MINUTES OF THE MONTHLY BOARD OF DIRECTORS MEETING

SECTOR 2A AT SNOHOMISH CASCADE ASSOCIATION

7:00 PM   WEDNESDAY    February 11, 2009

 

CALL TO ORDER / APPROVAL OF MINUTES

  1. Bill Steenis called the meeting to order at 7:15pm.  Present were Bill Steenis, Steve Yandl, Trina Coleman, Cheryl Carlson, Duane Oord and Allen Kerr.
  2. Trina Coleman presented the Minutes from the January meeting.  It was moved and seconded to accept the minutes as amended. Motion carried 6 – 0.

TREASURER’S REPORT

  1. The balance in the checking account is $44,398.
  2. As of today 164 homeowners have paid their dues. We have also received 115 proxies which give us a quorum and 131 yes votes on the budget.
  3. At the end of the month a follow-up invoice will be sent out to all those who have not yet paid via certified mail. Liens will be filed the first of April.
  4. A request was made for the HOA to contribute to the Snohomish County Parks program to offer a concert series at the park.  It was tabled to talk about this further after we determine where we are with all dues payments.

 

MAINTENANCE

  1. The homeowners on Sno-Cascade just west of 67th Drive did not like the option of reimbursement so we are waiting for him to remove the dirt prior to our replacing the damaged sections.

 

ARCHITECTURAL CONTROL COMMITTEE REPORT

  1. Project Requests
    1. A homeowner on 158th put in a request to put a parking pad.
    2. A second homeowner asked for permission to replace a front portion of her fence. The homeowner will paint the fence to match the next door neighbor’s house.
  2. CC&R Violations
    1. Allen Kerr went over and viewed the patio cover on the Blume’s house. The structure is made of metal and has an acrylic roof. It is mounted to the house.
    2. Ride Share Van – After receiving further information the complaint was in regards to the van being parked on the street over the weekends.

 

OLD BUSINESS

  1. Rentals
    1. Warner – A letter has been written to the homeowners and will be mailed reminding them that variance expires in April.
    2. Gerges – Has paid their dues for 2009.
    3. Sharma – It was moved and seconded to give Sharma’s 30 days to buy the 1% they sold back so they can begin activity on selling the home or evicting the tenants. If at the end of 30 days they have not taken any action then we will begin the process of contacting the lender to call the loan. This motion was approved 6-0.
    4. Guimont – We will ask Sherman to write a letter notifying the homeowner that we will begin the foreclosure process. This was moved and seconded and approved by a vote of 6-0.
  2. Little League – They have submitted a request for spring reservations. We will grant them use of the field as long as they meet the previously stated requirements.
  3. Meetings will move to the first Tuesday of the month at 7:00pm.

 

NEW BUSINESS

1.     Allen will look into reviving the Block Watch program.

2.     Briefly discussed the possibility of installing speed bumps in several locations throughout the HOA.

 

MEETING ADJOURNED AT 8:35 PM