August 15, 2016 Minutes

Meeting Start: 7:02 PM
Meeting Adjourned: 7:50 PM

Attendees: Scott Chase, President; Sue Ellebrecht, Treasurer; Randy Cunningham, Secretary; Jackie White, Member-at-Large; Jennifer Williams, Member-at-Large

Minutes of July meeting approved

Treasurer's Report - 67 paid members out of 170 homes

August starting balance $$8,284.43
   Paid Go Daddy $7.99 (monthly fee for web site)
   Paid GoDaddy $110.18 (9-year domain renewal)
   Paid 50% of island clean-up fee $780.19
   Deposited 5 member dues $100
   Deposited reimbursement from News Tribune $39.48
August ending balance $7,446.59

New and Short Term Business:

• Clean up of islands and 330th Street hill scheduled for August 27th
  
  
• Neighborhood drive by will be done by Sue and Margaret at some point in the future.
  
  
• Gas pipe work — John Guay is the Project Manager at PSE. He can be reached at 425-505-3768 or jolm.guayApse.com. Eric Miller is the Construction Manager and can be reached at eric.millerApse.com or 425-417-8522. Some gas meters will have to be replaced if they are too old or in the wrong location. Any concerns about the location and/or installation of the new gas meters can be addressed by calling 888-321-7779.
  
  
• New board members needed - ideas
  
  
• Board members will contact other home owners in the neighborhood to see if there is any interest in joining the board.
  
  
• Personal letter to paid members asking for volunteers to join the board. Decision will be made at the September meeting based on any success in finding volunteers.
  
  
• Reduce the board members down to five. Review the by-laws to see how the board membership can be changed.

Ongoing Business

• Safe City — report suspicious activity to the Safe City web site.
  
  
• Vinyl fence — Carl was not present. No progress by Carl in checking with a lawyer on the wording for an amendment to CC&R 3.7 so that a vinyl fence can be installed on a greenbelt. The amendment will specifically ask if a vinyl fence is acceptable. Carl has agreed to pay the costs associated with the lawyer, printing the letters, envelopes, and stamps for the mailing and return envelopes.

Future meetings

• Regular HOA meetings — Aug 15th, Sept 19th, Oct 17th, Nov 14th @ 7:00 PM FWR on 1st Ave