Meeting at Windermere Real Estate Office
● Call to Order: 4:02 PM
○ Attendance
○ Present: Art Shotwell, Cele Westlake, Kippy Strandberg, Simone Caracciolo, Donna Cunningham, Suzanne Metcalfe
○ Absent: Joan Mickelson, Bruce Janicula,
○ Homeowner: Marla Welchko
● Approval of Minutes of February 22, 2023
○ Motion to approve and seconded. Passed.
○ Approval Vote: unanimous
● President’s Report - Art Shotwell
○ Bruce suggests reviewing and updating House Rules re: dues payments, manager contact info; insurance deductibles;
○ We will all take a look at them and send suggested changes to Art.
○ transfer of ownership $75 for Windermere. Windermere process to put new owners into their database and App Folio, set up dues payments, etc.
○ Donna will also include our website link for new members.
● Staff report - Donna Cunningham
○ Introducing Nadine
○ Post office doesn’t do locking boxes. Donna will continue to research mailboxes. Discussion of cluster mailboxes.
● Vice-President’s Report Simone Caracciolo
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● Secretary’s Report - Suzanne Metcalfe
○ None
● Treasurer’s Report - Cele Westlake
○ We are on budget for income for 1st quarter of the year. Started year with just under 32,000 in reserve and are now at 40,800.
● Landscape Report - Bruce Janicula
○ No Report; Bruce is out of town
○ Request re: Landscapers blowing off berries & twigs on the sidewalks. Seems to be yes in some places in others.
● Unfinished Business
○ Consider moving some Reserve Account to CD to earn interest; How much? Donna was going to check on legality and possibility @ Heritage Bank. Donna hasn’t done this yet. Simone asks if has to be at same institution that we are using. Washington Federal Bank is offering 13 month CD 4.25%. Cele suggests we invest $25,000 from reserve account. Discussion on how much to invest and for how long. Suggestion to stagger investments per year.
○ Dryer Vent Cleaning; Donna was going to research providers for Lexie to coordinate. Should we require this in the house rules since it’s a fire hazzard? How often? How verify that it’s done?
○ Mailbox replacements; There seems to be renewed interest in replacing mailboxes. CBU boxes. Lots of support from community.
○ You can sign up on USPS website for informed delivery to get notifications of mail coming each day. You can also get notified when you mailbox has been opened.
○ ○ Pressure washing driveways (and sidewalks?) – discussion. Suggest homeowners look at group rates.
○ ○ Water Damage Repairs; around windows; 1804, 1806, 1808 Lane Donna is working on this
○ Deck repairs: who should be responsible?
● New Business
○ Directory: We have a directory of homeowners; but need a list of renters. Homeowners should keep this updated in Appfolio
● Next Meeting Schedule
○ Proposed: Thursday, May 25? Thursday ahead of Memorial Day weekend?
● Meeting adjourned: 5:15
Respectfully submitted,
Suzanne Metcalfe, Cedar Spring HOA Secretary
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