An OVA Member’s View of the Central Area Planning Process

Editor’s note: The posters will be up and comments will be collected only through July 26. No estimates of cost are provided, and you are not being asked to select among the various concepts and floor plans, but rather to provide your suggestions and preferences among the various features. You may find the images and…

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Strategies for Increasing Oakmont Community Engagement

Community Engagement

Editor’s Note:  The following message was sent by the author as an Email to the OVA Board, Treasurer and General Manager.  It is a response to the issue raised in Tuesday’s Board meeting by director Matt Oliver. Dear OVA General Manager, Treasurer and Members of the Board: Re: Question of Concern Expressed by Board Members…

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OPINION: What Messages Did the Landslide OVA Election Send to the Board?

Vote of No Confidence

The 2024 OVA Board election was record-breaking. The number of ballots cast (1,916) was greater than in any Board election ever, even including the highly divisive pickleball Board election of 2017, and the voter participation was 59.4%, approximately duplicating the 2017 turn-out. Even more impressive was the margins by which the three new directors out-distanced…

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2024 OVA Board Election Results

Congratulations to newly elected OVA directors Heidi Klyn, Matt Oliver and Jerry Gladstone. Today the ballots were counted and final results are in. There were 1,916 validated ballots (59.8% of the eligible Oakmont owners), easily surpassing the required quorum of 807 (25%). Vote counts: A short Board meeting was held, in which a resolution was…

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Collaboration to Bring Additional EVA to Oakmont

News Release from Burbank Housing, March 25, 2024 – Oakmont Village Association and Burbank Housing announced that following close collaboration, the two organizations have reached an agreement on the construction of a fire apparatus access road, commonly referred to as an emergency vehicle access (EVA) route, as part of the development of the Southeast Santa…

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