Board Meeting Minutes for Cedar Springs Homeowners’ Association
August 31, 2006
Present were Board members Don Lapworth, Kippy Strandberg, Susan Miller, and Art Shotwell. Guests attending were Jan Berry and Eloise Brookman.
The meeting was called to order at 7:05 p.m. The minutes were approved as read.
President’s Report
1. The revised CC&Rs will be available for review by homeowners as of September 20, 2006. Please call Don Lapworth to get a copy.
2. Landscaping of the common areas:
While owners may put in plants around their units without getting Board approval, the Board agreed that before planting anything in the common areas (such as near the mailboxes or in other areas not immediately adjacent to a unit), people should first consult with the Landscape Coordinator (Kippy Strandberg) to choose appropriate plants. The wrong kinds of plants can cause extra work for our landscaping people, and they have asked us to exercise some control over what is planted in the common areas.
3. Kitchen cabinets:
If your kitchen cabinets have a color finish (as opposed to a varnish or clear finish), the finish might be Thermo-foil, a plastic that can blister from heat. Take a look at the edges of the drawers and cabinet doors near ovens and toasters to see if there is any blistering. If there is, please call Strandberg Construction to order replacements.
Treasurer’s Report
1. Our account balances are as follows:
$ 2,900 in the operating account
$ 2,900 in the insurance account
$40,650 in the reserve account
2. We are allocating $ 10 per unit per month for the roof replacements, which will be started 30 years after the first unit was built.
Landscape Representative’s Report
Kippy Strandberg’s landscaping report is enclosed with these minutes. We thank Kippy for keeping us well informed about sprinklers, plants, grass, and other related issues.
New Business
The Board agreed to call a meeting of all homeowners on September 30, Saturday morning, at 10:00 in the large meeting room of the Anacortes Public Library.
At the homeowners’ meeting, we will consider proposals for the following items and vote on them:
a. landscaping proposal by Simply Yards
b. approval of the revised CC&Rs
c. earthquake insurance
The Board discussed postponing the re-painting project by one year (beginning in 2008 instead of 2007) to accommodate more urgent expenditures. Units were scheduled to be repainted every seven years. The first units would ordinarily be repainted next year, but we may postpone the project one year, pending discussion with the homeowners.
The details of a proposed earthquake policy will be distributed the last week of September so that homeowners will be familiar with the issues when they come to the meeting of all homeowners on September 30th.
The meeting was adjourned at 8:07 p.m.
Reminders
• It is requested that if homeowners have questions or concerns, they put them in writing and send them to the Board. If the matter is urgent, please indicate that it is, and indicate a date by when a response is needed. Someone from the Board will respond.
• The minutes can also be found at http://cedarspringshoa.blogspot.com/
Next Board Meeting will be October 2nd at 7:00 p.m. at the Susan Miller’s house at 1804 Cedar Springs LANE.
Respectfully submitted,
Susan Miller
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