Teal Lake
Village Homeowners Association
Board of
Directors Meeting
President Perry called the meeting to order at 3:30 pm.
Homeowners present were; Alice Luongo, Janet Hanz and Frank Mitchell.
President Perry made an announcement that the Board was
seeking a nominating committee to seek out and organize candidates for the
four board positions that will be open at the end of this year.
Committee Reports
Safety Committee
Frank Mitchell announced that on April 13 there will be a disaster drill in
Port Ludlow. They will be testing the
communications and testing how
services respond in damage and injuries. This will
allow the disaster
response teams to figure out where the problems are
and dictate what
procedures need to be written or revised.
Dick Padilla explained that he will be involved with
the writing and
evaluating the performance of the disaster
response. He explained the
process so that the homeowners would know and
understand what was
taking place.
Treasurer’s Report
Carl Pipkin gave the financial report and passed out
the budget to date.
He stated that the landscaping budget would be in
the red by the end of the
year and that was additional funds in the budget to
cover the costs. He
presented the bank balances and net worth of the is
$50,000.00. We were
able to discern that we were on budget and would
finish the year with a
surplus that would be carried over to next year.
Dick Padilla explained
that there will be times when it appears that we are
falling short and that
is caused by the way the money comes in on a
quarterly basis. Not
everyone pays and the beginning of the payment
period so it has to looked
on a month to month basis as it will equal out.
A discussion took place
regarding where the best interest rates are for out
Money. With $23,000.00 in our savings and a
$5,000.00 CD it was felt
that the money was drawing the best interest it
could at this time. The
checking contains $12, 000.00 at this time and
balances with the Bank
statement. It was discussed that landscaping
continues to be our largest
expense item.
ARC Report
Earl Yim gave the ARC report. Earl reported that
the final agreements
for changes within each village has been worked out
between the Port
Ludlow association and the villages. This will
allow the villages to
determine what changes can be made except in a few
instances. Permits
are available from Earl if homeowners wish to make
changes.
Dick Padilla asked about view
restrictions from outside of the village. If
the obstruction is not within our village or the
Port Ludlow boundaries
then we have not control over it.
5 applications have been
approved for minor changes in the village and
only one needed the approval of the South Bay
Association.
There has been a problem with
homeowners who have cleared common
area and planted different plants. This has been a
problem in that they
are putting in plants that do not hold the ground
and are causing erosion.
Earl will write an article for the Teal Squeal
explaining why they cannot
do that.
A discussion took place
regarding erosion areas around the Village. PLA
has been contacted and is looking into resolving the
erosion problems.
Earl has written a letter to PLA trying to pin them
down on how they will
Resolve these problems.
Landscape Report
Marg Haverstick gave the Landscape report. She has
notified the owners
with extended lawns that we are no longer going to
mow them. We will
mow the normal areas and mow the extended portions
as the schedule
calls for. If they wish, homeowners with extended
lawns may mow them
or have them mowed. Next meeting will be on the 11th
of March to
discuss how we can cut the costs in the maintenance
of the common areas.
Communications Report
Lynn Gauche gave the report and stated that them
paper should come out
every other month and the next issue will be in May
as the current issue
come out in March. Lynn asked about a nominating
committee and Frank
Mitchell said he would contact some people to see if
they wanted to run
But did not want to head-up the committee. Articles
will be put in the
Teal Squeal urging homeowners to get involved.
SBCA Report
Dick Padilla gave the report and stated that the
Association is financial
Status is good and there will be no dues increase.
There was a lean placed on a
residence in Timberton for not paying dues.
Annual meeting for the SBCA
will be at the end of July. They are asking
that other associations not have meetings at the
same time.
They have approved the cutting
down of several fir trees to improve their
view.
The Pool humidity problem
continues and it seems that the problem is
a construction problem and venting needs to be done.
Old Business
Painting of entry signs were tabled last meeting.
It was suggested that
We try to get volunteers to help paint them and that
the association pays
for the paint. Marg Haverstick made a motion that
the association will
Pay for the paint to do it. The motions was
seconded and passed.
New Business
Request was made to the Board for $100.00 to be used
by the Disaster
Association for use in an emergency. They are
trying to expand the
communication capabilities of this group. Lynn
offered to go to John L
Scott Real-estate for the money.
From the Floor
The problem of parking in the driveways. President
Perry addressed the
problem of vehicles being parked in the driveways.
He stated that unless
the vehicle was being stored there or it was a
commercial vehicle, camper
or boat there is nothing that we can do. If there is a problem this nature
that is outside of the CC&Rs then the board will handle it.
There are
still Christmas lights still up on some houses and a citizen had
made a
complaint. The board will look into the problem and talk to the
homeowners.
The
lighting at the entrance is at issue. The complaint is that the bulb in
the street
light is not bright enough and the bulbs in the sign light are not
bright
enough. The board will look into the problem.
Earl Yim
made a motion to have Ralph Stern join the ARC. The motion
was seconded
by Dick Padilla and Passed.
The meeting was adjourned at 5:00pm
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