SOUTH COVE BOARD MINUTES

 October 18, 2005

At the home of Jill Cyra

 

 

Board Members Present  Thomas Marquis, Don Meyer, Jill Cyra, Rod Putney, Julie McDaniel, Sam Rosenbaum, new resident Windsor Lewis-Gloy, and guest speaker Kelly Munn from the Volunteers for Issaquah Schools.

 

Meeting called to order at 7:15 PM by Thomas Marquis.

 

Kelly Munn of the Volunteers for Issaquah Schools gave the Board a presentation on the upcoming four ballots being presented to the voters in the February 7th election. For more information you can visit their web site at www.visvote.org.

 

Minutes   Don read the September 2005 minutes; there is one correction: “The tennis court gate locks had previously been repaired, but were damaged after two weeks” Remaining minutes were approved as read.

 

Thomas Marquis introduced Windsor Lewis-Gloy a new resident who has requested to be considered for the 2006 Board.

 

Thomas requested a vote on the pending Class Action suit involving Aon Corp. (our insurance carrier). The Board voted unanimously to accept participation in the class action suit. The alternative was to pursue our own private action.

 

Treasurer’s Report  Jill reported an account balance of $27,623.00. 

 

Architectural Control Committee  Sam reported that four ACC requests had been submitted; all were approved. Discussion was held regarding a new plastic fence constructed along 192nd Ave SE without an ACC request. Consensus was that this fence does not meet the guidelines for “like material.” It was recommended that a letter be drafted instructing the resident to hide the fence with foliage or remove it.

 

The issue of fences on the park was brought up again. The Board has not to date made a ruling fences in the park. The current recommendation is to change the wording in the Covenant to strongly discourage fences on the park. This issue is still being discussed.

 

Rules and Regulations Thomas has presented the Board with the new revised Rules and Regulations document for review and has asked the Board to vote on the changes before the end of the month October 30th.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Parks and Landscaping   Rod presented landscaping recommendations from Nyce Gardens and the estimated landscaping costs from Signature Landscaping to implement Nyce recommendations. Rod mentioned that this is still a work in progress and the price was still beyond our estimated budget.

Note the 2005 Budget did not take into account all the agreed-upon park entrance changes that were requested by the community (priority survey). Some of the monies not used in the Grounds expenses will be used to pay for the park entrance landscaping.

 

Even though the park entrance landscaping plan is not complete the Board authorized Rod to move forward with approval of up to $8,000.00 to implement the plantings by Signature Landscaping. Rod will contact Signature and get a revised proposal and e-mail Board members prior to authorizing work. He is also going to review an earlier request to improve the drainage issue in the park. He will report back with a revised drainage proposal and time line.

 

Beach Committee   Don reported that he has an approximate estimate to replace the damaged and missing speed buoys outside the swim area of approximately $1,200.00. This price is for buoys and installation material only. Don suggested we use residents to help place the buoys. The Board recommended this expenditure be moved to next years budget.

 

Tennis Court Julie reported that the tennis court gate lock is broken again and requires repair or replacement. Julie is checking on a new locksmith to replace the locks.

 

Newsletter  The Board approved an additional $500.00 to have pre-addressed postcards printed and attached to the newsletter.

 

Meeting was adjourned at 10:05 p.m.

 

Next meeting is the November Annual meeting, November 15th at the Sunset Library, 7:00 PM.