November 26, 2007 HIGHLAND PARK BOARD OF MANAGERS MEETING
Meeting was called to order at 7:30.
Attendees: Dave Celznick, Karri Furness, Kevin Malinowski & Jeanne Stark – Highland Park HOA; Ed Fratus – Carlyle Management.
Homeowner Issues: none present at this meeting.
Minutes: Motion
was made to approve and accept the minutes from the October 2007 meeting; all
were in favor. Notes were sent to Sean
Flaherty for the Highland Park Website.
Issue 1: Preliminary Survey Results – Jeanne provided a spreadsheet with preliminary results of
the then tallied 74 homeowner responses.
The various comments were not yet compiled into a single document as of
meeting time. At that meeting, several
additional surveys were provided to Jeanne for updating and inclusion in the
master results. Jeanne will provide all
board members with the final results of the surveys and well as a master
comments list by the end of December.
Intent is to include the results of the surveys as well as our responses
and intended actions to key items to all Homeowners in the first quarter of
2008. Our response will include whether
the Board plans to act on an item, further study it or defer working on it and
provide the reasons behind each.
Issue 2: Wendell Update – Pulte did reseed homeowner’s front yard and it rooted. There are still areas that will need
attention (the back and side yards) but over winter, there is not much that can
occur. Jeanne suggested meeting with the homeowner again in March or April to
reiterate the plan they agreed to in the fall which was that they
intended to hire a contractor to
care for and maintain this new lawn to a mature state.
Issue 3: No
parking signs in the culdesac – City has been installing signs a couple of streets at a
time. Purpose is so that Emergency
vehicles and snow plows can get through and clear the areas. Has always been a city ordinance; nothing new
but just getting around to putting up the signs.
Issue 4: Mailbox
letter updates: While many mailboxes have been improved since October, letters were sent out to the remaining households with mailbox
deficiencies. Homeowners have until the
end of November to comply with standards according to the letters. Ed will
survey the homeowner’s mailboxes after this deadline. Since no meeting in December, this will go
until January.
Issue 5: 2008 Planning Discussion: January
planning meeting will look at the 10 year Plan and Reserves study that Bill had
put together. We will develop an
improvement budget so those suggestions
from the surveys that add to homeowner value will be approved by the Board and
funded. Not all suggestions can or will
be funded. Kevin can assist in forecasting
costs for the pool over the next few years. We will establish the renewal
Association fees for 2008 in January.
Issue 6: Recruiting new Board Members to fill vacancies
in the Board in 2008: The terms of three Board members expire in 2008. We are searching for replacements.
Issue 7: Montrose
Way Basin and Retention Basins in general: Karri
will contact Mike Bramhall to set up an ad hoc meeting to discuss basin
turnovers in the future; review what is required by city code as it relates to
future development. We wish to discuss
the Pelham and
Next Meeting: No meeting for December 2007
January 21, 2008 Clubhouse 7:30 pm
February 18, 2008 Clubhouse 7:30 pm
Meeting adjourned at 9:36