Board Meeting - May 20, 2020 (Virtual)
2020-05-20 19:00 - 21:00 (America/Chicago)
The next Oakbridge Neighborhood Association Board Meeting will take place on Wed., May 20, 2020 at 7 pm, via Zoom. Among other things, the Board will discuss potential changes to the Architectural Control Rules. If you would like to attend, please let the board know, and we will send you the Zoom link to click on to join the meeting. Please email board@oakbridge.community.
If you cannot attend the meeting but have comments you would like to make to the Board about the Architectural Control Rules or anything else, please email board@oakbridge.community.
We will be holding a public hearing before making any official changes to the Architectural Control Rules. We had hoped to hold such a hearing in April, but such meeting has been indefinitely postponed due to COVID-19. Stay tuned for a new date and time.

Board Meeting (virtual): September 2020
2020-09-16 19:00 - 21:00
The next Oakbridge Neighborhood Association Board Meeting will be held on Wednesday, Sept. 16, at 7 pm. Much of the meeting will be spent going over things that happened during the summer, as well as preparing/planning for the upcoming Public Hearing on the Architectural Control Rules. If you would like to attend, please let the Board know, and we will send you the Zoom link to click on to join the meeting. Please email board@oakbridge.community.
All Oakbridge residents are invited to attend the Board meeting.
Please note, however, that the Board meeting will NOT allow for public discussion of the Architectural Control Rules. We have set aside the morning of Sept. 19, starting at 10 am, for a Public Hearing expressly for the purpose of discussing the Architectural Control Rules. If you are not able to attend the Public Hearing but would like to provide input on the Architectural Control Rules, you can e-mail the Board, using “ACR Comments” in the subject line. The Board’s email address is board@oakbridge.community.

Public Hearing on Architectural Control Rules
2020-09-19 10:00 - 12:00
On Sat. Sep. 19 at 10:00 AM, the Board seeks input from community members on proposed changes to the ACR. The changes may be viewed here:
https://oakbridge.community/wp-content/uploads/2020/06/ACR-Revision-9.pdf
That’s the marked-up version, showing changes from the current ACR via text formatting: underlines for additions, strikeouts for deletions, and pink highlighting for explanations.

But, if you’d like to just see a “clean” version of the final product (if the proposed changes were all adopted), look here:
https://oakbridge.community/wp-content/uploads/2020/06/ACR-Post-Revision-9.pdf

Besides attending the hearing, you can send comments via e-mail, using “ACR Comments” in the subject line, to:
board@oakbridge.community

If you’d like to participate in either event, RSVP by 5:00 PM on Wed. Sep. 16 to the OCSA Secretary at: RichardSRussell@tds.net and we’ll send you a link to the meeting, which will be held via Zoom.

Board Meeting - October 21 2020
2020-10-21 19:00 - 21:00
The next Oakbridge Neighborhood Association Board Meeting will take place on Wed., Oct. 21, at 7 pm over Zoom. Among other things, the Board will discuss changes to the Architectural Control Rules. We expect that at this meeting, the Architectural Control Board will present its recommendations to the full Board about what revisions to make to the Architectural Control Rules, based in part on input received from neighborhood residents. The Board may vote at this meeting on the final version of the Architectural Control Rules.

If you would like to attend the meeting, please email board@oakbridge.community for the Zoom link at least 24 hours ahead of the meeting time.
Below are the draft ACR rules and links to download them.
ACR Post-Revision 9.6 (Download)
ACR Post-Revision 9.6
ACR Revision 9.6 (Download)
ACR Revision 9.6

Fall Raking
2020-10-25 10:00 - 12:00
The Fall Raking event for the Oakbridge Common Areas will take place on Sunday, October 25 at 10 am. Anyone interested in helping should meet at the Oakbridge Neighborhood sign. We will expect that everyone will keep at least 6 feet apart from one another, and everyone is strongly encouraged to wear a face mask. The rain date for this event will be Sunday, November 8 at 10 am.

Board Meeting: November 18
2020-11-18 19:00 - 21:00
The next Oakbridge Neighborhood Association Board Meeting will take place on Wed., Nov. 18, at 7 pm over Zoom. Among other things, the Board will discuss the budget and neighborhood dues for 2021. We also expect to fill a vacancy on the Architectural Review Board.
If you would like to attend the meeting, please email board@oakbridge.community for the Zoom link at least 24 hours ahead of the meeting time.

Board Meeting: December 9
2020-12-09 19:00 - 21:00
The next Oakbridge Neighborhood Association Board Meeting will take place on Wed. Dec. 9 at 7 PM, when the Board will be giving final consideration to the 2021 budget.
If you would like to attend the meeting, please email board@oakbridge.community for the Zoom link at least 24 hours ahead of the meeting time.

Annual Meeting 2021: January 6 (virtual)
2021-01-06 19:00 - 21:00
The Oakbridge Neighborhood Association Annual Meeting will take place on Wed. Jan. 6 at 7 PM, when 4 seats on the Board will be up for election.
If you would like to attend the meeting, please email board@oakbridge.community for the Zoom link at least 24 hours ahead of the meeting time.
The first meeting of the newly elected Board will commence 5 minutes after the adjournment of the annual meeting, via the same Zoom link. All community members are welcome to stick around for it. At that time, the Board will elect its officers for the coming year; the Treasurer and Secretary are not required to be Board members. The Board will also appoint the 5 members of the Architectural Review Board. If you are interested in serving in any of those positions, please notify President Abigail Darwin at akdarwin@gmail.com.

Board Meeting: May 2021
2021-05-19 19:00 - 21:00
The next Oakbridge Neighborhood Board Meeting will take place on Wed., May 19, at 7 pm. Among other business, the Board will discuss summer activities, including the 4th of July. If you would like to attend the Board Meeting, please email richardsrussell@tds.net for the Zoom link at least 24 hours in advance.

4th of July 2021
2021-07-04 11:00 - 11:30
Hello Neighbors!This Sunday, the 4th of July, we celebrate America’s 245th Independence Day! This year the OCSA board has once again decided to cancel the normal picnic/potluck portion of our celebration due to COVID-19 concerns, but we WILL have a parade! Yay!
It’ll be led by a fire truck driving through the neighborhood starting at 11 AM at the neighborhood sign and proceeding slowly (at walking speed) counter-clockwise TWICE around Oakbrook Circle. As it passes by your place the first time, fall in behind it with your kids and their decorated bicycles, wagons, scooters, pets, etc.
And just so you adults don’t feel left out, when you pass by the first of our two flag stations, pick one up to wave as you walk; drop it off again when you get to the second flag station.
See you Sunday!

Oakbridge Garage Sale 2021
2021-07-31 - 2021-08-01
Hello neighbors,
The Oakbridge board has decided to choose 7/31/2021 and 8/1/2021 as the dates for this year’s garage sale dates. After much discussion, we felt that it was necessary to delay it by 2 1/2 months from the normal Mid May time-frame so more people can get vaccinations. We also wanted to give enough notice so it can be as successful as possible. If these dates do not work for you, you can certainly do it when it’s convenient.
Thanks,
OCSA Board

Community Safety Roundtable
2021-09-16 09:00 - 11:00
Madison Police Department solicits community input on safety concerns. West Side Division captain and officers will be available to hear what’s on your mind this Thursday, Sep. 16, at 9 AM at Elver Park.

Board meeting - November 3, 2021
2021-11-03 19:00 - 21:00
The Oakbridge Community Services Association Board of Directors will be meeting virtually at 7 PM on Wed. Nov. 3. All residents of Oakbridge are welcome to attend. There will be a specific time early in the agenda for citizen input. Among other things, the Board will be discussing 2022 annual assessments. To obtain the link to the meeting, e-mail the Board’s Secretary at RichardSRussell [at] tds.net.

POSTPONED: Fall Raking 2021
2021-11-21 08:00 - 17:00
The Fall Raking event for the Oakbridge Common Areas will take place on Sunday, November 14 at 10 am. Anyone interested in helping should meet at the Oakbridge Neighborhood sign. The rain date for this event will be Sunday, November 21 at 10 am.

Board Meeting: December 1, 2021
2021-12-01 19:00 - 20:30
The Board of Directors of the Oakbridge Community Services Association (OCSA) will meet virtually to consider an abbreviated agenda involving mainly planning for the 2022 annual membership meeting and mailing the dues notices. All Oakbridge residents are welcome to attend as well. There will be a time early in the agenda set aside for member comments.
To obtain the link to the meeting, e-mail Secretary RichardSRussell[at]tds.net.

2022 Annual Neighborhood Meeting
2022-01-06 18:30 - 21:00
Update: The featured speakers will be Nikki Conklin and Charles Tubbs Sr. Conklin is the City of Madison alder for District 9 (where Oakbridge is located), and Tubbs is the Dane County Director of Emergency Management. There will be opportunity for Q&A after each presentation.
The primary order of business will be electing members of the OCSA Board of Directors.

All Oakbridge Community residents are invited and encouraged to attend the Oakbridge Community Services Association annual membership meeting on Thu. Jan. 6 at 6:30 PM. This year you can do so from the comfort of your own home, via Zoom. E-mail secretary@oakbridge.community for the link, which will not be sent out until the day of the meeting to avoid Zoom bombers.
If you are unable to attend the meeting yourself but wish to have your voice heard and votes cast on your behalf, you may designate a proxy by contacting secretary@oakbridge.community no later than Wed. Jan. 5.
2022 being an even-numbered year, 3 seats on the Board of Directors will be up for election to a 2-year term. In addition, there is 1 year remaining in the term of a vacant seat. If you are interested in running for one of those seats, ask for a “Declaration of Candidacy” form by contacting secretary@oakbridge.community no later than Wed. Jan. 5. Directors serve without compensation and are expected to attend about half a dozen meetings a year.

Here’s the rest of the agenda:

6:30 – Call to order
6:31 – Overview of the agenda
6:32 – Introduction of Board members and other officers
6:34 – Announcement of proxies
6:35 – Introduction of, and brief remarks by, candidates for the Board of Directors
6:45 – Explanation of election procedures
6:49 – Polls open for election of Directors
6:50 – Guest speakers (to be announced)
7:35 – Polls close for election of Directors
7:35 – Officer reports on activities during 2021
7:45 – Open discussion
8:10 – Announcements
8:15 – Adjournment

The first meeting of the newly elected Board will commence 5 minutes after the adjournment of the annual meeting, via the same Zoom link. All community members are welcome to stick around for it. At that time, the Board will elect its officers for the coming year; the Treasurer and Secretary are not required to be Board members. The Board will also appoint the 5 members of the Architectural Review Board. If you are interested in serving in any of those positions, please e-mail president@oakbridge.community.
Brief history (optional reading)
Back in the 1970s, Madison developer James V. Burkhard set out to create 3 new developments in the southwest corner of the city: Oakbridge Apartments, Oakbridge Condominiums, and Oakbridge Community. The latter, comprising 145 private, single-family homes fronting on Oakbrook Circle and its 4 cul-de-sac courts, are the territory covered by OCSA. As a condition and benefit of purchase, each owner of one of those properties is automatically a member of OCSA and entitled to 1 vote at the annual meeting; if a property is owned jointly, the co-owners must decide among themselves how to cast any votes to which they are entitled.
OCSA has been set up as a representative democracy, not a direct democracy. The only decisions required of the 145 members are whom to elect as Directors and whether to amend the governing documents. All other OCSA business is handled by the elected Board. The primary responsibilities of the Board are care and maintenance of the common areas, preservation of community architectural standards, and organizing community social activities.
The Board is required to adopt an annual budget and present it to the members at the annual meeting. That budget was adopted at the Nov. 3 Board meeting and will be reviewed on screen during the annual meeting.

Fourth of July Neighborhood Picnic/Parade 2022
2022-07-04 10:00 - 12:00
PICNIC starting at 10 am by the Oakbridge sign

Join in the picnic, sponsored and hosted by the Neighborhood Association, that includes prepared foods, chips, lemonade, and freeze pops. If you’d like to bring your own food, please feel free! Have a favorite game? Bring it!

PARADE at 11 am starting at the Oakbridge sign

Your children and grandchildren can show off their decorated bikes and wagons while dressed in their Independence Day colors as they are escorted by a Madison Fire Department Fire Engine for the neighborhood parade around Oakbrook. Bring your patriotic pups too!

See you there!

Annual Neighborhood Meeting 2023
2023-01-07 18:00 - 20:00
Oakbridge Community Services Association
2023 Annual Meeting • Thu. Jan. 5 • 6:30 PM
All Oakbridge Community residents are invited and encouraged to attend the Oakbridge Community Services Association annual membership meeting on Thu. Jan. 5 at 6:30 PM at the Midtown District Police Station, 4020 Mineral Point Rd.; enter using the doors nearest the flagpoles. You can also attend and vote from the comfort of your own home via Zoom. E-mail secretary@oakbridge.community for the link, which will not be sent out until the day of the meeting to avoid Zoom bombers.
If you are unable to attend the meeting yourself but wish to have your voice heard and votes cast on your behalf, you may designate a proxy by contacting secretary@oakbridge.community no later than Wed. Jan. 4.
2023 being an odd-numbered year, 4 seats on the Board of Directors will be up for election to a 2-year term. If you are interested in running for one of those seats, ask for a “Declaration of Candidacy” form by contacting secretary@oakbridge.community no later than Wed. Jan. 4. Directors serve without compensation and are expected to attend about half a dozen meetings a year.
Here’s the rest of the agenda:

6:30 – Call to order
6:31 – Overview of the agenda
6:32 – Introduction of Board members and other officers
6:34 – Announcement of proxies
6:35 – Introduction of, and brief remarks by, candidates for the Board of Directors
6:45 – Explanation of election procedures
6:49 – Polls open for election of Directors
6:50 – Guest speaker #1, Realtor Wendy Dalgety
7:15 – Officer reports on activities during the previous year
7:35 – Guest speaker #2, Alder Nikki Conklin
7:49 – Polls close for election of Directors
8:00 – Open discussion
8:25 – Announcements
8:30 – Adjournment

The first meeting of the newly elected Board will commence 5 minutes after the adjournment of the annual meeting. All community members are welcome to stick around for it; it will also be available via the same Zoom link. At that time, the Board will elect its officers for the coming year. The Treasurer and Secretary are not required to be Board members. The Board will also appoint the 5 members of the Architectural Review Board. If you are interested in serving in any of those positions, please e-mail president@oakbridge.community.
Brief history (optional reading)
Back in the 1970s, Madison developer James V. Burkhard set out to create 3 new developments in the southwest corner of the city: Oakbridge Apartments, Oakbridge Condominiums, and Oakbridge Community. The latter, comprising 145 private, single-family homes fronting on Oakbrook Circle and its 4 cul-de-sac courts, are the territory covered by OCSA. As a condition and benefit of purchase, each owner of one of those properties is automatically a member of OCSA and entitled to 1 vote at the annual meeting; if a property is owned jointly, the co-owners must decide among themselves how to cast any votes to which they are entitled.
OCSA has been set up as a representative democracy, not a direct democracy. The only decisions required of the 145 members are whom to elect as Directors and whether to amend the governing documents. All other OCSA business is handled by the elected Board. The primary responsibilities of the Board are care and maintenance of the common areas, preservation of community architectural standards, and organizing community social activities.
The Board is required to adopt an annual budget and present it to the members at the annual meeting. That budget was adopted at the Nov. 10 Board meeting and will be reviewed on screen during the annual meeting.

Special Board meeting to consider amending Declaration of Covenants and Restrictions
2023-05-24 20:30 - 21:30
Oakbridge special Board meeting to consider amending Declaration of Covenants and Restrictions, Wed. May 24, 8:30 PM.
All residents of the Oakbridge Neighborhood (145 single-family homes) are automatically members of the Oakbridge Community Services Association (OCSA), and your property is subject to the Declaration of Covenants and Restrictions (DCR), which was put into place back in 1979, when this whole corner of town was just a farm field.
Things have changed in the intervening 44 years, and an OCSA committee has been working on a set of amendments to the DCR. Their recommendations will be presented to the OCSA Board on Wed. May 24 at 8:30 PM via Zoom.
ALL RESIDENTS OF OAKBRIDGE ARE INVITED TO ATTEND!
To get the link to the meeting, e-mail: secretary@oakbridge.community

2nd and final public hearing on the DCR revision
2023-06-10 13:00 - 14:30
You may view the public comments on “Action 44”, the proposed revision of the Oakbridge Declaration of Covenants and Restrictions, at this link: https://youtu.be/M3DpQLM4NAs
The 2nd and final public hearing on the DCR revision will be this Saturday, June 10, at 1:00 PM. You can get a link to it by e-mailing secretary@oakbridge.community

Board Meeting and Public Hearings: June 2023
2023-06-13 20:30
The next meeting of the OCSA Board will be at 8:30 PM Tuesday June 13. The sole item of business will be consideration of “Action 44”, the proposed amendments to the Declaration of Covenants and Restrictions, in light of feedback received from our members during the two public hearings on
• Tuesday June 6 at 7:00 PM
• Saturday June 10 at 1:00 PM
The Board meeting and both public hearings will be conducted via Zoom. All Oakbridge residents are welcome to attend. E-mail secretary@oakbridge.community for the link.

Fourth of July 2023
2023-07-04 11:00 - 13:00
PARADE at 11 am starting at the Oakbridge sign

Your children and grandchildren can show off their decorated bikes and wagons while dressed in their Independence Day colors as they are escorted by a Madison Fire Department Fire Engine for the neighborhood parade around Oakbrook. Bring your patriotic pups too!

PICNIC starting immediately after parade by the Oakbridge sign

Join in the picnic, sponsored and hosted by the Neighborhood Association, that includes prepared foods, chips, lemonade, and freeze pops. If you’d like to bring your own food, please feel free! Have a favorite game? Bring it!

See you there!

Sauk Creek Greenway Corridor Plan
2023-11-09 18:30 - 20:30
Hi Neighbors,
The city of Madison is hosting kick-off meetings for the upcoming Sauk Creek Greenway Corridor Plan on Monday, November 6th (in person at Memorial High) and on Thursday, November 9th (virtual via Zoom), both from 6:30-8:30 pm. Everyone is encouraged to attend/participate, as this is a large project that will certainly impact our extended neighborhood. Both meetings will cover the same information. Advance registration is required for the virtual meeting, as well as requested for the in person meeting to ensure enough tables and chairs are available (there has been immense public interest in this project; you may have even noticed yard signs in adjacent neighborhoods). See https://www.cityofmadison.com/engineering/projects/sauk-creek-greenway for registration links and additional details.
During the meetings, the city will overview the corridor and what we can expect during the corridor planning process, focusing on the three main aspects impacting the corridor—water, land and people. There will be an opportunity to share on our values, how we use the corridor, and our goals for the corridor plan as well as more general Q&A on the corridor plan process.

2024 Annual Meeting
2024-01-10 18:00 - 20:00
On Wed. Jan. 10 at 6:00 PM, the Oakbridge Community Services Association (OCSA) will be hosting its annual membership meeting at the Madison Midtown District Police Station, 4020 Mineral Point Road. All neighbors are invited to attend, either in person or via Zoom, over which the meeting will also be streamed; please email secretary@oakbridge.community for the link. At this meeting, the 2023 OCSA Board will review actions taken over the past year, election of 3 Board members will occur, and plans for 2024 and beyond will be discussed. We look forward to seeing you there!

2024 Annual Garage Sale
2024-05-16 - 2024-05-18
The OCSA annual garage sale will be held Thursday May 16th through Saturday May 18th, with recommended hours of 8:00 – 2:00. This timing is in coordination with the Sauk Creek and Walnut Grove neighborhoods, so there should be plenty of great finds to be had – we hope to see everyone out and about!
