April 2010 Meeting Minutes

April 20, 2010

CALL TO ORDER
Meeting was called to order at 7:02 pm.
In attendance: Joe Merlo (5), Steve Easthope (61), Kathy Admanson (34), Michael Varinec (14) and Chris Lynch (Right Way Community Management)

APPROVAL OF MINUTES
• The minutes from the March meeting were approved pending modification of attendees to include Beth Thompson.

HOMEOWNERS FORUM
• Kathy noted that the bushes at the East entrance need trimming since they block the address numbers (2560). Chris will contact Pure Green to have the bushes trimmed.
• Kathy wanted the Board to be aware that the lawn at #25 was looking bad until the other day when the yard was cleaned up. Chris had contacted the realtor about the issue.
• Kathy indicated someone must have been building a fire in the common area because she found a partial burned log there. Hopefully, this will not be an issue with the warm temperatures arriving.
• There was general concern about the condition of the walls, and the need to replace the bulletin board by the mailboxes.

FINANCIAL REPORT
• The financial reports provided by Chris were reviewed and approved.

OLD BUSINESS
• Kathy provided a cost estimate from Harper’s Nursery for the plants for the East entrance. It is $122.94 for 8 shrub/trees, 10 lantanas, 3 bags of mulch, and 1 bag of fertilizer. Kathy will pickup the plants on the 23rd for planting. Joe will contact J&J Landscaping to get 1.5 cubic yards of soil for the planters with the estimated price of $75 including delivery. These expenditures were approved by the Board.
• The open items were reviewed for current status. There are no issues. For reference, the completed items will be published with the agenda for at least 6 months.
• The status of reprinting the summary CC&R documents is still open. Mike took the action to check his old files to find the “revised” version of the document.

NEW BUSINESS
• Mulcahy Law Firm provided the Board with a paper titled “Understanding the Collection Process for Community Associations.” The Board discussed the implication to the HOA. There will be some minor modifications to our CC&Rs.
• The next newsletter will need to highlight the concern about cats running loose in the neighborhood. There is a growing concern that many of the cats may be feral. An individual with concerns will have to coordinate with the Humane Society to trap the cats. Since there are many homeowners that have cats, it is problematic that someone’s cat could be trapped.
• Chris was requested to get bids for painting the walls. He will contact at least 3 painting contractors to provide bids for painting all or partial sections at the next meeting.
• Joe took the action to research the alternatives and cost to replace our bulletin board.

ARCHITECTURAL COMMITTEE

• There were 2 requests submitted. House #11 was for a new screen door and House #57 was for adding a patio to the front yard and the addition of a retention wall around that new area.

ADJOURNMENT
• Meeting was closed at 8: 29 pm.