MINUTES OF THE MONTHLY MEETING

SECTOR 2A AT SNOHOMISH CASCADE ASSOCIATION

6:30 PM (SPECIAL MEETING AT GRADE SCHOOL)

WEDNESDAY,  MARCH 10, 2004

 

CALL TO ORDER / APPROVAL OF MINUTES

  1. Tim Rizzo called the meeting to order at 6:30pm.  Board directors present were Tim Rizzo, Jen Stout, Steve Yandl, John Patterson, Bill Malowney, and Betty Malowney.  Additionally, about a dozen interested homeowners, mostly block watch captains arrived before 7:00pm to participate in a neighborhood forum with Pat Cudinski, Crime Prevention Officer for the South Precinct, Snohomish County Sheriff’s office.  Among those in attendance was Estelle Rizzo who was the only extra homeowner to participate in discussions with the Board of Directors.  There was no sign-in sheet or roll call for non board members.
  2. Steve Yandl presented the minutes from the February 2004 board meeting.  Bill Malowney moved to accept the minutes, Jen Stout seconded and the motion carried 6 – 0.

TREASURER’S REPORT

  1. On behalf of Sue Ann Goldman, Steve Yandl confirmed that all officers and directors had received copies of all the reports for February by email.  That set of reports in Excel should be considered part of these minutes.  There were no critical issues noticed by anyone and it was agreed that any questions on specifics could wait until Sue Ann was present or until the next meeting.
  2. Tim Rizzo suggested that we should have some sort of Standard Operating Procedure for dealing with late assessment payments.  Sue Ann could compose this SOP and file it, basically to assure that we stick to the same time schedule and specific procedure from year to year.  All present hoped that Sue Ann can come up with such an SOP so that we can vote to approve it and include it as a separate document or an addendum to our Bylaws.

NEW BUSINESS

  1. Bill Malowney introduced for consideration the possibility of amending CC&Rs to allow for roof materials other than cedar shake, cedar shingle, or tile.  The suggested new options would be similar to new rules recently approved for Mill Creek in response to new fire codes.  John Patterson had acquired the Mill Creek specifications and will go over details with Bill later.  Steve Yandl reminded the group that changing CC&Rs would require a simple majority of members but that 75% or more of all members eligible to vote must participate.  We would also have to record the amended CC&Rs with Snohomish County.  This will be a long discussion requiring input from the community before we even put any part of this to a vote.
  2. John Patterson shared what he found out from the county fisheries representative and his subsequent research regarding the stocking of our storm water detention ponds with fish.  The idea would be that the fish would consume mosquito larvae and decrease the vectors of West Nile virus.  The proposal would require a mix of trout, bass and catfish and cost about $300 for two ponds.  Concerns raised were mostly about protecting the fish from low water levels and/or losing fish to birds and other predators.  Bill Malowny reported that Surface Water Management needed to approve the specific fish species to insure protection of native salmon egg beds downstream.  The comment was also made that the two detention ponds are such a small percentage of the total surface water in the neighborhood, such a move might not make much of an impact.

ADJOURN AT 6:55, TURN MEETING OVER TO CPO CUDINSKI

    • CPO Cudinski presented general crime prevention concepts and talked up Neighborhood Watch.
    • Questions from the group concerned aggressive driving, lack of information from the sheriff’s office and moves to invite a more intense police presence to curtail certain problems before they get bigger.

 

Note:  Next meeting, April 14, 2004,  7:00pm at Steve Yandl’s.  We will need to finalize plans for the election of a new board of directors in May.  We will also need to discuss in more depth the issues that were simply touched on at this abbreviated Board Meeting.