SOUTH BAY COMMUNITY ASSOCIATION
BOARD OF DIRECTORS MEETING

Friday,
  January 6, 2012

APPROVED
 

Board Members Present:  

Tom Claudson, Richard Grieves, Sue Oemichen, Ken Thomas, Pat Traci, Sharon Walker, Chris Whitehurst

SBCA Management/Staff Present:

Mike Morgan, Linda Colasurdo

Members Present:

22 members were present. Please see the attached Member Sign-In Sheet

Meeting called to order at 9:30 a.m.

Determination of quorum:  

Yes, 7/7.

President’s Comments:

Pat Traci reviewed the guidelines for this meeting:

·    Modified Robert’s Rules

·    The Board will discuss a topic first, then community members may comment

Approval of Agenda:

Motion made, seconded, and 7/7 voted to approve the agenda for this meeting with the addition of ARC letter quotation approval to Old Business.

Meeting minutes:

Motion made, seconded, and 6/7 voted to approve the December 2, 2011 Board meeting minutes with no changes. Richard Grieves abstained from the vote because he was not present at the last meeting.

Operations report given by Mike Morgan:

Please see the attached SBCA Operations Report 1/6/12 for complete details.

Financial report given by Chris Whitehurst:

Please see the attached November 30, 2011 Income Statement and Balance Sheet for complete details. Motion made, seconded, and 7/7 voted to approve the November 2011 financial report. Discussed process for contract review. The committee responsible for the contract will review first, it will then go to the Finance Committee for final review. Ken Thomas asked for suggestions for cost savings from the Board and members. Please send ideas to Ken at taktho@msn.com .

 

Correspondence: 

The following letters were received:

·         Five thank you notes from Bay Club staff for Holiday bonus.

·         Four response letters sent on 12/8/11 to members regarding ARC appeal stating that we forwarded the appeal letter to the SBCA ARC for consideration.

·         Letter sent dated 12/9/11 to counsel regarding ARC questions and requesting a quotation for costs.

·         Received letter dated 12/20/11 which was sent to TVHA and we were cc’d regarding topping trees. A response is requested. Referred to SBCA ARC

·         Received letter dated 12/28/11 regarding a request for a status report on the audit to date. Response required.

·         Letter sent to the Jefferson County Department of Community Development regarding the Land Use Application and Pending SEPA Determination for IMQ.

 

Committee Reports:

·    ARC - Linda Colasurdo reported that two tree trimmings over Bayview, a propane tank, and a generator were approved.

·    Compliance – This is an ad hoc committee with no activities to report at this meeting. This committee will meet and report if assigned specific projects from the Board.

·         Facilities – Please see the attached SBCA Facilities Committee report presented by Richard Grieves 

·    Finance – Sharon Walker reported that the committee will meet on January 9th at 9:30 am. Members are Sharon Walker, Ken Thomas, Chris Whitehurst, Mike Morgan, Linda Colasurdo, Kay Cathcart, Harvey Portz, and Pat Traci. Clark Whitney has been invited to speak about the audit process. The committee will also be working on ideas to generate income and decrease costs. Please let a committee member know if you have ideas or suggestions. They will then prioritize the list of ideas for implementation.

·         LRPC Please see the attached Long Range Planning Committee Summary for the Board presented by Sherry Robinson. Motion made, seconded, and 7/7 voted to approve the addition of the LRPC to the website and the posting of their monthly minutes and process flowchart to facilitate communication with SBCA members..

·    PLVC – Pat Traci reported on the December 20th meeting which presented information on the IMQ land use application and pending SEPA determination. SBCA sent notices to our members with sample letters for member use in responding to the open comment period ending

December 28th. Pat recognized the SBCA SEPA Committee for their excellent job. Stacie Hoskins from Jefferson County talked about the process at the January 5th meeting. An estimated 250 responses were received from the community. Richard Grieves reported on Tom Stone’s presentation on improving the image of Port Ludlow. If you have ideas, please contact Tom.

Old Business:

1.    Event Ticket Policy – Pat Traci presented a draft revision of this policy for discussion. Motion made, seconded, and 5/7 voted to approve the Event Ticket Policy revision as presented.

2.    Village Presidents’ meeting review – Pat Traci reported on the Village Presidents’ and SBCA Board meeting held on December 5th, 2011. Ten villages were represented. Please see the attached minutes for complete details. The next meeting will be March 16th at 10:30 am.

3.     ARC Letter Quotation Approval – A quotation was received and the Board agreed to proceed. Motion made, seconded, and 7/7 voted to approve the not to exceed quotation amount for counsel regarding the ARC questions presented for interpretation.

4.    Joint LMC/SBCA Board meeting – Will be held January 19th, 10 am – 12 n at the Beach Club. This meeting is open to the community. Please let Pat Traci know if you have any ideas you would like discussed.  

New Business:

1.    Board meeting dates for February and March – The meeting dates were changed to Friday, February 10th at 9:30 am and Friday, March 9th at 9:30 am. Linda and Mike will work on the possibility of conferencing options  for Board members who will be out of town.

2.    2011/2012 Goals Review – Sue Oemichen presented a format for presenting progress on the goals to the community. This update will be posted on the website when completed and approved.

February VOICE “Message from the SBCA Board” article: Richard Grieves will write the article for this month.

Member Questions/Comments:

A member asked if the Board would use one more microphone to improve sound during meetings. Mike will look into this.

Members felt the emails which were sent regarding IMQ were good and encouraged the continued use of this communication method.

 

Board began Executive session to discuss personnel and legal matters at 1219.

Executive Session adjourned at 1314 and regular meeting resumed.

·         Motion made, seconded, and 5/6 voted to create a human resources standing committee with details of the committee to be established.

Regular meeting adjourned at 1315.

Next regular Board meeting:  February 10, 9:30 am Bay Club

 

Respectfully submitted:

Sue Oemichen

SBCA Board Secretary

Attachments:  

1.  Member Sign In Sheet
2.  SBCA Operations Report 1/6/12
3.  Financials – November 2011
4. SBCA Facilities Committee Report
5.  SBCA Long Range Planning Committee Summary to the Board
6.  SBCA Long Range Planning Process flowchart

7.  SBCA Board of Director’s/Village President’s Meeting Minutes 12/5/11