples of the suggested ornamental aluminum fences and each director was presented with a great printed overview of bids and estimated cost.
Congratulations, Lee! That was actually the first time that I can remember here in Oakbrook that a professional looking Quote Summary was presented to the Board. This way it was easy to decide which way to go. The members of the Board voted unanimous to go with the bid of Brock Fence, Inc. The total cost for new fencing - incl. 107' of 6 ft. ornamental aluminum fence, repair and replace back chain link fence and replace gate for pool pump enclosure - will be $ 5.165.00 . I personally feel that it will be a good investment and since Richard Waler stated that the necessary funds are available - the association just recovered a larger sum of formerly unpaid dues - it is my opinion that the money is being spent for a good purpose.
Then Earl Kratzer started with a report of lacking security and what he called the need for improvements. I strongly opposed his statement about the necessity of a security gate. I clearly reminded him of the fact that a lot of kids walk into Oakbrook and a gate will definitely not prevent this, especially considering that the suggestion initially was, to leave this gate open during day-time for contractors. A lot of the vandalism happens during day-time. He suggested a security gate for the pool, which could later be connected with a security gate at the entrance. Richard stated that the estimated cost would be about $ 15.000,00 . 
Now, here is some food for thought and I definitely made my opinion known about this matter:
about nine month ago Earl's solution for the problem of vandalism have been the security-surveillance cameras, which are now installed at the Clubhouse at an expense of more than $ 6.000.00 for the Association members. Since the installation they have proven absolutely useless. The camera-equipment was bought without the official vote of the Oakbrook Board of Directors. 
I only received the bids - after the purchase - after an exchange of letters involving the developer-attorney Katherine Jones, in this case acting as Attorney for the OHA. In this letter it was claimed that the camera-equipment was bought as "maintenance", so it wouldn't need the approval of the Board. To be a little sarcastic: may be, since it has turned out useless for the purposes intended, we could use it to possibly rake the leaves? Or any other good suggestions?
If we would have gotten a similar professional quote summary for the surveillance equipment before the purchase, like we did yesterday for the fences from Lee Straus, this disaster could have possibly be avoided. It turns out that these cameras are only useful as live-surveillance equipment, for example used by a guard in the guard-house to monitor on-going problems around the Clubhouse and Pool. Earl, at that time chairman of the Security-Committee, turned down the offer of advice from 2 Oakbrook residents, who dealt with this kind of equipment in their professional lives, because both are from his point of view on the wrong side of the fence.
Since then Earl resigned, according to my information, as the chairman of the Security Committee and now leaves Richard, as his successor, with the problems of this useless equipment and - in my opinion - wasted $ 6.000.00 !
I feel very strongly that Earl, who got us into this mess, should as well be responsible for getting us out of it. He was clearly the one who pushed this issue and who didn't hesitate to go forward on it. Especially the fact, that he for personal reasons rejected the offer of help from 2 of our homeowners, clearly indicates that he is the guilty party in this disaster!
The suggestion of spending another possibly $ 15.000.00 on so-called security ( which kid will be turned away by a 6-foot fence with a security-gate?) even made Billy Sanchez look disturbed. He stated that he doesn't feel that this kind of money should be spent on something like this! 
My suggestion to the Board at that time: let's see that we get the problem with the surveillance cameras fixed. If possible, even return it to the Company - ADT! It is pretty obvious that they sold us something which is absolutely useless. I also feel that further spending for so-called improvements should definitely not be allowed. This company sold us something which is not working, so let them be responsible to make it useful, without further cost to the community, or just take it back and refund the money.
The Security Committee with chairman Richard Waler was advised to look into possible solutions for pool-gate-security and for the possibility to install motion-detectors at the Clubhouse to save electricity cost.
I think that any further spending of money for so-called security is plainly a waste!
If you look into the deed-restrictions and by-laws of Oakbrook, you will clearly find that Oakbrook is a guarded community, not gated or else. This is the reason, quite a few of us bought our houses here in Oakbrook. Even the disclosure-statements, handed out by the developer at the time of purchasing the lots, clearly say so! There is even a time-limit mentioned, to clarify the matter.
As you may know, according to the Florida Statutes, the disclosure statement is an official legal document as part of the sales-contract. If we would have the promised guard at the gate, this surveillance equipment could be used for a live-feed - with a clear picture - and it would become useful again.
Two more decisions were reached at this meeting:
The Pool-sign will be changed into: DAWN to DUSK
and there will be a sign at the tennis-courts and basketball-hoop stating: 
Use only between 8 a.m. and 10 p.m.
This will limit the use, but protect our homeowners near by and avoid problems with kids playing at late hours and the possible noise involved.
The meeting was closed at 6.40 p.m.