Minutes – VHOA Board Meeting – March 23, 2005

 

Attendees: Vice-President, Jim Keddie (Jim)

 Vice-President, Arnie Sheldon (Arnie)

 Treasurer, Dori Barnard (Dori)

 Secretary, Joe Krager (Joe)

 

Absent:    President, Jerry Moore (Hereafter, Jerry)

 

Order of Business:

-       Architectural Review Committee - Joe

o       Laura Bradley, 100 Grassy Valley Road, lawra@nc.rr.com, has accepted the ARC position offered to her.

o       Ken Favreau was approved to join the ARC by a vote of 4 to 0, cl1fyreman@aol.com.

o       Arnie will be attending the next meeting of the ARC on April 5th to help the new members adjust.

o       ARC tasked with documenting homeowners with fences facing streets and drafting letters for board approval.

 

- Speeding/Speed Bumps on Blooming Meadow Road – Jim

o       Request new survey with concealed radar; Jim drafted letter to be signed by Jerry and courtesy copy the town council/mayor. Sending letter to Jerry for action.

o       Newsletter article is being forwarded to Joe for correction/addition.

 

- Carolina Property Associates issues – Jim

o       Reviewed Arnie’s new spreadsheet for further action on accounts past due and made decisions on homeowners on a case by case basis.

o       See about having Jeff or Tammy come out to one of our meetings to discuss the possibility of expanding their duties for the VHOA/costs. Arnie taking for action.

o       Verify termite bond for pool house – Jim checking w/CPA.

o       Insurance coverage is in order and current documents have been obtained from CPA.

 

- VHOA Website – Joe

o       Beach Site Design was approved by a vote of 4 to 0. Joe will contact them to get the site up and running ASAP.

o       Transferring domain names from Darrin Brannon to Beach Site Designs and administrative support to the Board.

o       We will need to reimburse him for registrations and transfer fees. Pending receipts from Darrin.

 

- Third party software for newsletter – Joe

o       Refund – Jim taking to CPA for check cutting for Joe.

o       Awaiting articles for Newsletter – by 03/27/05.

o       Release first newsletter by April 1st after review by Board members via e-mail.

o       CPA will charge us $100.00 plus postage to distribute the newsletter.

 

- Home Depot receipts – Dori

o       Refund given by in-store debt card - $159.27. Future use of debt card to be considered at a later time.

o       Jim will give receipts to Jerry sometime during the week

 

- Dog issues continue - Joe

o       Putting information regarding this issue in first newsletter.

o       Publish Wake County Animal Control guidelines on website and directions to document in newsletter.

 

- Welcoming/Social committee – Arnie

o       Reviewed proposal by Arnie for social committee. Proposal will be brought before community on April 20th.

o       Having VHOA welcoming committee get with the welcome wagon to have them take over for our committee.

o       Arnie will continue to review new homeowners via the web

 

- Sandwich boards – Arnie

o       Review of purchase and approved purchase of three more plastic coverings. Signs will be used to advertise the April 20th meeting.

 

- See about getting street signs straightened/painted - Arnie

o       Newsletter article will be written by Arnie for this issue.

 

-       Pool budget expenses - $11,114.00 – Jerry

o       Statement of work being produced by Jerry. (Tabled)

 

-       Ground Maintenance - $8500.00 – Jerry

o       Statement of work being produced by Jerry. (Tabled)

 

-       Tree removal at pool – Jerry

o       No response from Jeff Wilkie.

o       Continue to contact him to get them removed for free.

 

-       Community meetings – Joe

o       Scheduled and approved for April 20th at 7:00PM, at the Hunt Center by a vote of 4 to 1.

o       Reviewed meeting notice for approval. Joe will provide to CPA to distribute with dues statements.

o       Jim will reserve Hunt Center location with the same reservations as for the previous meeting.

 

     - Review legal statement of work - Arnie

o       Arnie to rewrite statement of work prior to next meeting. SOW will specify that we need to have our legal documents written anew requesting a quote.

 

-       Address finding/making a decision on a lawyer - Jerry

o       CPA’s lawyer

o       Akins, Hunt & Fearon

o       Poyner & Spruill, LLP

o       Dori’s lawyer

o       Come up with presentation for the quarterly meeting in reference to hiring a new lawyer.

 

- Blooming Meadow/Stonebarn Road corner property – Dori

o       Drafting letter to homeowner in reference to their grass, after getting previous agreements homeowner had with Jerry.

 

- Obtaining VHOA Board paperwork from former secretary – Dori

o       Still need to finalize E-mail issues with Adam Davis.