
June 21, 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
Wednesday, June 21, 2006 at
the Center at Falls Run for a work session.
The meeting was called to
order at 10:a.m. by Bill Nosal, President.
A quorum was present. Board members attending were:
Bill Nosal, Toni Brown, Mal Malo, Jackie Richards, Art Gabler, Nancy Arnn
and Dan Owens.
Also attending: Marvin Wagner, Parliamentarian and Chair Covenants
Committee; Jeff Koger and Sylva Southwell, Koger Management; Jack Mounts, Chair
Communications Committee; Jake Bernard, Chair
Gate Committee; Paul Rankin and Jean Strub, Finance Committee; Bob Gilbert,
Chair and Rich Lazanov, Community Center Committee
Nancy Arnn moved to approve and suspend the reading of the minutes of June
7, 2006. 2nd by Mal Malo.
Passed unanimously.
Dan Owens, 2nd by
Mal Malo, moved to accept a fitness equipment preventative maintenance and
repair services contract with Fitness Resource in the amount of $4,088.00/year
to be paid quarterly in the amount of $1,022.00.
Passed unanimously.
The contract amount is below
the $15,000 budgeted for this item.
Toni Brown, 2nd by Jackie Richards, moved that we contract with
Shenandoah to water all trees and shrubs in the common areas and the grassy
common area on
Smithfield
near Goosecreek with a water truck at the cost of $75.00/hr (2 hour minimum).
Passed unanimously.
Mal Malo moved, 2nd by Nancy Arnn, to adopt the Assessment
Collection Procedure as presented. (See
attached) Passed
unanimously.
Nancy Arnn moved, 2nd by Dan Owens, to approve the
Final Elections Committee Report detailing
the 2006 Board of Directors election process , which includes
modifications to the 2005 process
The motion carried with six
members voting yea. Art Gabler
abstained.
Toni Brown moved, 2nd by Mal Malo, to approve a change to the
By-Laws as follows:
New subdivision (b) of
Section 3.18 to read as follows: Any owner contesting the ruling of the Charging
Authority where the owner has a vested interest may request a hearing before the
Covenants Committee. Such a request
must be made within fifteen (15) days from the ruling of the Charging Authority
or fifteen (15) days from the owner having knowledge of or receiving notice of
the said ruling. Upon such request,
the action which the Charging Authority has authorized shall be suspended until
the appeal to the Covenants Committee, and a subsequent appeal to the Board of
Directors, if any, has been finalized.
(Current subdivision (b) to
become subdivision (c) and current subdivision (c) to become subdivision (d).
Toni also moved to approve proposed change to the Covenants, Conditions
and Restrictions, which will be included with other changes to the CC&R’s
that will be submitted to the members (owners) for their approval, as follows:
Change to Covenants (Section 8.3, Article VIII).
Change From: So long as the Reviewing Entity has acted in good
faith, its findings and conclusions with respect to the appropriateness of,
applicability of, or compliance with the Design Guidelines and this Declaration
shall be final.
Amend
to:
So long as the Reviewing Entity has acted in good faith, its findings and
conclusions with respect to appropriateness of, applicability of or compliance
with the Design Guidelines and this Declaration shall be presumed to be correct.
Add
to Section 8.3 of Article VIII:
Any owner who has standing in the findings of the Reviewing Entity shall
have the right to appeal these findings to the Covenants committee, as found in
Section 3.18, subdivision (b) of the By-Laws.
Carried unanimously.
Toni Brown moved, 2nd by Jackie Richards to approve the changes
to the Covenants Committee Hearing Procedures as presented by the Committee. (See
attached).
Carried unanimously.
Nancy Arnn moved, 2nd by Mal Malo to adjourn at 12:35.
Carried unanimously.
Submitted,
Toni Brown, Secretary
Meeting Notes:
INFORMATION ONLY
NOT TO BE CONSIDERED MINUTES
NOT A TRANSCRIPT
Notes from Board of Directors Meeting
June 21, 2006
The Falls Run Community
Association, Inc.’s Board of Directors met on June 21, 2006 for a Work Session
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, Mal Malo, Dan Owens and Nancy Arnn.
Also attending: Marvin
Wagner, Parliamentarian and Chair Covenants Committee; Jeff Koger and Sylva
Southwell, Koger Management; Jack Mounts, Chair, Communication Committee; Jake
Bernard, Chair Gate Committee; Paul Rankin and Jean Strub, Finance Committee;
Bob Gilbert, Chair and Rich Lazanov, Community Center Committee
***Nancy Arnn moved to approve and suspend the reading of the minutes of
June 7, 2006. 2nd by Mal
Malo. Passed unanimously.
Jeff Koger was present to respond to questions from the Finance Committee.
The Finance Committee had prepared an in-depth report on Financials
through May 2006. This report was the result of an analysis of each entry to the
accounts since January. A heroic
effort the Board applauded. Jeff agreed the comments in the report accurately
reflect the accounting process used by Koger Management.
Mal Malo specifically asked about the Villas late payment of assessments
to the Association. Jeff reported
the Villas will, as of this date, make a payment in full to the Association on
the 20th of each month.
This was acceptable to the
Board.
Rather than go through the report item by item, Mal suggested the two
members of the Finance Committee convene with Jeff to discuss the various issues
raised in the report and return later with a report to the Board.
The Board generally agreed
that an issue of great concern is one of quality assurance and review on the
part of Koger as well as follow through.
Paul and Jean returned later to report that Jeff agreed with all of their
finding. All recommended adjustments
will be made and Jeff will provide the Committee with answers to questions he
was unable to answer today. The June
financial reports will be reviewed before being presented to the Board.
The Board and the Committee will be provided with a General Ledger Report
and a Purchase History for June.
Sylva – Koger Report:
The individual involved in
an incident at the Main gain has submitted a report, but has not submitted
estimates for repair to the vehicle.
Census – There are still 106 census reports outstanding.
Sylva will be working to obtain the remaining reports.
We are well below the 20% of those under 55, but the Board agreed with
Dan Owens that all residents must comply by returning their census
questionnaire. There will be no
exceptions.
Surveillance camera for the
waterfall has been received and will be installed shortly along with a sign
warning that the fall is being monitored 24/7.
Sylva will contact Shenandoah to be sure the irrigation system is
functioning as it should.
The subject of holding a Farmers’ Market was revisited. After
discussion, Art Gabler said the Community Center Committee will gather
information about insurance, etc and report back to the Board.
***Dan Owens, 2nd by Mal Malo, moved to accept a fitness
equipment preventative maintenance and repair services contract with Fitness
Resource in the amount of $4,088.00/year to be paid quarterly in the amount of
$1,022.00. Passed unanimously.
The contract amount is well
below the $15,000 budgeted for this item.
Bill Nosal raised the problem of traffic safety in the Community.
Speeding and not observing Stop signs as an example.
What is the answer? There
have been several close calls. Do we
install speed bumps? Employ speed
guns? The Board will bring the
questions to attendees of the quarterly Board meeting on Thursday, June 22 for a
show of hands.
Marv Wagner and Doug Filler have met to discuss the resident lawn care
issue at length. They walked through
the Community to be sure they were in agreement on how to judge the state of
care for each individual property. It was also noted at many residents are not
taking care of the sidewalk strip for which they are responsible.
A letter is going out advising residents the Board will be enforcing
Community standards of lawn care. The
Board recognizes that seeding and feeding cannot be done until the fall, but at
that point will not be lenient with residents who are not taking care of their
yards.
***Toni Brown, 2nd by Jackie Richards, moved that we contract
with Shenandoah to water all trees and shrubs in the common areas and the grassy
common area on
Smithfield
near Goosecreek with a water truck at the cost of $75.00/hr (2 hour minimum).
Shenandoah will be
addressing the needs of all the common areas in the fall.
We can water the trees and shrubs now and prevent them from dying during
this extreme dry spell.
Jake Bernard – Gates
Fliers have been distributed
to all residents notifying them that all gates will be closed as of 6/30/06 and
informing them of procedures they need to follow and check on to be sure the
gate will open. Legend gate is ready
for programming. Everything will be
done to assure that the gates will be as problem free as possible.
Fliers will be distributed at the Board meeting on Thursday, June 22,
2006 and included with July billings from Koger.
Toni Brown – Property & Grounds Liaison
The Property and Grounds
have been working with Shenandoah for summer planting.
The P & G Committee wants the community to be advised that planting
at the Gladstone Gate and at the railing on
Bridgewater
will be put off until the fall. It
is just too hot right now for plants to get a good start.
Mal Malo – Treasurer
***Mal Malo moved, 2nd
by Nancy Arnn, to adopt the Assessment Collection Procedure as presented.
Passed unanimously.
Dan Owens – Liaison – Communications Committee
The Board agreed to table
the Committee’s Request for Action to have the Board approve implementation
plan for the Falls Run Information System (FRIS).
Election Committee
***Nancy Arnn moved, 2nd
by Dan Owens, to approve the Final
Elections Committee Report detailing
the 2006 Board of Directors election process , which includes
modifications to the 2005 process.
The motion carried with six
members voting yea. Art Gabler
abstained.
Marvin Wagner – Covenants Committee
Marvin reported the
Committee will be holding its first hearing in the next week or two. The
Committee has been reviewing the procedures for conducting such a hearing.
During their review it came to the attention of the Committee that some
changes would be necessary to clarify the By-Laws and the CC&R’s.
***Toni Brown moved, 2nd
by Mal Malo, to approve a change to the By-Laws as follows:
New subdivision (b) of
Section 3.18 to read as follows: Any owner contesting the ruling of the Charging
Authority where the owner has a vested interest may request a hearing before the
Covenants Committee. Such a request
must be made within fifteen (15) days from the ruling of the Charging Authority
or fifteen (15) days from the owner having knowledge of or receiving notice of
the said ruling. Upon such request,
the action which the Charging Authority has authorized shall be suspended until
the appeal to the Covenants Committee, and a subsequent appeal to the Board of
Directors, if any, has been finalized.
(Current subdivision (b) to
become subdivision (c) and current subdivision (c) to become subdivision (d).
Toni also moved to approve proposed change to the Covenants, Conditions
and Restrictions, which will be included with other changes to the CC&R’s
that will be submitted to the members (owners) for their approval, as follows:
Change to Covenants (Section 8.3, Article VIII).
Change From: So long as the
Reviewing Entity has acted in good faith, its findings and conclusions with
respect to the appropriateness of, applicability of, or compliance with the
Design Guidelines and this Declaration shall be final.
Amend
to:
So long as the Reviewing Entity has acted in good faith, its findings and
conclusions with respect to appropriateness of, applicability of or compliance
with the Design Guidelines and this Declaration shall be presumed to be correct.
Add
to Section 8.3 of Article VIII:
Any owner who has standing in the findings of the Reviewing Entity shall
have the right to appeal these findings to the Covenants committee, as found in
Section 3.18, subdivision (b) of the By-Laws.
Carried unanimously.
***Toni Brown moved, 2nd by Jackie Richards to approve the
changes to the Covenants Committee Hearing Procedures as presented by the
Committee.
Carried unanimously.
Toni Brown asked the Communications Committee to review comments presented
in a letter to the Board from Tom Bovasso relating his concerns about the
security of our Web site and evaluate whether we want to address any of his
concerns.
Nancy Arnn moved, Mal Malo 2nd, to adjourn at 12:35 pm.