SOUTH COVE BOARD MEETING MINUTES -
(At the home of Susie Carney)
Meeting called to order at 7:15pm by Board President David Bangs
Board members in attendance:
David Bangs
Susie Carney
Kendra Mills
Fred Riler
Ivonne Thurlkill
Susi Tom
Board Members Absent:
Mark Buick
Mike Quaranta
Doug McDaniel
Homeowners & guests present:
Mike Thurlkill
Secretary's Report - Fred Riler
The minutes of the April Board meeting were read and approved, with one change in the Park/Entrance section requested by Ivonne Thurlkill. Board approved revision and April minutes updated accordingly.
Treasurer's Report - Mark Buick
The Treasurer’s report was deferred to June’s meeting as
Mark was not in attendance.
Architectural Review Committee - Fred Riler
This past month, the committee took the following actions:
Approved – two (2) fence replacement requests.
One (1) new request for a partial fence.
Disapproved – one (1)
fence request
Violations – storage
unit in a driveway for over a month.
Homeowner contacted.
Storage unit is to be removed by
Fence door broken and left on the side of the house. Exposes outdoor
Hot tub enclosure. Real estate agent contacted and asked to have
new
Homeowner fix the fence door and screen the hot
tub enclosure.
Homeowner
request for assistance – Meerwood homeowner planning addition to back of house.
They back up to South
Cove Homeowner. We have asked Meerwood
Architectural Review
Committee to work
together on ARC review to ensure any changes are reviewed with South
Cove
homeowner.
They have agreed to do so.
Pending ARC
requests:
House
repainting
Front
porch replacement
Window
replacement
Planter
along pool
New fence
Request for
$100 expenditure approved for possible legal review of an incomplete ARC
request.
Mike and Ivonne Thurlkill presented the Board with a letter
of appeal for a new cedar fence that was not approved by the Architectural Review
Committee. Per the South Cove Rules
& Regulations, a homeowner has the right to request a hearing by the entire
Board of Directors, to be scheduled within 15 days from receipt of the notice
of appeal. David Bangs will schedule and
call the appeals hearing.
Park / Entrance / Landscaping - Mark Buick
The Park / Entrance / Landscaping report was deferred until
the June meeting as Mark was not in attendance.
David Bangs did report that Steve Meyer has installed new
tennis court signs and tightened all mail boxes in South Cove.
Tennis Courts - Susi Tom
Susi reported the gate work has been completed. Homeowners really do need keys to get in to the tennis courts now. Homeowners needing tennis court keys should call Mark Buick at (425) 641-9199
Susi will be working with Doug McDaniel on patching and net
install.
Tennis Lessons: Susie Carney reported 2 out of 27 classes
are full. More registrations are coming in, but to fill all classes Susie
suggested advertising through Sunset Elementary. The board decided against this
as this would bring in more cars and visitors to our area. Lessons will be
offered to South Cove residents and adjacent neighborhoods only (SBC, Greenwood
Pt, etc). South Cove homeowners wanting to take advantage of these lessons for
themselves and/or their children, need to get
registration forms in NOW.
For Summer Tennis Lessons in the
373-3359. For more info, go to www.southcove.net.
Traffic – Susie Carney
On
Susie reported the
single lane hatch lines down 192nd were changed to double lines as a
result of rule changes by the county several years ago. The yellow double lines may in fact be
counterproductive and encourage speeding.
Dave Paul reported that the double lines could be taken out and replaced
the 4X4 reflective squares. This
maintains the center of the road design, without encouraging higher
speeds.
Two other issues that
came out of the meeting were parking on the sidewalk, and homeowners needing to
keep bushes, shrubs, and trees trimmed back at street corners so as not to
block drivers’ views of oncoming traffic.
Susie discussed
several other options for getting drivers to lower their speed throughout South
Cove. They can be found in the traffic meeting minutes at www.southcove.net/minutes.htm.
Kendra reported on
her research of a capital expenditure item.
The estimate of $30,000 to replace all playground equipment is still
firm. The $30,000 would include one big
structure, one little structure, a tire swing, and an infant swing.
This issue was
deferred until the June meeting when more time and detail can be spent on this
issue.
David asked for
issues to include in the upcoming June newsletter. So far, David has 4th of July,
traffic, and survey topics for the newsletter.
Susie Carney will set
up a ‘distribution party’ mid-June to put the newsletter together and complete
the mailings to homeowners.
4th
of July – Mike Quaranta
The 4th of
July function report was deferred until the June meeting as Mike was not in
attendance. David feels Mike has it
under control, but will check status with him prior to June meeting.
Dues Increase / Special Assessments - Mark Buick
The dues increase / special assessment report was deferred
until the June meeting as Mark was not in attendance.
New Business - None.
Other Business
David Bangs reported on the Issaquah Trolley Public Debut,
Saturday,
Next meeting:
Home of Doug McDaniel
All 2001 meeting dates and locations are listed on the South Cove web site in the Events Calendar.
There being no further business, the meeting was adjourned
at
Respectfully submitted
Fred Riler, Secretary
South Cove Homeowners Association