South Cove Board Minutes – September 2003

At the home of Thomas Marquis

 

Board Members Present: Mark Southern, Jill Cyra, Shelly Birkwood, Don Meyer, Craig Elkins, David Bangs, and Thomas Marquis.

 

Meeting called to order at 7:00pm by Mark Southern

 

-Minutes:  Shelly read the minutes for August 2003.  Minor corrections were made and the August minutes were approved. 

 

-Treasurer’s Report: Jill reported that the account balance is $34,005.00

One delinquent payment for homeowner’s dues was received.  Jill received the annual nonprofit corporation report from the Secretary of State and requested Shelly to complete and return the form.  Jill also reported that our water bill is 3 times as high as it was last year at this time.  Our landscaping company has been working on our watering system over the summer and should now have all leaks repaired.  Mark reported that the water is now turned off.  Jill will call the City of Bellevue to have our water account deactivated for the winter.

 

Park Paths:  Mark reported that in preparation for the path repaving, the tree roots have now all been cut.  Don worked on the paths in our park, and Mark worked on the path to Sammamish Beach Club at the end of 194th Ave, SE.  Ryan of Able Paving is in the process of cutting out the required 18” of grass, so the gravel could be spread for the repaving.  Able will also jack hammer specific areas of the SBC path.  The last step for prepping the SBC path is to remove the protruding corner of the homeowner’s raised planting bed.

 

Rules Committee/Covenant Changes:  David reported that we have received approximately 141 votes in favor of the Covenant changes, 9 No votes, and 139 unreturned ballots.  David printed out copies of a list of the homeowners who have not returned their ballots and gave them to each board member.   Sections of the list were divided up and assignments were made for each board member to make an attempt at obtaining signatures for the unreturned ballots.

David reported that the deadline to file the Covenant changes is October 30th.  We should have a working list of which signatures are still required by our October 17th meeting.

 

Government Affairs:  David reported that the South Lake Sammamish Association, SLSA, postponed their September 18th meeting to September 30th, 2003 in order to accommodate King County Councilman, David Irons’ schedule.  The main topics for discussion will be road safety and repair.  One goal of SLSA is for completion of as much road repair as possible prior to annexation in order not to be viewed as a burden to Issaquah.

 

-Park/Landscaping:  Mark reported that signature Landscaping will give us a proposal on re-doing our park sprinkler system in order to obtain optimum watering.  Mark advised that most likely, we would find that our current system of 8 different zones is adequate and can be regulated by ourselves.  Jill reported that the park “poop-scoop” bags have arrived and will be installed near the tennis courts.

 

-Beach:  Craig reported that he spoke to Tom Franklin of Marshall Dock regarding the manufacturer of the buoys, and possible solutions other than simple replacement.  Some of the buoys that are not broken can be snapped back together; but they tend to come apart again.  The buoys appear to be inferior to the type we had previously.  Craig advised that Tom Franklin must be more responsible for the outcome and will continue to work with him.  Craig reported that the 2nd ladder has not been re-installed onto our dock.  He will speak to Mike Quaranta and confirm how the dock is anchored in order to keep the dock safe.

 

-Architectural Review Committee:  Don reported that at our next homeowners’ meeting in October, the new roofing materials information should be ready for review.  Don reported that 1 Application for a fence was submitted and approved. 

 

Newsletter/Website:  David reported that the board needs to look for interested homeowners to run for the soon to be vacant board positions.  Generally each year, 3 positions open up.  Don stated that he would continue on next year.

 

Mailboxes:  David reported that 1 mailbox was hit by a car.  The mailbox base will need to be re-installed at a labor cost of $85.00.  Parts costs are still unknown.  A motion was made to authorize up to $350.00 for repair to the damaged mailbox.  The motion was seconded and passed unanimously. 

David confirmed that some of us still have mailbox keys that belong to “extra” boxes at some of the new mailbox stations.  Each of us will write a note to the mail carrier, requesting that the key be kept in the vacant box.  The note should be placed in the out-going mail slot. 

 

Annual Meeting:  David inquired about the best option for obtaining a quorum to elect the board members.  David reported that sending out pre-stamped post card ballots would get the best responses.  A motion was made to authorize approximately $64.00 for the purchase of pre-stamped post cards.  The motion was seconded and passed unanimously. 

 

Meeting was adjourned.

 

 

 

 

 

 

Minutes submitted by Shelly Birkwood, Secretary

 

October Board Meeting:

Wednesday, October 15, 2003, 7pm

Home of Mark Southern

Address:  4506 192nd Ave, SE

Phone:  957-1741

 

 

November Board Meeting:  Annual Meeting

Wednesday, November 12th, 7pm

Sunset Elementary School

4229 W. Lake Sammamish Pkwy, SE

Meeting Room:

Gymnasium/Multi-purpose Room