Housing officials address residents' concerns at Jan. 12 meeting
VANCE AIR FORCE BASE, Okla. --
Rumors that unqualified families are moving into four-bedroom houses on base were quelled at the Vance Housing privatization partnering meeting Jan. 12 in the Professional Development Center's auditorium, Bldg. 455.
Residents reported hearing rumors that four-bedroom houses were being offered to families too small to qualify for the larger houses. Jim Bishop, the acting manager of the Pinnacle portion of the management-construction company, assured the meeting attendees that Pinnacle Hunt was following the wait-list procedures and would not offer four-bedroom homes to smaller families until the wait list for qualifying families was exhausted.
A second concern of residents is the tone of written correspondence coming from the "The Landings," the office handling housing management. Mr. Bishop said that all written notices will be reviewed before being sent out to prevent any negative tones.
Tenant representatives present were Chaplain (Capt.) Zachary Nash, representing officer residents and Tech. Sgt. Kenneth Estes, representing enlisted residents.
Ron Hanson, the on-site building manager for the Hunt company, briefed the attendees that by the summer of 2011, of the 230 base housing units turned over to Pinnacle-Hunt, 153 will have been renovated and 54 will require no work. An additional 30 new homes will be built. While initially, 23 were scheduled for demolition, five of the houses where commanders currently live may be retained.
Mr. Hanson updated the attendees on new construction near the main entrance to the base. The community center has been framed and sheetrock is being installed. Homes on Loop One have been framed and are getting roofs. Framing has started and storm shelters are complete on Loop Two and concrete is finishing up on Loop Three.
Results of the contest to give names to the three loops include two entries, Maj. Henry W. Dorr and Lt. Col. John J. Lieb, which have met the criteria, and Maj. Phillip Redpath, which is still under review.
According to Mr. Bishop, housing currently has a 97.82 percent occupancy rate. As of Jan. 7, 12 of the 13 two-bedroom; 177 of the 180 three-bedroom and 35 of the 36 four-bedroom homes were occupied.
Mr. Bishop also reported that during December 2008, emergency work orders in housing were completed on average in 1.6 hours from call to completion; urgent work orders in 2.4 hours and routine work orders in 47.6 hours; with an overall performance rating of good.
Residents reported hearing rumors that four-bedroom houses were being offered to families too small to qualify for the larger houses. Jim Bishop, the acting manager of the Pinnacle portion of the management-construction company, assured the meeting attendees that Pinnacle Hunt was following the wait-list procedures and would not offer four-bedroom homes to smaller families until the wait list for qualifying families was exhausted.
A second concern of residents is the tone of written correspondence coming from the "The Landings," the office handling housing management. Mr. Bishop said that all written notices will be reviewed before being sent out to prevent any negative tones.
Tenant representatives present were Chaplain (Capt.) Zachary Nash, representing officer residents and Tech. Sgt. Kenneth Estes, representing enlisted residents.
Ron Hanson, the on-site building manager for the Hunt company, briefed the attendees that by the summer of 2011, of the 230 base housing units turned over to Pinnacle-Hunt, 153 will have been renovated and 54 will require no work. An additional 30 new homes will be built. While initially, 23 were scheduled for demolition, five of the houses where commanders currently live may be retained.
Mr. Hanson updated the attendees on new construction near the main entrance to the base. The community center has been framed and sheetrock is being installed. Homes on Loop One have been framed and are getting roofs. Framing has started and storm shelters are complete on Loop Two and concrete is finishing up on Loop Three.
Results of the contest to give names to the three loops include two entries, Maj. Henry W. Dorr and Lt. Col. John J. Lieb, which have met the criteria, and Maj. Phillip Redpath, which is still under review.
According to Mr. Bishop, housing currently has a 97.82 percent occupancy rate. As of Jan. 7, 12 of the 13 two-bedroom; 177 of the 180 three-bedroom and 35 of the 36 four-bedroom homes were occupied.
Mr. Bishop also reported that during December 2008, emergency work orders in housing were completed on average in 1.6 hours from call to completion; urgent work orders in 2.4 hours and routine work orders in 47.6 hours; with an overall performance rating of good.
