Wedgwood Square Neighborhood Association

We will be hosting a candidate forum at Wedgwood Baptist Church this Tuesday at 7:00pm. Please make plans to come out and hear about the future of our own District 6, and the future of Fort Worth. This election is a very important election. Please do what you can to make sure you and your neighbors can not only attend this forum, but get out and vote.

All of the mayoral candidates have confirmed their attendance. To date District 6 City Councilman Jungus Jordan is the only person that has not confirmed he will be there. Tolli Thomas has also confirmed her attendance.

We will also take the first few minutes to discuss any issues in the neighborhood, and briefly discuss the Vantage Seismic forms and curb painting.

Rob Forsgren

There are representatives from Vantage Energy walking our neighborhoods recently. I just had Mr. Rick Bourbois come to my home. Vantage is trying to get these seismic forms finalized so they can move forward with the future drilling plan. Signing this form is a decision only you can make. If you do not have an issue with seismic testing, please feel free to sign the form and return it to Vantage Energy. If you have concerns, please feel free to ask.

The original form was a two part form. It was a seismic release with a “neighborhood support for drilling” attached to the City of Fort Worth. We took issue with this form because it was two different releases. Vantage agreed to remove the “support statement” and simply make this new form a seismic agreement. In and of itself the seismic testing process should not do any damage to the delicate foundations we all have in Wedgwood. Vantage has also agreed in writing that they will be responsible for any damages should they occur.

Again, signing the seismic agreement is a personal choice. It does change a key element of the lease agreement. The original lease excludes seismic testing. This agreement would be an addendum to the original lease. The exclusion was originally made because so many people in our neighborhood were against it. If you now feel you are ok with it, please feel free to sign the agreement.

Many of you have asked if I have signed the agreement. While it is a personal decision, I have no issue sharing the fact that I have done so.

Rob Forsgren

Longtime Wedgwood Square President Tolli Thomas Steps Down...or Up

Longtime Wedgwood Square President Tolli Thomas stepped down as President of the Association on March 11, 2011 to pursue elected public office as a Candidate for the District 6 Seat on our Fort Worth City Council.

The Wedgwood Square reigns have been turned over to Interim President Mr. Rob Forsgren and Interim Treasurer Mr. Barry Miller.

The Street Sign Topper Project, Member Curb Painting Program, Natural Gas Drill Site High-Impact Waiver Negotiation, Email Communications, among other project initiated by Tolli Thomas will continue on.

The Neighborhood Plan is to meet shortly to discuss the many ongoing developments and improvement projects that Wedgwood Square is already involved in and to officially elect Officers.

Tolli Thomas founded Wedgwood Square Neighborhood Association in late 2002, officially filing papers with Fort Worth City in early 2003 and actively worked for the next more than eight years to better Wedgwood Square Community. She petitioned Fort Worth City for street repairs, sidewalk installations, street light installations, new playground equipment for Wedgwood Park, founded the Wedgwood Square Business Association, applied for and received Neighborhood Empowerment Zoning for Wedgwood Square, initiated the Granbury Road Restoration Initiative and the Wedgwood Square Business Corridor Revitalization Initiative, actively sought abatement of the area problematic apartment complex, vigorously defended the Wedgwood Branch Library from closure during the last two budget cycles, shared information regarding and encouraged additional public process for the City's plans to install a housing project for chronically homeless persons on Woodway Drive, advocated for additional police/code/animal control staffing and presence in the community, worked for the installation of parking restrictions for resident surrounding SW High School, fought for public inclusion on matters affecting the neighborhood, informed the community of plans to install a municipal sub-courthouse on Trail Lake Drive, represented the neighborhood in numerous Zoning and Planning matters before City Council, and in 2008 represented Wedgwood Square and approximately half of District 6 and portions of District 3 in Natural Gas Lease negotiations as the Spokesperson of the Southwest Fort Worth Alliance.

Tolli Thomas is not leaving Wedgwood Square, she says, but taking the next step, at the encouragement of many, to continue work in support of neighborhoods at City Hall.

Thank you Tolli for all you have done and continue to do!

If you would like to contact Tolli Thomas personally you can reach her through her personal email address at tollitat@yahoo.com

Today or in the next few days, you may receive a blanket mailer from Vantage Energy regarding their application to drill an initial 7 of an anticipated 50 wells at a drill site located in Wedgwood Square at the corner of S-820 and Granbury Road.

This mailer includes a statement of support which Vantage Energy wishes you to sign and return in a postage paid envelope so that the company can present it to Fort Worth City to support the company's drill site permit application.

Here is what you should know now and why Wedgwood Square asks you to WAIT to sign and return this waiver:

Wedgwood Square Neighborhood Association has NOT reviewed and does NOT endorse residents' signatures on this waiver or any other document presented to you at this time, as it was NOT negotiated with the Neighborhood Association and as the company did NOT inform the Association that they would be mailing this document to residents and did NOT seek neighborhood input or support to do so.

There are approximately 50 high-impact homes located in Wedgwood Square that will back up to this drill site and that could be impacted due to proximity.

The 2008 SFWA/Vantage lease agreement requires separate written agreements between Vantage Lessors within 1,000 feet of a drill site and the company, in advance of drilling to address drilling setbacks (how close some operations can be to homes) and other environmental protections included in the agreement that the company wishes to have exception to.

The City of Fort Worth requires a hearing for drill site permits when a company has not obtained the high-impact waivers from residents within 600 feet of a potential drill site, per the City's Drilling Ordinance. Vantage Energy filed its application for permits requesting a hearing in anticipation of not obtaining these waivers from the residents within 600 feet of their site.

Wedgwood Square began negotiating high-impact waiver agreements for residents leased to Vantage Energy and was making progress addressing concerns such as toxic emissions testing/capture/mitigation and pipeline location/quality testing/safety, which could protect everyone. Remember there is no magic wall around these drill sites, not at 600 or 1,000 feet that will keep emissions or other safety and quality of life issues contained within the area.

Vantage Energy ceased discussions and negotiations on this waiver and stated that the company would seek "statements of support" (like the one you received by mail) to counter the lack of high-impact waivers that the company did not obtain from homeowners within 600 and 1,000 feet of the drill site, per the Vantage Lease obligations and City Ordinance requirements.

Wedgwood Square Neighborhood Association is NOT against drilling and recognizes the company's self-created time constraints and the fact that the majority of Wedgwood Square residents are leased to Vantage Energy with a primary term expiring in the Fall of 2011.

However, Wedgwood Square wants to be sure that all of our residents are safe and protected at such close proximity to this industrial activity and further wants the company to honor its commitments set out and agreed to in the Vantage Lease and imposed by the City's Drilling Ordinance.

Therefore, Wedgwood Square asks that you WAIT to sign this statement of support until Vantage Energy honors its obligations in an honest and ethical manner, negotiates and obtains its high-impact waivers and works together with the Neighborhood Association to complete this process.

According to witnesses who attended both the Overton South and Foster Park meetings referenced in the letter forwarded to you by Vantage Energy, the attendance was not at all close to 100% of the residential population of these neighborhoods and therefore it is questionable that Vantage has truly obtained close to 100% or even 30% of these neighborhoods' residents' signatures on statements of support.

Further, Vantage Energy has approached a few of Wedgwood Square's high-impact property owners with poorly worded and non-protective waiver agreements that were not negotiated with or even reviewed by Wedgwood Square Officers. The Vantage Representatives who approached our homeowners with these waivers made false statements that the company had worked with the neighborhood to produce the document and that the neighborhood was supportive of the document and further made questionable claims that the City of Fort Worth would override the community's wishes even if these residents chose not to sign these waivers.

Wedgwood Square is disappointed in Vantage Energy's actions and will work hard, as it always has, to protect this community and its residents.

Please contact Wedgwood Square with your comments or questions.

Thank you Wedgwood Square!

Wedgwood Square Neighborhood Association President Tolli Thomas has been attending meetings for three special projects:

1. Wedgwood Business District Revitalization

2. Granbury Road Restoration

3. MAPP Partnership for Children.

At each of these meetings, significant similarities in issue and in need have arisen and each of these projects can undoubtedly benefit from the declaration of our neighborhood's boundaries being declared a Neighborhood Empowerment Zone by City Council. This will most definitely encourage growth and commerce in the area as well as renovation and remodeling, which will increase property values and beautification.

The NEZ will assist us in all three special committee projects and will assist homeowners as well. There is no other NEZ in District 6 and only one other small area in District 6 qualifies for this zoning. WE are privileged to be eligible for this process and we are encouraging homeowners and business owners alike to become involved.

W.S.N.A. can only lay the ground work and put out the word. You as businesses and property owners must commit to the involvement to benefit. Read on to find out how this special NEZ can benefit you and our neighborhood and PUT A BIG SMILE ON YOUR FACE!

The neighborhood Empowerment Zone or the NEZ Program is available for all NEZs designated by the City Council. The criteria the City Council uses to designate a NEZ are:

* The proposed NEZ must promote creation or rehabilitation of affordable housing; increase in economic development; or increase in the quality of social services, education, or public safety provided to residents in the zone.

* At least 50% of the NEZ is located in CDBG-eligible areas or the "Central City".

* Bounded by clearly defined boundaries (streets, railroads, creeks or other logical boundaries).

* No more than 6,000 people at the time of designation. If more than 6,000 people, the geographic area cannot be larger than 1.5 square miles.

* Meeting criteria for Reinvestment Zone.

* If a proposed NEZ boundary includes an urban village as defined in the 2002 Comprehensive Plan, a logical, defensible area of the urban village as determined by the City of Fort Worth must be zoned mixed-use.

Eligible mixed-use zoning classifications include: "MU-1" Low Intensity Mixed-Use District, "MU-2" High Intensity Mixed-Use District, and a compatible "PD" Planned Development District as defined in the City of Fort Worth Zoning Ordinance.

Priority will be given to areas within or which include:

* State or federal designated enterprise or empowerment zones;

* Mixed-use growth centers, as defined and identified by the proposed City's Comprehensive Plan;

* Existing Model Blocks or special target areas recognized by the City;

* A high priority commercial corridor; or

* U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD)-eligible areas.

Basic Incentives of the NEZ include:

*Municipal Property Tax Abatement
-The following properties may qualify for municipal property tax abatements-

* Owner-occupied property

* Investor-owned single family property

* Multi-family development project

* Commercial, industrial or community facilities development project

* Mixed-use development project

*Fee Waivers

-The following fees are waived for qualified projects-

* All building permit related fees (including plans review and inspections)

* Plat application fee (including concept plan, preliminary plat, final plat, short form replat)

* Board of Adjustment application fee

* Demolition fee

* Structural moving fee

* Community Facility Agreement (CFA) application fee

* Zoning application fee

* Street and utility easement vacation application fee

* Impact fee

*Release of City Liens

-The following City liens may be released for qualified projects-

* Weed liens

* Demolition liens

* Board-up/open structure liens

* Paving liens

These benefits apply to businesses yes, but also to homeowners, apartments, and property owners. TAKE PART AND BENEFIT!!!

For detailed information about what it takes to qualify for a 1, 5, or 10 year tax abatement; fee waivers; and lien releases and to find out about the other exciting benefits to this process.

To be contacted regarding our meetings for this NEZ Project, please contact us with your name, phone number, and e-mail address.

Wedgwood Square Neighborhood Association is encouraging neighbors to work together to turn our neighborhood into a community that is a fun and safe environment for our children; a growing and connected community for our families; a beautiful and peaceful home for our seniors; and a prosperous location for our businesses. Join us, and by working together today, we can make a better tomorrow. To know and help your neighbor is to know and help yourself.

Vantage Energy Drill Site Waivers -What you should know!

There have been some developments regarding the Vantage Energy drill site and waiver activities since our last communication to you and there is important information that you should know.

First you should know that Wedgwood Square has NOT completed negotiations on high-impact agreements for the Vantage Lessors and that any piece of paper, form, or proposal that your are approached by Vantage Energy with has not been vetted by Wedgwood Square Neighborhood Association and Empowerment Zone. Further if you are approached by Vantage Energy with a lease agreement, it has been explained that the agreement is NOT the SFWA lease agreement and Vantage Energy offers this without SFWA or Wedgwood Square NA endorsement; if you choose to sign this agreement, you must
understand that it has not been vetted by Wedgwood Square NEZ or SFWA.

At the beginning of the year when Vantage informed Wedgwood Square that the company had a drill site location under contract at Trail Lake Drive ("Harbor Freight Tools" shopping center), the company made repeated statements that the District 6 City Councilman, Mr. Jungus Jordan had already informed the company that the location was fine with him and with the City's plans. This statement was made to Wedgwood Square President Tolli Thomas at least three times in person and several times over the phone, during conversations with Vantage Energy's CEO Mr. Roger Biemans and Representative Mr. Barry Osborne.

When Wedgwood Square President Tolli Thomas inquired with Jungus Jordan
about these statements, Mr. Jordan stated that this was not the case and that he had instructed the company that they would need 100% of the waivers and neighborhood support in order to get a permit for this Trail
Lake Drive location. Tolli Thomas asked Mr. Jordan to attend the coming High-Impact Residents meeting to provide that information to the Wedgwood Square High-Impact Residents first hand, which he did.

Vantage Energy has, as a result of the discussions related to the Trail Lake Drive drill site location, been in discussion with Chesapeake Energy to obtain their property at S-820 for the use of a drill site instead. Vantage, though the company did not have the site purchased at the time, applied for a permit for the S-820 site on March 1st and also began meeting with other neighborhood groups, where there were no High-Impact
properties or where there were very few high-impact properties to make a presentation to the residents about the drilling, the permitting, and to obtain written and signed statements of support of the S-820 drill site.

Vantage Energy also began approaching residents outside of Wedgwood Square
but within 1,000 feet of their possible S-820 drill site with offers for waivers. Some of these residents contacted Wedgwood Square President Tolli Thomas because they were concerned that the compensation offered for the waivers was low. It was reported that Vantage Energy's Representatives were offering only $500.00 for these City Drafted Waivers despite the original Vantage Lease agreement obligations that require a minimum of $1,000.00 compensation for the waivers. When contacted on the issue,
Vantage Energy stated that there was some unintentional error or confusion on this point but that any errors would be corrected and that the Representatives had been instructed to offer $1,000.00 to everyone no matter their lease status or affiliation. Vantage Energy also stated during this time that the company would prefer that any additional drill site specifications and protections be incorporated into the permit with the City rather than included in separate written agreements with the Vantage Lessor and further that Vantage Energy had altered it position on the interpretation of the lease agreement's requirements for separate written agreements for stated setbacks in the original lease form.

Today, Wedgwood Square learned that Vantage Energy Representatives are approaching Wedgwood Square high-impact residents with an offer of $1,000.00 compensation for the residents to sign the City Drafted Waiver, which requires no additional environmental or quality of life protections.
Further, the company is reported by Wedgwood Square property owners to be
very insistent and to be stating the following:

(paraphrased by witness) "Tom Agase just left ... trying to get me to sign. He used every effort to encourage me to sign... He says he believes this was all changed and you are on board and even if He is wrong FW is over riding Wedgwood. Short of threats he was very adamant and I almost caved but I told him I stand with the group and want you to consider our offers before I can be bought with [1000.00] bucks. We are still holding our ground correct? HE said I was one of a few who have not signed. I told him he had his facts wrong at the meeting we all stood firm
as a group. He was searching for information."

Wedgwood Square is NOT opposed to the drill site location at S-820 but believes that Vantage Energy should honor its obligations as set forth in the SFWA-Vatnage/Caffey lease agreement and further should work with the
Residents and Neighborhood Association to make this drill site the safest and least impacting as possible. However, Wedgwood Square is very concerned with these tactics that Vantage Energy's Representatives are
stated to be using.

Wedgwood Square has NOT made any agreements with Vantage Energy related to
the waivers. Wedgwood Square has no reason to expect, based on the company's statements that Vantage Energy will submit to negotiating and executing separate written agreements with Vantage Lessors once the company obtains the City's Drafted Waiver for the purpose of permitting, which is all that is required for processing the permit application with the City of Fort Worth.

Wedgwood Square is VERY concerned with statements that "FW is over riding Wedgwood".

Wedgwood Square reported this to the SFWA, has made an inquiry with Vantage Energy and forwarded this concern to Councilperson Mr. Jungus Jordan.

Vantage Energy states that they are speaking with their Representative to understand what statements were made during the Representative's communications with Wedgwood Square Residents.

Councilperson Jungus Jordan states that he has given no indication whatsoever that would lead to perceptions that the City would "override Wedgwood" in relation to the permitting process.

Please contact the Association if you experience something similar or if you have ANY questions or concerns.

Wedgwood Square March 2ND Natural Gas/Drill Site Update:

Hello Wedgwood Square,

**For a complete understanding of the events leading to these drill site hearings please read this update entirely.**

A lot has happened since our neighborhood's potential high-impact Residents last met and since the last email update. Here is the most
recent news regarding Vantage Energy's natural gas drilling plans in our community.

You'll recall that Vantage Energy had a contract on a significant portion of the "Harbor Freight Tools" shopping center at Granbury Road and Wedgmont Circle, where the company wanted to demolish businesses and build a drill site that would eventually include up to 50 wells directly across the street from many of our neighborhood's homes.

This project, as they had planned it, would require 275 high impact waivers from "protected use" residential homes within 600 feet of the drilling pad site (by requirement of the City's Drilling Ordinance) and within 1,000 feet of the property (by requirement of the Southwest Fort Worth Alliance lease agreement).

Vantage Energy had expressed that the company had the recent opportunity to purchase the Chesapeake Energy property located in the "Pancho's" shopping center at S-820 and Granbury Road.

Wedgwood Square President, Tolli Thomas, encouraged the company to make use of that opportunity as the S-820 site would be considerably lower impact to the residents, the community, the traffic, the businesses, the planned future redevelopment of the Trail Lake Drive, the school, and would required well under 100 waivers.

Vantage Energy chose instead to move forward with the Trail Lake Drive location noting that they already had unofficial approval on the "Harbor Freight Tools" site from the City Councilman, a point that Vantage Energy stated as fact on multiple occasions.

Learning this, Wedgwood Square began negotiations with Vantage Energy on the High-Impact Waiver Agreement terms that would hopefully help to offset the impact of this site on our community and its residents (requiring pipeline location plans/integrity and maintenance plans and agreements, emissions mitigating technology, restricting heavy truck traffic from main roads, addressing frac pond and fencing concerns, etc.).

Wedgwood Square also held a two meetings specifically for the Wedgwood Square residents and property owners who would be most impacted, those within 1,000 feet of the drill site.

The high-impact Residents met with Wedgwood Square on January 11th to discuss this development within the area, to compare it to the redevelopment plans that the City of Fort Worth had laid out in 2008, and to report on the progress made in negotiating the High-Impact Waiver Agreement. Wedgwood Square continued waiver negotiations with Vantage Energy after this meeting.

On February 8th, while attending a City Council meeting to address the Mixed Use-1 rezoning of the recently demolished apartment complex in our neighborhood, Wedgwood Square President Tolli Thomas, spoke with the City Councilman about Vantage Energy's activity and statements regarding the Councilman's support of the Trail Lake Drive "Harbor Freight Tools" drill site location. The Councilman renounced that he had given unofficial support to Vantage Energy for their Trail Lake Drive drill site location and stated that he had instructed the company that they would have to have 100% of the required high-impact waivers within 1,000 feet of the drill site, honoring the terms of the Vantage lease agreement and that the company would have to have neighborhood support in order for the "Harbor Freight Tools" site to be approved. Wedgwood Square President Tolli Thomas, asked the Councilman to attend the Wedgwood Square high-impact Residents meeting scheduled the following Thursday, to express his stated position to the community in person, which he did.

On February 10th Wedgwood Square held a second meeting for our high-impact Residents to inform them of progress on the waiver agreement; about 100 Residents attended. The discussion was lively and many Residents pleaded with one another against the Trail Lake Drive location for many varied reasons focusing around property values, quality of life, and air quality.

After more than an hour of such discussion, Wedgwood Square President Tolli Thomas took a vote to determine the direction of the community's future position on the Trail Lake Drive drill site. 5 Residents were "undecided", 0 Residents were in favor of negotiating waivers for and in support of the Trail Lake Drive "Harbor Freight Tools" drill site, and ALL other remaining residents were opposed to waivers for the Trail Lake Drive drill site and in favor of the alternative S-820 "Pancho's" drill
site-stating that they would sign a waiver negotiated by the neighborhood for that location (a number of the residents present would be within 600 feet or 1,000 feet of either site). The Councilperson told the community first-hand that if that was what the community wanted, that was what would
be done.

On February 16th Wedgwood Square President Tolli Thomas attended a meeting with the Councilman and Vantage Energy where the outcome of the February 10th meeting was discussed. Vantage indicated that the company would pursue the purchase of the Chesapeake Energy drill site at S-820.

On February 23rd Wedgwood Square met with Vantage Energy to discuss progress. The company informed that it had not come to an agreement with Chesapeake on the S-820 drill site but was still in negotiations. The company asked for support on the S-820 drill site and also noted that it would prefer to include all of the high-impact waiver agreement points into the City's permitting process rather than include the points in a separate high-impact agreement, but it would still need the residents within 600 feet of the site to sign the City's waiver to meet permitting requirements. Wedgwood Square expressed that this plan, according to the intent of the document, did not meet the company's obligations in the original lease agreement, which had been discussed as interpreted to require a separate written agreement with Vantage Energy Lessors within 1,000 feet of a drill site to circumvent various restrictions or requirements in the lease agreement. Wedgwood Square stated its position that the community would prefer the separate waiver agreements, per the original lease agreement, for the protection of the community. Vantage Energy stated that they would be in touch and noted that they would like to complete this waiver negotiation as soon as possible.

On March 1st Vantage Energy applied for a multi-well permit for an initial 7 wells at the S-820 "Pancho's" drill site location and further requested a hearing before the City Council, which is only necessary if the company has not obtained all of its required waivers. The company still had not purchased this location from the current owner Chesapeake Energy at the time of application, according to a Vantage Energy Representative.

Over the next week, Vantage Energy's CEO Roger Biemans gave power point presentations to two or three surrounding neighborhood associations including Foster Park and Overton South and noted that a meeting was also planned with South Hills Neighborhood Association (all fall within District 3/Wedgwood Square along with all of Wedgwood falls within Council District 6).

The Vantage presentation discussed the drill site location at S-820 and Granbury Road. There was brief discussion regarding the Trail Lake Drive site, which was also noted on the map in the presentation and labeled "alternative drill site". The company stated that everyone who had walked into the meeting had received a piece of paper that included two signature places to allow seismic activity and separately to support the drilling at the S-820/Granbury Road location.

Vantage Energy also noted that there were landmen in the Church who would sign a lease agreement with anyone unleased who wished to lease now. This was not an SFWA or Neighborhood Association negotiated lease agreement.

According to one Vantage Energy Representative, this offered lease was not the Southwest Fort Worth Alliance (SFWA) negotiated lease agreement nor a modified SFWA lease agreement, the royalty clause among other clauses was different than that in the SFWA lease, and the bonus was not the $6K per acre that Vantage had indicated to SFWA that it would be offering unleased residents within the drilling area, but considerably lower.

The questions from residents addressed the expiration of the primary term, royalty revenue, and seismic activity. There were a couple of questions regarding impact to property values in close proximity of the site.

Vantage Energy CEO Roger Biemans, stated that there was no data to support any property devaluation and that any loss would be offset by a royalty stream, which Mr. Biemans estimated to be equal to the signing bonus received "Over the Life of the Well", which we have been told is estimated at 50 to 80 years. At the Foster Park meeting, Mr. Biemans stated that the only property associated with the S-820 drill site which would require a high-impact waiver would be Southcliff Baptist Church. Mr. Biemans did not note that there were homes in other neighborhoods that would be within 600' of the pad site, in Wedgwood Square and South Hills.

A Vantage Energy Representative noted to Wedgwood Square that Vantage anticipates that the company will probably still work to obtain City required waivers from the Wedgwood Square residents within 600 feet, but that there was not current authorization to negotiate high-impact waivers with Wedgwood Square. In other words, Vantage will offer some amount of money ($500-$1,000) and the City waiver to Wedgwood Square's 25-50 homeowners that are within 600' of the pad site, but did not anticipate negotiating the high impact waiver agreement with Wedgwood Square to meet the terms of the lease agreement for those leased to Vantage Energy who are within 1,000 feet of the pad site. According to this Vantage Energy Representative, Vantage Energy is now interpreting the requirements of the original lease agreement differently. This Vantage Energy Representative stated that the company would use the statements of support from other neighborhoods to offset any failure to obtain waivers from high-impact property owners.

Wedgwood Square President Tolli Thomas called the City of Fort Worth Gas Department to confirm the terms of the Vantage Energy permit application and spoke with Jaqi Peace who confirmed that Vantage Energy had filed a multi-well permit application on March 1st for 7 wells that ultimately requires 7 permits under one application for the S-820/Granbury Road location. No additional permit applications were filed by Vantage for any other location. Another City Representative, Estelle, who was processing the application, informed that Vantage has, in their application, requested a hearing in lieu of providing waivers for protected uses within 600 feet of the pad site and further stated that this was not standard procedure as most companies are fairly diligent about obtaining waivers and only request hearings if the cannot do so.

The Residents who would likely fall within 600 feet or 1,000 feet of the S-820 drill site should receive a notice from the City within days and are likely located along Wonder Drive, Wonder Court, Wooten Drive and Trail Lake Drive.

Vantage Energy contacted Wedgwood Square on March 2nd noting that the company may indeed move forward with negotiating waivers for the community if authorized, but there has been no contact on this point since.

Please send Wedgwood Square your questions and comments.

IMPORTANT DATES:

March 31st 3:00PM
Gas Drilling Review Committee Hearing
1000 Throckmorton Street
Hearing for Vantage Energy's High Impact Multi-well Dill Site Permit
Questions/Comments City of Fort Worth Gas Well Section 817-392-2339
http://www.fortworthgov.org/gaswells/default.aspx?id=50580

May 3rd
City Council Meeting/Public Hearing
1000 Throckmorton Street
Hearing for Vantage Energy's High Impact Multi-well Drill Site Permit
(without high-impact waivers from Residents within 600')
Questions/Comments City of Fort Worth District 6 Council Office Telephone
817-392-8806 (Fax: 817-392-6187) E-mail: District6@fortworthgov.org
http://www.fortworthgov.org/government/district6/

Facebook / Street Sign Toppers / Curb Painting Courtesy of Wedgwood Square / Dues are Due

*********FACEBOOK*************

Are you on Facebook? Wedgwood Square is! Wedgwood Square is always looking for new ways to keep you informed and to create connections between us. Come interact with your community online.

http://www.facebook.com/update_security_info.php?wizard=1#!/profile.php?id=535456428

*********STREET SIGN TOPPERS*************

Wedgwood Square originated in 2002 and became an official municipally recognized neighborhood association in 2003.

Finally, almost nine years later, Wedgwood Square is ready and able to install street sign toppers (something that many of you have inquired after). The below link will take you to the draft design for our street sign toppers that could don street signs throughout all of Wedgwood Square (this link will only be functional for a few weeks so check it out and sound in early with your thoughts). These toppers will identify to all that this is an organized community, looked after and looking after one another.

It is important that the greater majority of us like these toppers since we'll be looking at them for a while. If you have a comment or suggestion regarding the design or the color scheme, please reply to this email with your response. If you like what you see, let us know that too.

http://www.sfwalliance.org/sign.html

Special thanks to the SFWA for allowing WSNEZ a little temporary space to post this image online so that all of you can review it!

*********CURB PAINTING COURTESY OF WSNEZ*************

When judging the 2010 Wedgwood Square Holiday Decorations Contest, Wedgwood Square Officers realized that many of our community's homes' addresses (numbers) are not at all viewable from the street at night (and in some instances completely missing). This is not a good thing for our neighbors. If your home cannot be identified from the street during an emergency response situation, it could delay emergency response (fire, ambulance, police) from locating your home and reaching your emergency in a timely manner. We want YOU safe!

Therefore, if you pay your neighborhood dues for the 2011 year, Wedgwood Square, in addition to all that we already do (if you aren't sure what that is you should really have a look at our neighborhood's website) will have 1 (one) black and white, reflective street number painted for you, on your driveway curb or on your front sidewalk curb or at the front center curb of your home's lot (or wherever you prefer, just so long as your home can be identified in case of an emergency). Wedgwood Square has been greatly accommodated with special group rates by Fireman's Curb Painting. The person who paints your curb will be a trusted Fireman. If you are interested in additional curb painting (more than one) or specialty curb painting (TCU or other logo for example) Fireman's Curb Painting can do that too, but you'll have to cover the additional cost.

Learn more about Fireman's Curb Painting here
http://firemenscurbpainting.com/Home_Page.php

If you've already paid your dues and want to have a curb painted, you may contact Wedgwood Square for details and so that we can forward your contact information to the Fireman's Curb Painting company, so that arrangements can be made and a curb location can be identified.

If you do not with to have your curb painted that's no problem, just let us know.

*********DUES ARE DUE*************

Dues are due for the 2011 year (January through December) and are an annual $25.00, payable by check to "Wedgwood Square" at 5341 Wooten Drive Fort Worth, Texas 76133.

Already your neighborhood dues have assisted in a variety of neighborhood considerations and improvements including professional ambient/base-line air quality testing and a full report, flyers and newsletters when the occasion arises, a very informative website and resulting emails, membership with the proactive Fort Worth League of Neighborhoods, legal costs related to natural gas leasing, meeting facilities and sound equipment, attendance and representation at just about every municipal or organizational meeting at which topics or issues could or do affect Wedgwood Square, and soon...Street Sign Toppers!

February 10, 2011 WSNEZ High Impact Residents Meeting Outcome

On February 10, 2011 Wedgwood Square Neighborhood Empowerment Zone held a meeting for the WSNEZ Residents and Property Owners who would be most impacted by the potential high-impact drill site that Vantage Energy recently announced to have put under contract; located in the shopping
center at Trail Lake Drive and Wedgmont Circle (where Harbor Freight Tools is located now). The residents affected by the potential high-impact radius and slightly beyond, were notified of the meeting in advance by flyer and email. This was the second such meeting, the first was held on January 11, 2011.

There was very strong attendance, including "absentee owners" of multiple neighborhood properties. Fort Worth City Councilperson Jungus Jordan also attended at WSNEZ's request.

WSNEZ reviewed the restrictions and requirements in the already in-place lease agreement, explained that the high-impact waiver as a secondary tool to better address loose ends in the lease agreement (such as fencing) and to also address items not covered by the lease agreement (such as emissions mitigation), and then reviewed the current draft of the high-impact waiver and explained each of the terms. WSNEZ took questions and Councilperson Jordan also spoke and answered a number of questions regarding his role in the process and the City's Gas Drilling Ordinance.

During the heated discussion, Residents made passionate pleas to one another regarding air quality and safety, property values, already planned commercial redevelopment for the community, and concern with company reliability to deliver on promises made, due to the actions and decisions the company chose in October of 2008.

WSNEZ's role was to remain neutral, provide accurate information, and to negotiate the best waiver possible for everyone, but it was the residents' role to determine together the neighborhood's position on the issue and to decide to sign the negotiated waiver or not.

After more than an hour of discussion, a vote was taken. The overwhelming majority voted against signing high-impact waivers to allow drilling at the Harbor Freight Tools shopping center, preferring the company to seek a drill site at the Pancho's shopping center, which was the site originally discussed in 2008.

Councilperson Jordan, after witnessing the discussion and hearing the vote, informed Residents that he would not support a drill site location without neighborhood support and without all of the required high-impact waivers.

The audience stated that they, who would need to, would consider waivers for a Pancho's shopping center location and indicated that WSNEZ could continue to negotiate or finalize waiver agreements, starting with the current draft, for the Pancho's shopping center location. Attendees were not against drilling and in general wanted to see the lease agreement held by mineral development, but simply did not care for the site chosen, which most felt would to be an affront to property values and quality of life. The residents felt that Vantage could and should make arrangements to drill at the Pancho's shopping center location.

If you are a WSNEZ Property Owner and have not attended a meeting regarding this matter or have not voiced your position on this matter, you may email WSNEZ with your name, address, phone number, email, and position/comments/questions. Residents within the high-impact radius are given the most weight by the City's Ordinance and similarly will be given special consideration by WSNEZ.

Thank you Wedgwood Square for your continued care for our Community!