{"id":621,"date":"2009-05-07T09:22:31","date_gmt":"2009-05-07T15:22:31","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.meadowhill.net\/?p=621"},"modified":"2009-05-07T09:22:31","modified_gmt":"2009-05-07T15:22:31","slug":"minutes-board-meeting-apr-21-2009","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.meadowhill.net\/?p=621","title":{"rendered":"Minutes: Board Meeting Apr 21, 2009"},"content":{"rendered":"<p align=\"center\"><strong>Meadow Hill  Inc<br \/>\n<\/strong>Board of Directors  Meeting<br \/>\nApril 21,  2009<br \/>\n3pm @ Hollister  House<\/p>\n<p align=\"center\">\n<p><strong>Those Present:<\/strong> C.Abbott, J.Goselin, L.May, I.Adamson,  L.Weeks, J.Trustey.<\/p>\n<p>C. Hannah, APM<br \/>\nD.Covert, Superintendent<\/p>\n<p><strong>3pm<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The BOD met at 3pm to review possible changes made to  M.H. by-laws and rules .The board will vote on these changes at our next BOD  mtg. The changes will be presented to the owners at the annual meeting in June  at which time they will be voted upon.<\/p>\n<p><strong>4pm<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>President C.Abbott spoke to owners present at the  meeting and requested that they stand and identify themselves by name and unit  number prior to speaking, they were also asked to keep their remarks to three  minutes.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Owners  Forum<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>G.Bixler, unit #153,- has issues with the siding  &#8220;bubbling&#8221; and problems with his lawn.<\/p>\n<p>M. Dubiel, unit# 242,-has complaints involving three of  her neighbors:<\/p>\n<p>1.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 &#8220;Heavy rocks&#8221; were installed by the side of  her unit by a neighbor.<\/p>\n<p>2.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Next door neighbor has a &#8220;messy appearance&#8221;  to her unit.<\/p>\n<p>3.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 She feels the neighbor behind her unit is  in violation of M.H. dog rules.<\/p>\n<p>In general the owner feels many violations are taking  place at M.H.<\/p>\n<p>L. Fillion , unit #182 -asks for permission to install a  new slider as a replacement for one that now  exists.<\/p>\n<p>M.Demay Unit # 90 -acting as the rental agent for the  club house and Hollister House requested some clarification on rental contracts,  specifically, renters moving furniture and the rule for the placement of refuse  containers. The board also reiterated that the rental of the club house and  Hollister House cannot be rented out to political or charitable  functions.<\/p>\n<p>J. Vollinger unit #97 brought to the board&#8217;s attention  that the<\/p>\n<p>fireplace in the club house is not up to &#8220;code&#8221;  Questioned whether the metal smoke stacks will be painted. Darien and Tim have this on  their agenda.<\/p>\n<p>J.Wasserman Unit#77- presented the board landscaping  plans for around her unit.<\/p>\n<p>S.Tucker unit # 15- mentioned that the recent flooding  from the river has caused an accumulation of debris along the pathway to the  river. She suggested that owners might be willing to pick trash and, if so,  there are barrels near the maintenance shed for the disposal of the  trash.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Minutes of the previous meeting were  read, corrected and approved.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Financials<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The budget was reviewed.<\/p>\n<p>We continue to add $8,000 to our reserve fund every  month.<\/p>\n<p>Our reserves are about $263,000 with another $25,000  soon to be added from siding money we are holding.<\/p>\n<p>$100,000 was transferred from our money market account  at Mutual of Omaha and two new accounts were opened in Glastonbury, as a way to  better diversify our funds.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Managers  Report<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>All catch basins have been  cleaned.<\/p>\n<p>The gardens down by the river will be rototilled  beginning of May.<\/p>\n<p>Request for a garden plot should be submitted to  J.Vollinger by May 10<sup>th<\/sup>.<\/p>\n<p>Darien is waiting for a price quote from Westside  to deliver and spread mulch on common and private areas. Unit owners will be  notified in advance of the delivery.<\/p>\n<p>The dumpster on Hollister Way North will remain until XU  has finished with the cleanup.<\/p>\n<p>APM will investigate our auto insurance to determine if  we should submit a claim regarding damage to a vehicle owned by unit owner #97  due to a collision with a MH vehicle.<\/p>\n<p>APM will look into our general liability insurance to  determine whether we need more coverage.<\/p>\n<p>Darien will purchase new fence slats, with the  board&#8217;s permission, to be erected near the pool.<\/p>\n<p><strong>New Business<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Repairs will be started on units that were damaged due  to &#8220;water damming&#8221; this winter.<\/p>\n<p>Birds are making nests in the flue stacks. Cleaning of  the stacks is the owner&#8217;s responsibility.<\/p>\n<p>P.Roser, an electrician, will be changing the AC  boxes.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Correspondence<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Unit # 53 -requests that the retaining wall between his  unit and unit #49 be checked for repairs.<\/p>\n<p>Letter sent to the Lorezen group regarding the  disposition of damages. MR. Lorezen has submitted a claim to his insurance (CNN)  and CNN has asked APM for pictures.<\/p>\n<p>Unit #168 &#8211; a motion was made and seconded that the  owner be notified that she is in violation of MH rules and must remove the wire  fence on her patio. All board members voted in favor of this  motion.<\/p>\n<p>A motion was made and seconded to accept the proposal by  Constantine Paving to:<\/p>\n<p>1.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Repair the curbing area at the Hollister  House and two areas of curbing at the club house.<\/p>\n<p>2.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 To fill in cracks in the  asphalt<\/p>\n<p>3.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 To\u00a0 repair cracks on the tennis courts ( a  temporary measure)<\/p>\n<p>A total of $11,225<\/p>\n<p>The board voted in favor of this  motion.<\/p>\n<p>Unit #139- the owners request to install a  railing was approved<\/p>\n<p>Unit #262-\u00a0 a decision was reached by the  board to proceed with the pruning of the two pine trees across from \u00a0the  unit.<\/p>\n<p>Unit # 133- a request for a motion  detecting light installation was approved.<\/p>\n<p>Unit #128-MH will repair seam damage in the  immediate area of the window. MH has declined to paint all contiguous walls on  the first floor of the unit as requested.<\/p>\n<p>Three unit owners will be reimbursed $72.00  each for dusk to dawn motion detecting sensor  lights.<\/p>\n<p>Four owners will be reimbursed $24.00 each  for dusk to dawn motion detecting sensor lights.<\/p>\n<p>Meeting adjourned at  6:15pm<\/p>\n<p>Respectfully  submitted,<br \/>\nIrene Adamson<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Meadow Hill Inc Board of Directors Meeting April 21, 2009 3pm @ Hollister House Those Present: C.Abbott, J.Goselin, L.May, I.Adamson, L.Weeks, J.Trustey. C. Hannah, APM D.Covert, Superintendent 3pm The BOD met at 3pm to review [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-621","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-boardminutes"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.meadowhill.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/621","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.meadowhill.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.meadowhill.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.meadowhill.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.meadowhill.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=621"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.meadowhill.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/621\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":624,"href":"https:\/\/www.meadowhill.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/621\/revisions\/624"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.meadowhill.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=621"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.meadowhill.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=621"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.meadowhill.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=621"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}