
June 7, 2006 Meeting Minutes
Meeting Minutes:
UNAPPROVED
WITHOUT CORRECTION,
ADDITIONS OR DELETIONS
FALLS RUN COMMUNITY
ASSOCIATION, INC.
Minutes
of the Meeting of the Board of Directors
The Falls
Run Community Association, Inc.’s Board of Directors met on June 7, 2006 at
10:00 a.m. at the Center at Falls Run.
The meeting was called to order at 10:00 p.m. by Bill Nosal, President.
A quorum was present. Board members attending were:
Bill
Nosal, Toni, Brown, Mal Malo, Jackie Richards, and Art Gabler.
Also
attending Marvin Wagner, Parliamentarian and Chairman Covenants Committee; Sylva
Southwell, Koger Management; Ann Jones, Activities Director; Jake Bernard, Gate
Committee
Jackie Richards moved: For
purposes of clarification I move that the following first sentence be added to
the motion of May 17, 2006 minutes to change CC&R paragraph 9.14 Business
Use to read:
On the
recommendation of the Covenants Committee, add the following change in Section
9.14 Business Use to the approved proposed CC&R changes to be voted on by
the Community in the fall of 2006. The motion was 2nd by Mal Malo.
Carried unanimously.
Mal Malo moved to approve the minutes of May 17, 2006 as amended and to
suspend the reading of same. 2nd
by Art Gabler. Carried unanimously.
Mal Malo moved to accept the May 3rd, 2006 recommendation of
the Planting and Design Committee to implement the Shenandoah proposal for
numerous landscape enhancements in the amount of $9,887.
2nd by Jackie Richards. Carried
unanimously.
Mal Malo moved to authorize up to $2,500 to the development of garden plot
by the Garden Club. 2nd
by Toni Brown. Carried unanimously
Art Gabler moved: The Falls
Run Community Association has voted to take advantage of the option to purchase
for $1.00 all of the Life Fitness equipment under CIT lease number 1877-007.
Therefore, I move that the Board authorize our property manager, Sylva
Southwell, to issue a check to CIT in an amount not to exceed $15,000, to payoff
the balance due on the lease. It is
estimated that this action will save the Association about $150 in interest.
2nd by Mal Malo. Carried unanimously
Mal Malo moved to adjourn at 12:00 pm.
2nd by Jackie Richards. Carried unanimously
Submitted,
Toni Brown, Secretary
Meeting Notes:
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Notes from Board of
Directors Meeting
June 7, 2006
The Falls
Run Community Association, Inc.’s Board of Directors met on June 7, 2006 for a
Work Session at 10:00 AM at the Center.
The
meeting was called to order at 10:00 AM by Bill Nosal, President
A quorum
was present. Board members attending
were:
Bill
Nosal, Jackie Richards, Toni Brown, Art Gabler and Mal Malo.
Also
attending Marvin Wagner, Parliamentarian and Chairman Covenants Committee; Sylva
Southwell, Koger Management; Ann Jones, Activities Director; Jake Bernard, Gate
Committee
***Jackie Richards moved: For
purposes of clarification I move that the following first sentence be added to
the motion of May 17, 2006 minutes to change CC&R paragraph 9.14 Business
Use to read:
On the
recommendation of the Covenants Committee, add the following change in Section
9.14 Business Use to the approved proposed CC&R changes to be voted on by
the Community in the fall of 2006. The motion was 2nd by Mal Malo.
Carried unanimously.
***Mal Malo moved to approve the minutes of
May 17, 2006 as amended and to suspend the
reading of same. 2nd by
Art Gabler. Carried unanimously.
Reports:
Ann
Jones, Activity Director
1.
Requested Board to consider
approving a Farmers Market to be held on site.
General discussion followed. No
action was taken.
2.
Presented a Calendar – Date Book
with suggestion to produce
for sale to residents. No action was
taken.
3.
Expressed concern about
resident’s response to various rules that have recently been published.
Ann will prepare a letter to be read at June 22, 2006 quarterly meeting
to explain reasons for rules and acknowledge that that all seem to come at once.
Bill Nosal pointed out that we are a “Community of Rules”
.Sylva
Southwell – Koger Management:
Bill, based on a letter received from a resident, complimented Sylva for
her prompt response to a mortgage matter.
Sylva gave special thanks to resident Chuck Heath for his volunteer
repairs to water fall after recent vandalism.
1.
Middlebrook
entrance –
Island
light post is in place. Should be
operational by end of week.
2.
Fountain light replacement
complete.
3.
Security camera (to be positioned
on light post) has been ordered, but not received.
4.
Census – Responses have improved
since 2nd letter went out. There
were some clerical errors in recording original documents, but Sylva assured the
Board that the confidentiality of all responses is secure.
5.
Resident exterior inspections are
on going. 38 letters went out in
May. Continued inspections are
schedules for June 12, 19 and 26th.
Marvin
Wagner, chairman of Covenants Committee expressed concern about process of lawn
inspection. He announced that he and
Doug Filler of the Mod Committee will be meeting on Thursday, June 8th
in an attempt to work out a program to facilitate correction of lawns needing
attention.
Board agreed to hold off on
issuing any further violations regarding lawn care until Marvin and Doug report
back with their suggestions. Inspections
will continue without regard to lawns in the mean time.
6.
Smithfield
gate arm, somewhat shorter than normal, has been reinstalled after
unidentified
incident. Replacement arms cost $400
each.
7.
R. D. Samuels, an electrical contractor, corrected the problem in the
circuit for the indoor pool motor. They
replaced the under rated circuit breaker and installed the proper gauge wiring. Initial
wiring installation, in violation of code,
was insufficient to allow the motor to function properly.
Circuit
breaker was wired for 20 amps. Should
have been 50 – 60 amps.
Bill
Nosal expressed concern about the wiring throughout the Center and would like to
have an overall electrical inspection of the Center.
Currently there are 27 overhead lights not working.
8.
Desert Aire – On going problems
still unresolved. Suggestion has
been put forward that Dominion Power is not supplying the necessary power for
the correct operation of the system. Dennis
Ouellette will be meeting with members of the Center Committee and the Board on
June 15th for further discussion of the Desert Aire system.
9.
Water fall – Pump problem still
not identified. Brickman will meet
with Sylva on June 12th at 9:00.
10.
There
was an incident at the Middlebrook gate. Arm
came down on car of guest and scraped the back of her car.
Investigation is in progress. There
is no estimate of damage at this time.
11.
“One car at a time” sign will
be repositioned and a new sign installed “Gates close at
7:00 pm.
Gate
Committee – Jake Bernard, Chairman
The
Committee field tested the operation of the gate to see what effect a car
passing through the gate and using a remote control to open the gate would have
on a car that is using the entry control computer.
1.
If using menu at the box – No
interruption
2.
If using the telephone – No
interruption
3.
If punching in code – Code will
be deleted and number needs to be reentered.
4.
If interrupted while punching in
code there is a potential of being locked out of system.
See 5 below.
5.
System will lock up for 3 minutes
after 3 failed code entries.
Various
solutions were discussed. It was
agreed that a notice will be distributed at the June 22 quarterly board meeting
to all attendees. Same notice will
be distributed to all homes and will be included in the July billing notice from
Koger Management. Notice will
explain in detail how to get along with the gates.
Contract Motions:
***Mal Malo moved to accept the May 3rd, 2006 recommendation of
the Planting and Design Committee to implement the Shenandoah proposal for
numerous landscape enhancements in the amount of $9,887.
2nd by Jackie Richards. Carried
unanimously.
***Mal Malo moved to authorize up to $2,500 to the development of garden
plot by the Garden Club.
2nd by Toni Brown. Carried
unanimously
***Art Gabler moved: The Falls
Run Community Association has voted to take advantage of the option to purchase
for $1.00 all of the Life Fitness equipment under CIT lease number 1877-007.
Therefore, I move that the Board authorize our property manager, Sylva
Southwell, to issue a check to CIT in an amount not to exceed $15,000, to payoff
the balance due on the lease. It is
estimated that this action will save the Association about $150 in interest.
2nd by Mal Malo. Carried unanimously
Down payment has been authorized for tennis court railing.
Installation should begin within the next couple of weeks.
Contract for A/C maintenance contract at the Center is going through.
Mal Malo recommended that the janitorial contract be re-bid.
Board agreed.
Mal Malo – Finance –
Emergency checking account at BB&T bank in the amount of $2000 has
been established.
Finance committee met with Jeff Koger at the
Fairfax
office. Jeff answered all questions
asked by the Committee. General
ledger was received. The Committee
has received and has questions about the May, 2006 financial statements.
Resale subsequent fees are being collected according to analysis provided
by Jeff Koger
Waste Management has submitted for unbilled charges for Villas service in
the amount of $27,000. Sylva will
meet with Waste Management to go over all charges before paying
Mal expressed
concern that there were outstanding bills that have not been paid.
Sylva will report back.
Jeff Koger has not responded to request for opinion on delinquent accounts
procedure forward to him by Finance Committee several months ago.
Bill Nosal commented that the Board should go on record to say we are not
happy with Koger’s performance as pertains to financial accounting.
The Finance Committee has developed a 2 page document listing complaints
regarding problems with the May statements.
A general discussion followed regarding problems with the financials.
Villas payment to Association is 3 months in arrears.
An explanation is definitely required.
Jackie Richards – Modification Committee
Violation letters have gone out. The
committee is working on additional proposed changes to Design Guidelines.
Toni Brown – Covenants Committee and Property and Grounds
Covenants Committee is working on proposed changes to CC&R’s to be
submitted for a vote by the residents. A
letter of explanation has been drafted to accompany the changes ballot.
Voting will begin September 1, 2006 and end October 1, 2006 at 5:00 pm.
All proposed changes will be fully explained.
The Committee will conduct its first Hearing on June 20 at the Center at
10:00. The Hearing Body, which shall
be composed of at least three members of the Committee, shall have the ability
to amend the charge to a lesser offense or alter the sanction imposed by the
Charging Authority.
The Property and Grounds have done another round of inspections and
updated previous reports which shall be turned over to Del Webb. The Landscape
Committee has coordinated with Shenandoah to establish a priority approach to
improvements to the common areas through out the community.
As noted above the Board has supported this effort by approving the
Committee’s request for funding in the amount of $9,887.
Del Webb has agreed to provide $1,000 for improvements at the Gladstone
Gate. Those improvements are
included in the $9,887 and therefore the money from Del Webb will be an offset
against the
Gladstone
costs. It will take time, but the
Committee is encouraged by the work of Shenandoah to date and expect to see
improvements in the fall when fertilization and seeding can be done to the
greatest effect.
Bill Nosal – Election Committee
Work has already begun in preparation for Board elections to be held later
this year. Three seats will be open
to interested candidates.
***Mal Malo moved to adjourn at 12:00 pm.
2nd by Jackie Richards. Carried unanimously