Monday January 15, 2007 @ 7pm Laurel Park Clubhouse

 

Meeting called to order at 7:05pm by Bob Brooks

 

In attendance: Bob Brooks, Manny San Jose, Anthony Simmons, Kim Clark, Buck Reese, Gerald Oliver, Keith Fitch, Rhee Nelson, Kris Milstead, and about 4 residents.

 

1.     Open to residents Q&A:

2.     A homeowner questioned the change in Board member from Tim Roux to Gerald Oliver. Kris Milstead explained that after reviewing the number by Mark Hopkinson he had made a mistake in the numbering of the final totals. Tim Roux was appointed as an Officer to the Board.

3.     Scott Wauters presented the Board with the deck lighting petition and is to send in the proposal for the cost of installing the deck lighting for $19,000. He also let the Board know that the second pool is loosing water and repairs will need to be done. After the pool is drained they will need to dig up the bottom of the pool to see what the extent of repairs will be Cayman Pool Company will be getting estimates from Contractors.

4.     Al Servicky questioned a fence that was put up on the corner of Fallbrook and Summerford. The ARC Committee will look in to this. Al felt it was too close to the sidewalk.

5.     A Ryan homeowner was concerned that the Cross Road Church’s parking lot was backing up to the Ryan Section. She asked if there were any city restrictions and should they have to put a berm or plantings to make a boundary between Ryan and Cross Roads. Keith Fitch is going to look in to this matter.

 

Homeowner session closed:

 

The Board began with the voting of the new positions for the officers. Bob Brooks stated to vote for President first. Manny nominated Bob Brooks to be president since he had past knowledge of the community. It was second by Gerald Oliver. Bob Brooks nominated Rhee Nelson for Vice President everyone was in agreement. The position of Secretary was discussed and Bob nominated Gina Eagan for the Secretary. Buck Reese nominated Bob Martin as the Treasurer. All Board members were in agreement for Gina and Bob to hold these positions.

 

The terms of the Board members will run according to the number of final votes they received at the annual meeting December 18, 2006. The terms are as follows: The 3 Board members to hold three-year terms are Bob Brooks, Manny SanJose, Kim Clark. The 2 Board members that will hold two-year terms are Rhee Nelson, and Buck Reese. The 2 Board members to hold one-year terms are Anthony Simmons, and Gerald Oliver.

 

Bob Brooks discussed the position of the Treasure and Secretary. Bob also discussed doing an audit of the financial records. Buck had several names of Auditors and Bob Brooks has already talked with an auditor in the Ryan Sections. It was discussed that a general audit will be done at a cost estimated around $2,000.

 

Kim Clark asked if there were any restrictions concerning Niblock building new homes so close to the creek. Kris is to follow up with Niblock on the status of the well issues and what will be done to correct the yellowing from the well on the sidewalks in the community and the restrictions for building near the creek.

 

Manny SanJose volunteered to take over the Neighborhood watch program and will look for homeowners to appoint to help organize this program.

 

Bob Brooks brought up the amendment to the Restrictive covenants. The Board discussed the amendment and was in agreement to leave it as it was written by Leah Trowbridge. Buck will be coming up with a letter which will include three parts. It will be a yes or no vote on each part. 1. Voting for the restrictive amendment 2. Voting for the expenditure of the pool deck lighting at a cost of $19,000. 3. Signatures for the Neighborhood watch program. The board will review the final draft and Herman Management will do the mailing. It was also discussed that the lawn care tips should be put back in the newsletter.

 

Scott Wauters had brought up in the open session if the Keystone area behind his house could be graded and seeded to make better use of that area as a common area. Three items in need of repair were discussed. 1. The basketball goal is in need of repairs or replacement. Bob will be getting a pricing on replacing the basketball goal. 2. The Board approved the expenditure of $600 for repairs to the gazebo in the Cobblestone common area and agreed to replace the spindles on the gazebo to deck like posts that will hold up. The repairs to the pool will be discussed at the next meeting when they have the proposals for repairs. Bob Brooks brought up his concerns with the street parking especially along Georgetown and the hazards of this. He has talked with the City and the police are not enforcing this.

 

Kris will be getting a quote for an additional sign at the clubhouse letting homeowners know that there is additional parking in the pool/playground area when they reserve the clubhouse.

 

The Board will be coming up with a plan for 2007 and what they would like to use any grant money for. It was brought up that some owners had asked for additional light to be put in the front entrance strip to light the crepe myrtles.

 

The Board agreed to have monthly meetings on the second Tuesday of every month at 7pm in the clubhouse. Buck had a concern that some homeowners would like to have semi annul meeting so the homeowners would have information about the Board and community before the end of the year. It was agreed that a meeting will be held in July for the community. Rhee presented an idea to the other Board member that ARC Approvals could be posted in the newsletter so the other owners would know of approvals. There were some concerns about publishing this information to the community.

 

The Board discussed adding a Welcome committee and adding that to the responsibilities of the social committee. It agreed the Social Committee would need more volunteers.

 

Meeting adjourned at 9:15pm