July 12, 2006 Meeting Minutes

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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 for a Working Session on July 12, 2006 at the Center.

The meeting was called to order at 3:00 pm by Bill Nosal, President.

A quorum was present. Board members attending were:

Bill Nosal, Nancy Arnn, Toni Brown, Jackie Richards, Art Gabler, Dan Owens, and Mal Malo.

Also attending:  Elaine Curry, Sylva Southwell, both of  Koger Management, Ann Jones, Activities Director, and Jake Bernard, Gates.

 Mal Malo  moved, Nancy Arnn 2nd, to approve and suspend reading of minutes of June 21 and June 22, 2006 .  Carried unanimously.

 Various reports were heard.

 Mal Malo moved to adjourn, 2nd by Nancy Arnn at 5:20 PM.  Carried unanimously.

 Submitted,

Toni Brown, Secretary

Falls Run Community Association, Inc


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Notes from Board of Directors Meeting

July 12, 2006

 

The Falls Run Community Association, Inc.’s Board of Directors met on July 12, 2006 for a Work Session at the Center.

The meeting was called to order at 3:00 PM by Bill Nosal, President

A quorum was present.  Board members attending were:

          Bill Nosal, Dan Owens, Nancy Arnn, Jackie Richards, Toni Brown, Art Gabler and Mal Malo.

Also attending: Elaine Curry and Sylva Southwell of Koger Management; Ann Jones, Activities Director; Jake Bernard, Gate Committee.

 Mal Malo moved, Nancy Arnn 2nd, to approve and suspend reading of the minutes of June 21 and June 22, 2006.  Carried unanimously.

 

Reports:

Sylva Southwell, Koger Management

1.       Collecting bids for mosquito abatement.  Based on bids received        so far, cost is estimated between $850 - $1350/mo.

2.       Traffic Safety.  Searching for engineering company to evaluate our community and propose several different options to address problem of speeding and other issues.

3.       Gates.  All gates are currently working.  Jake has identified and is doing additional research on a potential problem with remotes.

 Homeowner’s must take responsibility for making sure their family, guests and service people understand that the gates are closed. It is the resident’s responsibility to be sure these people can gain entrance.  Even though there are signs posted – one car only – there are still many instances where cars are trying to come through on a first car’s gate. 

4.       The Covenants Committee held their first hearing on July 11,      2006.  The decision of the Committee reversed an approval by the Modification Committee to build a fence at 362 Bridgewater .  The approval for the fence was disputed by the next door neighbor. The interested parties will seek a compromise between themselves.

5.       Waste Management.  Sylva asked for and received a $125.00 credit for non-pickup on June 12. . There was discussion about cutting back on the number of pickups during the week.  Cutting back to one day a week could result in a substantial savings of approximately $50,000 per year.  No decision was made.  The Board recognized the Villa’s trash containers are small and once a week might not be sufficient.  Perhaps we could cut the HOA’s to one day a week and leave the Villa’s at two days.

6.       New computer system at Center has been installed and is up and running.

7.       Resident Delinquencies.  Agreed to take discussion into executive session.

8.       Sylva is gathering information of year to date costs for gates and water fall.

Jake Bernard has volunteered to power clean the water fall.

9.       Census Status.  Still unreturned:  79 in HOA and 25 from the Villas.

It was decided that Sylva will break down the list and members of the Board will call residents to request the form be submitted.

10.   Violation letters:  At this point Jackie Richards, Liaison to the Modifications Committee gave her report: All letters that were sent regarding lawn violations will be put on hold until the fall.  The Modification Committee is in the process of revising the letter to make it less offensive.  Many residents received letters advising them they were in violation because of decorative covers on their mailboxes.  Based on protests and further review of Design Guidelines, the Committee reversed itself and all residents have been notified that mailbox covers are OK. Revised violation letter and revised Design Guidelines should be ready for Board approval at their next meeting.

11.   Landscaping:  Shenandoah has been very responsive.  They are doing a good job.  Every one must realize that it will be at least 2 years before the common areas look really good.  This will not be a quick fix.

12.   Trash cleanup.  There was a suggestion that trash containers along Bridgewater and other areas would be a good idea.  Residents are asked to NOT dispose of their doggie poop bags down the storm drains.

Finance Report – Mal Malo, Treasurer:

1.     The HOA audit has been delayed because Jeff Koger has been unresponsive in providing information requested by the auditors.  Mal was advised that Jeff mailed the requested information on July 10. There was no explanation regarding where the records were and why they hadn’t been delivered to the auditor.  Mal will remain in contact with the auditor to monitor progress.

2.     Mal has asked for credit card statements, bank statements and monthly General Ledger but Koger has not provided that information.

3.      Finance Committee has not met recently.  Investments and budget decisions remain on hold pending their input.

 Center – Art Gabler, Liaison

1.       Reporting on ongoing problems with Desert Aire and lighting in the Center. Both have been ongoing problems and continue to be.    The Center committee met with Dennis Ouellette yet again.  Art will write up a memo of record of their meeting and ask Dennis to acknowledge his agreement.

2.       The deep end of the pool was stained when the new stairs were constructed.  The pool would have to be drained and acid washed to eliminate the stains.

3.       The new janitors are working out fine.

4.       Fitness equipment - A proposal for replacing equipment and rearranging furniture will be submitted soon.

 Communications Committee – Dan Owens, Liaison/Jack Mounts, Chairman

1.     Changes previously requested by the Board have been made to the Request for Action for a Falls Run Information System (FRIS).  Discussion followed.  It was agreed to take up the request on the 19th of July, our next working session.

General

1.     Future Projects – The Board agreed to ask Bill Smith to develop a charter describing the function of a Future Projects Committee.

2.     Jim Stagner, attending resident, made an appeal to the Board for bringing the Gladstone Gate to the same standard as all other gates.  No action was taken.

 

Mal Malo moved to adjourn, 2nd by Nancy Arnn.  The meeting was adjourned at 5:20 PM.