January 21, 2009 COFFEE W/ DIRECTORS

Pledge of Allegiance

VP Young reading from the suggestion box

SC 85 asked about cluster mail boxes with the numbers corresponding to the lots. Director Burke commented that there is also a possibility of a rural route for our Village. Director Hansen commented on our current problems. Someone from the audience mentioned there was a certified post office person that resides in our park. An owner complained about all the problems she has gone through and said please don’t change a thing or it will be all messed up again.

Lot 288 commented on the non participation of our management with helping with the Time Warner installation. Director Burke was quick to say management didn’t receive a copy of the contract until nine days ago and then asked if the construction plans was done as it requested in the TW contract. She asked if Director Dodson had followed up with this since she was handling the contract. Director Dodson said she only helped to negotiate the contract and nothing beyond that except take calls. Director Dodson also said she put a copy of the contract on our GM’s desk personally. The GM denies ever receiving one. The GM did interrupt to say he verbally gave the layout of the Village to the TW engineer. He inferred that he did get all the location of the lines flagged. He mentioned that it was not in his contract to do that. He said he worked with them day and night. Director Dodson said she had a problem when our GM had told owners he had nothing to do with TW and if you have a problem her. She expects management to address problem calls. She also said once policy is approved, management is suppose to follow up with it and that has not happened. There was a back and forth about what Aramark’s contract with this and questions of who is responsible for the follow through with a TW situation.. Our GM gave our owners a history lesson of how he many times went outside the scope of the contract to do things. He took twenty minutes talking about how he has helped doing this and that. He then yelled at Jim Peterson for saying something which started this back and forth verbage.
Lot 28 thanked Director Dodson for her effort with TW and wanted people to look at this positively. He said things should be more documented. He said if this is done it would make people more accountable.
Lot ? Asked when TW is going to connect the TV in the exercise room. Answer was it is to be the last connection.
Lot 380 said that certain Board members are supposed to represent owners and not Aramark. It was asked for the ones doing this to quit it.
Lot 333 said their trailer was taken on a different day than scheduled and the appliances that were to be removed, wasn’t. The GM gave the permission to remove the trailer on a weekend after the office supposedly told the owner it had wait until Monday. The owner said he had rescheduled the appliance removal and cleanup for Monday. Owner also had a complaint about a neighbor using his electricity from his outdoor box when they stayed.
Lot R Owner said please consider some new park benches around the Village. Bud Sherry said you buy them and I’ll put them together. One Owner who I didn’t get his name said he would donate one.
Lot 171 said he had concerns about TW installations not being completed with various other questions. Director Dodson answered the questions one at a time.
Lot 617 had a problem with TW finding him as a customer in their system. The Rep. said that until they are completely done and does a final system test, it will not show up as an acct.
There was a short discussion about reclaimed water.
From the audience a man asked if the Board is keeping up with the various lawsuits and if so, how?
Lot 597 asks a question about having the State take over our swing bridge. Still working towards it was the short version answer.
Lot ? Someone asked about a parking lot for the boat trailers. The reply was that is a previous issue if ever done, has to have enough room for all 1024 lots.
There were questions about running for the Board and using teleconferencing.
Lot 853 told everyone to go to the Bridge Board meetings.
Lot 249 made a comment about the President’s statements in January’s newsletter saying they were one way communications, negative, selective, expressing a personal agenda, and seemed to be straight out of this blog.
Lot 28 asked if the manager Les Heier was related in any way to our GM. Our GM said no.
Lot? Someone made the comment to have someone working at the activity office 8 hrs a day.
Lot 525 thanked Annita White at the activity office for being so friendly to everyone. She has moved to another job.
Lot 120 complained that new $20 bills used in our laundry’s coin machine doesn’t work.
Lot 679 announce the Blood mobile will be here Feb. 10th from 8am-12
Annita White thanked everyone and explained her future job as a music director.
It was announced that on the 28th at 7pm Hello Dolly speaker forum will be held.

Work Shop
Agenda about LIV’s contribution towards paying half of a certified survey to reroute the intercostals waterway costing approximately $2000 was made. This was discussed at length.
Agenda for bench sites was made.
Agenda for three new Board Meeting microphones
Director Steffensen wishes to have on the agenda I believe the Revenue and expense projections for our legal and major improvement fund.
GM said he obtained a consultant by the name of Bob Hendricks from a company called Zebra International to layout our pool facility problems. It was asked how much will he cost. The GM didn’t know.
Director Hansen wanted on the agenda to talk about having various committees such as finance, Insurance, building and grounds.
Director Hansen wanted Aramark’s contract to have more clarification on management’s responsibility towards utilities. He also wanted to keep to a one year contract.
There was a question about a counter suit against Arroyo Cable for the removal of their equipment.
Director Peterson wanted on the agenda to talk about ways to make our Restaurant and Rental dept. from losing so much money or possibly eliminating both of them. Director Burke’s reply was ambiguous but definitely argumentative toward him when she wanted to include all the amenities.
Director Hansen wanted the Berry Pool contract on the agenda. The cost is now up to $1495 a month plus supplies.